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Divine Muses Oracle Reading and Spring Sale

3/25/2020

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A reading with the Divine Muses Oracle. The Magical Child and Keeper of Time urges a reconnection with the inner child today. Do you remember the time when we used to play carefree from the worries of everyday mundane life? Outside of the limitations of time and a schedule. ⠀ As a child, I would lay on my bed and let my imagination soar! ✨□□ When was the last time I did that?! Years and years. Although it’s hard to pull away from the chaos, now there’s time...and there’s a bit of it...to observe and ponder and create and read and feel and breathe... ⠀ The Unknown card says that we can’t always know the answers. We have to sit in the unknown; and the unknown scares the eff out of the human race and so we are always digging and digging for answers. An imperative for the evolution of our species. And, what amazing progress we have made! Yes, mistakes have been made too, but we’ve made it this far. ⠀ Astral Ascent says that we will rise above this too. We have weathered many storms over thousands of years. ⠀ As we sit with the unknown, truth can be heard from within—it’s very quiet, but if we listen carefully, a voice can be heard. That voice might be the inner child asking for healing or perhaps play time. It might be our soul-Self giving us a direction or affirming our journey (True Will). It’s also in this space that we can connect to our highest potential. ⠀ ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ ⠀ The Divine Muses Oracle is currently on sale in my shop. □□I’ve decided to also ship it FREE within the USA! □ Packages going out daily. □ Thank you for supporting my little corner of the web. ✨□✨ Be well and stay connected! Xoxo. Link in my profile.

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Lua Tarot's Tower, Emperor and Star. On the Precipice of Change.

3/20/2020

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Spring Equinox is exact tonight at 8:49pm PST during the waning Dark Moon. While it is beautiful and sunshine-y here in Portland, we’re asked to practice social distancing, when what we really want to do is socialize and share in the buzz of excitement as the Sun brings life back to the earth in the Northern Hemisphere. □□✨ ⠀ Spring Equinox is the time to celebrate the sign of life’s return from Winter. However, it’s also a time to honor the balance of light and dark, since at Equinox the day and night are split equally. The Sun rises directly in the East and sets directly in the West. ⠀ Prepping for my ritual tonight: the black (dark) candle represents what I want to see decreased as the nights grow smaller. The white (light) candle represents what I want to see grow as the days become longer. ⠀ The Emperor card is ruled by Aries, and Spring begins at 0° Aries tonight. I use a Jesus-looking figure in the Lua Tarot, for the Emperor. He looks left to draw compassion and nurturance from the Empress as he leads with love in his heart. ⠀ This Emperor reflects a kind authority and leader. I’m not totally sure that he is Jesus, the source material doesn’t indicate that, he could be a wandering sage for all I know! As I made the card, I likened it to my husband, who is an Aries, but I realize most people see Jesus here. And that actually works, since the esoteric teachings say that Jesus was also an Aries! ♈️ ⠀ This Emperor year has truly been tinged with Tower energy. I wrote a post about the astrology of this if you want to check out my divineMuses blog. ⠀ The Age of Aquarius is coming and will be fully actuated by the end of this year. After the Tower comes the Star, which is ruled by Aquarius. ♒️⭐️ The established ways are breaking down and we have a chance to do things differently. ⠀ The “me against the world” attitude and “every man for himself” is no longer going to cut it. And, we are seeing that it does not work in the current situation we are finding ourselves. ⠀ We are in this together and the humanitarian energy of Aquarius—the visionary, the illuminated mind, the reformist—is what will save us. We are on the precipice of change! ⠀ Happy Equinox!

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Spring Equinox and the Waning Moon

3/19/2020

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Spring Equinox is exact tonight at 8:49pm PST (0° Aries) with the waning Dark Moon in Aquarius. While it is beautiful and sunshine-y here in Portland, Ore., we’re asked to practice social distancing, when what we really want to do is socialize and share in the buzz of excitement as the Sun brings life back to the earth in the Northern Hemisphere.

Spring Equinox is the time to celebrate the sign of life’s return from Winter. However, it’s also a time to honor the balance of light and dark, since the Equinox splits the day and night equally. During the Spring and Fall Equinoxes we honor balance. The Sun rises directly in the East and sets directly in the West.

