Keep a Balance between Emotion and Will
MONDAY TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 7/22/2019 Theme, Temperance. This Major Arcana card with the elevated, winged woman and her hands full of fire and water, advises creatives to keep a balance between emotion and will in the creative work. Creativity is not all about your feelings, but it’s also not all about the momentary […]
Brigid and the Steam of Creativity
One of my favorite goddesses is Brigid, from Celtic mythology. She is a three-fold goddess (meaning she embodies Maiden, Mother, Crone) and is often represented as Goddess of the Forge (fire) and Goddess of the Well (water). As Goddess of the Well, she is healer and poet and the part of the creative process that […]
Integrate & Harmonize Creatively
MONDAY’S TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, JUNE 15, 2015 Theme, The Lovers. This Major Arcana card as it relates to creativity is often about bringing the intuitive and active, inner and outer aspects of the creative act together. It is in listening to your intuition and allowing that creative spark to move in and through […]
Is Water in Your Writing?
We all end in the ocean We all start in the streams We’re all carried along By the river of dreams In the middle of the night ~Billy Joel, River of Dreams~ In classical Greek thought and other ancient world philosophies, it was believed that the simplest parts that made up the world were the […]
A Ritual to Celebrate Brigit and Temper Your Creativity
Brigit is one of the oldest known Irish or Celtic goddesses, worshipped as a triple goddess, i.e. maiden/mother/crone. As goddess of the forge or smithy, Brigit is the patroness of metalworking and other crafts. Her element is fire, the fire of passion and inspiration, and her celebration, February 2nd, includes the lighting of hearth fires […]