So, I am hideously casual with my jewellery. I have lost count of the number of times I have been sound asleep in bed only to bolt awake and upright thinking: “WHERE IS MY PENDANT?! I HAVEN’T SEEN IT IN YEARS!” and yes, it all happens in those horrible shouty Read more…
Authority, father energy, leadership and boundaries – all features of the Tarot King
I send out a monthly newsletter from Tarot Thrones called The Little White Newsletter. Every month someone in the Tarot biz makes a recommendation on a deck and/or book that they want to share with their Tarot peers. This month, author of the forthcoming book Angel Prayers and BIG Read more…
Mother energy, guidance, protection and teaching – all energies we associate with the Tarots Queens.
Once upon a time, in Ye Olde ynd Merrye Englande of around 1300 (the year, not the time) the word ‘knighthood’ or ‘cnihthād’ * referred to the period that we call ‘adolescence’ today. We more readily associate the idea of ‘knight’ with strapping chaps on horseback – armour, jousting, chivalry Read more…
Back in the day, the well-to-do Late Medieval/Early Renaissance family with connections would find a place for their son within the household of the local aristocracy. Daughters? Not so much.
The boys, usually between the ages of 7 and 14 were promptly dispatched to what we fondly call here on the island The Big Hoose. There they were allocated positions within the ‘court’. Mostly they were apprenticed to Knights or acted as a Very Early Internet System (ie delivering messages). Their tasks were mainly minor and uncomplicated *thinks of own Son at seven years of age and how he could barely be trusted to flush the toilet after him at that age. That’s still a work in progress to be honest.)
“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” Rumi Previous Blog | Next Blog | Master List Panic not, dear Reader! I haven’t gone all mushy and doe-eyed over some slim-hipped Lothario! Read more…
Tooting for Significators! When I started this court card blog, I banged on and on and on some more about using Court Cards as significators and you, dear reader, mostly snortled good-naturedly into your coffee and told me that you didn’t use significators. There were a couple of solid reasons why Read more…
Welcome to the Lammas blog, where the theme set by our Wrangler, Arwen, is: “What can I share from my table to enrich my community?” If you’re hopping forward, you’ve come from the lovely Ania Marczyk’s blog and if you are hopping backwards (you TOTAL rebel, you!) you’ve come from Read more…
So, many years ago I read an article about the fate of greyhounds once their racing days were over. Some, the lucky ones, were found new homes, but many of them ended up dead and in a ditch, their ears removed to prevent their identification. Things have changed since I Read more…