Begin with Small Tangible Results in Your Creative Work
MONDAY TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 12/11/2023 Theme, Ace of Coins. Coins is the element of Earth in the realm of home, health, wealth, and anything physical. The Ace in the tarot is the beginning, a gift from Spirit, the potential of the suit. This week, it’s time to make your idea real. Begin with […]
Focus on Positive Outcomes for Creative Work
MONDAY TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 7/3/2023 Theme, 6 of Swords. Swords is the element of Air in the realm of mind, thoughts, attitudes, beliefs, and communication. Six is a number of relationships and harmony. Here, there are three relationships with the Swords. The boatman uses them as markers of a pathway for the boat. […]
Let Go, Move Forward with Your Creative Work
MONDAY’S TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 1/14/2019 Theme, 8 of Cups. Cups is the element of Water in the realm of heart, emotions, dreams, intuition and creativity. Eight is nearing the end…of the suit, of the phase, of the project. To move toward the new vision or project, to move forward with your creative work, […]
3 Reasons to Celebrate Creative Work
People of our time are losing the power of celebration. Instead of celebrating we seek to be amused or entertained. Celebration is an active state, an act of expressing reverence or appreciation…Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one’s actions. ~ Abraham Joshua Heschel ~ For many, this time of year […]
Don’t Let Criticism about Your Creative Work Immobilize You
MONDAY’S TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, July 7,2017 Theme, 10 of Swords. Swords is the element of Air in the realm of mind, thoughts, attitudes, beliefs and communication. Be prepared this week and decide now not to let criticism about your creative work immobilize you. Let it, instead, push and challenge you to keep improving. […]
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, […]
Be the High Priestess of Your Creative Work
MONDAY’S TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 1/9/2017 Theme, High Priestess. This card is numbered 2 in the Major Arcana and speaks to the idea of bringing awareness to the deeper mysteries of the unconscious. This week, look for opportunities to share your own creative process with others and thereby support and encourage them in their […]
Start Anew with Your Creative Work
MONDAY TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 1/2/2017 Theme, 10 of Wands. Wands is the element of Fire in the realm of spirit, creativity, career, and work. Ten is a number of preparing to begin again. This week, the first of the New Year, finish up and let go of old projects, or work that has […]
Use Those Emotions for Your Creative Work
MONDAY’S TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 10/17/2016 Theme, Knight of Cups. Cups is the element of Water in the realm of emotions, dreams, intuition, and creativity. The Knight is the one who trains and has the skills and resources to serve and protect the realm. But even as the knight ventures forth on his/her creative […]
Finish that Creative Project!
MONDAY TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 5/2/2016 Theme, 9 of Wands. Wands is the element of Fire in the realm of spirit, creativity, career, and work. Nine is a number of completion. You can see how worn down and tired this warrior is. Look this week for creative projects that are overdue in being finished. […]
Prince & the Queen of Cups Transcend Rules
A strong spirit transcends rules. Prince Rogers Nelson Last week, Facebook feeds were filled with the news of and reactions to the unexpected death of Prince. I loved the earthiness and whimsicality of his music. It was great to dance to, and his images were, like Bowie’s, out there. His imagination seemed limitless and rich. […]
Be the Master of Your Creative Work
MONDAY’S TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 3/28/2016 Theme, King of Cups. Cups is the element of Water in the realm of heart, emotions, dreams, intuition, creativity. The king is the master of this watery realm. Look at how he stands holding the cup, able to dip into the water without being immersed. This week, look […]
Receive Your New Creative Project
MONDAY’S TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, JANUARY 4, 2016 Theme, Page of Cups. The Page is the messenger, so this week, be alert to the message of a new creative vision, idea, or project that, because it is in the suit of Cups, comes from that deepest place of heart and dreams. Focus, 5 of […]
Do I Scare You?
I’m working on a re-design of my site and recently someone suggested that I might want to leave out any mention of the tarot and perhaps even the dream work if I didn’t want to scare potential clients away. Point taken, but… After years playing down certain aspects of my work, I finally gathered my […]
Work Your Creative Magic
MONDAY’S TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 4/27/2015 Theme, The Magician. A Major Arcana card with lots of energy, the Magician is the person who knows how to move ideas from the energetic realm of the mind into the physical realm. This week look for opportunities to move from inspired idea into physical form, even if […]
Get the Word Out about Creative Work.
