Time to Try Something New?
MONDAY TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 12/16/2024 Theme, 4 of Cups. Cups is the element of Water in the realm of heart, emotions, dreams, intuition, and creativity. Four is a number of structure, stability, rules, and sometimes stagnation. Even as you’ve nicely lined up several completed projects, and have already begun another one, this week, […]
Creatively Blocked? You Have the Power to Free Yourself
MONDAY TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 6/5/2023 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, in this case, blocked movement. If you feel creatively blocked this week, remember that you have the power to free yourself. Trust […]
Communicate Confidently about Your Creative Work
MONDAY TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 6/8/2020 Theme, King of Swords Swords is the element of Air in the realm of mind, thoughts, attitudes and communication. The King is the master of the element. This week, be the King of Swords, the master. Communicate confidently with others and yourself about your creative work, i.e. with […]
Seek Silence and Solitude in This Busy Week
MONDAY TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 11/25/2019 Theme, The Hermit. This Major Arcana card urges you to seek silence and solitude this week, even in the midst of cooking, cleaning and spending time with friends and family. Your creativity, your Muse, needs that time to whisper new ideas to you, to restore and renew your […]
Move into Dialogue with Your Creative Work
MONDAY TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 11/18/2019 Theme, 3 of Coins. For the second week in a row, this card is the theme for the week’s reading. Remember, Coins is the element of Earth and three is a magical number of creation. In addition to paying attention to final details, also note how you move […]
Rest Your Creative Mind–It’s the Season
True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment. ~ William Penn ~ I get a lot of the ideas when I’m resting – either when I’m meditating or getting some kind of work done on my back, like physical therapy or […]
Negative Feedback? How Will You Respond?
MONDAY’S TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 11/20/17 Theme, 10 of Swords. Swords is the element of Air in the realm of mind, thoughts, attitudes, beliefs and communication…sometimes too much communication. As in the case of this poor guy, who seems to be attacked from all sides. Ten is a number of abundance in the element. […]
Seek Out Silence and Solitude
MONDAY’S TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 10/16/17 Theme, The Hermit. This Major Arcana card encourages you to look this week for opportunities to follow your own path and to seek occasions for silence and solitude. When you do so, you give yourself the chance to go deeply into your work. You also role model for […]
Find Balance in Your Creative Work
MONDAY’S TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 4/10/2017 Theme, Justice. This Major Arcana card speaks of justice and balance this week, as the theme for you this week for your creative work. Be alert to where you need to bring more balance into your creative work, perhaps between your work and the rest of your life, […]
Home Again, Home Again, Jiggity Jog
Three weeks on the road—or in the air. And now I am home. Home, where I sleep in my own bed, eat the food I’ve prepared, and greet the daylilies still blooming in the yard. I can enjoy the view from the chaise in our bedroom while I write and revel in the silences and […]
Value Your Creative Work
MONDAY’S TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 12/21/15 Theme, 4 of Coins. Coins is the element of Earth in the realm of the physical, home, health, wealth. Four is a number of stability and structure. This week, be aware of how your creative work brings structure and stability to your life and beauty to others. Be […]
‘Tis the Season for Silence—for Your Soul & Your Creative Work
“Sleigh bells ring, are you listening?” Actually, how can we avoid listening? During the holiday season there is a barrage of sound– the voices of too many people in a crowded mall, the honking horns of tired, short-tempered shoppers who just want to get home, and the piped music in every store, elevator and restaurant […]
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 […]
From Bird Watching to Muse Catching
This past Sunday was Father’s Day here in the US. But I called my dad on Saturday because I didn’t want to deal with busy phone lines or trying to catch Dad when he was home and not at church or on the phone with one of my other three siblings. I wanted time to […]