The spiritual community often talks about energies being of a high or low vibration. High-vibration energies are considered to be connected to Spirit, the Divine, Gods, Goddesses, and the Higher Self (to name a few). Tarot readers, reiki healers, and all manner of spiritual practitioners sometimes talk about raising their own vibrations in order to […]
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? […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
Saying no takes some getting used to. The No I am talking about is the type where you are asked to do something you really don’t want to do. Your friend wants you to come over late at night, and says this is the only time available for her. Your job asks you to cancel […]
Sadness is something we’re all familiar with. Tragedy strikes. A bad day happens. Someone we love hurts us. There are millions of ways to be hurt and feel pain. It’s much better to feel happy, to feel good about life, to feel settled. To feel comfortable. It’s wonderful when we feel that way. But life, […]
Let’s be real. We have to wear a lot of masks. The family mask. The work mask. The who-are-we-to-different-friends mask. There are so many versions of ourselves that we step into every day. Different sides of ourselves come out, some true to our heart, others a bit more coaxed. Does that make any of those […]
If you’re like me, you never stop creating and reaching for the stars. When I wake up everyday, I am excited to live my life and feel in stride with my purpose. I never take for granted that I get to do something I love with my life. I love having ambition, but sometimes it’s […]