CARD OF THE WEEK: March 13-19, 2023

 

Page of Cups

Oriens Animal Tarot

by Ambi Sun

 

March 13-19, 2023: There are times to boldly strike out on your own and other times to stick together. With this Page of Cups, Ambi Sun shows a school of sardines in perfect, instinctual coordination. They make a sinuous swirl in the water near a beautiful golden goblet. Rather than showing us a single figure for this court card, we've given a group, and that can suggest that its numerous individuals contribute build the dynamism of the whole, revving up one another in their journey through the sea.

Recognize when it's useful--or imperative--to move in this way, especially, though not exclusively, if you're young, inexperienced, and untried. Tarot's Pages have much to learn, with fresh energy and heart for the task of steadily developing themselves or something of importance.

This week, you might make plans to gather with peers or potential collaborators and see what newly emerges or gets a good boost forward.

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CARD OF THE WEEK: February 20-24, 2023

 

your tail deserves to be told

Blooming Lovelies

by Amber Fossey

 

February 20-24, 2023: Blooming Lovelies, a quirky affirmation oracle deck by Amber Fossey, deserves to be in your collection. It has a funny way of expressing itself. So, make of it what you will!

For me, your tail deserves to be told, with its cheerful rainbow sky, speaks of the joy of being embodied and taking up one's due space on this planet. There's room for you and room for me.

So, this can be a week to celebrate all of that. Bonus points if your birthday happens to fall sometime within this week. If not, pick a day this week and celebrate it anyway, just like the royalty you are!

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CARD OF THE WEEKEND: January 14-15, 2023

 

The Hanging Cat

Tarot for Cats

by Regen Dennis with art by Kipling West

 

January 14-15, 2023: Well, at least illustrator Kipling West did not turn this "Hanging Cat" head down like Tarot's traditional Hanged Man!

Author Regen Dennis seems to think West's tuxedo cat has voluntarily submitted to its human's grasp. But anyone who has ever lived with a cat--and especially a tuxedo cat--knows holding a cat that way will only lead to furious hisses and wriggles. Kitty will soon jump free and, since West's scene is clearly outdoors, scoot off in hot pursuit of the nearest sparrow.

The usual Hanged Man's upended suspension offers a radically different way to look at things, sometimes completely out of this world. West's hanging cat might have a temporarily heightened level from which to view its surroundings, but this position will be uncomfortable, unacceptable, and brief. The cat did not choose it. And, for cats, choice is everything.

So, here are a couple of different ways to view and work with this weekend's card:

Consider the way I normally interpret The Hanged Man. This card comes as advice to take time out and perform an unusual, even extreme, action or practice that would help you explore a question or issue from a quite new, potentially transformative angle. How might this insightful breakthrough help you resolve your concern or situation?

Or...you can be a tuxedo cat. Don't let someone force you into a view or position that you do not choose. You're perfectly capable of leaping to your own perch from which to observe and understand things. You have a right to autonomy over your own body, mind, and spirit, and that right is worth fighting for.

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CARD OF THE WEEK: January 9-13, 2023

 

 Page of Cups

Greenwood Tarot

by Chesca Potter and Mark Ryan

 

January 9-13, 2023: Our kingfisher friend--Greenwood Tarot's Page of Cups--fulfills a beautiful promise now and foretells a promise to manifest in times to come. To receive that future beauty one must recognize, accept, and fully integrate the true wonders of the current moment, be sensitively, humbly, and gratefully open to them. Recognize the lovely gift within yourself that is yourself.

Here's how you'll fly close to your desires and reward--by knowing that you are already the recipient of good and grace. Take note of what's around you and within you. For this week, identify the many gifts you have received and are continuing to receive. 

Each time negative energy arises within yourself or your surroundings, acknowledge its presence but counter that negativity with thoughts and affirmations that strengthen your self-worth.

As you do, you're training yourself--and the universe--to associate your being with creativity, justice, healing, and joy. What's good belongs to you and, more and more, will gravitate towards you.  

