Four years ago (wow, has time flown!) I made the following post to my blog. I thought that after so many years (and so many posts) it would be relevant to look at again: Have you considered making any New Year’s Resolutions (NYRs)? You know, the promises you make to yourself about changes in your [...]
The Full Moon in Cancer occurred this morning, Friday, December 28 at 5:21 am Eastern (10:21 am GMT) at 7 degrees. Full Moons represent the culmination of those things that were begun with the New Moon (in this case the December 13 New Moon in Sagittarius), which found us evaluating our past and current selves. [...]
We are super excited to announce that several Llewellyn Tarot books, decks, and authors have been recognized as some of the best in Tarot for 2012! Tarosophists Awards Each year, TarotProfessionals.com (run by Marcus Katz & Tali Goodwin) asks several thousands of Tarot students, enthusiasts, teachers, artists, designers, developers, collectors, and authors, to nominate and [...]
Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Michael Furie, author of the new Spellcasting for Beginners. It’s true, we need money, but it’s important to remember that it has no inherent value. Money is man-made and only has value because we agree that it does. There’s no such thing as “money energy” to call [...]
I like the works of Charles Dickens. His A Tale of Two Cities is breathtaking in its scope and plotting. But even more fascinating are his insights into the psychology and motivations of the characters. Published just three years after the birth of Sigmund Freud and decades before our modern understandings of the mind, he [...]
Well? Did you survive the Mayan apocalypse? Did you survive the end of the world? I did. All those who didn’t survive the apocalypse, please raise your hand so we can see you. Coming soon to a theater near you: ZOMBIE MAYAN APOCALYPSE!!!
Capricorn, The Goat December 22 to January 20 Modality: Cardinal Element: Earth Ruler: Saturn Keywords: Ambitious, resourceful, disciplined, creative, materialistic As a Capricorn you are sensible and practical, but your ruling planet of Saturn can make you a bit overly cautious at times. Efficient, organized, and ambitious, you can at times be intolerant of those [...]
The Yule card (aka XIII, Death) from the Book of Shadows, volume 1: As Above Tarot
As we come to the end of the year, I’d like all who practice magick of any kind, but especially those who do group rites, to consider a simple question: Are you doing ritual… or ritual theater? There is nothing wrong with either. There is nothing inherently “better” doing one rather than the other. I [...]
Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Lupa, author of New Paths to Animal Totems. This is a quick guide for working with “found” animal parts—naturally shed fur and feathers from pets, farm animals, or wild critters; bones discovered in the woods; and so forth. It’ll work with other animal parts, too, but found [...]