At the Winter Solstice of 2016, I performed a Wheel of the Year spread for the coming 12-month period. This included an annual card (the Sun for this year), four quarterly cards (the Magician, the Hierophant, the Lovers and Strength), and twelve monthly cards (shown on the attached photo). For the 4th Quarter of 2017 … Continue reading A 2017 Fall Equinox Reading
Month: September 2017
A Case Study: Family Differences
The querent in this case has experienced long-standing - although veiled - disdain from her siblings over religious differences. They are either born-again fundamentalists or Catholic in their beliefs, and the querent is an unaffiliated spiritual free-thinker. Before the reading, we discussed the fact that the conservative energy of the Hierophant - with its rigid … Continue reading A Case Study: Family Differences
The “Square of Life” Lifeworks Spread
This is a "Swiss-Army-Knife" life-reading spread intended for examination of life's circumstances in four major areas: Personal Life: the individual as a self-contained entity; Family Life: the individual in relation to family; Social Life: the individual in relation to friends or partners; Work and Public Life: the individual in relation to the broader public. The … Continue reading The “Square of Life” Lifeworks Spread
A Personal-Encounter Example Reading
I recently had occasion to use my "Inconvenient Truths" personal-encounter spread in a real-life situation. https://parsifalswheeldivination.wordpress.com/2017/08/08/2293/ A woman I know is involved in an increasingly toxic friendship with another woman who is exhibiting signs of serious psychological disorder. The woman has a predatory or even vampiric nature that drains my friend of her energy and … Continue reading A Personal-Encounter Example Reading
The Four Classical Elements
Students of tarot and astrology tend to take for granted the underlying influence of the four classical elements formulated by the Greek philosopher Empedocles - Fire, Water, Air and Earth - on the tarot suits and zodiacal signs. At their simplest, they represent action, initiative, enterprise and ego (Fire); emotions (Water); thoughts and ideas (Air); … Continue reading The Four Classical Elements
The Golden Dawn Factor
The contribution of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn to our modern understanding and use of the tarot cannot be overestimated. Here is a link to a brief article on Biddy Tarot by Richard L. Palmer that lays out the fundamentals. https://www.biddytarot.com/tarot-astrology-golden-dawn/ The esoteric concepts and structures devised by the Golden Dawn and its … Continue reading The Golden Dawn Factor
A Simple Yes-or-No Spread
Answering straightforward yes-or-no questions in a clean, simple way has never been easy with the tarot because the cards are highly nuanced, telling complex stories rather than pronouncing clear-cut verdicts. Different approaches have been tried, including single-card pulls that rely on the general positive or negative nature of the card drawn, or - even more … Continue reading A Simple Yes-or-No Spread
Air Travel by the Numbers
In addition to casting astrological event charts, one thing I like to do when flying is to numerologically massage the flight numbers to see which Major Arcanum card will set the tone for travel safety on each leg of a trip. For our recent journey, the outbound flight numbers were 2606 and 2615. Both of … Continue reading Air Travel by the Numbers
Update #2 – Travel Event Charts
The trip is done, and the return phase was as smooth and uneventful as anticipated. The phrase I was thinking of for Mars and Mercury in Virgo in the 9th House was "swiftness and precision," and the flights were all of that. We arrived early at both airports, and even the final landing was a … Continue reading Update #2 – Travel Event Charts
Update – Travel Event Charts
Sometimes astrology can be very literal. The outbound phase of our vacation travel went smoothly in that there were no air-travel "situations" at any of the airports. However, I was watching that 12th-House Mars in Virgo closely and it didn't disappoint. Mars rules irritability, Mercury has an association with both Air and Earth, and if I … Continue reading Update – Travel Event Charts
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