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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Shakti -- The Life Dancer

Daughters of The Moon Tarot

by Ffiona Morgan

 

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CARD OF THE WEEKEND: December 10-11, 2022

 

 Wisdom

Oracle of the Grail Code

by Amy Sophia Marashinsky

Balthasar Denner's Portrait of an Old Woman (oil on copperplate)

The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg

 

December 10-11, 2022: Amy Sophia Marashinsky's large-format Oracle of the Grail Code was a gift from a longtime friend who passed from this plane some years ago. Because of the specific nature of its system--inspired by Holy Grail legends--and imagery selected from historic paintings, this oracle deck has never entered into my professional practice. However, it's a wondrous presence in my collection, and Wisdom, from a work by German portraitist Balthasar Denner (1685-1749), happens to be my favorite of its images.

Wisdom turns her face to your gaze and appears about to speak. She has listened to you with a kind gaze as she gathers her response. Her illuminated face bears the message about to be delivered. The unlit part of her face carries experience and learning, as well as that which might not be said at this time. Though yet unspoken, this knowledge deeply informs everything she can and will reveal to you now.

Sit with her this weekend and ask her all the heart-deep questions you are ready to ask.

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The Heirophant from Lisa Sterle's Modern Witch Tarot

was selected back in October by one of  my readers.

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The above card was suggested by reader Gabrielle Civil, and I posted about it on October 3.

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CARD OF THE WEEK: October 31-November 4, 2022

 

Water

Ancient Minchiate Etruria

a reproduction of a 1725 Florentine Minchiate oracle deck

Wishing all who celebrate a beautiful, blessed Samhain! For those of us who know there's really no "veil" to thin and really no grave danger from the "spirit world" to avoid--just a heightened awareness of our alignment with Spirit--let us acknowledge our ancestors/elder spirits/Mighty Dead and express gratitude for their ongoing guidance and care. For more on this concept, visit here.

October 31-November 4, 2022: Smack dab in the middle of a card dedicated to the element of Water is a vessel of transport over water. So, let's go with that dominant placement and consider this a message about expertly riding waves of change and changeability.

This ocean water looks choppy, but the elements of Earth (body of the ship) and Air (driving the sails) have a central role in this narrative. Purpose and direction. The sturdiness to endure and survive and brisk energy to keep going.

Consider how the symbolized properties of Earth and Air carry you safely over the challenges of times of major change.

And, if you get a chance this week, spend a little time in rest and contemplation in view of a river, lake, or ocean.

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CARD OF THE WEEKEND: October 29-30, 2022

 

Ace of Swords

Ancient Minchiate Etruria

a reproduction of a 1725 Florentine Minchiate oracle deck

October 29-30, 2022: Think back to Pamela Colman Smith's Ace of Swords (Rider-Waite Tarot) and how a sword-wielding hand emerges from a cloud. For this quite different Minchiate deck, the sword arrives via an equally mysterious figure--who is that hand and arm attached to?--but one more likely to be earthborn, not ethereal. And earthly power also appears in the form of a simple crown circling the point of that hoisted sword.

Introducing the mystical element of Air and, with the Ace, its most subtle and basic form--like a puff of air or a whisper--the Minchiate's Ace of Sword points towards the opportunity for high authority and power which may be earthly or intellectually expressive. The Aces can show us what can build or be built, in stages, if given sufficient attention and care.

Tending to your mental processes and to the fruits of thought will be key this weekend. Make notes on "things to keep in mind," for the mind will be a powerful tool. Meditation, journaling, freewriting, chanting, singing, channeling, and quiet conversations are especially favored and valuable.

Also keep in mind that this weekend carries the energy of Samhain, a time of heightened communication with the revered and beloved dead. It's an excellent time for tuning in to Spirit and downloading what you most need to know!

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CARD OF THE WEEK: October 24-28, 2022

 

Adiel

Gold & Silver Guardian Angel cards

by Angela McGerr

October 24-28, 2022: Angela McGerr's unusual deck of 144 tiny cards has long sat among my collection, never consulted for divination. But whether you believe in angels or believe in them only in the most unorthodox ways, McGerr's approach might appeal to you. She designed her Gold & Silver Guardian Angels cards to be comforting sources of daily guidance. 

Our Card of the Week, Adiel, advises a period of gradual letting go. McGerr associates Adiel with the full moon and the period of gradual decrease after the moon has expressed its full brilliance.

A bit of Google research on the name Adiel suggests that this angel governs the documentation and archiving of history. As such, Adiel might also prove to be an ally for anyone who desires to review--and then consign to the vaults of time--anything that need not continue along into the future.

So, what are you preparing to release?

