Summer Tarot, The Botan Tarot (2nt edition), Great Lakes Oracle, Trail of Mind Tarot, Peter Rabbit Tarot
After a fiery May deck selection, I started to feel nostalgic and wanting to slow down a little. It probably doesn’t help that the world feels unstable and in flux right now, so I’m craving something reliable, light hearted, and fun. Schools are finishing their season and kids are ready for summer vacation. Schools Out for Summer! is my theme this June and I picked decks that hearken back to the feelings of my youth when I absolutely LIVED for summer vacation!
The Summer Tarot is reminiscent of a slice of life anime, and I am doing this deck a bit of disservice because when it is read with a multi-card spread, it does really give the impression of being a manga! It’s a very sweet, modern, uncomplicated, loosely RWS deck that really is very underrated in the Tarot community. The Botan Tarot (Botan, or 牡丹, is the Japanese word for peony), while somewhat similar in “style” to the Summer Tarot, is rather serious, a bit in the weeds, somewhat prickly, and drop dead gorgeous. June is rose and peony season where I live and I feel as if this deck exemplifies my two most favorite flowers I look forward to all year, even as a kid. Growing up, my family spent a significant part of the summer on a lake, and the Great Lakes Oracle is perfect for my favorite place in the world! The quirky Trail of Mind Tarot is an art style that looks like old 8-bit video game images and as a kid I often played my Game Boy when I couldn’t be outside. I wish my old Game Boy Color (yes I’m dating myself here, leave me alone) had such beautiful images as this deck! And finally, I was raised on Beatrix Potter, which perhaps explains my irrational love of British Isles literature. I’m not one to get franchise based tarot decks, but this is an exception to my general rule as its so whimsical and cute!
The Magician and Temperance! This Magician is clearly an artist–he has many varied ideas and he is capturing them into reality! From the practical to the nonsensical, he doesn’t care, all creative thoughts deserve attention from him. He is in his flow zone, letting all the creativity come out and making it real so he can look and interact with it.
Temperance has been haunting me since last winter and it doesn’t seem to be going anywhere. Interestingly, the Magician has his back to Temperance who also has her back to him. She sits on the shore of a calm dark sea and holds a black bowl and a white bowl. This makes me think of the yin-yang, a balance. She is totally unhurried unlike the frantic Magician. Are these two supposed to be two sides of the same coin, or does this Temperance need to temper the Magician? Is it a warning that though there seems an endless creative potential it must be measured and paced?
Aw! The Great Lakes Oracle gave me the lovely Forget-Me-Nots card. A card of recalling, remembrance, nostalgia, memory, endurance. Temperance is looking at this, keeping my creativity seated in my memory and nostalgia.
*Sigh* Y’all ever ask your Tarot deck a question, like for example, “What should I balance in my life?” and then it tells you “Balance.” Thanks Tarot. I love the Trail of Mind Tarot’s rendition of Temperance as a shishi odoshi fountain. What flows in, flows out. What goes up must come down. As above so below. Patience, rhythm, peace. With the Forget-Me-Nots flanked by two Temperances I get the sense that I should carefully use what I remember and know–not everything in the past was totally good nor was it totally bad. Remember both in equal portion.
Then we end with dear squirrel Nutkin and his friend working on a project together in the Three of Pentacles from The Peter Rabbit Tarot. I’ll need assistance with a project if I wish to build it up. Paired with Temperance I see this as while I need to dedicate time working with others I need to balance that with other aspects of life, like peaceful solitude watching a shishi odoshi, or enjoying the pleasures of life.
All together, I see this a month of grounding myself in the realities of the past, and harnessing this into creative endeavors, dividing my energy into personal projects and community work with others. A lovely June indeed!
What does your month look like? Do you like to slow life down a little in the early summer?
Far right deck is Botanica: Full Bloom, which is a Tarot with an additional oracle mixed in.
May this year really started off with a BANG! Not only did the full flower moon land on Beltane/Mayday, but we will also have a blue moon at the end of this month as well. In that spirit, I chose decks this month that have serious chutzpah! I know it’s not exactly the deep theme I typically search for (kidding, kidding) but I felt the need to get decks out that have BIG personalities and bold artwork. You might recognize a couple, but largely these are decks I’ve used very little of so it will be a learning month for me! Also, in all honesty, I should perhaps call this the month of great guidebooks as all these decks have superb guidebooks, even the LWBs!
The oracle in the center, Mystic, Augur & Sage, is relatively under-represented in this blog as I reach for it very often. I’m honestly not a huge fan of oracles in general as I struggle with lack of structure, but this one is a gem in my collection.
From this deck I drew 22: The Tree of Life. To me this gives strong, Grandmother Willow/Hierophant vibes. There’s a troll or goblin hiding in it’s roots, a crown of blooming flowers, and it holds a celtic style coin with three running critters. When I see this image I think of the interconnection of everything, from abstract ideas to the physical realm of nature to even humdrum economics. The books speaks to ascending spiritually from being grounded in reality. It speaks to cycles of nature and rest and growth and seeking enlightenment.
Well, would you look at that. I normally do my monthly draw the night before the new month begins and I write it down in my notebook so when I have a free moment I take pictures and write up my notes for this blog. It was quite the surprise to see an actual Hierophant come out of the charming Four Courts Tarot, and even more so when it’s in another tree form. What about trees am I needing to learn from this month? I am planting several trees this month to replace my long gone apple trees, but there seems to be something important here. In this tree, I see a strong teacher, a sleeping knowledge that is old, old, old. What story or practice of old must I turn to this month?
And, to add to this theme, from the Botanica, I drew one of the oracle cards, and the final card of the deck, Anachronistic Fruits & Megafauna. “Everything good comes to an end, but there is still more on the other side,” says the key quote. Seasons and cycles again. This image features an extinct megafauna with some fruit from that time which we still have today thanks to luck and human cultivation. These ancient fruits relied on the megafauna to disperse, and many have gone extinct when the megafauna went extinct. These “anachronistic” fruits had their dispersal methods drastically interrupted, so had to do something new and innovative to survive. This is such an interesting card to pair with the two Hierophant-esque trees! What tradition of old needs to adapt to the new? Something good in my life is coming to an end, but I can take important things from this experience and apply learned knowledge and traditions to move forward to something new and good. Wow, this is really hitting some key notes for me after my challenging April month!
