This week on Fortune's Wheelhouse, we've arrived at the auspicious 6 of Pentacles of Disks. Success is within reach! Here the Moon, exalted in the sign of Taurus, shines her kindest light. The steady earthen bull plows the fertile fields; all herds thrive, all crops bear fruit. Outer and inner mysteries reconcile, the earth and heaven smile at each other, and a generous spirit prevails.
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Fortune's Wheelhouse: 5 of Pentacles/Disks
Cue the blues: it's the 5 of Pentacles or Disks - otherwise known as the Lord of Worry, or the Lord of Material Trouble. It is the very disaster we thought we could forestall by stockpiling gold in the Four of Pentacles! Mercury (The Magician or Magus) presides over the second decan of Taurus (The Hierophant), the quicksilver psychopomp contending with the steadfast pontifex. Who will prevail, the Picker of Locks or the Keeper of the Keys?! In this celestial heist, bankruptcy is all but certain, and there's plenty of worry to go all around. And yet there is more to this card than meets the eye.
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TSC interview on Rune Soup, 11/14/18
I’m still pinching myself.
It was a couple years ago that my friend Ted turned me on to Rune Soup, Gordon White’s podcast about magic, culture, and the paranormal. I don’t remember which episode it was that Ted thought would be my jam. What I do remember is binge-listening for days, while I cooked dinner, while I did the laundry, whenever I had to drive places. “Holy shit,” says I. “There are some really smart people doing this magic thing.”
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Fortune's Wheelhouse: 4 of Pentacles/Disks
Prison or protection? In this week's episode of Fortune's Wheelhouse, we face the 4 of Pentacles or Disks, the Lord of Power (is that redundant?!) or Material Power. Here are tropes of kingship - the Sun as ruler of the decan, Capricorn as the zodiac's CEO, even Jupiter as the force governing all 4's. The power derives from the throne, and it is rooted, strongly fortified, solid gold, and immovable. In the fortress of the Old New Year, the embers of increasing light reflect treasures, amassed and hoarded. Does wealth buy freedom, or its opposite?
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TSC interview on OCCULTURE, 11/14/18
Ryan Peverly is one of my favorite people to talk to in this occult - and occulted - world. His thoughtful questions and wide-open disposition make every conversation a pleasure to have and to listen to.
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Fortune's Wheelhouse: 3 of Pentacles or Disks
On this week's episode of Fortune's Wheelhouse, the engines are running, the pistons are pumping, skyscrapers rise on the horizon. The 3 of Pentacles or Disks is the Lord of Work! and the Devil himself ensures there are no idle hands at play here. Combined with the driving force of Mars and the power of the calendrical New Year, all manner of resolutions are taking form. Here is the glory of the built world and the promise of industry writ large. Through the power of collaboration, ambition turns into 3D, concrete reality.
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TSC interview on Aeon Byte Gnostic Radio, 11/07/18
Couple Thursdays ago, I came home from doing readings at the crystal shop and found myself in a heady new world: the ‘virtual Alexandria’ of the one and only Miguel Conner. For 2 hours I shot the cosmic crap with Miguel and his producer Vance. We talked about the backstage of reality, the definition of magic, shining keys, spells, correspondence webs, persons not named Clair, uncertainty as a vehicle for insight, and so much else..
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Democratic results to the left, Republican results to the right.
Divinapalooza / Sortilegithon / Elektiomanteia / Predictageddon 2018
WEDNESDAY 11/7/18 UPDATE: Results are still out in a few spots, but the overall picture conforms to my predicted outcome. Democrats take House, Republicans retain Senate with a solid majority. Sharp change of direction without guarantee of lasting change. Full prediction at the end of this post.
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TSC interview on Tarot Visions, 11/02/18
RoseRed Robinson and Jaymi Elford are the wise, talented, and remarkably chill hosts of the Tarot Visions podcast. I’ve been a listener for a good while now, and I always enjoy their conversations with practitioners, deck creators, teachers, authors, and others in our tarot community. This week, it was my turn to hop on the mike with Jaymi and Rose!
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