Sometimes I escape into an ocean of ideas. New ideas feed new ideas, and so on and so forth. I’m quite sure that most creative people do a lot of reading, or of taking in others’ ideas in one form or another, through conversations, through images, even psychically. I’m sure no one can be quite…
Author: Barbara W. Klaser
2009 Tarot Study – Threes
As I mentioned previously, I’m doing something a little different in each segment of my Tarot Study. Today’s segment is long, but I hope it contains something you’ll find worth your while. I seem to have an awful lot to say about these cards. (NOTE May 12, 2024: The images used here were part of…
2009 Tarot Study – IV The Emperor
It seems that my Tarot Study this year is becoming a constant voice in the back of my head reminding me of both the study and the connection of the current card under study to my life in one way or another. It’s even to some extent shaping my dreams. Hopefully the Emperor will prompt…
2009 Tarot Study – VIII Justice
Justice — Is There Any? The subtitle for this section of my post is borrowed from the chapter on Justice in Sallie Nichols’ Jung and Tarot: An Archetypal Journey. I’ve had a lot of trouble with this particular card in my study, and I’m not sure why. It’s not as if I’ve never given the…
2009 Tarot Study – Numbers and the Tarot Major Arcana
If you’re new to Tarot, you might wonder why the Justice and Strength cards are numbered differently from one Tarot deck to another. In the older Tarot de Marseille decks, Justice is VIII and Strength is XI (and the Fool, by the way, has no number at all, while the Death card has a number…
2009 Tarot Study – V The Hierophant
The Hierophant: Seeking Perfection in the Great Imperfect The traditional title of The Hierophant is The Pope, and in the Tarot de Marseille this card provides a masculine contrast or polarization with card II The Papess, or female pope. In modern Tarot decks these two cards’ titles have changed to, most commonly, The High Priestess…
2009 Tarot Study – Kings
How do they rule? The King cards in the Tarot sometimes represent wisdom or mastery, and at other times a completion or culmination, the state of having achieved a zenith or post-zenith position in some area of life. A King can also mean carrying something to such a point of completion and expertise that one…
2009 Tarot Study
I’ve decided to begin an in-depth Tarot study in 2009, not of any particular deck, but of the 22 major arcana and the 14 levels of minor arcana — Aces through 10s, Pages, Knights, Queens, Kings — using several decks. I’ve been using Tarot, mostly for personal insight, for 20 plus years, so this will…
I have just one thing to say . . .
Or is that two?
How blueberries get there?
“Hanging Blueberries” Copyright © 2008 Barbara W. Klaser 5 x 7 inches watercolor, color pencil, pen and ink