The Wonderstruck Tarot was a Kickstarter deck I backed at the very last minute and am I glad I did! This deck has a modern focus on femininity and strength in very mundane senses, but it packs a wallop! It has extremely colorful images overlaid with glittery foil but the art itself really steals the show. This may be my favorite 7 of Cups in my entire Tarot collection. She is grocery shopping, and there are an overwhelming amount of things to choose from but she has a limited budget–what is best for her needs and how can she tell? Not everything hold something worthwhile. What does your heart truly want? See things as they truly are, not how you wish them to be. The book, while simple, is perhaps one of my best Tarot guides I have.
And we end with the impressive and uniquely on-guard King of Swords from the incredible Bohemian Cats Theater Tarot out of Baba Studios. This King is a leader who sets aside his emotions to act rationally, justly, and fairly. He has high standards and is incredibly self disciplined and always uses rational thinking. He knows when to attack and when to defend and when to do nothing. His crown is also a helmet—he lets his accolades defend him. Unlike many traditional RWS King of Swords this one has his sword drawn and is ready! He isn’t afraid to get off his throne and do something! I have many choices in front of me right now, some of substance and some not so much. I need to channel my King of Swords to see the deep truth of these choices and use rational thinking to discern the reality of the situation and I need to not be afraid of taking action to move to the next step!
Together, there is a cycle coming to and end, things to be learned by those that have come before me in order to grow beyond this ending and ascend to the next stage of my life. Ahead there are so many different things! But I need to chose to have a clear head, integrity, and a willingness to act! I also see the King of Swords defending the Tree of Life—what profound connection and truth needs my defense? Woah, what a month! Anyone else’s cards say something similar for this May?
Clockwise from noon: Tarot Yokai: le voyage de l’ame et les espirits japonais, Seasonal Fox Day (bronze edition), Tarot from the World Behind the Veil, Oracle Lumi Air, Victorian Faery Tarot, Seasonal Fox Night (bronze edition)
April is consistently one of my most challenging months, and this one has been no exception. I also have always thought of April as a month of tricksters, probably because the weather where I live has a tendency to be swinging between extremes during this time–the flowers are starting to bloom but we still get snow! The sun is finally becoming intense but then we get days of showers. Its a roller coaster month. So I wanted to return to my roots and have a good old theme this month of tricksters. I’ve done it before many times but I always have great decks to use for this theme.
The two Seasonal Fox Tarots are old hats in this blog and I continue to adore them as the years pass. The Victorian Faery is also a deck that has popped up a couple times in my monthly decks, and though I often feel quite ambivilant about it, it does deliver good readings. Tarot from the World Behind the Veil is a new Kickstarter release from an artist I adore (she made the Yōkai Tarot, yet ANOTHER trickster-esque deck!) that I’m looking forward to using. And both Oracle Lumi Air and Yokai: le voyage de l’ame et les espirits japonais are both French decks I’m looking forward to really delving into!
We open up with the 1 Le Goupil, or The Fox. But, rather, the old french variation of Fox. His key words are Action, Energy, and Will. This gives me strong Magician vibes doesn’t he! We see the fox mid-pounce, we do not know the result of his action. This month is defined by the first step, the action of agency. Exerting ones self in the world.
Paired with le goupil we have II The High Priestess. She makes me think of Queen Titania, the fairy queen from A Midsummer’s Night Dream. Above her dangles a pomegranate, a throwback to Persephone’s story and a nod to natural cycles. She is marching away from us as if she does not know we look on, but she holds a book open to a page so we can see what is written. We now know what we need. The High Priestess usually is about inner intuition, knowing things innately and being in tune to the rhythms of cycles and nature.
(Fun note, the Magician in The World Behind the Veil is a fox man!)
Together I see this as having faith in one’s self, to think and to act accordingly. To know that there is no such thing as permanence and all things are constantly in flux and now is the time to take action with what we know. Trust my gut and if I have doubts, seek the written form and additional wisdom.
Wow! I pulled from from The Seasonal Fox Tarot Night the Fool Card with a rising sun. Then from the Day edition, the Sun card! I feel together these are a reiteration of the first two cards–do not fear striking out boldly on a new journey even if it seems on its face foolish and you are not sure of what will happen, you are heading in the right direction!
I then have two cards of tension ending my draw. From the Victorian Faery I have the Five of Winter/Swords—but this is an interesting Five of Swords isn’t it? This hedgehog is standing up to the fairies beating it, while the other goes on defensive mode. Certainly this is a card of “stand up for what is right even in the face of overwhelming adversity” but I also see that the hedgehog in the defensive position is not going to easily escape this situation. Use action rather than defensiveness.
The Tarot Yokai gave me The Moon card. This moon is sooo interesting to me. The story in the guide book is about Katsura Otoko, or literally the man in the moon. He is a handsome man that looks at those who gaze upon him and enchants them. The moon card speaks about trouble discerning truth from reality–here with the handsome man, it makes me think delusion, illusion, anxieties, a situation where the truth is hiding.
Together, I see as my action lead-journey being fraught with having to defend myself and also needing to see through illusion and seek truth. Lets take a larger look at the whole draw:
The Fool is juxtaposed with the Five of Swords–my leap into the next journey will not be appreciated by some and I should expect a reaction and possibly attack. The Sun is juxtaposed with the Moon–interesting! I think “illuminating that which is existing in the dark.” All together, April is a month of upheval, of taking action with what I know is truth, and working through the friction I will face when I take the first steps on this journey and shining a light into a place that has been hidden.
Active month! How about all of you? What did your April draw say?
From left to right, Apothecary Spirits Oracle, Lilith Tarot, Ink Witch Tarot,Transformation Tarot, Cosma Visions Oracle
March, despite it feeling still plenty wintry here in the north, is the month we see the Spring Equinox and there is a significant increase of sun and daylight hours. It’s also the month when garden work starts, which inspired this month’s theme of sow, as in, ‘sow seeds.’ In the past I’ve done strictly botanical themes for spring, but this march I thought about what I want to sow in the world, what did I want to see come to fruition in the future, and I picked decks to represent these ideas!
I went ahead and added a rune coin to this month as well for fun.
