Be in Your Studio this Week
MONDAY’S TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 5/18/2015 Theme, 3 of Coins. Coins is the element of Earth in the realm of home, health, wealth, the physical and material. Three is a number of shift and change. See how the craftsman works on carving out details and adding the sparkle to his coin? Look for time […]
Ready to Turn Up the Heat?
Fire is a good companion for the mind. ~ May Sarton ~ Fire. Not the element you’d normally associate with spring. And yet, if it wasn’t for the heat, the fire of that ever-nearing sun warming the Northern Hemisphere, snow and ice wouldn’t melt and fill the rivers, and lakes. And the moisture in the […]
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Missing Muse
I’ve been writing articles for my weekly newsletter for a long time, almost 250 articles. So it should come as no surprise that inspiration—and my Muse—occasionally go missing. After I’ve searched in the usual places for her like my dreams and journals, I call in Sherlock Holmes because only that wily, observant detective is able […]
Be the Star. Inspire!
Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse, 8/18/2014 Theme, The Star. A Major Arcana card, the Star shines, inspires and heals. So this week, look for opportunities to shine, to inspire and yes, heal others with your creative work. Also be alert to sources of inspiration for you. Focus, 6 of Swords. Swords is the element […]
Ready to Answer the Call of Your Creative Vision?
Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse, 1/20/2014 Theme, Judgement. A Major Arcana card, number 20, this card tells you to stay awake and aware this week to the calling of your creative work or vision. It asks you to pay attention to power and purpose behind the work that you do and to how that […]
Keep Nurturing Those Creative Projects
Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse, 1/6/2014 Theme, 7 of Coins. Coins is the element of Earth, of the material realm, anything physical. The theme for the first full week of the New Year is to pay attention to the practical, final finishing details of your current projects. Now’s not the time to take your […]
Experience a Creative Homecoming
Monday Tarot Message from the Muse for the week of 8/26/2013. Theme, 10 of Cups. Cups is the suit of the heart and all that resides therein, emotions, dreams, intuitions, creativity. As the dog and cat put aside their fighting to lie peacefully before the roaring fire, this week, experience a sense of peaceful homecoming […]
Celebrate Creative Abundance
Monday Tarot Message from the Muse for the week of August 12, 2013 Theme, 10 of Coins. Abundance. An abundance of creative ideas, of creative resources, of creative opportunities. And through your work, others experience abundance as well…an abundance of beauty in real material form. Think “abundance” this week. Focus, 3 of Cups. And through […]
3 Reasons You Need to be a Hermit…Occasionally
After almost four years of writing articles for this newsletter, sometimes I’m not sure what to write that won’t seem redundant or unimportant. So this time, I consulted the oracles in the form of Ciro Marchetti’s Legacy of the Divine Tarot. I pulled the first card to represent the subject of the article and turned […]
What Creative Seed Are You Planting?
Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse for week of June 24, 2013. Theme, Ace of Coins. Coins is the element of earth and the Ace is all potential, all possibility. With the Summer Solstice just passed, think of this Ace as a seed waiting to be planted this week. What new creative idea needs to […]