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CARD OF THE WEEK: November 14-18, 2022

 

Knight of Pentacles

Oriens Animal Tarot

by Ambi Sun

November 14-18, 2022: Busy as a bee, you are. May the honey be sweet. May you find the results of your labor delicious and nutritious. And they can be, if you choose where you wish to dedicate your energy, and you choose wisely.

As we know, Tarot's Knights are active, assertive forces. Once set in motion, they focus on getting the job done. The Knight of Pentacles moves at a slower, more deliberate pace than the other knights, each step carefully considered before taken. They are methodical, stable, sturdy, reliable.

 

Notice the neat geometrics of the honeycomb in Ambi Sun's Knight of Pentacles card from Oriens Animal Tarot. This image perfectly symbolizes the idea of a perfectly-shaped single piece interlocking with others to make a perfect whole.

Not everything we humans do will--or should--be perfect. But we can give serious attention to developing focus, skill, and rigor of thought and action. Give some thought this week to who and what does--or does not deserve--this careful attention and design.

 

 

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CARD OF THE WEEKEND: September 24-25, 2022

 

Ten of Pentacles

Oriens Animal Tarot

by Ambi Sun

September 24-25, 2022: We see pentacles dropping to the seabed like stones, the element of Earth (Pentacles) meeting the element of Water. The whale, a powerful creature of water, dives deep, deep, deep.

So often in conventional Tarot, we've been encouraged to think of Ten of Pentacles as a sign of stodgy, inflexible convention. It's the highest number in the Earth cards, sometimes representing powerful, rigidly-structured institutions, individuals, laws and the like. But what if, like the whale in Ambi Sun's painting, we dived deep within the emotional and creative realms within to find resources to manifest all that we want to bring into existence?

As I've noted before, when you get to know Tarot well, you can see how it offers a wide, complex range of applicable, useful interpretations.

For this weekend, think about how you might dig deep beneath the surface of things and find the good stuff, the really good, durable building material for your future.

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CARD OF THE WEEK: September 19-23, 2022

 

dance on the back of a crocodile

Blooming Lovelies

by Amber Fossey

September 19-23, 2022: Are you ready for some rare excitement? Hop on! You'll go places you never imagined!

Never fear. You're well supported and protected from harm. How? It could be your own courageous energy and effort. Or it could be wonderful forces in your environment. Or maybe both. 

You might be the crocodile...or you might have one at the ready!

In any case, Amber Fossey's card, dance on the back of a crocodile, like Tarot's Fool card, urges you to take a chance and go for it!

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CARD OF THE WEEKEND: September 17-18, 2022

 

run baby run, until you are free

Blooming Lovelies

by Amber Fossey

September 17-18, 2022: Amber Fossey's lovely Blooming Lovelies oracle deck gives us our card of the weekend--run baby run, until you are free. 

Freedom is your watchword this weekend. What do you need to know and what do you need to do to get yourself free?

Consider how this question applies to material situations as well as to emotional, psychological, and/or spiritual freedom. It presents an urgent challenge to you to act on your own behalf. When it comes to freedom ways, do not procrastinate.

As you run, a dove--symbol of Spirit, Higher Mind, and purity--flies beside you. Have no fear. You are not alone.

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CARD OF THE WEEKEND: September 3-4, 2022

 

La Temperanza

I Gatti

by Osvaldo Menegazzi

September 3-4, 2022: "You humans always like to laugh at TikTok videos showing us cats knocking over glasses of water! Well, what if that cat were knocking it over just to pour that water into another glass? Clever! Okay, I know that sounds silly to you, but what if?"

Indeed, Osvaldo Menegazzi's La Temperanza puts a different spin on our familiar Temperance archetype.

As I see it, Menegazzi's drawing introduces the possibility that a little bit of mischief, or something you consider to be a petty nuisance, might turn out to have a different impetus and a different outcome--a better or, at least, acceptable one--than first expected. 

So, have patience and a sense of humor. Things are not out of control. They're really in order--or will be--if you just give them a minute to reveal their true nature.

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CARD OF THE WEEK: August 1-5, 2022

 

Five of Pentacles

Oriens Animal Tarot

by Ambi Sun

August 1-5, 2022: Hey, do you feel like the polar bear at the center of Ambi Sun's Five of Pentacles? The mound of ice beneath you shrinking, making you increasingly isolated and surrounded by deep water?