The Ink Witch is one of my favorite Tarot decks, and to me it is a deck that tells truths with well known stories. So this is typically a deck I reach for when addressing universal truths, or when I need to see things as the actually are. The Transformation Tarot is a new deck from Kickstarter I backed because while I was very much a tom boy growing up I LOVED vintage fairy tale books and the images in this deck really bring me back to being a little girl. This deck to me represents making space for children to exist safely in the world, and for giving my inner child space to live and dream as well. The Cosma Visions Oracle is such a beautiful deck that after I wrote it’s review I really remembered how wonderfully artistic and dreamy it is. This month, this deck is reminding me to make space for creativity and romanticism. Apothocary Spirits Oracle not only is on theme with plants and spring right around the corner, but it also speaks to science, ancestral wisdom and diversity, everything I think we need a whole lot more of in the world right now. And then, the sharp Lilith Tarot. This green, blockprint-esque deck speaks very blatantly of the wrongs done to women, and demands justice for them.
Oftda! Well, the Ink Witch does not pull punches, that’s why I think of it as my “Truth Teller” deck! We open with “The Devil” and it could not be more on-point. When you lust for something because of the desire to possess it or dominate it, it is no longer love but something perverse that twists the soul. I know I can see examples of this all over, and especially in the news. What things are my “devil”? In what ways do I participate in negative reinforcing behavior? (Maybe I have a Tarot deck buying problem…)
The sweet Transformation Tarot gives us the Seven of Cups. This deck is very close to the traditional RWS so it’s an easy deck to pick up and run with, but the imagery is just delightful, if lacking diversity. It really makes me think of paper dolls. There’s many things to choose from in this image, some are more realistic than others, but there are choices to be had and need to be made! This makes me think what choices can I make to not participate in this Devil card? What are options I have on the table today?
The Cosma Visions Oracle is very similar to a Tarot deck except the majors are re-imagined from the point of death until rebirth. VII is usually the Chariot, but in this deck is The Spirit Plane, a liminal space of calm and peace for the spirit before it takes the big leap towards rebirth, is the opposite of what I think of as momentum forward. It’s a space of reflection, a pause, a moment to think and collect oneself.
Lily of the Valley speaks to Obsession (hello Devil reference!), and smelling the strong sweet smell of the Lily of the Valley to ground yourself in reality. Both of these cards are demanding pause.
From Lilith we draw the delightful Knight of Wands, a woman riding a lion off into the wilderness! The Lilith Tarot on its face is a RWS deck, but once you start delving into the details of the image and the guidebook it becomes apparent that this deck deviates quite a bit from what we consider the traditional meanings. We can see this wild Knight simply as reclaiming one’s “wildness” or ones’ natural courage. In conjunction with the devil I maybe would say harnessing one’s inner animal and using it to help propel yourself forward. Or perhaps riding on your honor???
And the rune I drew this month is Eihwaz, a rather esoteric rune related to the Yggdrasil tree of life, host of the various worlds (human’s world and the spiritual realm), and wisdom of knowing your place in the universe, and the cycles of life and death. The Yew, which is what Yggdrasil was imagined to be, is a long lived tree and we can see idea of endurance and resilience being reflected in this rune. It feels connected with the Cosma’s VII Spirit Plane.
It’s funny, sometimes when I do a draw I see cards I’m familiar with and I think “I know where this is going” and in reality it becomes very deep and complex. Other times, like this monthly draw I look at the cards together and think “How in the world am I going to make any sense of this?” and it turns out it all fits together nicely and concisely. I’m faced with a challenge of the Devil this month (whether my own personal vice, or someone else’s). I have many choices at hand to face this challenge, but first I need to ground myself and ask what is it that I’m desiring? How can I assure I move forward with honesty and integrity for myself? This is a “follow your heart/inner wisdom” act, and once I do it will be easy to stay true to my actual self!
What do the cards say you have in store for March, dear readers?
I recently purchased the Materia Prima from Uusi, an oracle deck based on the periodic table that I’ve been looking at since 2020. I do not know why I waited so long. Though I don’t usually like decks where I find the guidebook necessary, I have been loving this deck and book so much that I knew I needed to use it this month, and I wanted to base my monthly decks off of it. For the theme I chose “Elemental.” To me, this key word evokes thoughts of adhering to basic principles of Tarot (and Oracle) as well as alchemical exploration in the Tarot systems.
The Terra Volatile with its entire fifth suit of Vessels dedicated to “Quintessence,” and its general alchemical vibe seemed a no-brainer companion to Materia Prima. Though I’m far from able to say I know Terra well, I do feel comfortable using it now after extensively studying it last year. I also wanted to bring The Naked Truth Tarot, is a deck I had since its Kickstarter twoish years ago, but never formally included in a monthly decks. This is a cheeky deck of mostly nude paintings is pretty “Elemental” in it’s unabashed portrayal of people. While it is RWS, it also has very clever takes on the traditional card meanings and it’s just a very beautiful deck. The Secret Garden, an absolute lux deck with plenty of accompanying Kickstarter rewards is really fitting my mood as I wrap up the historical fiction novel The Column of Burning Spices, a book about Hildegard von Bingen. This deck centers around very stoic historic figures with dramatic dark backgrounds and brilliant flower motifs. It’s serious, beautiful, and has a historic apothecary garden feel that matches the rather dark mood in the rest of the decks. And finally, The Wild Unknown Archetypes oracle is no stranger in my collection and has been around for a while on this blog. But, it does feel very primal and elemental in its imagery and Jungian themes.
So, full disclosure, I had a totally different draw organization intended for this month, but the Secret Garden Tarot had other plans and very clearly spat out one card that landed face up on the left and two cards face down on the right. It seemed quite purposeful so I decided to let it be and draw my other cards around these three.
Ah, The Womb. This is a card that has a tendency to pop up for me. I personally think of it as “The Source”, its that thing that ties all living things and non-living things together, a place where we came from, where our mothers came from, and their mothers, and mother earth. Its about holding a sacred space, and understanding that when we deviate from our spiritual/moral source, things are out of balance.
Paired with The Womb is Bromine, one of the reactive Halogens. Let me take a paraphrased quote out of the Materia Prima: Reflections on Matter as I cannot do justice to this card with my own words:
His was a simple, productive, monastic life until a bright light shown suddenly on Bromine. Extraordinary attention and false praise inflated him and led him to abandon his natural, established order…The thrill of a cheering crowd!…Bromine began to feel superior and embarked on a steep and forbidden road that brought about a troublesome existence…ashamed of his foul toxicity, he reveled in poisons…And then, all of a sudden his moment of greatness was gone… (page 163)
The rest of Bromine’s story here speaks of falling into shunned oblivion and longing for connection, until Being “politely reopens the door. “
Bromine’s story reminds me of Mean Girls, and any story really about a bully who rises to popularity. The bully may not even mean to be a bully, but whenever a person feels superior to others, they tend to excuse their actions to greater and greater extent until they can no longer deny that they are toxic, at which point they are so invested in their image they also cannot suffer the shock to their ego to admit how wrong they have been. Any one who has ever known a person with a narcissistic personality knows that this sort of person will literally prefer to die than admit their wrongs. When we stray so far from the universal threads of kindness, truth, and justice, we face the same perverted pride that Bromine is dealing with. It will only end in isolation. I feel as if there are many things in the current world reflected in this story old as time.
