I just posted (in the sidebar) the image I'm using as an on-line icon for this site. There's a story behind it. The "hoop-and-stick" of the old children's hoop-rolling game struck me as a perfect analogy for the Celtic Cross spread, with its circular "cross" and vertical "staff" sections (never mind that the hoop is … Continue reading Parsifal and His Wheel
Tarot Miscellany
An Astro-Tarot Mandala
The imperfect and occasionally unconvincing merger of tarot and astrology is something that has always fascinated me. There is a sentiment among less-esoteric practitioners that they are entirely unrelated systems, and "never the twain shall meet." As a syncretic thinker on all aspects of divination (thank you, Mr. Crowley!), I find that correspondences between the … Continue reading An Astro-Tarot Mandala
Parsifal’s Wheel
Rota Fortunae (Wheel of Fortune): Much like the nimble silver ball spun by a roulette croupier, the cards in a tarot spread settle into their places after a figurative “spin” of the deck (the customary shuffle and deal). In the hands of a skilled reader, the outcome of this seemingly random array can be a … Continue reading Parsifal’s Wheel