On the New Moon of each month, I perform a forecast for the impending lunar cycle using astrologer Dane Rudhyar's 8-phase "lunation" model. The basis for the spread structure is described in the developer's notes appended to the layout. Here is the result for October, 2017, using the Tabula Mundi Colores Arcus tarot, with reversals. … Continue reading Lunar Month Look-Ahead for October
Month: September 2017
The Psycards: A Deck Review
After dragging my feet for a couple of years, I finally located a copy of the Psycards oracle deck, which was recommended to me by several forum mates. This is a beautifully illustrated deck of 40 cards structured around a series of iconic personal and social archetypes such as Birth, Death, Health, Libido, Home, Work, … Continue reading The Psycards: A Deck Review
Nifty Tarot Music
Former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett playing "Ace of Wands" from his tarot-themed album Voyage of the Acolyte. https://youtu.be/J_8LfkkXHCs
Confessions of an Incurable Thothie
By all reliable accounts, Aleister Crowley was not a nice man. Yet he fathered one of the enduring icons of modern tarot - the Thoth deck - along with its remarkable companion volume, The Book of Thoth or BoT. A revisionist attempt is afoot to give the lion's share of the credit for the excellence of … Continue reading Confessions of an Incurable Thothie
A Psycard Prediction Scenario
I recently received a set of Psycards, and have been eager to create a spread that makes specific use of their strengths. The deck contains several "archetype" cards (Father, Mother, Fool, Sage and Warrior) that can be put to good use in defining a querent's most advantageous approach to any matter of interest. There are … Continue reading A Psycard Prediction Scenario
Experimental Daily Draw #1
I'm not a fan of reading other people's daily draws. They present an overly personal and mundane inventory of dirty laundry that usually makes me yawn. I stopped doing simple daily draws for myself a long time ago since they weren't telling me much of value. But recently I find that performing more complex pulls … Continue reading Experimental Daily Draw #1
The Alchemy of Silence: A Temperance Poem
Yesterday, in the tarot and Lenormand blog My Curious Cabinet, I was reading Le Fanu's explanation for his retirement from active posting. His comments on the need to regain "silence" in his life, to fend off the intrusion of social and cultural malaise into his private space, got me thinking about my own perception of … Continue reading The Alchemy of Silence: A Temperance Poem
Cheap Shots #16: What Do You Call a Group of Virgos?
Every species of animal has its unique collective nomenclature (a gaggle of geese, a murder of crows, an obstinacy of bison, a brood, flock, cluck or peep of chickens, etc.), so why not astrological natives? Since I have seven or eight Virgos in my life, I figured that's a good place to start. (Please don't … Continue reading Cheap Shots #16: What Do You Call a Group of Virgos?
Lenormand Recidivism
When it comes to reading the Petit Lenromand, I'm an unabashed throwback to an earlier era. The traditional decks with their simple, spare images are, as a rule, more immediately readable than many of the modern decks and their symbolic revisionism, however skillfully executed. As a trained graphic artist, I do appreciate a visually sumptuous … Continue reading Lenormand Recidivism
A Cartomantic Adventure
I have a life-long devotion to tarot and astrology that began around 1970, and my fascination with Lenormand goes back to the day I first encountered it in 2011. But I'm always looking for a new challenge, which is why I took on traditional astrology and horary in particular. More recently, I've been eying playing-card … Continue reading A Cartomantic Adventure
Parsifal's Wheel Tarot & Astrology 