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 |  My blog--I pull a card--if it doesn't speak to me...perhaps it is for you? |
I pull a card...if it doesn't speak to me...perhaps it was meant for you?   How to Read the Tarot Begin by brewing a cup of tea, a nervine, lemon balm or chamomile, this is after all, your future. A reading at the dark of the moon is best, before the night creatures crawl and bad humours fill the air. Pick a circular deck, with a fairy-tale motif, and no reversals. Hold a question in your heart, shuffle the cards and place them on the table. Choose only two. Like the ancient Israelites, these are your seer stones, Urim and Thumimm, black and white, yes or no. Isn't that all you were asking?  |
Hymn IV--Blue Madonna This picture, my totem, my touchstone a Blue Madonna pensive, serene, surely before the crucifixion. My holy child, at forty-five baptized this Good Friday. Mama Mary and I wait for a takeover of hope in the world. Away with flashy facades and the low despots that hold and wield the power of destruction. I wait for a celebration of the heart. The Great Mother and I hold close all the world's holy children. 19 lines prompt: write a poem about an object in your room The Gnostic Book of Saints--XVIII--St. Mary--the Moon--be forgiving of others and yourself. Rest and recuperate.  |
Hymn III The cosmos sings with a violet hum. Pulsars and moonbeams blend to gravitational waves, end to end. Do you sense it, that thrum? The cosmos rings with a violet hum. Chanting OHM may help us mend if before our Divines we kneel, and bend. It is a plumb line, a rhumb. The cosmos speaks with a violet hum. Truth, love ,and friendship all depend upon us to protect and defend. So shake your bells, sound your drum. The cosmos rings with a violet hum. 13 lines Form and prompt: DANSA Pholarchos Tarot--18--Moon--All those voices, you feel it in the dreaming. |
Hymn II Blue jay came by today singing her song about La Dolce Vita the sweet, simple life. I joined her chorus with my off key voice. As morning stretched to noon in this broken world we spun magic at the edges. We chased away all the shadows. 12 lines prompt: picture of a restaurant called La Dolce Vita Oracle of the Essences--Sandalwood--I am connected to the Divine |
Hymn Beltane follows close on the heels of Easter and Passover this year leading us to the Summer Solstice, preceded by April's full pink moon. All through these high holy times and cross-quarter days through winter, spring, summer, autumn I have heard a grim hymn. It is the banshees keening for our sanctuary cities disappearing, dark whispers that our democracy is dead. Yet still, in this abyss there is breath, beauty, and light. And petals falling, falling from the redbud trees. 15 lines Prompt: winter. spring, summer, autumn The HerbCrafter's Tarot--8 of Air--Licorice--Proclaim your truth. Walk out through the gate. |
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And I absolutely love getting a glimpse into how people's minds & inspiration work - who'd've thought you'd end up with a lovely piece about a bird from a picture of a restaurant 
This is the type of free verse that in my opinion suits Shadows & Light.
