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Spiritual guidance November/December 2023: New myths and collective visions
Here’s my spiritual guidance November/December 2023, covering the month beginning with the Scorpio new moon at 9.27am on November 13th (in the UK). I draw one card from the Thoth Tarot to explore the key energy of these four weeks, and then take a quick look at the astrology. Spiritual guidance November/December 2023 from the Tarot This is the first time I’ve pulled the same card for two months in succession. It’s not a big surprise that the disruptive potentials of last month’s eclipses continue to reverberate through the...
read moreThere’ll be blue birds; held in the web of life
Wooden Blue Tit on my stairway In the interconnected web of life in which I live, nothing happens in isolation. There are many threads of that web along which energy is resonating to arrive at the point at which I sit in any given moment. I am always in communication with this web and it responds to the energy I’m pulsating across it. Whether I’m sending out healing, asking a question, or making a request for help and inspiration, the message is heard and elicits a response. If you’d prefer to listen to this article, then play...
read moreSpiritual guidance October/November 2023: Demolition enables a rebuild
Here’s my spiritual guidance October/November 2023, covering the month beginning with the Libra new moon at 6.59pm on October 14th (in the UK). I draw one card from the Thoth Tarot to explore the key energy of these four weeks, and then take a quick look at the astrology. Spiritual guidance October/November 2023 from the Tarot What an appropriate card for this lunar month’s eclipses, as they always activate intense and often unexpected change. As a major arcana card, the Tower tells you that powerful spiritual forces are at work in the...
read moreDaughters of the moon; a poem
“The Moon and her daughters” by Lisbeth Cheever-Gessaman Many thanks to the artist Lisbeth Cheever-Gessaman who inspired “Daughters of the moon” with the beautiful painting you see here, entitled “The moon and her daughters”. You can see more of her wonderful work at http://www.shewhoisart.com/. She sings them to the salt-spiced edge,Voice lilting on the air to hearkening hearts.Whispering words not heard by ear but feltAs a tide-pull of longing and belonging,Answered deep and low within the pelvic bowl....
read moreSpiritual guidance September/October 2023: Have trust and confidence in who you are
Here’s my spiritual guidance September/October 2023, covering the month beginning with the Virgo new moon at 2.40am on September 15th (in the UK). Spiritual guidance September/October 2023 from the Tarot We’re still in the realms of deep feeling, dreams and visioning this month. As I look at this card, though, this isn’t just about feeling and dreaming. My attention is immediately drawn to the signs of forward movement, mastery, and confidence. Knights are always active agents in their suits, and this one is definitely on a...
read moreSpiritual guidance August/September 2023: Enjoy yourself with life’s pleasures
Here’s my spiritual guidance August/September 2023, covering the month beginning with the Leo new moon at 10.38am on August 16th (in the UK). Spiritual guidance August/September 2023 from the Tarot We move into the realms of the heart and emotions this month with the beautiful Six of Cups. The number six is always about harmony and balance, and here it speaks about the giving and receiving of love, joy and a fulfilling delight in life. So for the next four weeks you will certainly be wise to become very aware of what brings you joy, what...
read moreDream work; a poem
This poem plays on the idea of dream work as a vocational profession, and the fact that as souls unlimited by time and space we also carry out real and valuable work in dreamtime – literal dream work. For me, both dreams turned out also to be prophetic. The first told me about my calling to spirit release and the second to being a way-shower, empowering others in navigating challenges and creating a more beautiful life and world for themselves and others. Dream Work The struggling line of spirits stretches out as farAs I can see from my...
read moreSpiritual guidance for July/August 2023: Make progress with inner authority
Here’s my spiritual guidance for July/August 2023, covering the month beginning with the Cancer new moon at 7.32pm on July 17th (in the UK). Spiritual guidance for July/August 2023 from the Tarot The element of earth is still very much uppermost this month as the Tarot moves us upwards through the suit to work with the Five of Disks, subtitled Worry. There’s no avoiding it, there are going to be disturbances over the next four weeks in those areas on which you usually depend for your sense of security and stability. Cause for concern...
read moreAriadne’s thread: Negotiating life’s labyrinth
Ariadne by Edward Burne-Jones I’ve loved Greek myth from childhood, but as I’ve embedded myself more in the landscape of my chosen homeland Wales, Celtic myth has taken first place in my heart. Recently, however, the story of Ariadne’s thread began clamouring for my attention. I’d been drawn to the novel about her by Jennifer Saint when it was first published, and just didn’t get round to it. So when I spotted it in my local phone box library I picked it up eagerly, aware that it had found me at the perfect time....
read moreSpiritual guidance for June/July 2023: Stay flexible to manifest change
Here’s my spiritual guidance for June/July 2023, covering the month beginning with the Gemini new moon at 5.37am on June 18th (in the UK). Spiritual guidance for June/July 2023 from the Tarot The element of earth comes to the fore for your focus this month with the Two of Disks; it’s all about your physical resources and how you choose to use them for manifesting the reality you want to experience. The number two suggests you’re in or will be in the early stages of new approaches and methods to managing resources and manifesting...
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The Jupiter/Uranus conjunction in Taurus is the perfect time to read The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber & David Wengrow. A more beautiful world is possible and we do know how to co-create it! x #JupiterUranusconjunction #chanceforchange #thrutopia
Post eclipse I'm craving the sea; the salty waters from where all new life emerges. The Source, the amniotic fluid in which you float before you're ready to be born anew into the world. That sense of suspension where anything is possible and nothing is yet fully formed. You? x
“Each of us is an artist of our days; the greater our integrity and awareness, the more original and creative our time will become.” - John O'Donohue
For me, that art often means following the pull to just be outside, lost in beauty, open to small miracles x
Aries new moon and total solar eclipse at 7.21pm tomorrow April 8th (UK). Here's my one card reading of how to navigate the next four weeks making best use of the prevailing energy x #newmoon #ariesmoon #solareclipse #navigatechange #changeislife
"Sometimes tradition and habit are just that;
comfortable excuses to leave things be
even when they are unjust and unworthy." - Matthew Scully. A very apt thought as we approach Monday's new moon and total solar eclipse x