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This is a very magickal time of the year. Numerous secular, spiritual, and magickal traditions focus on this period as a time for change. Sometimes, perhaps without even being aware of it, we get stuck in the proverbial rut, including in our magickal practices. And when you’re in that rut, doing things by rote, you may not notice that slowly your success, or the degree of success, starts to fade. To spark your magick you need to change something—but what? I remember reading about a famous musician who said that when his music writing became stagnant, he would learn to play a new instrument. Every instrument has its own characteristics, leading to new styles and directions. So ...
Back in the "dark ages" (say, circa 1990), everything was just a little bit different. Calling a friend if you weren't home meant digging for a quarter and locating a phone booth. If you got lost while driving, first, you had to admit it, then, you had to stop to check the gritty map on the gas station wall or hope for a kind attendant to help you find your way again. God forbid you had a curious mind, because if you wanted to recall any of life's facts (say, when the Magna Carta was signed or how many James Bond movies there are), you had to—well, how did we do this? Go to the library, or call our dad? To get the weather forecast, you had to wait for the weatherperson's regular ...
"Fraternity" Astrological correspondence: Mercury in Cancer (excited emotions). Image: Three women each hold a Cup aloft as they dance together in a vegetable garden. Key Phrase: Celebration within the group. Statement: "I enjoy sharing myself among my family, friends, and acquaintances. I heal and am healed within their atmosphere." Quotation: "Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed." (Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Friendship") Major Obstacle: The ego, because of antisocial behavior, feels like an outcast. strong>The Three of Cups in a Reading Efforts of individuals brought to a common purpose. Solace from belonging to a group; ...
My daughter Julia has a deck of tarot cards. She looks through it when we're watching television in the living room. She pulls cards for her sisters, and the study the images together. Sometimes she even takes the deck to play with at her grandmother's house. Unfortunately, some of the cards are missing, and some of them are bent. But that's understandable—Julia is only a year old.http://www.llewellyn.comGranted, she's a little young for the complexities of the tarot. Before long, however, I fully expect that she'll want me to give her "real" tarot readings—almost as often as she'll want me to read to her from her favorite volume of Dr. Seuss. While the tarot is usually used ...
