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Receiving is as Sacred as Giving
oday is about the 6 of Pentacles, the card of healthy giving and receiving. (Lightseers Tarot version in image above)
Many of us want to give and give and give, but then struggle to welcome in the gifts others share.
Imagine you hand someone a present, and they reject it. Even if politely said, it stings a bit.
You may know their refusal is coming from a place of their own guilt or insecurity, but the energy you are emitting out in not being taken in.
Free Reading for September
This upcoming weekend after Labor Day, I will teach a course on Tarot through the Cinematic Hero’s Journey at the Northwest Tarot Symposium.
If you’re able to get to Portland, I hope you’ll consider joining. There are free vendors in the Monarch hotel along with some free classes available to the public.
As back to school season is upon us, consider coming in to get your own message from the teachers of the universe with a personal tarot reading.
Balance Your Inner Critic
Lately, I have been thinking about the balance between striving to do things well, and suffering with the critical monster of perfection.
A lot of us are taught to do our best and aim for the top. There are positive attributes to this, but the side effects can be dire.
Many of us are so hard on ourselves when we fall short that we decimate the joy of our accomplishments.
Brave Your Emotions
Emotions can be uncomfortable and hard to lean into.
One morning, I woke up angry next to my then partner. It wasn’t even from a recent fight so much as an accumulation of frustrations.
I wanted to gather my things and leave and let myself be angry at him without discussion.
But, then it happened . . . the cat laid on me.
Obviously I now had no choice but to stay there and feel my anger.
Quality Alone Time
I recently had a bout of COVID. It was so light that I was shocked when I tested positive, which was lucky, but I still had to isolate.
At first, I was grumpy. Right at the start of extroverted Leo season, I had to tuck myself away. Blarg.
I cleaned my car and room and my office to feel productive. But I knew that I needed to rest properly.
I decided to tap into the wisdom of the Hermit Card and do one of my favorite things that most people don’t enjoy. I put on the Kanopy app (free movies with your library card!) for some obscure cinema, and I watched slow existential movies.
Free Reading for August
I am excited to share that I was welcomed to teach a course on Tarot through the Cinematic Hero’s Journey at the Northwest Tarot Symposium coming up in the first weekend of September.
If you’re able to get to Portland, I hope you’ll consider joining. There is a free vendors area in the Monarch Hotel that weekend that is also open to the public.
I love this topic I am teaching because it combines many of my passions: Movies and Tarot and Storytelling.
We each are living our own unique story, and one of my favorite things about my work is getting to hear all the individual journeys that querents are navigating.
Tower Card: Progress is a Spiral
This week, I found myself in some tower card templates of torment.
Same old mid-summer struggle to rest enough.
Repeats of conflicts with loved ones.
Familiar frustrations with how much news is healthy to absorb.
It’s easy to feel defeated and focus on the feelings of failure.
This is the Tower Card. Old patterns that keep coming around.
You can move towns. Break up with that person. Change jobs. Yet you find yourself rehashing the same cycles with new places, people and careers.
This is where it helps to focus on the progress that has been made.
Annual Reflection & Cancerian Love
Today is my birthday!
It’s also the first day of Mercury Retrograde, so you get the gift of a discount for the next 3 weeks in readings and intuition development sessions when you sign up with the code RETRO2025
Today I am offering a more personal share with my annual ritual of pondering on where I have been and where I am going. I am also sharing a video of Gary the Unigoat below for your entertainment.
My hope is that you may relate to some of the messages or come up with your own mid-summer ponder.
Water Rituals
As the heat builds, let’s all engage more with water for body, mind, and spirit.
In the Tarot, the water element of the cups suit represents emotions and spirituality. It’s the essence of the heart. When we drink or consciously touch water, we better balance our whole system from the heart center.
Free Reading for July
Happy Independence Day in the USA
May we all take part in the freedoms we enjoy the most and cherish our democracy over this weekend and beyond.
Self-expression is a precious right that I am about to go relish as I play in a variety of costumes with my troupe, Risk of Change. Started by a group of gay men adjacent to the radical faeries in the 1980’s, we are celebrating our 40th anniversary this year!
Last week, a wonderful 1-hour documentary about the Oregon Country Faire came out that includes highlights of our crew.
You might even catch a quick shot of me dressed up as my gnome, Oomph von Ploomph!
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