At the beginning of August, 2025 I will be canceling my ".com" domain name, parsifalswheeldivination.com. WordPress gave me a free domain last December when I reinstated my ad-free account that I changed to a "'.org" address. I won't have to renew it until the end of this year, and it will be cheaper than my … Continue reading A Notice for My Subscribers
Non-divination
The Self-Referential Diviner: Depth and Dependability or Merely Self-Flattery?
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Novice tarot readers are typically told by mentors that they will eventually shelve the guide-books and bypass the social-media "talking heads" to follow their own star when it comes to card meanings and situational applications. This is wise but not entirely incontestable counsel. As a longtime diviner (over five decades of tarot reading … Continue reading The Self-Referential Diviner: Depth and Dependability or Merely Self-Flattery?
Tarot Journaling: Why Bother? (With a Little “Blarrrrgh!” on the Side)
First a bit of personal drama. Pseudo-John Cleese intones gravely: "Tonight on 'Too Much Information,' we explore the frontiers of stomach flu." In the wee hours I woke up with a mild fever that went downhill to the point that I began to feel that glottal "Barfish" (not "Bar-fish," you're thinking of Douglas Adams' "Babel-Fish;" … Continue reading Tarot Journaling: Why Bother? (With a Little “Blarrrrgh!” on the Side)
FYI: Domain Name Change
For those of you who follow me or receive email updates, when I renewed my paid, ad-free WordPress subscription I received a free domain with a slightly different name: https://parsifalswheeldivination.org. I decided that, since this blog is not monetized, the ".org" suffix is preferable to ".com." The "wordpress" tag also went away. If you have … Continue reading FYI: Domain Name Change
Enough is Enough! (No More Ads)
AUTHOR'S NOTE: I'm breaking into my normal once-a-day posting routine to make an announcement regarding blog presentation. A couple of years ago when I dropped my paid WordPress subscription and agreed to tolerate third-party advertisements in my posts, I didn't think it would be too obnoxious. At first it wasn't, but then as my work … Continue reading Enough is Enough! (No More Ads)
Summer is Coming!
AUTHOR'S NOTE: My antipodal readers will be excused for taking a pass on this post, although the day of solar turnaround (despite what AI thinks, it has nothing to do with the time required to install solar panels) is still a significant moment in their annual cycle. As a non-religious person and more specifically a … Continue reading Summer is Coming!
The Cosmos According to Aleister Crowley: Love is Not Unconditional
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Recently I was asked to specifically name what I've often alluded to as the "half-dozen nuggets of pure metaphysical brilliance" in Aleister Crowley's Book of the Law (the founding text for the religion of Thelema and a fundamental source for the Book of Thoth and the Thoth tarot), as opposed to the rest … Continue reading The Cosmos According to Aleister Crowley: Love is Not Unconditional
Rebirth of the Sun: A Solstice Meditation
AUTHOR'S NOTE: For those of us who are more attuned to the mystical significance of the Winter Solstice than to that of Christmas, I can think of nothing better to read on that occasion than this clever piece of poetic appropriation from the work of Clement Clarke Moore.* It doesn't take a doctorate in theology, … Continue reading Rebirth of the Sun: A Solstice Meditation
The Lover as Morality Play
AUTHOR'S NOTE: It struck me today that the image of the four characters on the Tarot de Marseille "Lover" card might be viewed as a composite of the first six cards that precede it in the series of trumps. If we lay out those cards according to the scene in the Lover, we have the … Continue reading The Lover as Morality Play
If I Were a Tree . . .
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Funny how our ears will deceive us when we're not paying close attention or when we have no immediate frame of reference. For many years I thought Eric Clapton was singing "I'll be your four-letter man" in his song Forever Man (and I came up with more than a few vulgar expressions for … Continue reading If I Were a Tree . . .
Parsifal's Wheel Tarot & Astrology 