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My blog--I pull a card--if it doesn't speak to me...perhaps it is for you?
I pull a card...if it doesn't speak to me...perhaps it was meant for you? *Heart*


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How to Read the Tarot

Begin by brewing a cup of tea,
a nervine, lemon balm or chamomile,
this is after all, your future.
A reading at the dark of the moon is best,
before the night creatures crawl
and bad humours fill the air.
Pick a circular deck, with a fairy-tale motif,
and no reversals.
Hold a question in your heart,
shuffle the cards and place them on the table.
Choose only two.
Like the ancient Israelites,
these are your seer stones, Urim and Thumimm,
black and white, yes or no.
Isn't that all you were asking?

the golden mean

November 28, 2023 at 7:43am
November 28, 2023 at 7:43am
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Art

SunTzu wrote "The Art of War".
There is no art in war
no dark beauty
in ashes of olive trees
no gifts in debris.
The blood of innocents
floods the streets.
Survivors fashion coffins
of boxes.
Houses simmer with the secrets
of smoldering hate.
Mothers raise their arms
to heaven
and chant an ancient refrain:
Make art, not war.

Prompt: Art

15 lines

Dark Goddess Tarot--XVI--Kali--Destruction
November 18, 2023 at 8:59am
November 18, 2023 at 8:59am
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Mirror

I pray
when you look in the mirror
you do not see
only your political party.
When I look in the mirror
I see God, and She is
black, white, brown
not and/or, but and/and
queer, hetero, asexual
handicapped, whole
addicted, newly sober
Republican (god forbid), progressive.
When I look in the mirror
I see God
and I am not lonely.

15 lines

Prompt: mirror

Pholarchos Tarot--19--the Sun--In the inner heart lies the gold.
November 15, 2023 at 9:35am
November 15, 2023 at 9:35am
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At Seventy-Two

I have no further goals I wish to achieve,
at sea-level I am aging more slowly.
This is not like nihilism I believe
but a veneration of all things lowly.
Trapped in this aging body I will not grieve
and celebrate my life for it is holy.
Sonatas I'll play till all tears be released,
salt waters untrap our feared, loathsome beasts.
Corals, stars, flowers coming to fruition,
I have escaped by my death of ambition.
I believe dreams do love us to completion.

Form: Eleventh Power

11 lines


Pholarchos Tarot--5 of Coral--a gift of water

November 10, 2023 at 6:37pm
November 10, 2023 at 6:37pm
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November 9, 2023


Crescent moon
hangs in pale dawn light
a ghost orchid in the swamp
unattainable by mere mortals
silver against an inky sky


Form: Sedlak
November 8, 2023 at 7:38am
November 8, 2023 at 7:38am
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Peace

Of course I want world peace
But I mostly pray for personal peace
for my soul, my family, my friends.
I build my altars
to the Old Gold Woman,
Madonna of the Flowers,
Kwan Yin, Durga, Mother Earth.
Here every molecule spins ecstasy
and every fugitive desire bears fruit,
and we know the better angels of our being.
Here, our hearts are a confluence
of a thousand wild roses.


12 lines


Pholarchos Tarot---3--Empress----ecology not theology


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