That pentacle/sun radiates ice-killing heat but, as I see it, the bear holds on with determination, proudly, continuing to be a bear. And that's what I want to share with you, my people, this week.

Shit happens. Continue to be who you are.

Hold on. Dig in. Take a sense of firmness from the four other pentacles that form a kind of forcefield in this scene. That's the strength of the earth element.

Yes, you might be up against difficult and even dire conditions but maintain your sense of self and personal sovereignty. Don't let external circumstances make you give up on yourself and what matters most to you. If anything, represent harder!

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CARDS OF THE WEEKEND: July 16-17, 2022

 

Ace of Cups and Two of Cups

Oak, Ash & Thorn Tarot

by Stephanie Burrows with art by Adam Oehlers

July 16-17, 2022: So, Ace of Cups! And a bonus--the Two of Cups! Both so sweet, their images from the beautiful Oak, Ash & Thorn Tarot by Stephanie Burrows with Adam Oehlers' art.

For the Ace, please note the tiny squirrel face peering from just beneath the water's surface beneath the proffered gift--an acorn goblet--that floats in the air. Here Oehlers reimagines the classic otherworldly hand emerging from a cloud in many Tarot Aces.

Now look at the Two of Cups. The energy of relationship and sharing--Spirit to animal--has now been transferred from one living squirrel to another.

So, I might call this weekend's story "The Pass-Along." How do we receive from Spirit, and how do we pass along what we receive to the other beings with whom we share this three-dimensional world?

Two words to work with this week in your meditations, journaling, and action--source and purpose.

Have a sweet weekend!

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CARDS OF THE WEEKEND: June 18-19, 2022

 

Il Bagatto and Gli Amanti

I Gatti

by Osvaldo Menegazzi

June 18-19, 2022: I Gatti ("the cats") is Osvaldo Menegazzi's sweet, Major Arcana Tarot deck, a long-ago holiday gift from a friend who knows how much I adore cats!

I had to share these two images with you today for your weekend:

Il Bagatto ("The Magician"): Look at the insouciance of that kitten and the dip of that feathered cap! Menegazzi's Magician has already done some mischief--see the overturned cup!--and looks ready to reach out a paw and sweep everything else to the floor!

Gli Amanti (The Lovers"): Well, maybe you have an equally adventurous sidekick--someone to share the joy--and, if necessary, the consequences?

Don't hesitate to be playful and a little mischievous. Be reasonably careful and attentive, but be confident like The Magician and have some fun this weekend. 

And for all celebrating, Happy Juneteenth!

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CARD OF THE WEEKEND: May 21-22, 2022

 

The Magician

Oak, Ash & Thorn Tarot

by Stephanie Burrows with art by Adam Oehlers

May 21-22, 2022: Perhaps you've never thought of a bird's nest as an altar. But look at this card from Oak, Ash & Thorn Tarot!

This weekend will be for gathering the elements you need to make the changes you want to see in yourself, your life, and/or your world. Gather and build your nest/altar. Visualize yourself as a bird flying from your prospective nest/altar to pick up the building pieces you'll need. Bring them back and place them just so.

You're selective but also innovative, creative. You find various building items you might not have anticipated; some might even be completely new to you. You intuit their utility, even if, at first, you're not yet sure how you will use them. But, for some, you know exactly what they can do and how to wield them because you've been here before.

The Magician is Tarot's "can-do" figure--mainly, because all The Magician needs for any task is arrayed right there on a well-organized altar. On the Oak, Ash & Thorn card, you find Tarot's four elements--a simple branch for Wands/Fire; a rustic goblet for Cups/Water; a coin stamped with the five-star symbol of Pentacle/Earth; an unadorned sword for Swords/Air. For a truly mystical touch, artist Adam Oehlers envisions a quintet of lightning bugs visiting the nest and its smart and Spirit-empowered Magician.

The ritual tools shown here are not fancy. They serve their purpose, get the job done, through the Magician's crafty knowledge, strong intent, and a blessing from Spirit.

So...! What's on your altar? What's in your nest?

