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Chakras, Chakra meanings, Chakra and Tarot cards

Chakras and Tarot Cards

Chakras. You’ve heard of ’em, right? If not, here’s the quick of it: They’re spinning wheels of light in your energetic body. There are seven basic chakras, each correlating with different aspects of Self and life. Check out the above ‘lil picture I drew to see their deal. Each chakra will spin brighter and happier […]

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The Elements in Tarot

The elements are well–elemental in tarot. They matter. Sometimes they do the heavy lifting in a reading, and at other times they act as the back-up singers.  When I first look at a card in a reading, I assess what’s happening in the imagery. What is the environment? Are there figures, and what are they doing? […]

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Sensitivity, I'm sensitive, Self-compassion,

On Suffering

Today I am back to suffering. To remembering that the condition of being human is to suffer. I’m not a nihilist, but I am a realist. We spend so much of our time trying to be happier. The drive to be happy is important; it keeps us shifting our reality in new ways. To not […]

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The Fool's Journey, the Hero's Journey

The Fool’s Journey

We talk a lot about the fool’s journey in the tarot, but what does that even mean? Most folks think of The Fool card as the hero about to embark on a quest. However the Fool–as we can gather by name–has not experienced any hardships and is floating into the world a new soul. The […]

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Air, Element Air, Zine, Suit of Swords, Learn Tarot

Element Air and the Suit of Swords

Air is refreshingly and at times, painfully clear–like when you breathe in that sharp 0° winter into your lungs. Here’s what the clarity of AIR (and therefore Swords) means in a reading:– You know what you need to do, as difficult as it may be– You know who and what isn’t serving you, and you […]

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Dating, Healthy Relationships, How to date,

How to find a Healthy Relationship

I’ve been there. Falling in love too fast. Feeling swept away. Or, feeling swept into the corner and sitting alone. I’ve been passionately in love or felt desperately alone many a time before. Which was part of the problem. I was disheartened about being alone, and in doing so, choosing the wrong people. The only […]

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Growth, how to change your life, tarot, mysticism, change

To Grow is to Outgrow

When you grow you outgrow. As your branches extend higher and you create new buds and fruits, the decayed limbs fall off. As you stretch and extend, you find a deepening sense of You-ness. What is not you begins to fall away. Your soul knows where it needs to go: this is who you are, […]

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This is Temporary

This is temporary. Body? Temporary. Suffering? Temporary. Joy? It’s all fleeting and impermanent.🖤The good news is that life changes. The bad news is that life changes. And the weird news is the flow between them never ends.🖤Do you ever see yourself returning to memories, activities, situations, and patterns from the past as you make your […]

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Snake, Shadowspeak Oracle, Being Used

We all Use People

* We all use people.  We might befriend someone because we know that they’ll round out our lives in a certain way. One friend may be a great emotional support. Another might be a creative inspiration. Someone we admire might be a professional contact.  We all gravitate to people that offer us something.  You could […]

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Ymir, Nordic, Mythology, Tarot, Oracle cards, Destruction, Witch

Giant Destruction: The Myth of Ymir

The giant Ymir is one of my favorite beings in mythology. From Nordic myth, the giant Ymir was the first being in the world, born out of the meeting between fire (Muspelheim) and ice (Niflheim). They converged out of a dark void, and as the force of fire and ice met, there was a great […]

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