Interior spring cleaning—Temperance

Like most tarotists, I am fascinated by what cards come off the deck when drawn blindly. There are times, though, that I feel lessons can be learned from specific cards. Those lessons do not have to come from a random pull, but are rather better absorbed from a conscious draw—especially when trends or situations are…

Let’s 10 of Swords this shit and move on!

  Have you ever thought and discussed a situation to death? Have you ever been so fed up with something that you can taste it? Have you ever agonized over something so much that you’re defeated before even dealing with it? Have you ever been so ready to move on from something that that the…

The choice of awareness — 2 of Swords

How often do we act out of reaction, and how often is it truly a conscious choice? We like to think we have free will, and indeed we do, but more often than not we act blindly from conditioned belief and habit. This is reaction, not action. The 2 of swords appropriately conveys this double-edged…