MONDAY’S TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 4/13/2015 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 and errand runner. This week, look for opportunities to get the word out about your work, especially over the “air” waves, like social […]
Write, Post about Your Creative Work
MONDAY’S TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 3/23/2015 Theme, Knight of Swords. Swords is the element of Air in the realm of mind, thoughts, attitudes, beliefs and communication. The Knight is the Champion of the realm. He uses his training and resources to serve and protect. This week, use your training and resources to get the […]
Champion Your Creative Work
MONDAY’S TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 1/19/2015 Theme, Knight of Cups. Cups is the element of Water in the realm of heart, feelings, dreams, intuitions and creativity. The Knight is the one who serves and protects the realm with all the resources and training he has at hand. This week, look for opportunities to champion […]
Do You Know How to Draw a Circle? Will You?
In many earth-based spiritual practices, someone who is entering into ritual or leading one for others, will begin by drawing a circle. The purpose of the circle is to create a boundary—”a line marking the limits of an area, territory, etc.” In ritual, the purpose of that boundary is to create a separation between the […]
Bring Sacred Love to Your Creativity
Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse Theme, The Lovers. A Major Arcana card, this card speaks about Spirit, Love, and the integration of opposites–masculine/feminine, spiritual/physical, sacred/secular. Be aware this week of bringing that greater Love into everything you do in your creative work. Manifesting your Love for your ideas, your work and your clients works […]
Are You Willing to Drop a Coin?
We all have our priorities. Think of each priority as a coin you hold. Top on the list of priorities for most of us (unless you are superhuman, in which case you need read no further), are eating and sleeping. So there are two coins. For those with small children, top priorities include making sure […]
What Kind of Mother Are You?
The most important thing she’d learned over the years was that there was no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one. ~Jill Churchill This past Sunday was Mother’s Day here in the US and I noticed on Facebook the comment from several people that some women may […]
Let Go of Negative Messages
Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse, 5/12/2014 Theme, 10 of Swords. Swords is the element of air and mind, thoughts, beliefs, communications. 10 is a pivotal point. This week look for ways and times you need to let go of the negative messages that assail you from within and without because they keep you from […]
Stop Waffling and Trust Your Creative Intuition
Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse, 4/28/14 Theme, 2 of Swords. Two often indicates choice or decision and Swords represents the element of Air, of mind thoughts, attitudes, beliefs and communication. This week, stop trying to make choices and decisions solely from a logical point of view. Trust and go with your intuition about creative […]
Tend Your Creative Harvest
Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse, 4/21/2014 Theme, 7 of Coins. Coins is the element of Earth representing the physical–home, health, wealth–anything you can touch, taste or feel. So this week, pay attention to the practical physical details of your creative work. Anxious as you may be to get your work out into the world, […]
Creative Collaboration is a Thing of Beauty
Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse, 3/24/2014 Theme, 2 of Cups. Cups is the element of Water, representing the heart, emotions, feelings, dreams, intuition and creativity. See the two cups with the images of a man and woman. We see them in The Lovers card as well. Behind them, is the sign of Venus, the […]
Keep the Faith, in Your Creative Work & You
Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse, 2/3/2014 Theme, Faith. This week, be aware of when you have faith in your creative work and when you don’t. The Muse asks you to have faith in her, in your creativity and in yourself. So remind yourself this week to have faith. Focus, 4 of Cups. Cups is […]
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 […]
Give a Final Push to Get Those Creative Projects Out There
Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse, 11/25/2013 Theme, 8 of Wands. Wands is the element of fire, spirit, creativity, career, work. 8 is a number that is almost there. Time to give that final push to projects, to prepare for lift-off for that next phase in your creative work. Focus, 8 of Swords. But before […]
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 […]
Surrender, Dorothy!
Whenever I do a tarot reading for a client and the 10 of Swords shows up, everyone cringes. With swords representing the mind and the thoughts, attitudes, beliefs and communications of the mind, this card in a reading can imply ruin, despair, or a mental overwhelm that keeps one pinned in place. But sometimes, immobility […]
Bring Balance & Integration to Your Creative Work
Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse for the week of 10/21/2013 Theme, The Lovers. So romantic, that kiss or almost kiss. Together the male and female figure make a whole heart. A heart that is the vehicle for the movement of idea or inspiration into reality. Creation doesn’t happen without first being open to receive […]
Are You Well-Equipped to Do Your Creative Work?
Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse for the week of 9/23/2013 Theme, Knight of Wands. To be of service, the Knight goes through a period of training, developing skills and acquiring the tools, equipment and resources he needs to do his job. Wands is the element of fire, spirit, creativity, career, work. This week, take […]
Get Centered & Remember Your Creative Vision
Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse for the week of 9/16/2013 Theme, Wheel of Fortune. Being creative and doing your creative work can feel a lot like riding the Wheel of Fortune, ups and downs are the nature of things. One way to avoid feeling the extremes is to move to center. At the center […]
Creative Marketing Lessons from Classic Cars
Several weeks ago, as Bob, Jason and I walked around Carmel photographing the many sports cars temporarily at curbside rest before auctions, races, and the Concours D’Elegance, I realized how quickly I was able to determine, if not the year, at least the make and style of varying sports cars, especially Ferraris which were plentiful […]
Ready to Move Forward with that New Creative Project?
Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse for the week of 9/2/2013 Theme, 8 of Cups. Cups is the suit of water, of heart, feelings, dreams, intuitions, creativity. What creative attachments or projects have you been holding onto? Look deeply because these attachments are not obvious. This week, be aware of attachments to old creative projects […]
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 […]
Keep Some Emotional Perspective
Monday Tarot Message from the Muse, 8/19/2013 Theme, King of Cups. The King has the power, gets the big picture, makes the plan. To get the big picture on your creative work this week, give yourself some emotional distance on your creative work. Focus, 8 of Cups. Cups is the suit of heart, emotions, dreams, […]
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 […]
Pay Attention to Practical Details of Your Creative Work
Monday Tarot Message from the Muse for the week of 8/5/2013 Theme, 8 of Coins. The more your creative work progresses and develops the more you need to pay attention to the practical details of resources, energy, time and money. What plan do you have? Look at your goals and plans for the rest of […]
Are You Suffering from Cinderella Cindrome?
In the Disneyfied version of the popular fairytale, Cinderella,our heroine is more acted upon (i.e.victim) than acting. Her mother has died and her father has remarried the equivalent of the Wicked Witch of the West, with her two equally mean daughters. What’s a good girl to do? Well, definitely not some of the things Cinderella […]
Balance Creative Passions & Emotions
Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse for the week of 7/29/2013 Theme, Temperance. The theme this week is one of elevating yourself enough to see clearly and be able to balance your creative passions and desires with your emotions. Creativity requires desire and will to manifest in physical form so bring those two together this […]
Communicate Your Creative Passion
Monday Tarot Message from the Muse for the week of July 15, 2013 Theme, Page of Wands. The Page is the messenger of the court, carrying messages throughout the court with quickness and energy. Wands is the suit of fire, spirit, creativity career, work. This week, communicate about your creativity and creative work with passion […]
Catch All Those Fertile Creative Ideas
Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse for the week of 6/3/2013. Theme, The Empress. Here is the image of life and creativity in abundance. This week, remember that within you is a wellspring of creative ideas. Allow them to emerge, and even though you may not be ready to work on or manifest them quite […]
Choose 2 Ways to Communicate Enthusiastically about your Creative Work
Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse for the week of 5/27/2013. Theme, Page of Swords. See that fresh, young face? See the two small swords or daggers on the pillow? Swords have to do with thoughts, attitudes, ideas, beliefs, communication. So this week, choose two ways that you can communicate about your creative work with […]
Finish Up & Get Ready for the New Creative Project
Monday Tarot Message from the Muse for the week of 5/20/2013. Theme, 4 of Cups. This week, it’s time to finish up those projects you’ve been working on that are near completion so you have room in your schedule and your energy for the new project that is rising up from your heart…the dream, the […]
Time to be Fiercely Passionate about your Creative Work
Monday Tarot Message from the Muse, 5/13/2013. Theme, Queen of Wands. Don’t you love the look of fierce will on her face? This fierce and passionate desire is your theme for the week. Bring that to your creative work, and to how you nurture and help others with your work. Be proud, be passionate. Focus, […]
Are You Pregnant with Creative Possibilities?
Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse for the week of 4/29/2013. Theme, The Empress. Now that we are in the sign of Taurus ruled by Venus, we may feel this week that we are filled, pregnant with creative ideas and possibilities. Experience what it means to be the channel for the Muse, to be an […]
Are Worries or Dreams Your Creative Night Life?
Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse, 4/15/2013. Theme, 9 of Swords. These Swords (thoughts, attitudes, beliefs, communication) are waking you up at night…are they worries or dreams? For this week, prepare yourself for sleep in a way that supports your creative night life. Cleanse your space and your mind. Do a brain dump of ideas […]
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 […]
Are You Doing a Carly Simon?
Anticipation, anticipation/ Is makin’ me late/Is keepin’ me waitin’ ~ Carly Simon Do you remember being a child excitedly counting down the days until Christmas or some other special holiday? Do you remember the fluttery feeling in your tummy the first time you went out on a date with a new person? Or waited to […]
STOP Microwaving Your Creativity
I get it. I really do. Time is short and passes quickly. You are busy with a hundred and one things. And in today’s world of technology where information sharing and business occurs at the speed of nanoseconds, the oft-times snail-like process of creativity can become extremely frustrating. So we look for ways to essentially […]