If you're like me, you don't swallow every spoonful of generally-accepted wisdom that's pushed at you; at least you take a sniff first, and if it doesn't pass the "sniff test" (never mind the "giggle test"), you are wary of ingesting it. So it is with me regarding the astrological correspondences given to the Major … Continue reading Astrologically Rethinking the Major Arcana
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Wrestling with the Angel: ATU XIV – Art/Temperance
It has taken me the better part of 40 years to come to grips with the divinatory meaning of the Temperance card. The common understanding that it means nothing more than “moderation” has never convinced me. Nor has all of the elevated talk in the literature about alchemical transmutation and the reconciliation of opposites (Fire … Continue reading Wrestling with the Angel: ATU XIV – Art/Temperance