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CARD OF THE WEEK: May 9-13, 2022

 

Knight of Swords

Oriens Animal Tarot

by Ambi Sun

Vermilion Flycatcher, adult male (photo: Greg Lavaty)

May 9-13, 2022: With inspiration from Ambi Sun (creator of Oriens Animal Tarot), I am imagining this bright flycatcher zipping through the night sky on a mission to deliver a critical message. Tarot's Knight of Swords is fast, direct, able to get the job done in no time. But you have to be fast and pay close attention, too, so you don't miss what he's bringing.

Tarot's Swords represent the element of Air and symbolize speed, speech, and specificity. They can also symbolize thought, decisions, and differences or conflicts. How do one or more of these keywords fit with your objectives or overall situation for this week?

I'll use myself as an example. As a writer, I'm heartened to see Knight of Swords because he's a great ally for any communicator--so energizing and motivating.

How might this Knight of Swords inform, inspire, and support you this week?

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CARD OF THE WEEKEND: April 30-May 1, 2022

Queen of Arrows

Greenwood Tarot

by Mark Ryan with art by Chesca Potter

April 30-May 1, 2022: Sometimes we stumble upon entirely different universes when we visit decks crafted by artists who see traditional Tarot archetypes in unique ways. Greenwood Tarot, created by artist Chesca Potter and writer Mark Ryan, has enough idiosyncrasies to make convention-bound Tarotistas throw their hands up, but it is l-o-v-e-l-y none the less and beloved by many.

Why is Tarot's Queen of Swords--here styled as Queen of Arrows--represented by a white doe resting on grass beneath a hectic sky of swirling yellow/orange spirals? Why do her antlers resemble lava erupting towards that sky and yet also perfectly embracing an airborne valentine? There's a red arrow stuck in the ground by her flank, but the doe seems completely unconcerned with it. 

Where is the austere, brainy, challenging Swords/Air Queen we've come to expect? Though, do notice, below, Pamela Colman Smith's own use of yellow, orange, and red. I believe I've talked about this before. Her strong Queen of Swords is not completely without passion.

Queen of Swords

Rider-Waite Tarot

art by Pamela Colman Smith

Reader, I beckon you into Potter and Ryan's world and suggest you ground yourself in what is. Look around and find out.

That sky blazes with the bright fires of Celtic and Wiccan holiday of Beltane (May 1) as does the doe's flaming antlers. Ryan and Potter associate the suit of Arrows (Swords) with the period from Beltane through Midsummer to Lammas (August 1). The appearance of this card on this Beltane weekend definitely has quite a lot of woo to it.

Our queenly doe has charm galore and might have a very special message for you at this particular moment. Sit with her and listen.

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CARD OF THE WEEKEND: APRIL 16-17, 2022

 

 Father of Cups

The Wild Unknown Tarot

by Kim Krans

 

April 16-17, 2022: Kim Krans's Father of Cups (King of Cups in conventional Tarot) speaks to me of my own late dad, born under the sensitive water sign of Pisces. We shared the same birthdate number, six months apart. And he was noted for precisely the qualities Krans' highlights in her Father of Cups--support and diplomacy. I'm going to take things a step further, since the animal Krans chose for this image is a black swan. You actually don't want to go messing with a lovely swan thinking, "Oh, what a sweet, gentle, elegant being!" Swans can quickly spring into action to protect their territory and their young.

Tarot's kings always speak to me of the past, of history. This might be a good weekend for reflecting on highlights of your own history, seeing what continues to influence and shape you and your life path, for better or for worse. Cups indicate emotions, relationships, and creative energies. So, that might give you a clue about how this father/king might play out in your past, present, and potential.

In my case, my birth father--I had a stepfather, too--lived a life of service to others, dedicated to family, always there with his time and energy, striving to understand and support. I have to watch how those tendencies in myself, though admirable in a human, can go overboard.

It's a good weekend for journaling or, if writing stuff down is just not your thing, use other forms of creative expression to source and explore memories and the insights they raise.

A religious, family-oriented weekend for many, it's also a great weekend for ancestral work with ancestral messages and affirmations flowing easily.