I say "are you preparing"--not "are you prepared" or "are you ready"--because the card's guidance suggests stages of release, a winding down, not a sudden shift away.

How can you gradually lessen the amount of attention and energy you put into this situation? And how will you allow (check the implication of that word, too) this situation to recede, resolve, clear, largely on its own without your having to work hard at it?

This is a good week to begin this process, though this week might or might not bring ultimate closure.

Just start somewhere. Just start to allow.

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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.

See more of Fossey's charming artwork here. My thanks to the dear friend who introduced me to this work!

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CARD OF THE WEEK: August 29-September 2, 2022

 

Magnifying Glass

Gilded Reverie Lenormand Expanded

by Ciro Marchetti

August 29-September 2, 2022: With Magnifying Glass as your card of the week, you have been counseled to slow down and take the time to examine things carefully in great detail and from all available angles. This can apply to something already in motion or something that might arrive over the course of this week. Don't be so fast to accept things at face value. As needed, ask questions. Poke at the thing!

A wide spectrum of possibility can be indicated. So, don't worry. It's not always negative. Magnifying Glass might bring you something positive and exciting to explore in depth. Just remember that those last two words are the most important in this message!

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CARD OF THE WEEKEND: June 11-12, 2022

 

Mask

Wiccan Cards

by Nada Mesar (Solitaire) with art by Chatriya Hemharnvibul

June 11-12, 2022: Masks not only obscure a human face, concealing the reality on the surface or within an individual. Things, places, and situations can also be masked, posing a challenge to uncover their secrets, true identity, and meaning.

For this weekend, I challenge you to contemplate this Mask image from Wiccan Cards, an oracle deck by Nada Mesar (Solitaire) with art by Chatriya Hemharnvibul. To me, it signals the hidden presence of a different reality behind the visible appearance of things, and it advises a deeper exploration to seek the truth.

Looking ahead, it predicts that you will wish you'd had better information before you started a relationship, accepted or turned down a job offer, bought a high-end purchase, moved to a different location, or sent that manuscript off to a publication, totally confident you'd penned the most exciting thing ever written about your topic!

Hold up. Take another look. Ask more questions--of others, of yourself--and get the details you need to make an informed decision or take a critical action.

Astrologers would counsel that, although we cleared the Mercury in Retrograde period as of June 3, we've not yet cleared Merc's lingering tail! Pesky. And what a retrograde period this has been--from petty to brutal. I will say, though, that a Merc Retro can also stir up and dig up hidden matters and present them for correction--if one is willing to make the correction. So, that fits.

Another meaning of mask as symbol relates to protection of the vulnerable from threat--much as we've seen during the COVID-19 pandemic of the past few years.

Sometimes we encounter masked situations or people, and the protection is understandable and entirely justified. Your Card of the Weekend could suggest something you would do well to protect or shield from one or more people, at least for the moment. You will know if this particular meaning holds true in your current experience.

Take some time out this weekend to slow down, check in with yourself, and ask for more clarity. Open your journal and write down what you're sensing and what you feel you need to know. If there's further practical questioning or research you know you need to do, figure out those necessary steps and schedule the time you'll need to address them. Make space for it on your calendar and be faithful to this promise to yourself.

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CARD OF THE WEEKEND: May 14-15, 2022

 

High Tide

Sacred Geometry Cards for the Visionary Path

by Francene Hart

May 14-15, 2022: Open your awareness to the feeling of those spiraling waves. That's what hits first--the sensation of being swept up in their unbound energy.

Take another look at this card and notice the ethereal transparency of these waves. High Tide, from Francene Hart's Sacred Geometry Cards, is not so much the story of any actual ocean we might gaze upon as it is the heightened force of Water, the archetypal element governing feelings, emotions, changeability, and cleansing.

Just as the power of water can carve and reshape surrounding land--think how the Colorado River formed the Grand Canyon over millions of years--Water's intervention transforms the Earth element within and around you, upending, remaking, refreshing what is most in need of re-visioning.

This will be a good weekend to set up comforting space for yourself. Sit with music that will open your heart. Write in your journal with your favorite pen. Let yourself have a long, deep cry--the one you've been holding back and stuffing down for quite a while. Or let those raw feelings well up and pour out in song.

Let go, and let Water do its work.

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CARDS OF THE WEEKEND: May 7-8, 2022

 

I am choosing to see my challenges as my Highest Good.

I am a complete success.

I am in love with the adventure of life.

Goddess on the Go

by Amy Sophia Marashinsky with art by Melissa Harris

 

May 7-8, 2022: The humans in these three cards of affirmation from Goddess on the Go all appear to be holding on for dear life in the midst of dynamic natural forces. They're not afraid, though. All are here for the ride!

