Align Your Year with Tarot & Astrology
With so many people using this time to reflect and reset—their minds focused on planning the year ahead—I get a lot of calls around this time asking for readings. Over the years, I've uncovered more and more ways a person can use Tarot and Astrology to look ahead and receive internal and spiritual guidance for living their cosmically aligned life.
The Rich History and Modern Use for the Sabian Symbols
In 1925, astrologer Marc Edmond Jones visited Balboa Park in San Diego, accompanied by clairvoyant Elsie Wheeler. He brought a stack of 360 cards, each labeled with a zodiac sign and degree.
The Fascinating Evolution of Grimoires
Folks throughout history have used written repositories to store sacred information much like how scientists today keep notes on their observations and findings in their field of study. They were instructional and archival documents, where ancient practitioners and healers kept track of their experiences and shared the knowledge gained.
Helios and Heliotrope: Connecting Myth and Nature
As Helios—the Greek sun god—showers (pelts?) us with his radiant energy, the fiery element to Leo Season (July 22-August 21) is unmistakable. And it's because this is the time of year when the sun and the lion beckon us to tap into our Herculean power.
Understanding Gemini's Duality Through Myths and Tarot
So in honor of it being the season of the twins, one that is near and dear to my family's hearts, let’s indulge in some mythological musings about the constellation Gemini, shall we?
A Story About the Milky Way
Today, my folklore studies led me to read a beautiful tale from South Africa. I found it in Fearless Girls, Wise Women & Beloved Sisters by Kathleen Ragan through a Fairytale Heroines course I'm taking with the Carterhaugh School of Folklore and the Fantastic.
Tarot Symbolism: The Fool Card
The conventional explanations say that the Fool signifies the flesh, the sensitive life, and by a peculiar satire its subsidiary name was at one time the alchemist, as depicting folly at the most insensate stage.