by Beth on December 19, 2011
Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared. ~ Buddha Joy to the world! Tidings of comfort and joy! Blessings overflowing to each and every one! In this magical week that brings the celebration of the ancient [...]
by Beth on October 17, 2011
Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I’ll meet you there. ~ Rumi For the third time this year, we receive a visit from the Two of Cups. Why is it being so insistent with its message of friendship, heart connection, and alliance? Is the third time the charm? This is [...]
by Beth on September 26, 2011
Laziness never arrived at the attainment of a good wish. ~ Miguel De Cervantes This week we receive a happy visit from the Nine of Cups. How perfect for this week of the New Moon! And of course, it is the first full week of the new season (Autumn above the Equator, Spring in the [...]
by Beth on August 22, 2011
He who binds to himself a joy Does a winged life destroy; But he who kisses the joy as it flies Lives in eternity’s sun rise. ~ William Blake, Eternity More Cups for us this week, but lacking in the happy connections that we saw in last week’s offering. The Tarot Cups have to do [...]
If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement and mystery of the world we live in. ~ Rachel Carson It’s been a while since we got a Court card, and what a [...]
There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion. ~ Francis Bacon When I first pulled this card, my immediate reaction was, “Huh? What does this say, if anything, to the Magician/Uranus/ennui discussion we’ve been having?” Indeed, the Six of Cups, by its nature, is a puzzler. As I have noted [...]
Because I am still on the road today, I am not writing a new post for the card I pulled for us, but sharing the interpretation from the last time the Two of Cups appeared. Blessings to all.. ~ Beth If equal affection cannot be, let the more loving be me. – W. H. Auden [...]
by Beth on March 14, 2011
It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. ~ Albus Dumbledore (via J. K. Rowling), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets In this powerful threshold week that brings a Full Supermoon and the beginning of the astrological New Year, as the Sun moves into intense Aries, loaded [...]
by Beth on February 21, 2011
If equal affection cannot be, let the more loving be me. – W. H. Auden Another visit from the Two of Cups, which just came calling back in December. This is a gentle card that shows the tender attraction between two people. If we consider the Ace as being the beginning of the suit’s potential, [...]
by Beth on December 13, 2010
Love one another, but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls. – Kahlil Gibran From the sorrows of last week’s card, Love is reborn. What a sweet way to enter the final week before Solstice, the darkest time of year for us in [...]