As much as we want to celebrate and be active, this year Spring’s entrance falls on a waning moon, a time when we are meant to honor the energy of discension and inner work. The Spring is about rebirth, but this year it is being born during the dark lunar time of going inward. And this lunar energy is certainly being highlighted!

As we quarantine ourselves, it’s an opportunity to use the Springtime energy of rebirth to reflect on our personal resurrection. To shine a light inward and honor the emotions we might be feeling during this strange and chaotic time.

We have been going through a Dark Night of the Soul together, and we are on the same ride for better or worse. As humans, we want to be productive, to stay busy and distracted from the things that cause us fear, and it’s much easier to ignore our feelings sometimes.

However, I think these intense times, which bring a lot of uncertainty, is ushering in a new era! There’s a huge shift happening this year, and we’re going through growing pains. The old ways aren’t working for the collective anymore and there’s a breakdown of old structures and traditions that are toxic and stagnant. As a result we are awakening to new ideas that will create significant shifts that I believe will not be temporary!

We will be going through these changes at least through December 21st--Winter Solstice—when many astrologers believe that the Age of Aquarius will be fully actuated. I realize that's a long way off, but I'm sure it will be worth it!

In tarot, this is an Emperor year (2020=2+2=4) that has been tinged with the Tower card's energy. Saturn is 29° Capricorn and will move through 1° Aquarius through June (where we will see a relief of some of these energies), and then he will retrograde back into Capricorn until he moves direct again in December (back into Aquarius by the end of the year). This movement of Saturn in 29° Capricorn is showing us huge karmic changes that we have been, and will be, working through the rest of the year. 

The established ways are broken. The Age of Aquarius will put a halt on what isn’t working anymore. The “me against the world” attitude and “every man for himself” is no longer going to cut it. And, we are seeing that it does not work in the current situation we are finding ourselves. We are in this together and the humanitarian energy of Aquarius—the visionary, the reformist, the illuminated mind—is what will save us! We are on the precipice of change!


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More Lua Tarot Cards - 8 of Cups, Hanged One, Chariot

3/17/2020

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Thought I’d share a few more cards from the Lua Tarot! I’m practicing social distancing, so I will be taking a small break from my massage/healing practice to make sure my clients are safe. ⠀ In the meantime, I’m going to dive back into creativity mode with the Lua Tarot this week. ✨□✨□✨□✨□✨ ⠀ Please stay safe and healthy! ✨□✨ ⠀ Also, stay informed and please don’t ingest misinformation. It’s important we get information from the experts and not from our social media posts or other media. As much as our friends mean well, please check in with your local experts! In the USA: the CDC’s website. They also have a channel on YouTube that they are updating. And if you want to go deeper, go to CIDRAP’s site at UMN. (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy)They have a resource section for Covid-19. ⠀ ✨□✨□✨□✨□✨ ⠀ We have overcome so much and we will transcend this too! Reach out if you need anything. We are all in this together! Wishing everyone the best of health...Body, Mind and Spirit. ❤️□□□□□□

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Divine Muses Oracle in the Cartomancer

3/17/2020

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The Divine Muses Oracle is featured in the Spring issue of the Cartomancer Magazine! This issue marks the first time it will be available in stores along the west coast. If you’re in Portland, you can find it at Powell’s Books. I also heard it will be a available at East West Books. Or, you can purchase direct from them online! □□□

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Lua Tarot - Empress, Strength, Hermit

3/16/2020

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Now that NWTS is over, I’m going to start working on the Lua Tarot again. □✨□ I had a sample deck at NWTS with the completed cards. Here are three of them. I realize not all of you attended, so I’m going to share some cards with you. ⠀ I’ve been personally working with these three archetypes this year. Strength and the Hermit are my year cards...and the Empress is my Soul card. ⠀ A reading with these cards would look like: Withdraw and find Strength in your inner wisdom. If you’re isolating, nourish your creativity. Stay grounded and trust your inner wise Self.

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Retraction

3/13/2020

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I have to retract something I wrote in the Divine Muses Oracle Companion Guidebook about the Eternal Student card that could spread negative perceptions about Sikhs and those who practice Sikhism.