Together, the womb recognizes Bromine moving away from living in harmony with what connects us all, and we can see not only the destruction Bromine has done to the rest of the universe, but also (and perhaps most profoundly) to themselves.
I’m going to do this reading in a bit of a reverse order as I felt it was important with the position we see in Bromine.
To Bromine’s back, or perhaps we can say “past,” we have some very interesting imagery. First, from the Terra Volatile, which seemed to have gotten the memo about this being an “elemental” month gave us the King of Vessels in reverse. Vessels are a fifth (non-traditional ) suit that represent æther, a spiritual/alchemical element of the soul. He is supposed to represent the alchemical “Great Work” or the ability to create the mythical Philosphers Stone which purifies everything into its most essential form (like turning base material into gold). Or in more practical terms, a rebirth into a new whole self. His purpose is to merge with the Queen of Vessles and harmonize. But turned in reverse, he denies this sacred union. He selfishly keeps his power to himself, but in doing so is unable to accomplish the first step of spirituality. From the Terra Volatile book “…some can call him a cult leader.”
Then Secret Garden Tarot gave both Judgement in reverse and the Eight of Cups reversed. Judgement calls us to account for our actions, to see reality for all its truth and understand how we fit in reality and understand how the ripple of our actions have affected the world. When seen reversed, this isn’t happening, or is somehow blocked. The Eight of Cups in the RWS traditionally means moving away from a relationship, either leaving it, looking deeper, or cutting one’s losses. This image in particular is interesting because upright it seems to invite us to the window to gaze out at the moon, but reversed it is not clear to me which direction we are asked to move. To me these cards together speak of walking away from accountability or being unable to tell that you are being called to account.
With the King of Vessles Reversed and the Judgement Reversed and Eight of Cups Reversed, this feels as if someone, or rather “Bromine” was falsely duped by a manipulative “cult leader” into believing he was better than others but the reality says differently and he is unable to square himself with that past.
Bromine gazes on the Page of Pentacles as they put their faith in a plan and is about to take the first step to plant a new idea. Above them from The Naked Truth Tarot sweeps one of the extra cards labeled XXIII The Enchantress. Clearly a witch, she brings a burning torch down from the dark skies, much like Prometheus brings mankind fire. A special card of the deck, she represents a feminine and heightened counterpart to The Magician. She is a master of her own power and has the chops to harness her outer-world to do her bidding. She relies on no cheap tricks, but rather trusting her personal intuition and embracing the mystical aspects in her life and her own skills. She is leading the charge it would seem.
The Page is ready to take the first steps into a process in which they are unsure of the results, but there is a lot of hope hinging on this Page’s limited resources. Even so, in the meanwhile there is plenty of other fruits and plants to help support them as their vision takes root, things that have been seeded long ago that are blooming now. I wonder if Bromine and the Page are the same person, and Bromine is looking upon a possibility of themselves. Or is this Page another who is moving on to a better world without Bromine? Is this Page purposefully turning his back on Bromine? Does the Page know they have The Enchantress guiding over them? Preparing to give them her fire and knowledge?
With strong feminine guidance rooted in honest mastery of oneself and connection with the greater world, we see the start of a Page’s hopeful endeavor. This Page has moved on from the struggle we see Bromine is suffering, and uniting back with that Womb–Source. I see the relation of the Womb gifting the Page the Enchantress’s self realized powers while the Page in turn gives back to the Womb.
Anyone who has felt wronged by another I think can relate to this drawing. I don’t think it’s a stretch to say we can see current real life parallels. To me this is a draw about acknowledging where others have gone wrong and tried to exert their superiority, and how they end up on such a corrupted path that is removed from reality, truth, and a balanced living. The world must go on without them, new harvest must be planted, new ideas for shaping the future need to take shape in our minds and heart and we can use old guiding principles of justice and equality and simple intuition of treating others how you wish to be treated. Perhaps one day they will see and walk the road Judgement asks us all to take, but only they can choose to become the change for the better.
The Oracle of Many Paths, Discovering Beauty Tarot, The Yukika Tarot, Conjunction Tarot, Hexen 2.0 Tarot
Content warning: there are several pictures of snakes ahead
Hello 2026! One thing that made 2025 a bit of a “rediscovering” Tarot year for me was starting out with a intensive month of studying the Terra Volatile. This helped put my mind in study mode for the better part of the year. I ended the year in study mode as well focusing on my pip decks which I thoroughly enjoyed and am continuing to study as well. I wanted to keep that open mind feeling I had last January, but seeing as I did intensive study last month, I wanted to channel more fun and free “Fool” energy this month, so my chosen theme is “Beginnings,” or utilizing decks that I really feel I do not “understand” so I can sit with them in bewilderment and awe.
Most of these decks are new to me, with the exception of Discovering Beauty Tarot, which is a deck I’ve used a bit last year but it has a lot of unexplored depth in it’s Notan inspired art by Sophia Litwak. ALL of these decks are difficult, deep, and challenging decks that ask the mind to do lots of work. The lovely Yukika Tarot (by Stasia Burrington, same artist who made the Sasuraibito Tarot) feels the most RWS of the bunch, but it’s still very fast and loose with it’s interpretations and is also a wonderfully profound deck. The Oracle of Many Paths, which is a Tarot with an oracle function, is classic weird and wonderful creation of James R. Eads and is so, so refreshingly new in it’s take on the Tarot system made into a map. The new cool kid on the block, the Conjunction Tarot by Ina Auderieth is a moody, eerie Thoth deck with roots in metaphysics and hermeticism. I don’t by any means intend to master any of these decks by the end of the month, but rather to give myself a big sand box to start this year of my Tarot exploration. I’m hoping as the year goes to revisit each of these decks as a touch stone of 2026.
