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Tag: strength

best practices

The first best practice: Kindness as a form of spiritual technology.

23 Oct 201723 Oct 2017
I've been thinking a lot about best practices, lately. Best practices are not about morality. They are the practices that are most practical, in that they lead the most efficiently,…
politics

A Celtic Cross for the United States

5 Jul 2017
The day after Independence Day, I suddenly felt moved to do a reading for the United States. I pulled out the Gaian Tarot and shuffled very mindfully and very, very…
predictions…

Eleventh Day of Epiphany: the Woodward–and Inversnaid

5 Jan 20162 Jan 2016
The Woodward, from the Wildwood Tarot, presents a version of the Strength card that I absolutely love. Rather than a woman taming a lion, we have a fierce-looking hunter joining…
anxiety…

Why Rose-Colored Glasses Are More Empowering Than Shit-Colored Ones

6 Sep 2015
[Note: at the bottom of this post, there is a link to a recording of me reading it, for those of you who prefer audio.] For a long time I've…
Practical Tarot

Practical Tarot: Reacting to Transportation Delays

21 Feb 2014
I tend to think of tarot as a spiritual tool, so it's taken me some time to trust that it can also be extremely useful on a practical, everyday level.…
cards for the day

Building on a Solid Foundation

19 Aug 2013
I can't think of anything that says "solid foundation" more clearly than the three cards I pulled today from the Yoga Tarot: the Four of Pentacles, the Ace of Pentacles,…
cards for the day

Have the Strength to Tell the Truth

5 Aug 20135 Aug 2013
There are many times when we may be tempted to lie. We might not think that the people around us have the strength, or the compassion, to handle the truth,…
cards for the day

Affirmations, Beauty, Strength, and Grounding

20 Jul 2013
I think if I had been drawing from Magical Messages from the Fairies today, I would have drawn Affirmations. But I didn't--I drew from Colette Baron-Reid's Wisdom of the House…
daily forecast…

Is It Necessary to Battle Inner Demons, Or Can We Instead Draw Strength From Them?

29 Jan 201329 Jan 2013
Today's cards look like a day and night version of the same demon from the Samurai Tarot -- and both cards are very different from their Rider-Waite versions (or are…

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