I have pulled a card inspired by a story in John in which Jesus chases away the people selling sheep, and doves, and the moneychangers in the temple. The question is: What do I want to chase away in my life?

I’ve pulled a vague card from the Victorian Romantic Tarot: Five of Cups.


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Today I have read card three from a spread inspired by Brigitte of Kildare.

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In a few days Lent starts. But for now I stay with Brigid. Again a spread inspired by a story about her.

Once Brigid it was too late for Brigid to return home at night. She lodged with a poor woman. The poor woman wanted very much to be a good hostess. She killed her only calf, and broke her weaving loom in pieces to make a fire. When Brigid ( Read more... )

Yesterday I pulled the Chariot from the Arthurian Tarot. In “Hallowquest. The Arthurian Tarot Course” is a spread mentioned that belongs to this card. It is called “Reading of the Seven Caers”. Cears are towers on the cliff tops at the see. For each tower you pull a card.

This first card is pulled for the Tower of the Sea and represents your true ( Read more... )

My blessing of the day was Five of Cups from the Russian Tarot of St. Petersburg, a card of emotional loss and grief. I postponed my involvement in an organization with many troubles and conflicts. I was not part of any of them, I am an outsider, but it affected me and my work. It is sad, but the card is meant as a blessing.

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It is Rosh Chodesh today, but I almost collapse now, no energy to pull a card. Thursday evening I taught a class, and I did the same on Friday in Amsterdam. On coming back from Amsterdam at seven in the evening I got on immediately on my bike to see my daughter performing on stage with her friends and early this Saturday morning I took the bus to ( Read more... )

I did not understand my card yesterday, the Five of Cups from the Sacred Rose Tarot.


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As on many days during this Lent I have read a passage in John. The question I have asked the tarot about this passage was: “How can receive life by Jesus?”
I’ve read with the Tarot of the Secret Forest and I have received Five of Cups. I was glad to receive this card. Sometimes I can feel tied to situations or persons or groups, feeling loyal and ( Read more... )

Today I have pulled a card inspired by saint, not a nice one. It is St. Godfrey. He was a French monk and abbot during the twelfth century. His monastery flourished under his disciplined leadership. When he was appointed bishop of Amiens, he tried to apply this discipline to all the clergymen. He met so much resistance, that he almost stepped down ( Read more... )

The day is almost over now. I am going to pull a card about a text by Thomas Merton (1915-1968), a famous Catholic writer and a Trappic monk. I did not know him, but I found a book written by him in a second hand bookshop, called Dialogues with Silence. Here is a prayer from this book.

O flaming Heart,
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