An Ode to The Tower

Yesterday I was chatting with my friend Naomi about my past experience with all of the past Tower moments in my life – how I usually embrace and accept them. I hate them just as much as anyone else, but I also accept them – this is what is happening right now. Ok. There is…

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The Illusion of Grief

“Deal with what’s presently real; also deal with what you believe to be real” from my journal this morning   Just because something is an illusion, doesn’t make the loss any less painful. In fact, the death of illusion can be even more difficult to process than the physical thing.   Today’s card is the 9…

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Trust Your Own Intelligence

I am at the beginning of day 2 of a 4 day personal retreat. The main presenter has gathered several of the mentees that have been working with her over the last year to gift their sacred gifts and medicine as the retreat offering. I have been following the main presenter/teacher for some time, taking…

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The Shadowy Side of the Feminine

I don’t feel qualified to write about this. However I also can’t deny my own lived experience in a female body, embodying a predominantly feminine essence, and so I will write this from my own lived experience – from living in my own body.   First, let’s get clear about what I mean by “shadow”…

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Adventure and the Death Card

The Death Card gets a bad rap in the tarot.   I think it’s one of the reasons that decks like “The Good Tarot” are popular. The put a “positive” spin on all of the yucky stuff we don’t want to look at. I mean, who wants to see the Death Card pop out in…

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