Focus on Your Creative Destination, Not Your Fears
MONDAY TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 10/12/2020 Theme, 6 of Swords. Swords is the element of Air in the realm of mind, thoughts, attitudes, beliefs and communication. Six is one step past that point of conflict and challenge and now you are ready to move forward toward your destination. Like the woman standing in the […]
Don’t Hide Your Work Because of Fears
MONDAY’S TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 2/11/2019 Theme, 7 of Swords. Swords is the element of Air in the realm of mind, thoughts, attitudes, beliefs and communication. This seven suggests sabotage or theft of your ideas or creative work. But for your creative work to be of service in the world (the sign of Aquarius […]
Rest Your Creative Mind to Hear Your Muse
MONDAY’S TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 1/29/2018 Theme, 4 of Swords. Swords is the element of Air in the realm of mind, thoughts, attitudes, beliefs and communication. Four is a number of stability. This week, for the sake of your stability, look for times to rest your creative mind. If you want to hear the […]
Focus on Your Creative Destination, Not Your Fears
MONDAY’S TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 8/7/2017 Theme, 6 of Swords. Swords is the element of Air in the realm of the mind and its thoughts, attitudes, and beliefs. Also the element of communication. This week, focus on your creative destination instead of your fears. Be aware of places where the self-communication (the unconscious) about […]
Dreams or Fears?
MONDAY TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 12/12/2016 Theme, 9 of Swords. Swords is the element of Air in the realm of mind, thoughts, attitudes, beliefs and communication. Nine is a number signifying completion or ending. At the end of the day, as you lie sleeping, are you in the sacred realm of dreams, or are […]
Move Forward with Creative Confidence
MONDAY’S TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 11/14/2016 Theme, 6 of Wands. Wands is the element of Fire in the realm of spirit, creativity, career, work. This card encourages creative confidence and optimism this week. Build on past successes for future ones. You’ve done it before, you can do it again. Focus, 6 of Swords. Swords […]
Manage Your Creative Resources
MONDAY’S TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 9/26/16 Theme, 4 of Coins. Coins is the element of Earth in the realm of home, health, wealth, and anything you can touch, taste or feel. Four is a number of stability. This week, be aware of when you hold tightly to creative resources (energy, time, money) out of […]
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 of Water in the realm […]
Champion your Creative Work
Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse, 3/17/2014 Theme, Knight of Wands. Wands is the element of fire, of spirit, career, work, creativity, and the Knight is the champion, the one who serves and protects. This week look to how you champion your creative work, stand strong for it and use it to serve others. Do […]
Fear of Failure or Rejection Keep You from Creative Work?
Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse,12/16/2013 Theme, 5 of Cups. See this poor woman with her back against the wall, protecting her cups? Is that you? Cups is the suit of water, heart, feelings emotions, dreams, creativity. And 5 is the number of change and challenge. Pay attention this week to how past experiences of […]
Do You Dare to Look into the Shadows?
October 18th, we have a lunar eclipse in the signs of Aries (the Moon) and Libra (the Sun). Aries, expressed positively, is self-sufficient, straight-forward, and adventurous, but expressed negatively is self-centered, thrill-seeking and aggressive. Libra is very sociable, cooperative, and considerate or indecisive, pretentious and co-dependent, going along to get along. During a lunar eclipse […]
Start the New Creative Project, Plant that Seed
Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse for the week of 10/14/2013 Theme, Ace of Coins. The Aces are the beginning, the seed, holding all potential, all possibility. Coins are the element of Earth, money, home, health, anything you can touch, taste or feel. This week, keep in mind the importance of planting new seeds, even […]
So What are You Going to Do about Your Tower, Rapunzel?
Every time one of our three sons approached his mid-teens—you know, that time when they want to learn to drive, attend late-night parties, and start experimenting with alcohol and other things you don’t want to even imagine—I yearned to install a very tall tower in our backyard and stick that son in it. A tower […]
What or Who Lies Hidden Beneath your Bed?
In my dream, I am away from home, sleeping in a strange bed. During the night, I was frightened, like a child, by the sense of something under the bed. In the light of day, I decide to brave up. I get down on the floor, reclining on my right side with my feet towards […]
The Muse Is In—with Jill Badonsky, Author and Creativity Coach
I am so delighted to have Jill Badonsky on my blog this week as part of her blog tour to promote her magical book,”The Muse is In: An Owner’s Manual for Your Creativity.” I loved having the opportunity to ask her some questions about creativity. If you’d like to hear more from Jill, then sign […]
Attack of the Purple-Pink Plush Dinosaur
In the dream, I am in my house (not mine in waking reality), a Cape Cod-style in a suburban neighborhood. Dinosaurs threaten the area and homeowners have secured their homes. I am sleeping until suddenly, I wake to the sound of something pounding on the front door. Throwing on a robe, I rush to the […]
How to Move Under, Over or Through Resistance
“Every sun casts a shadow, and genius’s shadow is Resistance. As powerful as is our soul’s call to realization, so potent are the forces of Resistance arrayed against it.” ~ Steven Pressfield I have a confession… Several agents are interested in my current work-in-progress, a somewhat dark fantasy romance. You’d think I would have had […]
Creativity—The Adrenaline Rush of Choice
Creativity comes with adrenaline and fear. ~ Mary Jo Putney, author At the romance writers conference that I attended last weekend, I sat in on a seminar given by Mary Jo Putney. Putney, a published romance writer of more than 30 books, has made all of the national bestseller lists including the New York Times, […]