And then I feel like I need to address the wildly complex Hexen 2.0 Tarot (Suzanne Treister) which I find is far too often above me, and its the only deck I’ve use in which I feel a bit like an imposter when I am drawing cards from it. I’m using it in this monthly draw as my “oracle” card, but I almost did not write and publish this post because of this deck. Okay! Enough talk, let the cards fall! (er, jump, I guess)
Normally I read my Empress as nature or a nature-driven creator, the wellspring of creation, a Persephone entity, a mother, the untamed wilderness to the organized Emperor’s civilization. Underneath that assumption is there are invisible things, almost like magic, at play. Systems built to keep a world working a certain way, much like a natural food chain, the lifecycle of water, etc. Here it seems we see some human created systems that operate unseen in our world. As I said already, the Hexen 2.0 is above my reading level as it were, and I’ll let the reader draw their own conclusions about this card, but I’m keeping my classic Empress in mind as I go on.
Portals oh my!
The Yukika Tarot re-envisions the Wheel of Fortune as a portal to another dimension—goodness, there is certainly a lot of us out there that feel like we’ve steeped into a whole other world! We cannot see what is in front of us, but onward we go whether we want to or not! It’s a great leap into the unknown.
The Oracle of Many Paths’ portal has the great World Serpent in its 17 card (The Star) spiraling into the sky. The lore of the post-apocalyptic deck explains the serpent is considered a magical and extremely lucky entity to see (Breath of the Wild anyone?), and the portal, should you be quick and brave or foolhardy enough to jump into, will lead you to another world. I saw this and immediately thought of Falkor, the white Luck Dragon from The Never Ending Story, who is one of my favorite characters of all time. Snakes, being that they periodically shed their skin, seem an interesting animal to represent The Star, as its the starting over after the fall of The Tower.
So, the unseeable path forward is one of hope.
Snakes seem to be a theme of this draw. I personally am fascinated by snakes, so it’s particularly interesting for me to see the ways they pop up in draws. In the Conjunction’s Two of Disks, it seemed at first glance the snakes are biting the hands, but actually, if you look closely, their tongues are passively tasting the air. Right away I get sensing fear but actually there is none to be had when I look carefully. As with a standard two of pentacles, we see a sense of balance and opposites being able to compliment one another; we have silver and gold, warm blooded and cold blooded, yin and yang, sun and the moon, black and white (honestly I feel this card encapsulates this whole deck in it’s general vibe).
And perhaps the most epic Judgement card ever to exist came out of Discovering Beauty. Here we see Medusa as our Judgement. Though traditionally Medusa has played the role of the bad guy, her story is actually an incredible story of womanhood that unfortunately rings true through the ages; being blamed for the violence done unto her, and rising to become so much more and stronger despite all the gods against her and ultimately portrayed as evil for her survival. This card and deck demands we do better by Medusa and by ourselves. We experience terrible things that ought not to happen, but we find in our resourceful natures a chance for us to heal our scars, find acceptance and kindness for ourselves, and become something awe inspiring and terrible for those who mean us ill.
Together I take these cards to mean the pendulum swings in both directions, now is the time to grow into something stronger than what you were.
Oftda.
I feel like I’ve been saying that a lot these past months.
This is a draw speaking of change, of things unseen happening, of choosing the unknown and going forth with faith and hope, of seeing a sense of balance amidst strong dichotomy and becoming better in a very profound sense. With our strong serpent energy I see coming out of our old skin into a new world—what that will look and act like is yet to be seen.
My Tarot sister from a different mister finally convinced me to dedicate a whole month to making a second attempt at learning the Tarot Marseille system, and pip decks in general. I’ve snagged a bit of theory and structure while watching her as she reads her pip cards. I’ve used my monthly decks at least once in the past attempting to learn pip cards, but this month I’ve actually been dedicated to the cause, journaling daily, asking myself the numerical progress of the cards, using the Tarot more like a Lenormand with looking carefully at the pairings, directionality, order, etc. I still don’t really know what I’m doing, but I’m giving it a go, so thanks for putting up with me on the Marseille struggle bus!
I picked decks closest to traditional Marseille style this month because I don’t have an actual Marseille deck, but being that they’re not exactly Marseille style decks, I’m kinda making it up as I go. Firstly my very cute and ultra lux Tarot Minchiate replica deck (from Amparo Aguirre Cortés) it totally different with the triumph/major cards, but it’s pips are pretty simple and traditional. My SwordsWoman Tarot is pretty close to a Marseille, but of course the majors and court cards have famous swordswoman featured. The Mythical Creatures Tarot from Baba Studio is a Maresille/RWS hybrid so that feels a bit more comfortable to me and the book is a wealth of information so that’s helpful. Then, I finally worked up the gumption to use my Sefirot Tarot deck, probably the closest to an actual Marseille deck I have, but a Kickstarter I was really disappointed in. Now I’ve been using this deck almost daily it has admittedly really grown on me. And, rather than an oracle, I have been itching to use my Gothic Literature Tarot this late fall, and seeing as it is pipish, I figured it could make the lineup this month. Though it uses the RWS system, it has a big mood that makes up for the sometimes plain feel of the pip cards. Alright, onward to this train wreck!
Oftda! Well, my favorite card in The Gothic Literature Tarot is the Death card exemplified by Eric, the Phantom of the Opera. Eric easily has the most interesting character arc in that story, and he has a metaphorical death (and perhaps actual death?) that allows him to grow his empathy and as a person when he learns what it is to actually love (its to let go, and put the other persons wishes ahead of his own). Well, it may be my favorite card, but I don’t like starting off my monthly draw like that.
From the Minchattie, I drew the Five of Batons and the Nine of Coins. I had the joy of a short road trip to see family early this month that allowed me time to reflect on what I think of the Tarot suits meanings, and the numerical and court meanings as a structure to start thinking about Marseille. I’ve begun thinking of the fives as the cards of upheavals, putting your early lessons from the suit to the test. With the passions and actions of the wands, I see the upheaval being chaos and roadblocks preventing me from going forward but demanding growth. Nines on the other hand I’m envisioning as the “fruits” of the suit, the internal satisfaction, the consequences of the suit. The Nine of Coins speaks to the physical material world, so the Nine of Coins is the satiation of my worldly needs, but perhaps also coming to completion in my work projects. So the Five of Wands combined with the Nine of Coins I read as “no pain no gain”, or perhaps more reasonably, the struggle is worth the effort. In this Minchatte deck I see the coins have people on them; perhaps my direct influence extends beyond my immediate circle. Other’s share my struggles and successes.
