Pentacles

The Woman of Tarot

Last weekend as I was working with the Rider-Waite deck, I started looking at the women in tarot.  Those that are specifically named.  Not The Star, or The World, etc., but the queens of Pentacles, Swords, Wands and Cups, the High Priestess and Empress.  I pulled them all and then

Tarot and Affirmations

This morning I did an exercise outlined in Scott Grossberg’s blog.  Through the exercise, I wrote 5 affirming statements:

Generosity Isn’t Always Given, Sometimes It’s Received

Today”s card is the 6 of Pentacles reversed.  It”s a card about generosity – and reversed it can signify a need to accept generosity from others, and from ourselves, without judgement.  And not just generosity in the material sense,

Poppers for the Weekend

When I started asking what I need to consider over the weekend, I asked for 3 cards.  As I shuffled, one popped out – the Queen of Pentacles (a card that represents me most often).  Then I shuffled further and another popped out – Temperance reversed.  I asked for just one more card, and very […]

Fiery, Intuitive Woman

The moon has moved to the Disseminating phase.  Sharing information, abilities, the self, resources, etc.  The card I’ve drawn for this phase is the Queen of Wands.  She’s a fiery, creative and intuitive woman.  She can also be quite introspective and quietly strong.  This is the card my tarot friends tell me they associate with […]