This week on Fortune's Wheelhouse, we address the inevitable: the Lord of Change! With the 2 of Pentacles or Disks, we engage with the physical world, and the reality of trying to make our bodies, our works, our things bend to our will. First decan of the Saturn-ruled, Capricorn line-up, the 2 of Disks answers to Jupiter. The Greater Malefic and the Greater Benefic duke it out in this card, and their struggle moves mountains.
Read MoreOrphic Hymn to Chthonic Hermes - Happy Halloween!
Halloween happens to fall on a Wednesday this year, and as I know you know perfectly well, Wednesday belongs to my lord Mercury, otherwise known as Hermes, sometimes known as Thoth, also known as ἑρμηνεῦ πάντων (interpreter of all), λυσιμέριμνε (releaser from care), φίλε θνητοῖς ἐν ἀνάγκαις (helper of mortals in need).
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Tomorrow: last day for Llewellyn's book + class deal for Tarot Correspondences!
I just remembered that the 25% off promotion that my publisher, Llewellyn, kindly set up turns into a pumpkin tomorrow! For just one more day, all students who enroll in The Living Tarot online tarot course are eligible to receive the discount off Tarot Correspondences at Llewellyn’s website.
So, if you’ve been thinking about joining the class, hesitate no longer!
Fortune's Wheelhouse: Ace of Pentacles or Disks
This week on Fortune's Wheelhouse, the last Ace materializes on our earthly plane: silent, magical, and profound. Is it a pentacle? a disk? a coin? Even its name is a mystery! In this final suit, we finally encounter the world we know best: our round globe, the four directions, our five senses, our physical bodies and all creation. Whatever you call them - pentacles or disks, still or spinning - they are literally the whole point of the matter.
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Fortune's Wheelhouse: Page or Princess of Swords
In this week's episode of Fortune's Wheelhouse, we end the suit of Swords with a rush of wind and the whirling blade belonging to the Page or Princess of Swords. The earthy part of air, she freely inscribes her will on the astral plane. With the power of the Gorgon's head, she concretizes choices, turning options into fact. Lotus of the palace of air, she floats and dances easterly - and woe unto anyone who tries to deprive her of her freedom!
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Announcing: THE LIVING TAROT ONLINE CLASS
Presenting, at long last, my online tarot course: Rider Waite Smith based, offered on Google Classroom, and available to all levels of learner!
And, if you sign up before the end of October, you’ll receive a code to take 25% off the price of my newly released book, Tarot Correspondences: Ancient Secrets for Everyday Readers, if you buy it direct from the publisher.
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"Backwards Tarot" and "Tarot Spells": 2 TSC articles released today
My publisher, Llewellyn Worldwide, kindly gave me the chance to sound off today on a couple of my favorite subjects.
Backwards Tarot: Stop Memorizing and Just Read Your Plain Old Life - a statement of my tarot philosophy in a nutshell, including a bunch of thought experiments you can do as you read.
Tarot Spells: Make Magic From Your Card of the Day - a short blog piece on how to turn your humdrum daily pull into a magical powerhouse.
Another way to swear.
The Queen of Swords Moment
My friend Nina, from high school, runs What Would Virginia Woolf Do? the seriously badass Facebook group for women over 40. Over the summer Nina asked if I’d be interested in writing a blog post about tarot for WWVWD’s online blog, The Woolfer. “Let me get back to you,” I said. “I’ve got this book and this class to deal with first.” Life happened. The kids went back to school. The husband went back to school. And then…the Kavanaugh hearings…
Fortune's Wheelhouse: Knight or Prince of Swords
This week on Fortune’s Wheelhouse, we face a steady wind: the Prince or Knight of Swords. The airy part of air, he rushes through his encounters with an unflagging force. He fights for his ideals, but also just for fighting's sake. Associated with the first two decans of Aquarius and the last of Capricorn, our Prince is a revolutionary - a master at navigating his way from defeat, and impatient with the powers that be. "I know!" he cries. Been there, done that!
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