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Choosing right over wrong, ethic over convenience, and truth over popularity … these are choices that measure your life. Travel the path of integrity without looking back, for there is never a wrong time to do the right thing. – Michael Moore The shifty thief of the Seven of Swords comes calling again this week. [...]
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That the birds of worry and care fly over you head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent. - Proverb The Nine of Swords is obviously a card of sorrow, and the anguish we sometimes feel in our dark hours alone. This card often speaks to [...]
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When good people in any country cease their vigilance and struggle, then evil men prevail. – Pearl S. Buck This week, we are visited by that fierce, smart, sometimes naive youth, the Page of Swords. Does he come to liberate last week’s damsel in distress? Pages in the Tarot are often messengers and risk-takers, with [...]
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Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy. – Dale Carnegie This week, we receive a very rare visit from the Eight of Swords. This is a card that at first is rather disturbing, [...]
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He who holds the ladder is as bad as the thief. – German Proverb It’s interesting that this card last came up at this same time last year. And like last week’s card, we are again challenged with some kind of painful cargo. The Seven of Swords features a young man sneaking away from a [...]
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Those who do not know how to weep with their whole heart don’t know how to laugh either. – Golda Meir Oh dear. What can I say? I was probably as disappointed as you to have this be our first card of the new year. I am rarely tempted to “cheat,” but I admit that [...]
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Five of SwordsDefeat is a school in which truth always grows strong.– Henry Ward Beecher Here’s a card that we were getting repeatedly in 2007. I can’t say I’ve missed it much. As is the case with many of the Swords, and the Fives of all the suits, this one shows us conflict and strife. [...]
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The Ace of SwordsDark of the MoonNew beginningsDark of the MoonPlant a seed tonightDark of the MoonWhat we envisionWill come to be by the Full Moon’s light. More Swords this week! We receive a powerful message for the start of Summer, as we evidently stand on the razor’s edge of new beginnings and ways of [...]
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The King of SwordsKnowing a great deal is not the same as being smart; intelligence is not information alone but also judgment, the manner in which information is collected and used. — Dr. Carl Sagan Here on the turning point between Spring and Summer, with the celebration of the Solstice later this week, it is [...]
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The Seven of Swords In art and dream, may you proceed with abandon.In life, may you proceed with balance and stealth.– Patti Smith From these past several weeks of inspiring cards, we are now presented with a challenge. Not the most pleasant card in the deck, we see a young man rushing away from a [...]
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Despite continued hot temperatures, the daylight hours are obviously diminishing - Summer is waning.
On my blog, we are weaving spells appropriate to this harvest season. By deepening a daily practice of thanksgiving, we awaken true abundance. Blessed be.
This week, the Seven of Swords challenges us, demanding that we deal with issues regarding honesty and integrity.
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