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Writing or creativity of any kind is a mysterious process, a journey into deep and unchartered waters. What you need is a compass… the Tarot.

Category: About the Muse

‘Tis the Season to Thank Your Muse

My theory is you shouldn’t apologize for believing in an idea-channeling muse. You should just be sure to feed her. ~ Laurie Seidler~ Whenever I teach dream work to writers or others, I remind them to practice gratefulness for their dreams and dream messengers by taking some kind of immediate

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5 Tips for a Long Marriage to Your Muse

Bob and I celebrated 43 years of marriage last week. Add an additional year of being engaged and a year of dating before that, and we have been sharing our lives for 45 years. That’s a long time to spend with one person…in close quarters…come hell or high water. A

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Are You Coming Out of Your Creative Cave?

A journy is best measured in friends rather than miles. Tim Cahill Events like the writers conference this past weekend remind me how important it is to get out of the office/studio and connect with people. Writers and other creatives spend a lot of time working in isolation in a

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Stop the Inner Battle.

MONDAY’S TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, JULY 6, 2015 Theme, 5 of Wands. Wands is the element of Fire in the realm of spirit, creativity, career, work. Five is a challenging number. Here, the challenge this week is that of too many ideas, projects or roles fighting within you for

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Integrate & Harmonize Creatively

MONDAY’S TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, JUNE 15, 2015 Theme, The Lovers. This Major Arcana card as it relates to creativity is often about bringing the intuitive and active, inner and outer aspects of the creative act together. It is in listening to your intuition and allowing that creative spark

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Hear the Call of the Big Creative Vision

Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse, 11/24/2014 Theme, Judgement. A Major Arcana card, here the Muse calls you to a bigger creative vision or project, one that may challenge you but also serve you and others. Listen for the call this week. Focus, 5 of Cups. Cups is the element

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Do You Dare Say, “I Do”?

Because of the two weddings Bob and I recently attended, the idea of commitment has been on my mind. I love weddings and witnessing couples affirm their love for each other and then dare to commit to journey together into the future—for better or for worse. As with the marriage

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Why Greece? Travel & Writing Series

For the next 24 weeks, you are invited to join Beth Barany and I as we share with you about the magic of travel and writing. Whether you write fiction or nonfiction, novels, short stories, personal essays or keep journals, we will offer information, tips, techniques and tools for using

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Is the Devil in the Detail…or is the Divine?

God is in the detail. ~ Anonymous The Devil is in the detail. ~ A derivation of the previous quote In a recent weekly video for Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse, the theme for the week was the 10 of Coins. Coins is the element of Earth and represents

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To Make Room for the New, You Have to Let Go of the Old

Happy New Year! Have you made your New Year’s resolutions yet? No? Me either. Making resolutions just doesn’t excite me. Why not try a new approach to the New Year? One that is marked by a New Moon in Capricorn, with the Sun, Pluto and Mercury also in Capricorn, especially

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