The Sun: Know Thyself. Be Thyself.

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I describe Tarot as a do-it-yourself-know-thyself-kit. Forget fortune telling with the cards. As fun as that can be when fate looks golden, it can be a real ball-and-chain dragging you down when the cards are dark. Instead, I recommend using Tarot to get to know yourself better. To find out, as the Spice Girls sang, ‘What you want, what you really really want.’ To acknowledge your strengths and work on your weaknesses. To become who you are deep inside.

Life Lesson Tarot (aka the Major Arcana) spells out this journey in detail. And you know you’ve finally been successful at becoming a realer version of yourself when you pull this card out of the pack… Continue reading →

Judgement: Softening What’s Rigid In Your Heart

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Judgement

Reading these words really hit home for me…

‘If we want there to be peace in the world, we have to be brave enough to soften what is rigid in our hearts, to find the soft spot and stay with it. We have to have that kind of courage and take that kind of responsibility. That’s the true practice of peace.’

To me this is a classic Judgement quote. Because the ultimate judgement is to be compassionate. To forgive others. To forgive yourself. To soften what’s rigid in your heart. Only when you do that can you reach the ultimate Tarot card: The World.

The quote comes from Pema Chodron who is a Buddhist teacher, author, nun and mother. She has inspired millions around the world with her message of peace. You can find her at http://www.pemachodronfoundation.org.

The Lovers 21st Century Style

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The Lovers

I clicked on an article today at The Huffington Post (an online news media) titled ‘Nearly 20 Percent Of Young Adults Admit To Doing This During Sex’. Thinking: ‘What are those young people up to now? Don’t tell me that as well as being more functional than my generation (X) they’re also having better sex!’ I imagined I was going to learn they’re all giving each other head (which I’ve heard they are) whereas in my day that pleasure only flowed in one direction and I was prepared to be very jealous of the women of Generation Y. But instead here’s what I read…

Nearly 20 percent of young adults between the ages of 18 and 34 use their smartphones during sex.

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. The jokes on me. Ah, the choices we make, even when getting intimate with the ones we love.

Do you use your smartphone during sex?

The High Priestess: Secret Keeper

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My WordPress host keeps throwing quotes at me too good not to comment on. Today’s thought is: ‘Writing is a struggle against silence.’ Carlos Fuentes (A writer obviously!)

Puts me in mind of this card…

The High PriestessThe High Priestess: It’s a writer’s job to reveal the secrets she keeps. The mysteries of life. But the High Priestess herself ain’t talking. The writer has to dig them out for him or herself!