The new moon influences me to throw things out, physically, mentally, emotionally. If I don’t want something to grow, that is sometimes the only answer.
Author: Barbara W. Klaser
New moon
I haven’t been paying as much attention to the moon as I usually do. Then today I found myself having a bit of a down day, quiet, introspective, but with a very busy mind. I realized the moon is turning today—rather tomorrow—ending its waning and getting ready to grow in the sky. No wonder I’ve…
What’s your creative dream?
I suspect the fleeting nature of bliss and beauty is what inspires many creative people to do what we do. It’s a bit like stopping time, or slowing it down.
Prayer beads I
The use of prayer beads spans many religious faiths.
Four lions in the Crystal Tarot
Yesterday the Four of Wands came up in a reading with the Crystal Tarot. Later the King of Wands appeared in a separate reading with the same deck. Both cards have lions in their images.
Easter
I like the colors, symbols, and all the religious and spiritual connections. I think rabbits must be a personal totem of mine, because although I’m allergic to them, they fascinate and attract me. I’m like Alice wanting to follow the white rabbit down the hole (a shamanic idea if ever there was one). Easter by…
Vernal Equinox: Empress
Many people associate either IV The Emperor or 4 of Wands with the Vernal Equinox, because of those cards’ associations with the astrological sign Aries. But to me no card epitomizes the advent of Spring more than the Empress, in particular III The Empress as depicted by Lady Frieda Harris.
Spring rain
“Spring Rain,” a short poem by Barbara W. Klaser.
Restoring Cosmic Order
Tarot of Transformation, 8 Balance. This card is a reminder that we are observed, or that what we do is somehow recorded. If not by other people or our own higher selves, then by the powers or laws of the universe.
Inner Seeing
Tarot of Transformation. This 6 of Wands is quite different from that of a traditional tarot. If there’s any kind of victory, it’s that of finally being able to contact one’s true self, one’s inner seeing.