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Card for the Day: Five of Swords–Reversed! Fight or walk away?

16 Feb 201216 Feb 2012

The Five of Swords, either upright or reversed, is one of the hardest cards in the deck for me to interpret. I plain don't like the looks of this card.…

Card for the Day: The Hierophant–Reversed! Institutions Upside-Down?

14 Feb 201214 Feb 2012

The Hierophant Reversed keeps coming up lately. In fact, Feb. 9 was a Hierophant Reversed day, though I pulled the card so late in the day that day that I…

Cards for the Day: Two of Swords plus Seven of Wands: The Road Less Traveled By

"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference." --Robert Frost, "The Road Not Taken" Again, two…

Prognosticating About Politicians: The Empress: Will a Woman Enter/Affect the Race?

This is the second Sunday in which I've pulled a card for the U.S. presidential campaigns. (Last Sunday's post was Prognosticating About Politicians: King of Swords Reversed--or, Mitt Romney Falls…

Card for the Day: Knight of Cups, Though not the World’s Greatest Lover, Advises Us to Follow Our Hearts

How romantic! Right before Valentine's Day, the Knight of Cups appears to advise us to follow our hearts. I'm always in favor of following my heart, yet I am a…

Card for the Day: Eight of Wands — Reversed!

I don't even drink and I have a hangover. Will everyone please stop rushing around? No? Not today? It's a busy, rushing around, getting things done day, or at least…

Card for the Day: Ace of Swords — Reversed! Turn on Your B.S. Detectors…

10 Feb 201210 Feb 2012

"I took the liberty of bullshitting you." --Dan Ackroyd to John Belushi in The Blues Brothers "Regard all dharmas as dreams." -- Tibetan Buddhist slogan "The irony is that we…

Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter Here (But in a Good Way): The Fool Reversed and The Hermit

"The bad news is you're falling through the air, nothing to hang on to, no parachute. The good news is there's no ground." --Chogyam Trungpa "...abandoning hope is an affirmation,…

Prognosticating About Politicians: King of Swords Reversed — or, Mitt Romney Falls From Grace?

This week I'm unveiling a new feature for the site: weekly predictions about the U.S. presidential campaigns! Every Sunday I will draw a card and make a forecast as to…