From the SwordsWoman Tarot I drew the Eight of Coins and the Page of Cups. I’ve been exploring the eights as the structure of the 4’s but having the skills to break past that structure and be innovative. Eights for me so far are the numbers of taking initiative. With the Coins, I feel this is needing to do the hard work to level up to mastery, very similar to the RWS with the idea of refining a skill. Then the very surprising Page of Cups. Pages to me are the “apprentices” of the suit, new to the concepts of the suit and being in a student position, willing and eager but inexperienced and prone to mistakes. Cups to me are a suit of interpersonal relations and managing emotions. This seems pretty clear I’m in need of honing my interpersonal skills (ain’t that the truth), which starts to pair well with Eric’s hard story of personal growth (urgh).
Oh boy, then we get to the Mythic Creatures Tarot. I pulled The Tower and the Nine of Swords. I feel like almost anyone reading this knows that the Tower is not a nice card to see, and if there’s any doubt about it’s meaning, the Kraken consuming the ship does a better job than my words can describe. Nines, again, I see as the fruits of the suit, the thing that manifests as a consequence of the suit to the querent. With the Nine of Swords that’s actually coming to harm, not just the imagined harm that is seen in the RWS Nine of Swords. Here we see the butterfly hopelessly facing the Kraken to the left. There is a huge upheaval outside of my control and I’m not escaping it unscathed. Eek.
And we finish with the beautiful and simplistic Sefirot. I pulled the rather sever Empress and the Five of Swords. We’re starting with five and ending with five with the “oracle” theme being death. Dang. The Empress to me is creative authority, motherly-ness, feminine strength, natures’ power. Fives, again, I read as the upheaval of the structure and stagnation of the fours. The middle double edge sword is literally breaking through four single edge swords, offering a new way of making and using a sword. It’s point is red hot and dangerous! The Empress’s nurturing power is the key to my breakthrough, bringing those more holistic and emotionally connected ideas into the suit of the mind and intellect, and we’re coming in hot!
Again, ooft, this is going to be a tough month. Together I see this month reaching some critical ending point which will transform me as a person–perhaps there’s something that is ending (one can always have hopeful wishes, of course) which creates pain but opens the door for growth. I share my struggles and successes with my community and it’s apparent I need to refine my people-skills. There is a devastating upheaval we will all feel and we need to meet it with firm, careful loving touch to overcome this challenge and break the mold.
Wow. Well, I hope the cards have given you a more gentle end of year reading! Be well and safe, dear readers.
From 10 o’clock, clockwise, Shining Stars Tarot, The Citadel Oracle (combined with The Deck of Emblems), The Endless Tarot, Medieval Europe Tarot, the Aisling tarot
This month my bestie and I needed some much needed escapism in our free time, so we decided to do another monthly decks based on a D&D party. For those of you who haven’t been here for a while, this is a hilarious game we play where we roll a dice to determine what kind of characters are in our “party” and then we pick tarot decks that exemplify that character. This month we rolled a Rogue, Barbarian, Wizard, Sorcerer, and a Fighter. We have a huge draw that is a “quest” for the party that usually takes several hours to complete, but I’ll save that draw for another day. Here’s my monthly draw and I’ll explain my choices as we go:
I kept getting double jumpers from the Endless Tarot and the Shining Stars no matter how many times I reshuffled, so I kept the two for each and it turned this into quite the full feeling monthly reading!
I wanted to use the Citadel Oracle mixed with the accompanying Deck of Emblems for my rogue character. It seems very rogue-like that the deck knows the “city” inside and out, and knows each character’s role and doesn’t try to justify morally the roles each plays. From this deck I drew The Merchant–you have things to offer, you need to weigh the cost this is to you to make a fair trade. You may also unexpectedly have something that others want or need that you’re not even aware of. Make sure you value your self and your time. Make sure that when you are giving, you are getting something of equal value in return. Be careful of time wasters who don’t value your worth.
I was torn about which deck to use as a fighter. In comparison to the barbarian I imagine a fighter being well trained, disciplined, professional and able to take a birds-eye view of a situation, and a little lonely. The Endless Tarot really fit this bill! For the first half of the month I was (surprisingly as I adore all of Maille’s decks) having a tough time with this deck and the large swaths of black edges, but I’ve finally warmed up to it! The Endless gave me the 10 of Pentacles and a special extra card, The Story. Together this reads to me as sharing my ancestral stories, my communities’ stories. With the merchant, it makes me think of rewriting the narrative to properly reflect real people’s experiences, or maybe crafting a story as part of a trade.
I’m so glad that the Shining Stars Tarot turned out as cool as the Kickstarter made it look! I don’t have a picture here, but it has sparkly purple edging and the soft touch card stock is just to die for! This deck bases all of it’s images off of mythical figures or figures of legends, real or made up. This became my wizard in my party as it requires some prior knowledge of these legends or otherwise requires legwork on my end! We have Hermes in the Eight of Wands with rapid motion and movement. Then we also were given the Seven of Swords with Robin Hood, having taken seven swords from the wealthy manor also moving rapidly! Lots of action it seems. Perhaps I’ll be attending to righting some systemic wrong. Hmm.
The Aisling tarot has been completely enchanting to me this month. As the sister deck of She Is Wilderness tarot, I finally bit the bullet and purchased Aisling, which I’d looked at several times since it was published last year. It is definitely a very quirky deck indeed from it’s odd shape to very interesting takes on the Marseilles system. It has a witchy, lolita-esque vibe that is very different from anything in my collection. This is the deck I chose for the Sorcerer because of its witchy-oddness that is very charming. I drew from the deck its classic take on the Fool. Our fool is very confident! She goes forth head held high on her new adventure, and we wonder if she sees the edge! There is much to look forward to, but also know there is present danger.
Then from my rough and tumble and much beloved Medieval Europe Tarot—which, due to its graphic imagery, is playing the role of the barbarian this month—out came a surprisingly passive Knight of Wands. This knight, while fully dressed and ready for battle, is instead passively waiting, courage at the ready, peaceful scepter held high, and head in the clouds, imagining outcomes. This, from a deck that is all about impulse and barbaric action, really is out of key with what I’d expect from a Knight of Wands (typically the most impulsive card in a RWS deck!). With the accompaniment of the fool, I read these two together as “go forth courageously, but stay action, be prepared and measured instead.” I also think it’s interesting we see the scepter in both Hermes 8 of Wands and this Knight. Robin Hood’s swords are also held downward and not in a way that will be used to harm another.
So, taken together, I have a role to play in shaping the story of my family and community, giving what I have of value to others and receiving in return. I will need to be prepared to take swift action to right a wrong that require courage and an open heart, but also peaceful passiveness. Very interesting! Tell me, how was your November in the cards?