Some of you may have come to that place of willing mind and heart after dealing with the turbulence of Tarot's Tower card, our card of the outgoing week. So, let's look at each of these three Goddess cards in turn, and see how their messages could support your development in times of extraordinary change.

I am choosing to see my challenges as my Highest Good: Volatile weather blows up the atmosphere around you; you quickly grasp hold of the branch of a tree. Of course, trees themselves are often vulnerable in a windstorm, but you're doing the best you can with what you're able to reach in that moment so you won't be swept away!

Look around and find something that can protect, ground, and sustain you until the immediate conditions ease up. Amy Sophia Marashinsky's affirmation suggests that challenges can open the door to a better self, and I'm reminded of some exquisite wisdom from Zen teacher Zenju Earthlyn Manuel in a recent dharma talk: 

Trouble is transformation.

Trouble is deep initiation.

I am a complete success. A Ralph Waldo Emerson essay counsels the reader to "hitch your wagon to a star." I can't help but think of that expression as I look at this card. The person here has latched onto to a shooting star and, to use another old expression, "is really going places!" The star is already in motion in the right direction. So, choosing people, places, and things wisely and well and making the right connection(s) will make every difference in your outcome as the forces of change sweep staleness away. 

Looking at the affirmation itself, I would add that "success" will be one thing for one person, another thing for someone else. It's defined and appears in different forms according to an individual's values, aspirations, and strategies. Do not measure yourself against anyone else's desires and outcomes. Focus on bringing your own dreams to life in your own way. And, when they manifest, celebrate, 'cause you did that!

I am in love with the adventure of life. There you are, riding that swift horse with determination and joy as it streaks through the sky! You're making things happen, going after what you want. Instead of fearing change and feeling mastered by it, you're making change work for you. Exciting!

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CARD OF THE WEEKEND: April 23-24, 2022

 

Ivy

The Celtic Tree Oracle

by Liz and Colin Murray with art by Vanessa Card

April 23-24: From one of our kitchen windows, we keep track of the seasons of a neighboring building's wall of ivy. How lovely to watch and breathe in this gleaming expanse of green as it unfurls each spring.

Our Card of the Weekend, Ivy, comes from The Celtic Tree Oracle and reminds us of our hardy resilience and ability to adapt to the conditions of different environments. The labyrinthine spiral near the bottom of the image signifies an inner journey to the true Self.

For this weekend, set out or continue on that journey. Meditate on the many resources you have within. Perhaps, write a list so that you can see them in front of you, appreciate them, and not forget. There's powerful spellcasting in what you write.

See if you can breathe warm energy into those aspects of yourself that need encouragement, new life, new spirit. Make a good accounting of who you are--an invincible summer, as Albert Camus wrote:

"Au milieu de l'hiver, j'apprenais enfin qu'il y avait en moi un été invincible." (L'Été)

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CARD OF THE DAY: March 28, 2022

 

Garden

Golden Thread Lenormand

by Tina Gong

 

March 28, 2022: When I first saw the gold-on-black images from artist Tina Gong's Golden Thread Lenormand, I knew I had to have it. These cards are--trust me--both minimalist and glamorous. I regret that my iPhone shots can't do their allure justice, and that's why they've not turned up on hummingwitch until just now.

I also regret the accidental scratch mark across the bench on Gong's Garden card which, for some annoying reason, looks far worse in this photo than it does on the card itself where you can barely see it. But you can look up images from this deck elsewhere online and discover how truly beautiful it is.

You might not notice anyone walking around Gong's garden, but allow yourself to imagine a large, sunny, airy, gracious, welcoming space. This space is open to the public, a gathering place for community and exchange. It represents things that are above board, out there for all, and communal.

With this as your Card of the Day, think about activities, projects, communication, or engagements that are public-facing or about your role in a wider sphere of interchange, collaboration, and influence.

The bench is a particularly attractive touch (if you ignore my unfortunate scratch). Think about who, living or in Spirit, you might like to invite to that bench for a chat. If you can't arrange this literally, then imagine that conversation and see what comes of it.

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CARD OF THE DAY: March 11, 2022

 

The Persona

The Wisdom Well

by Ivarna Kalinkova

 

March 11, 2022: Here's a card from The Wisdom Well, a highly non-traditional oracle deck inspired by the visionary psychoanalytic teachings of Carl Gustav Jung.

With this card, The Persona, Ivarna Kalinkova explores the performative outer self we often show the world. Subject to our willful control, our outer mask obscures the true inner self which, we fear, might not meet with approval or get us what we want or think we need in life.

This Persona has a wonderful image, invoking that moment when a circus clown makes one final check of his/her/their reflection in the dressing room's light-ringed mirror before heading out to the stage.

