I tend to be more conscious of the rhythm of the moon phases, even more so than the solar monthly calendar we all take for granted. Each moon cycle, I create a new moon tarot spread to get a feel for what is coming up, and to make sure that my energy waxes and wanes in a good…
June 16, 2015 – I heard that when the Dalai Lama was asked what he would do if he had fifteen minutes left to live, he replied, “I would meditate.” I thought about his response a lot, and his words changed my own meditation practice. There’s something bigger and more infinite happening when we meditate, not…
May 18, 2015 – When I was thirteen years old I used to sit at our dining room table and draw tarot cards. At the time, my mother was writing a cookbook called Beyond Measure: The Cookbook For People Who Think They Can’t Cook. She used the major arcana of the tarot as a jumping off place…
April 18, 2015 – A long time ago, during a low point, someone advised me: “When you come to the end of a rope, tie a knot and hang on.” I remember snapping back: “When you come to the end of a rope, you should let it go and find another one!” Are you feeling…
March 20, 2015 – Most of our lives are measured out in coffee spoons—meaning we wake up, brush our teeth, have our coffee, go to work, recover from the day, then it’s time for dinner, time to go to bed … there’s family-and-friend time in there, and, if you’re lucky, perhaps a vacation—which means vacation…
February 18, 2015 – Tarot cards are an ancient book of symbols that represent human archetypes and wisdom. Their origin is shrouded in mystery, and their complexity and layers of meaning has fascinated mystics and scholars for centuries. Essentially, they form a deck of 78 cards. Fifty-six of these are the precursor of our familiar playing cards. There…