Hello Folks! I tell myself this lie each year, that now it’s October and peak spooky season, and it’s (supposedly) going to be cooler and rainy (ha) that I will suddenly have “more time” in which to be retrospective and a homebody and broody. This never. Effing. Happens. Needless to say my more “fun” to-dos get pushed back. I also am really overdue for posting a deck review—any decks y’all have been really wanting a review on that you’ve seen me use? That’s assuming that I’ve had it in rotation enough times to give a fair review.
Still, sticking with a Halloween theme, I wanted to focus on using decks that exemplified the concept of the “dark feminine” or otherwise, non-traditional takes on the feminine aspect. The choices for this theme are a little self explanatory in that they focus on mostly female presenting figures who are more witchy/outside regular expectations for women. Except for the Nameless One Tarot, which is the most exemplary example of a dark feminine vibe deck without any figures (except some great skeletons). Lets get on with the draw!
Quite the drastically different backs! Clockwise from noon: The European Goddesses and Spirits Oracle Deck, Discovering Beauty Tarot, The Nameless One, Blood Moon Tarot. Center She’s Wilderness Tarot
The European Goddesses and Spirits Oracle is a deck that I typically wouldn’t add to my collection but I really was enchanted with how the artwork mirrors many of the traditional tarot cards. Sol, the Norse/Germanic goddess of victory, hope, healing and vitality is perhaps the closest to the traditional tarot card of the same name. I love how we have the white horses which make me think of freedom, and the sun flowers possibly the most joyful flower, and the sun (of course), all traditional images of happiness and joy, but we have a wizened, lovely lady. The book that accompanies this deck is positively excellent, but let me focus on what really grabbed my attention and I’ve been thinking about all month, which is the concept of hope. There’s hope which you know will happen, like the sun will come up tomorrow, but then there’s this hope rooted in a deep sort of inner faith, like hope for a better future, even when it seems like there is no chance of that happening any time soon. Hope, unlike wishful thinking, is an active practice.
Y’all, The Blood Moon Tarot is coming out mass market. I have the second edition printing, but I preorded the MM for BORDERLESS GOODNESS! This deck is one of my soul decks for sure. The Blood Moon is definitely an OG in my tarot collection, but it’s rare I share it with the world at large as I find this a very visceral and personal deck, but I couldn’t pass up adding it into this month’s dark feminine theme! From the Blood Moon I drew the bold Page of Wands. This person is clearly off on and adventure and isn’t pausing one bit while they grow their delicious golden chanterelles! You’ve got momentum, you don’t have everything figured out, but you can figure it out on the way! Don’t be afraid to pause every once and a while and see what comes from those moments of down time–things grow in the breaks and silence. Also, get out there and forage some mushrooms!
She’s Wilderness Tarot was a deck I didn’t back on Kickstarter and regretted (same with the next deck, it’s been a weird year, okay?). I’ll start with the glaring negative of this deck which is it lacks age, shape, race, and a plethora of other diversities which was why I did not back it during it’s campaign. Now, it does do some really interesting things though which is why in the end I purchased it despite this lack. This deck is strange as it takes pretty typical RWS ideas and framework and really gives it a twist. At face value it seems like a very “women in the wild” feeling, with bright happy warm colors and expressive figures, but it provides some very different interpretations of the cards. Here with strength, which I typically think of as taming the animalistic inner self, we see a woman offering a little cat like dragon a drink. With the amphora and the cup I think of the traditional temperance card. I also see the opium poppy buds, a potent medicine that can be used for good or evil, and a DRAGON (of reasonable size), which makes me think of hoarding, emotional fiery outbursts, and mythical thinking. It is reminiscent of the phrase “having tea with your demons” which speaks to being mindful of your negative emotions, and seeking to have self compassion to understand them rather than reacting with shame.
Discovering Beauty Tarot was a deck I backed as I love Japanese Notan art (which is the inspiration for the art style) and then chickened out of and ended up buying for more after the KS ended (as one does). This is definitely one of those scary decks for me that hits a little too close to home. As a person who is more comfortable being a little removed from her emotions, I am not one to be drawn to imagery that demands embodiment, as this deck does. But when I saw my bestie using the deck (and using it myself) I realized this is a deck that will help me grow, not only emotionally by demanding I take a long look inward, but also in reading Tarot. While it uses a loose RWS structure, it is highly self-examining. When I see this IV of Water (Cups) I think of the song “Unwritten” by Natasha Bedingfield, which says “Feel the rain on your skin, No one else can feel it for you, Only you can let it in.” This card calls me to let my feelings wash over me. Instead of a traditional Strength card which is taming those feelings, I need to accept them and truly feel them. My experience is unique and valid even if it isn’t necessarily a feeling I want to have.
These three cards together make me think that this month I must be present in myself, my body, my mind, and my emotions. There isn’t a demand to change or repress, but to experience. There’s a strong sense of bodily feeling and connection between the body and emotions and self-acceptance.
And we end our draw with the very alchemical feeling Two of Cups from The Nameless One. Immediately with the two snakes it makes me think of the caduceus staff of Hermes with the two entwined snakes, speaking of travel, commerce, and negotiation. Our two cups seem to represent life and the growing, and death and the wilting. With October being a turning point of fall into winter and with many cultures observing and honoring various days of the dead, this seems rather on point. We have two king cobras meeting and entwining, deadly creatures that are staying their bite to meet in unison. It makes me think of what from my past is here to help me now? What must I make friends with? Where can I find new love in my life? Seeing as it comes under the interesting strength card, it again seems to ask how can I make peace with my inner struggles. Such a cool card, one of my favorites in this deck.
Taking the whole reading together, I see October as a month where I learn how to foster hope by leaning into my self, feeling the feels, and integrating the old with the new. Though I tend to think of October as a month of harvest and the fields going fallow for winter, these cards speak of inner growth!
How has your October been? What decks are you using this month?
Ah! September is the beginning of Spooky Season for me! I was having a bit of late summer lull and was drawing a blank on a theme for this month when my Tarot partner had a brilliant idea: Lightness and Darkness or Joyful and Somber. Balanced decks that exemplify a positive view and are more happy-go-lucky, and serious contemplative decks that are dense and “deep” readers. Interesting! This is the perfect back to school theme. I have done black and white deck themes before, light and shadow of the self as well, but this is more specific to the way the deck tends to read. I love this juxtaposition because it is asking for overall well-rounded decks.
