I’m turning forty in a couple months. I recognize that by many standards forty isn’t that old and I can appreciate that perspective. At the same time, throughout my life I’ve known far too many people who lost their lives at a much younger age than this. When I...

I’ve become a great admirer of crocuses. Every year by the time we get to late February and early March I am hunting for any sign of spring, and the crocus blooms are usually the first sign I receive. Mine started blooming a couple weeks ago. There’s some of my lovely...

If the Hermit spoke to you, what would they say? The Hermit can communicate to you as an external force, a guide you meet on your path who imparts you with wisdom. The Hermit can also communicate as an internal force, a key part of your psyche. So… the question comes...

I have a thing for obscure old tarot books, and I also have a thing for Mary K Greer. So when I discovered Mary K Greer had written a book on tarot and essential oils back in 1993, which had been out of print for ages, I tracked it down on eBay. I’ve now had the OOP...

A few weeks ago I wrote an introduction post titled ‘telling secrets about me + tarot.’ Since then I’ve had the hankering to take this concept and channel it into a tarot spread. I can’t resist a good alliteration so I’m calling it the Spiraling Secrets Spread. The...

“If we want to discover the secrets of tarot, we must expose our own secrets.” - Rachel Pollack, Forest of Souls Well friends, it seems unavoidable to begin this post with the cliché of saying “I’ve had some new followers lately and I haven’t introduced myself in a...