Reflect Before Taking on Another Creative Project
MONDAY TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 6/17/2024 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 stability and structure. You already have several projects you are working on, whether at the planning, creation, or revision stage. Before eagerly starting […]
Let Creative Success Lead to Generosity
MONDAY TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 6/26/2023 Theme, King of Coins. Coins is the element of Earth in the realm of home, health, wealth, anything physical. The King, of course, is the master of the element. Whatever the status of your creative work or path, let any creative success lead to generosity towards others. Equally, […]
Breakdown of Your Creative Comfort Zone
MONDAY TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 5/15/2023 Theme, The Tower This Major Arcana card is about destruction but with purpose, to liberate you from old structures, patterns, and foundations, and transform you or the current situation. This shake up of your old ways of creating allows for new creative directions in your work, or new […]
Stop Obsessing, Start Creating
MONDAY TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 1/9/2023 Theme, 9 of Swords. Swords is the element of Air in the realm of mind, thoughts, attitudes, beliefs, and communication. Nine is a number of completion and intensity of the suit. If you are worrying about all the ways you could fail, have failed or been rejected, or […]
Share Your New Creative Project and Its Progress
MONDAY TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 6/27/2022 Theme, Page of Swords. Swords is the element of Air in the realm of mind, thoughts, attitudes, beliefs and communication. The Page is the messenger, the youthful enthusiast who can’t wait to tell everyone the news. This week, find moments and ways to share the new creative project […]
Time for Creative Innovation
MONDAY TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 3/14/2022. Theme, The Tower. This Major Aracana card is about a sudden shift or transformation. It’s easy to fall into creative ruts, to get comfortable in the usual forms, media, and ways of doing creative work. But this card warns that it’s time for creative innovation, time to shake […]
Shine Brightly & Draw Others into Your Creative Orbit
MONDAY TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 8/16/2021 Theme, The Sun. This Major Arcana card represents vitality, energy, and clarity. Notice how the planets orbit around the Sun. This week, look for opportunities to shine brightly and draw others into your orbit by being your authentic, creative, vital self. That’s the only effort required of you. […]
Be the Queen of Creative Confidence and Clarity
MONDAY TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 7/26/2021 Theme, Queen of Swords. Swords is the element of Air in the realm of mind, thoughts, attitudes, beliefs and communication. The Queen is the mistress of the element and this queen takes no guff from anyone, especially when it comes to her creativity and her creative work. This […]
Time to Shake Up your Creative Work
MONDAY TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 9/21/2020 Theme, The Tower. This Major Arcana card is about breakdown and transformation. Your creative work or path may have become a little too stable, structured, or settled. This week, look for opportunities to shake things up (so the Universe doesn’t do it for you). It’s time to shake […]
Be Brave and Keep Creating in Spite of Challenges
MONDAY TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 3/16/2020 Theme, 5 of Cups. Cups is the element of Water in the realm of heart, emotions, dreams, intuition and creativity. Five is a point of conflict and/or challenge in the tarot. Something has to change. This week, look for points in time where you are given the choice […]
Team Effort is Key to Creative Success
MONDAY TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 1/6/2020 Theme, 2 of Cups. Cups is the element of Water in the realm of heart, emotions, dreams, intuition and creativity. Two is a number of choice, partnership, collaboration. This week, look for opportunities to acknowledge how putting your creative work into the world, being a creative success is […]
Begin the New Year in your Creative Space
MONDAY TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 12/30/2019 Theme, 3 of Coins. Coins is the element of Earth in the realm of home, health and wealth, anything you can touch, taste or feel. Three is a number of creativity. This week, after a month or more of celebrations and time with family and friends, begin the […]
Be Fiercely Passionate about Your Creative Work
MONDAY TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 7/29/2019 Theme, Queen of Wands. Wands is the element of Fire in the realm of spirit, creativity, career and work. The Queen is the mistress, has mastery, of the element. This week, be aware of when you need to assume the robes of fierce passion and will in service […]