I’ve used all of these decks rather extensively with the exception of the new Verdance Tarot, the second Tarot child from Stephanie Pui-Mun Law who made my beloved Shadowscapes Tarot. Verdance is just a gorgeous deck with great cardstock, and while there are similarities with the Shadowscapes, it definitely has a much lighter feeling to it. I’m looking forward to really getting to know it this month! While it is an “animal” deck, it also has plenty of humans and fae AND it is rather watery with it’s colors so it feels plenty summery as we enter the first balmy days of September.
My True Black Tarot seemingly needs no introduction on this blog. If I had to choose a somber and serious deck out of all my decks this one would always take the prize. It is certainly not a mean deck (unlike The Lubanko or The Corrupted Tarot which definitely have some…sharpness to them), but it takes itself seriously.
Tarot of the Golden Wheel is like that friend who can always see the silver lining, no matter what the situation! And, despite using it for many years it still gives me pleasant surprises. While it isn’t a “fluffy” deck, it always remains bright and intriguing.
The Terra Volatile has been my deck love this year. After just adoring the large collectors edition I broke down and purchased the regular edition when they ran their most recent printing run. I also sprung for the VERY large companion book. This deck is really deep. While the cards are classic RWS/Thoth/Marseilles, the images bring more questions than answers at times. This is a complex deck for sure that makes you stop in your tracks. And think.
One of my biggest struggles with Oracle decks in general is I dislike lack of balance in the content. The Seed and Sickle is an incredibly neutral feeling deck, where the cards can have positive, negative, and neutral readings. I take issue with the two separate books, but because I love the idea and the art I get over it (mostly) and use both in a reading.
Lets get on with the reading!
A very interesting blend of backs.
We open with thoughts of Spring! My monthly oracle card is lucky number 7, with the Cherry (and cuckoo). The cherry tree is one of the earliest blooming trees and often is romantically associated with spring, but it’s blossom period is very short lived. This can speak to a new period of activity, a short window of opportunity, a fleeting happiness or renewal of happiness, and springing forth on a new endeavor. There apparently is a myth that the cuckoo will continue to sing until it has thrice eaten its fill of cherry blossoms. This myth makes me think of self care, enjoying the moment (carpe diem), being an early actor, and using the situation to your benefit. Okay! Nice way to start the draw.
From the Verdance I drew the 7 of Cups, which in the guide book is titled “The Illusionist.” It acknowledges the imaginative power of inspiration but asks us to “discern wishful thinking from reality.” Opening with the very dream-like cherry, I see this as abstract ideas taking root. Grounding ideas that have only prior been in the mind. There is some work that has to be done to decide which ideas are most viable. Everything looks very pretty and nice in theory but in actual practice can fall short. I also notice the dragonfly, which to me is a powerful symbol of transcendence. I must not only look at which “lotuses” have strong roots but I must also view the bigger picture from above, removed from my self. Interesting.
This is paired with the Terra Volatile’s traditional Empress. She looks very regal but incredibly exhausted! She has the trappings of a classic Tarot Empress, the throne, the wheat, lush vegetation and with that the unbridled, almost primal creativity and ability to birth something new into the world. Paired with the Seven of Cups I see her as having the courage to choose a path of action amidst many choices and having the faith to mother that concept because you believe in it. But, as seen with the flaming pierced heart on her shield, there is heartache in creation, and the pain of letting other ideas go. There is definitely something that I’ve been thinking about I’m going to take action on!
The Golden Wheel’s Six of Swords may be by favorite portrayal of this card out of all my Tarot decks. I’d actually have never drawn this card from this deck until this monthly reading. I love this image of a child being lead through the windy forest by an elder towards a beautiful glorious body of water. This card speaks to me personally with some past experiences, but it’s also just beautiful as well. With this cards, I see a new wind is blowing. I have the opportunity to use it to my advantage. There is something that looks beautiful and great ahead. It is both somewhere I want to go and someplace that is a safe haven. A brave person will help me to this place, but in the end only I have the ability to bring myself there if I so choose. I will have concerns and reservations about going, I worry not about what is ahead, but what remains behind me. It feels very much like the cusp of an adventure, but there’s always that hesitation of going forth into the unknown.
The partner card is the beautiful Justice from the True Black Tarot. It is an ongoing joke between my Tarot pal and myself that Justice really does haunt me in my personal readings. It’s not often though that it appears in my monthly readings. I typically read justice as facts and truth, discerning the “right” choice, answering for wrongs, trying to right a wrong, and accountability. Paired with the rest of this draw, I see this Justice advising that the choice(s) ahead is not easy. Each path has unique sets of challenges that I’ll have to answer for. But its important to strike a balance between my personal goals and ideas and what is necessary to be done. Sometimes things in the past have no good solution and are left unresolved. I may see that as I move forwards, others behind might refuse to come to terms with where I am going. There is an aspect of having to see the truth clearly, how denial will not shelter one from repercussions. It also assures me that things will be righted in the end.
Now that I’m looking at this from the “birds eye view” as suggested in the seven of cups, I’m going to go ahead and briefly look at the other pairings.
7 of Cups paired with the Six of Swords: I have many choices; will I stay where I am or will I move forward with this new wave? There is an overall positive, invigorating feeling. I am naturally creative and driven so it makes sense I will go forward, just make sure I’m leaving behind the right things. I also feel the ability to see both above and below the water—lilies that bear flowers need to have roots that connect them to the earth—there is more beneath just a good idea. Be realistic and set realistic goals–with this attitude you can sail beyond the horizon! Be willing to litmus test by going into deeper waters, taking calculated chances.
And then looking at the III Empress and Justice pairing: I envision the age-old struggle of the heart vs the mind. Having hard truths, yet being able to love despite the reality. I see these two as holding space for both things, you can be just and still profoundly love and care. You can be creative and bring newness into the world and still be truthful and honest. Letting that which does not help you, go. Keeping true to yourself. Holding space for the inner truths and emotions as well as the hard cold outer truths and realities. The heart burning in silence, and the truth winning out. Certainly a powerful and strange juxtaposition.
I see this month as being a precipice on which I will make a decision of what to do next, an action that will happen either with or without me and it will happen quickly and the window of action is small. It is both exciting but also sad because there are aspects that I need to let go of and dreams and ideas that will die and be left behind. I’ll have internal struggles as well, having the need to balance both my needs and desires as well as facing the reality of situations and needing to act fairly. Geez, lot of stuff! How about you? How is September looking for you?
The Tarot Tarts 