I think today is the last day of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. I use an astrological calendar, not a Jewish one, and anything but a Jewish calendar usually gets this stuff wrong — because the J Holidays start in the evening. In either case, today is the last day of Sukkot, or tomorrow is,…

We have been talking about all kinds of things in my month long Tarot Clinic: reversed cards, the Tarot numbers, reading pairs and card combinations, interesting spreads from Alejandro Jodorowsky, and delving deep into the Celtic Cross (and more). This class was inspired by my current obsessions, which include being open to others’ obsessions. That’s…

You know what? I don’t even know what I mean by that. The trouble with Tarot is trust. I was reading Yoav Ben-Dov’s Tarot book on the ferry and taking notes on post-its — for the on-line Tarot class that I’m teaching, as well as taking notes for future blog posts and I wrote that…

I want to share with you a little Tarot spread that I shared in the Tarot class this morning (and yes, you can still join us. My email is at the end of this post if you want more information). I got this spread from my astrology teacher some years ago. You pull one card…

One of my graduate school professors, twenty years ago,  introduced the idea of Duende to me. And you know what? I can’t remember now which poet it was  — Jorie Graham? Jane Miller? And last week as I was blogging here, it occurred to me to include Duende on my shopping list for what goes…

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