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
Travel Event and Transit Charts – Part 2
Most trips have a return leg, so I repeated the previous process, casting an event chart for the flight back and matching it to our natal charts. Regarding the event itself, things look much more promising this time. Mercury and Mars, both direct and now legitimately conjunct in Virgo, are in the 9th House of … Continue reading Travel Event and Transit Charts – Part 2
Travel Event and Transit Charts
With Mercury going stationary direct at 28° Leo on September 5th, only 29 minutes after our outbound vacation flight is scheduled to depart, and the fact that it will be within two degrees of an applying across-sign conjunction with transiting Mars at that time (although it won't enter Virgo until September 10th or catch up … Continue reading Travel Event and Transit Charts
Daily Draws: My Back Pages
In the 1964 "political apostasy" song My Back Pages, Bob Dylan's refrain perfectly nailed my evolving attitude toward drawing one or more cards on a daily basis for anything other than learning purposes. "Ah, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now." Back in "the day" (mid-1970s), only a couple of … Continue reading Daily Draws: My Back Pages