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CARD OF THE DAY: March 30, 2022

 

 The Hermit

Tarot for Cats

by Regen Dennis with art by Kipling West

 

March 30, 2022: In traditional Tarot decks, you'd be more likely to find The Hermit off alone somewhere because, well, hermit. In Tarot for Cats, The Hermit's solitude has been interrupted by a young visitor, an inquisitive kitten.

Which are you, then? Reclusive hermit? Or impetuous seeker?

And what might you have to say to the Other? Or to that other part of yourself?

I think both of these characters have lively energy and great appeal, as painted by Kipling West, and I invite you to dive into that scene and imagine a conversation between the two--potential mentor and mentee--about a matter of interest or concern to you today.

And what do you think might be in that locked chest behind Hermit's tower of books? So much more to be revealed!

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CARD OF THE DAY: March 29, 2022

 

Six of Wands

Oriens Animal Tarot

by Ambi Sun

March 29, 2022: Your most familiar Six of Wands might show a victorious hero riding high amid cheering supporters--externally validated success and reward. Artist Ambi Sun, on the other hand, underscores confidence and radiance that rise from within, just from being who one truly is. The peacock struts its natural, if outlandish, splendor. Of course, everything is a matter of degree, and the guidebook for Sun's wonderful Oriens Animal Tarot cautions against a reversed Six of Wands' overbearing peacockiness!

But where are those six wands?

See the long feathers curving up from each side of the peacock? We tend to think of Tarot's wands as hefty, rigid staffs of wood or metal. In this case, though, Sun makes them silky, delicate, and vulnerable-looking. Still, draped behind the bird like the long train of a ball gown or held aloft like milady's fan, they are beautiful implements of high magick.

So, just for today, think of the softness and crafty subtlety of your powers. Sometimes, magickal power is as natural as breathing in and breathing out.

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CARD OF THE DAY: March 23, 2022

 

Il Diavolo (The Devil)

Cani Tarot

by Osvaldo Menegazzi

March 23, 2022: Yeah, sometimes we've got to deal with scary Tarot.

The Majors-only Cani Tarot gives us this big bad dog resting high on its stone pedestal surrounded by a wall of flames, billowing toxic smoke, a chain barrier, and the three lethal-looking "teeth" of his trident. At the moment, he himself doesn't look particularly scary, but...

"Don't get any closer!"

In other images of Tarot's Devil you might find a couple of humans who seem already hypnotized into their captor's power, too distracted to free themselves although the chains around their necks are ridiculously loose. But Osvaldo Menegazzi's Il Diavolo is just sitting up there all by himself as if to say, "You'd be a fool--or The Fool--to get anywhere near me. Fuck around and find out!"

Okay, okay! Thanks for that warning. We'll back off.

So, for today, sharpen your attention to details and be more cautious and skeptical. Maybe don't take that impulsive lunge this time. At least examine things carefully before you agree to them. Consider the long-term implications or consequences. Pick apart the smooth, seductive rhetoric. Read the fine print. If not, you'll wake up one day and realize you're trapped.

Trapped, burned, bitten, gassed, speared by that trident.

Just turn and walk away if things don't seem right. Your gut ain't lying to ya, and Menegazzi's Il Diavolo is giving you a fair chance to save yourself.

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CARD OF THE DAY: March 3, 2022

 

Seven of Pentacles

Animals Divine

by Lisa Hunt

 

March 3, 2022: This Seven of Pentacles, from Lisa Hunt's Animals Divine deck, really makes you take a careful look. Hunt's pentacles are rendered as simple, five-pointed stars appearing to grow, like fruit, from the branches of a tree. Her elegant giraffe lifts its head to pluck one of them.

But, wait, why only four pentacles in that tree?

Actually, there are three more in the painting--one stamped into the soil, two others pressed into the tree's trunk.

Hunt's image reminds us that ambition is best combined with being securely grounded. There are stars secreted all around us, even in the mundane earth.

So, what are you reaching for today? How are you lengthening that reach and expanding your possibilities? And what are the wise foundations of your efforts?

Take a chance. Reach for your stars. But don't forget the roots, the basics, and what gives you continual nourishment. This is also a good day to look around for sweet surprises from the ancestors.

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