Court Card Thumbnails: The Knight/Prince of Cups

The Minor Arcana: The Knight/Prince of Cups Titles: Air of Water; the Prince of the Chariot of the Waters Astrological Correspondence: 21° Libra to 20° Scorpio Commentary: Golden Dawn “Liber T” (S.L. Mathers): "He is subtle, crafty and artistic; a fierce nature with calm exterior. Powerful for good or evil, but more attracted by the …

Pratchett’s Epiphany

In Hogfather, his amusingly cynical meditation on the nature of truth and belief, satirical fantasy writer Terry Pratchett depicted DEATH, who always spoke ominously IN CAPITAL LETTERS, arguing with his stubborn rationalist granddaughter Susan about the need for children to practice believing life's "little lies" (like the Hogfather - aka Santa Claus,  the Tooth Fairy, …

Scrying: First Attempt

I got my scrying space set up and made a first attempt at gazing. I used Uma Silbey's method of visualizing the ball as filled with golden light by breathing "through" my Heart Chakra, with middling success. I tried to move into the ball and immediately had a sense of heightened awareness, followed by a …

2018 Midterm Election Forecast

Although the outcome of the US Congressional midterm elections won't be known until November of this year, the rhetoric is already heating up to an almost unbearable pitch. I decided to do a GT to see which of the two major US political parties will have the best chance to prevail. I used the Burning …

Is It or Isn’t It . . . ?

. . . a Full Moon, that is. Here are a few more thoughts on the subject of Lunar Phases. I am aware of at least one web-site out there that purports to define one's "lunar personality" according to the phase of the Moon under which birth occurred. It appears to apply the current "scientific" …

Trump’s Showdown

Donald Trump is walking a tightrope with the handling of his prospects for facing an interview by Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Does he take a bold, adversarial stance or a cautious, conciliatory one? I have a spread that deals with just such a scenario, one I call the "Hold 'Em or Fold 'Em Gambler's Option …

Where Is “A . . ?” A Missing Person Spread

UPDATE: The remains of Austin Colson were found in a wooded area of northern Vermont not long ago, and positive identification has now been made. He died of a gunshot wound to the head. http://www.wmur.com/article/human-remains-found-in-norwich-identified-as-austin-colson/21084837 My instincts were apparently sound in this case, although my reading wasn't too accurate as a whole. There may very …

Geomancy Redux

Several years ago I spent a good deal of time learning and practicing the art of geomancy (literally, "Earth Divination"). The old texts specify that one is to use a wand to poke a random number of holes in a local patch of soil for each of the four main geomantic figures (the "Mother" figures) …

Rethinking the Monthly Lunar Look-ahead

Before I get into the subject of today's post, here is an interesting web-site that shows the eight cardinal and ordinal phases of the monthly lunation cycle as named by eminent astrologer Dane Rudhyar, in terms of the percentage of visibility, making it possible to pinpoint  when a given sub-phase "perfects" during the month in …

2018 Super Bowl Prediction

Let's try this again using the same spread. The National Football League championship game predictions were inaccurate as far as determining the winners and losers but not that bad concerning the mechanics of scoring. For the Super Bowl reading I decided to use the Tarot of the Sevenfold Mystery as the main deck and the …