These questions were from kateri_thinks.

1. What is it about Elphie's story?
You know, I'm not sure I ever stopped to think about this before.
I like her raw courage.
I have done some things in my life that people have called courageous. In most of those cases, when I've heard that, my thought has been But there was nothing else I could have done! I see that ( Read more... )

All these cards are from the Ancestral Path tarot -- with thanks to queenofhalves, who first introduced me to it ( Read more... )

I had my spiritual direction appointment this afternoon, and it was one of the most challenging I've ever had, primarily because of the weird/fragile emotional state I've been in all day. I've told Tom a lot of wild stories over the past few years, stories about experiences and visions and rituals that would send a lot of conventional directors ( Read more... )

It's still very quiet at my house. I'm the only one up, and I'm rested and peaceful inside, moreso than I have been recently. My daughter's birthday party last night was the last of my holiday obligations, and I feel like I'm embarking on a well-earned rest ( Read more... )

I have issues with the portrayals of the Queen of Pentacles in most tarot decks.
Well, issues may not be the right word. It's not that I think the artists are wrong in their depictions, but that I don't see any part of myself in those images.

My favorite Pentacles card is the 9 (from the Robin Wood Tarot) --


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One of the cautionary aspects of the Queen of Swords is the tendency to use the sword of discernment to divide things into binary, mutually-exclusive elements, to reduce complex situations or choices to an either/or condition. The world isn't that simple, nor are our own gifts and talents ( Read more... )

Thanks to an icon in thalia_seawood, I just found the site for the Abyssal Tarot.
Some of the images of the major arcana are absolutely amazing, and I wanted to share them.

( Behind a cut for soft-focus nudity and image size. Probably not work safe. )

I had to share just the first three cards of the reading Bookchick did with me yesterday. It's my "birthday reading" -- just a few months overdue. I didn't have a specific question -- and I usually don't for a birthday reading -- it's just to get a sense of the overall shape of my life right now ( Read more... )

I think I mentioned a week or so ago that after the reading queenofhalves did with me, I felt the need to explore the Justice card more deeply. It has been showing up consistently for years, but I don't feel like I fully understand what it means for me ( Read more... )

The Tarot of Dreams: http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/cards/tarot-of-dreams/

Very pricey. . . but gorgeous!