Be the CEO of your Creative Work
MONDAY’S TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 1/21/2019 Theme, King of Wands. Wands is the element of Fire in the realm of spirit, creativity, career, and work. The king is the master of the element. This week, be aware of when you need to be the CEO of your creative work, the king of your creativity. […]
Time to Shake Up Your Creative Work
MONDAY’S TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 5/21/18 Theme, The Tower. When this Major Arcana card shows up it’s time to rock and roll, to shake up your creative work. The shake up may be in a particular project, your process, or just how you are approaching your creative life. Wherever things have become too reliable, […]
Rest When You Can for a Challenging Week Ahead
MONDAY’S TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 4/2/2018 Theme, 10 of Cups. Cups is the element of Water in the realm of heart, emotions, dreams, intuition and creativity. Ten is a tipping point between ending and beginning again. This week, look for opportunities to rest at ease with yourself and your work, to re-gather your energies, […]
Let Your Creative Work Shine, Heal, Inspire
MONDAY’S TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 6/19/17 Theme, The Star. The Star, a Major Arcana card, shines, heals, inspires. This week, look for opportunities for you and your creative work to shine. Don’t hide or dim the light. That serves no one. By shining your creative light, you can inspire, even heal. Focus, The Empress. […]
Time for Powerful Mindset Shifts
MONDAY’S TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 5/1/17. Theme, The Hanging Man. A Major Arcana card, here you see the Fool hanging upside down. Below him, the hourglass is turned sideways. Time has stopped. The water and mirror below him offer opportunities for new perspectives and reflection while the Full Moon offers new insights. This week, […]
Break the Chains of 2015
O darkest Year! O brightest Year! / O changeful Year of joy and woe, Today we stand beside thy bier, / Still loth to let thee go! ~ Julia C. R. Dorr, poet ~ Happy New Year! A brand new year and all that implies. New beginnings, new opportunities, new dreams. So much promise waiting […]
Dare the Devil?
We all have situations and challenges in our lives we’d just as soon not look at. Often, these situations affect and influence our creativity. This idea of being stymied and challenged while refusing to look at the source of the challenge is represented in the tarot by the Major Arcana card number 15, the Devil. […]
Is Your Creativity Bedeviled?
MONDAY’S TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 10/26/2015. Theme, The Devil. This Major Arcana card suggests that this week, you look, really look, at places where you and your creativity are being bedeviled. That is, what illusions exist around your creative work? Where do you need to face things that have held you back in your […]
Quaking & Shaking in Your Writing?
We learn geology the morning after the earthquake. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Earth. The element of certainty and security. It’s the ground we walk on, the home we live in (whose foundations are planted in the ground), the income (coins) we earn. The food we eat, and the health of our bodies. But the Earth […]
7 Lessons from the Towers of Tuscany
When Bob and I committed to traveling this spring to Tuscany, I knew from friends and reading I’d done that we would do a lot of walking. I just didn’t imagine how much. At a rough guess, we walked between 5 and 10 miles a day. All that walking burned off the pasta and pastries […]
It’s that Blasted Tower Again! My Taurus Full Moon Reading for the Inner Journey
Recently, we had a Taurus Full Moon while the Sun was in the sign of Scorpio. Scorpio challenges us to face what we fear, to let go of attachments, and to surrender to a spiritual transformation. Taurus, on the other hand, is about the physical realm. What do we value? What gives us comfort and […]
Time to Get Straight on Your Creative Priorities
Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse for the week of 11/18/2013 Theme, 5 of Wands. 5 in this suit of fire and creativity is a number of change and challenge. Here, it seems, creative roles and projects battle each other for your time and energy. This week, look at establishing priorities for your many ideas […]
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 is the Calling of your Creative Work?
Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse for the week of 12/10/2012. Theme for the week, 7 of Wands: This is not a time to hide but a time to stand out…to claim authority and expertise…to risk the heat of the spotlight and prepare to move into the next new environment for your creative work. Focus, […]