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Free Yourself from Others’ Opinions & Work Your Creative Magic

MONDAY TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 2/26/2024 Theme, 8 of Swords. Swords is the element of Air in the realm of mind, thoughts, attitudes, beliefs and communication. Eight is a number of movement–or lack thereof. This week, see clearly what is stopping you from moving forward with your current project. Free yourself from others’ opinions […]

What Creative Transformation Will You Perform?

MONDAY TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 2/12/2024 Theme, The Magician. This Major Arcana card reminds you that as a creative, you are the Magician. You have the power to move from desire or idea into manifestation, to do the tasks that lead to completion, to perform a creative transformation for you and others. Don’t hide […]

Ready to Work Your Magic?

MONDAY TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 8/28/2023 Theme, The Magician. This Major Arcana card at the beginning of the Fool’s journey is about the ability to harness the power of both the spiritual and material realms. The Magician turns idea into physical form. As a creative, you are the Magician every time you move from […]

Word Spells for the New Year

Characters are not people or things, but arcs of transformation. They do, get, make, and change things to earn that Happily Ever After. Their plots arise from those actions. ~ Damon Suede, author ~ I was checking my Twitter feed the other day and came upon a post by a writer who realized that she […]

Work Your Creative Magic–It’s Needed

MONDAY’S TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 8/28/2017 Theme, The Magician. The first card in the Major Arcana, the Magician urges you this week to look for opportunities and moments to work your creative magic. You are the Magician, able to take energy or an idea and manifest it in the physical realm. Be sure to […]

Welcome the Limitations—Yours or Theirs

The enemy of art is the absence of limitations. ~ Orson Welles ~ In the tarot, the Major Arcana card 10 is The Wheel of Fortune. This card is usually about the turn of the Wheel, i.e. the change in fortune or life for the better. Cards from a variety of decks show a wheel […]

Are You an Illusionist or a Magician?

The Magician of the tarot is number one in the Major Arcana (Arcanum = secret knowledge), often called the Fool’s Journey. The Fool travels through consciousness (outer concerns of life), to the subconscious (the search inward) and finally to the superconscious (spiritual awareness). Most people travel through these stages more than once as their lives […]

3 Reasons to Travel for your Writing

Join Beth Barany and I as we share with you the magic of travel and writing. Whether you write fiction or nonfiction, novels, short stories, personal essays or keep journals, we offer information, tips, techniques and tools for using travel to inspire, inform, enrich and empower your writing. Look for posts from both of us […]

Be the High Priestess of Your Creativity

Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse, 5/19/2014 Theme, The High Priestess. See how she emerges from the deep waters? You do that for your creativity. You bring to light the mystery and magic of your creative work for others. Be the doorway into your work. Focus, 4 of Swords. Swords is the element of Air, […]

Are You Tapping into Magical Ideas?

Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse for Week of 4/8/2013. Theme, The Magician. For this week, be aware of the magic you hold within, the magic that can take an idea and turn it into physical form. How, for you, thoughts definitely become things. Focus, Page of Cups. With that magical ability comes the need […]