As our Card of the Day, The Persona suggests we pause to consider if we actually need a disguise or code switch for our protection or advantage--something we may deploy merely out of habit--or if we can afford to greet the situation at hand with courageous authenticity.

Are you facing a legitimate and useful "fake-it-'til-you-make-it" moment? Is it better to shapeshift and blend in for now and do what the Romans do? Or should you bravely show your true face to the world, come what may?

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CARD OF THE DAY: March 2, 2022

 

Owls

Gilded Reverie Lenormand Expanded Edition

by Ciro Marchetti

 

March 2, 2022: With his added Owls card, Ciro Marchetti expands the range of options that a traditional Lenormand oracle deck can offer. Where a Lenormand Birds card suggests mundane conversations and sometimes petty chatter, Marchetti's owls signify deeper communication in which matters of higher import and great wisdom can be transmitted from person to person or Spirit to mind.

That makes today an excellent time to make space for contemplation and meditation. Stay alert for signs and synchronicities that could bring meaningful messages. Perhaps you will recognize the answer to a question or a solution to a major problem that you've been carrying close to your heart.

Certainly, it can be a good day for a deep heart-to-heart talk with someone important to you.

At the very least, grab some private time, and give yourself a reading. You owe this to yourself!

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CARDS OF THE WEEKEND: February 19-20, 2022

 

Dancing Prayer and Calm Within

from Sacred Geometry Cards for the Visionary Path

by Francene Hart

 

February 19-20, 2022: As one of Francene Hart's more hallucinogenic Sacred Geometry oracle cards, Dancing Prayer pulses with vitality that encompasses and radiates from the central, multi-limbed figure. Do make time to dance this weekend.

Think of your dance as both received by and emanating from your physical body, perhaps simultaneously. Examine Hart's image closely to get an understanding of its overlapping realities.

Hart's Calm Within stays steady amid the lightning storm no matter whether that storm is external or actually issues from within this figure's own system. I like to think of it that way--the power of lightning flashing from within a still, grounded body. What unexpected high magick might manifest? Take time to ground yourself, and see what happens next.

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CARD OF THE DAY: January 6, 2022

 

Arianrhod

from Goddesses Knowledge Cards

by Michael Babcock with art by Susan Seddon Boulet

 

January 6, 2022: With mystical artwork by the late Susan Seddon Boulet, Goddesses Knowledge Cards is one of the most beautiful, most soul-stirring oracle decks in our field. It is not a Tarot deck. Its cards interpret Goddess lore across the world's cultures--Lilith, Fortuna, Kuan Yin, Persephone, White Shell Woman, The Sphinx, and many more, 48 in total. These compact cards are smaller than standard Tarot or playing cards, larger than Lenormands, and almost--but not exactly--square. Respectfully shuffling them hand to hand--not riffling them, which I dislike in any case--is a breeze.

Today's card represents a triple moon goddess out of Welsh tradition--Arianrhod. Writer Michael Babcock identifies Her as the "high fruitful mother who turns the wheel of the heavens" and notes that She "watches over souls in a purgatory filled with beings awaiting rebirth."

The image inspires me to ask of it (and, thus, of you), "Who is ready? Who emerges now? Who steps out of the shadows into the world?"

All of this is still a mystery for you, perhaps, but you can take a moment today to set aside your everyday busy-ness and ask the Goddess.

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The Fool

from Etruscan Tarot

by Riccardo Minetti with art by Silvana Alasia

It's certainly way too late to ship out a Christmas present, but you can still pick out one for yourself! But where can you find just the right Tarot deck, Tarot guide book, or Tarot bag to please you? 

Pinterest is great for viewing a wide range of Tarot designs and beginning to get a sense of what styles of imagery might work well for your practice.

Check out Etsy, too, for more ideas and vendors.

You'll find a great archive of deck reviews (with card images) on the great Aeclectic Tarot site-- including several by yours truly from as much as 15 years ago!

Here's one of mine on the very unusual 2013 Oracle deck--for one thing, I said it was "not for people who prefer their decks gentle and sweet"--and another on Dorothy Krause's Millennium Tarot (aka Dorothy Krause's Tarot).

Two good New York City bookstores devoted to spiritual/metaphysical books and supplies, like Tarot, are:

Quest Bookshop

240 East 53rd Street, New York, NY 10022 (212-758-5521)

Aum Shanti Bookshop

230 E 14th St, New York, NY 10003 (212-260-2866)

Oddly enough, I've never visited the little Brooklyn witch shop Catland, but I'm guessing it's cool!

Catland

987 Flushing Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11206 (718- 418-9393)
info@catlandbooks.com

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Happy holidays!