I recently came across a new wrinkle in the lexicon of political correctness: adaptive sports. What used to be called disabled and before that handicapped has now been scrubbed of any negative connotation. While I applaud the objective, I sense a whiff of sanctimony in the execution. But that's not what I came to write about. Back in … Continue reading Adaptive Reading
Month: June 2019
A Question of Value
Value can be a slippery thing; it's not the same for all people and its presence is often apparent only in "the eye of the beholder." In manufacturing, adding value to something is defined as "the amount by which the value of an article is increased at each stage of its production, exclusive of initial … Continue reading A Question of Value
A Tarot de Marseille Thumbnail: Ace of Coins
I consider the TdM Ace of Coins a "gambit" card (an action that is calculated to gain an advantage), one that entails some "grit" and requires getting one's hands dirty. The expression "dirt under the fingernails" gives an idea of how much hands-on engagement and self-reliance are required. It has no patience with the proverb … Continue reading A Tarot de Marseille Thumbnail: Ace of Coins
The Tarot de Marseille “Pips:” A Divinatory Tabulation
As a service to my readers, I decided to capture all of the divinatory "snippets" from my previous posts in a single document for ease of reference. Note that I went back and tweaked the keyword entries in my Swords overview essay to match this summary after receiving some excellent comments from Lee Bursten. This … Continue reading The Tarot de Marseille “Pips:” A Divinatory Tabulation
A Tarot de Marseille “Pips” Overview: Footnotes on the Suit of Coins
Because I commented on all of the Coins individually, I'm not going to do a detailed overview of them as I did for the rest. Unless I choose to develop my thoughts on the Ace of Coins or decide to amplify my brief cameos of the pips of the other suits at "book length" (and … Continue reading A Tarot de Marseille “Pips” Overview: Footnotes on the Suit of Coins
A Tarot de Marseille Thumbnail: 10 of Coins
In the TdM 10 of Coins, the "seed" shown in the 9 of Coins has gone straight to flower and the sheltering husk has dissolved. The flower now takes center stage and the converging triangles of the 5 of Coins have been driven apart by a blocking square, while the four leaves that were tightly … Continue reading A Tarot de Marseille Thumbnail: 10 of Coins
A Tarot de Marseille “Pips” Overview: The Inspiring and Irritating Cups
Due to their liquid-bearing connotation, the Cups of the tarot have long been associated with the fluid, emotive side of life and the expression of both joy and the sorrow. The Tarot de Marseille "pip" cards strip this down to its bare essentials; all we see for the most part are suit emblems (chalices) and … Continue reading A Tarot de Marseille “Pips” Overview: The Inspiring and Irritating Cups
A Tarot de Marseille Thumbnail: 9 of Coins
Going strictly on visual appearance, the TdM 9 of Coins is the "squashed" version of the 5 of Coins. The doubling of external suit emblems has compressed the capsule holding the "seed" to a fraction of its former volume, intensifying the conditions for germination and ideally coaxing or "forcing" the kernel to sprout on a … Continue reading A Tarot de Marseille Thumbnail: 9 of Coins
A Tarot de Marseille Thumbnail: 8 of Coins
The design of the TdM 8 of Coins makes me think of "warehousing:" neatly organized shelves of goods laid up for storage. (In an ideal world they would all be racked barrels of ale!) Well-planned productivity is indicated, with no helter-skelter rush to fill the distribution channels with output. There is a low-key professionalism to … Continue reading A Tarot de Marseille Thumbnail: 8 of Coins
A Pause to Reflect
I realize that it may be presumptuous of me to think I can come up with a valid interpretive guideline for the Tarot de Marseille "pip" cards when the vast majority of my cartomantic experience over the last four-plus decades has been with the esoteric Thoth deck and more recently with the Waite-Smith tarot and … Continue reading A Pause to Reflect
Parsifal's Wheel Tarot & Astrology 