In the Essence and the Shadow section, I don’t write about specifics regarding religion, Sikh or otherwise. However, the last sentence of the In the Card section, I write that the artwork leans towards the shadow side of the card’s definition and that isn’t fair. I can see how that is highly problematic and I’m so sorry I didn’t see this sooner.

In a world where there’s anti-Sikh sentiment and Islamophobia, pointing the artwork in this way misrepresents the historical figure I used in the artwork, and could reinforce negative stereotypes. That was not my intention. However, I see how pointing the artwork towards the shadow could denigrate Sir Rajinder Singh specifically. I will not make excuses as to what I really meant to say because in the end, it can still be misinterpreted and cause harm.   

I am sorry for causing offense. I know where I went wrong in writing about the artwork. I will continue to use the card in the deck, but I will be removing that last sentence from the guidebook in all future printings.

I’m grateful to the woman who contacted me and brought this to my attention. She is Sikh and is well-placed to comment about her experience and that of her community. I couldn’t have asked for a more compassionate email. Her kindness and understanding is rare in a world where lobbing accusations online is seemingly becoming the norm. She said that she was really pleased to see Sikh representation in a deck, and explained to me why she thought the description was harmful. When I reread the entry I saw my mistake immediately.

As a deck creator, collage artist, and archivist, I strive towards creating more diverse and inclusive card decks. It can be challenging to find photographs and imagery that I can use in my work. One must be sensitive and conscious when working within the 19th century archives.

Even though I was careful with my work, I still made a mistake. The next course of action is to own it, fix it, and share my mistake, so those of you who have the oracle set are aware of this.

It’s a fitting lesson this should happen with the Eternal Student card.
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NWTS 2020 Stash and Meetings

3/10/2020

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NWTS stash and trade table finds. Plus business cards of some of the wonderful people I met! ⠀ Wandering Oracle: My vending table was next to Emilio and Jorge, brothers who teamed up to create and release the Marshmallow Tarot, an adorable TdM, and Tarot Sirene, a mermaid deck! □‍♀️□□ They’re poker size and just delightful. □□I enjoyed chatting with them through the weekend. They are such lovely people. ⠀ I also met Rachel, the creator of the Rainbow Heart Tarot! □□ And found out she’s from Portland too! Her deck was just kickstarted! I love how colorful her artwork is. I’m looking forward to this tarot! ⠀ There’s a flyer in the pile for the Palmistry Tarot Mashup presentation, which was absolutely mind-blowing. □ If you’re a tarotist with an interest in palm reading, keep an eye out for this class by Madame Pamita □□‍□□ and Jim Barker. ✋This is an amazing and talented collaboration. Fun and entertaining! ✨ ⠀ Excited to play with my new Nature Portals deck illustrated by Jamie Sawyer (guidebook written by her mother Gail Sawyer.) Jamie is such a beautiful spirit and an incredibly talented artist. I got to meet her in person this weekend and she’s just a wonderful being! Cat was my first draw after speaking with a close friend who has to say goodbye to her precious kitty. □□ ⠀ Speaking of wonderful humans: Janet Brayson (Amaris Rising) gave me this cute Zelda bag! I freaking adore it! She makes fantastic pouches with zippers. I love her Nevermore pouches too. □□ I have three of them. She’s also been creating koala print bags and donating all proceeds to WIRES Australian Wildlife Rescue □□ ⠀ I’m grateful Rosarium Blends still had some of her limited edition Venus Picatrix incense blend!Catamara creates potent and powerful tools for magical workings. She’s at NWTS every year and I love her oils!! Super magick. The Venus Picatrix smells divine. And truly Venusian...created with Venus in Taurus on the Venus day and hour. □ When the Moon was sextile Venus in Cancer.

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Vending at NWTS 2020

3/9/2020

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Vending my decks at the Metaphysical and Psychic Fair at #NWTS2020 Here today until 5! Come say hi!

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NWTS 2020 Rachel Pollack's Presentation, Tarot as a Medium

3/9/2020

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Rachel Pollack’s presentation this morning, Tarot as a Medium: Readings to Communicate with the Dead, was incredible! What a great start to the NW Tarot Symposium weekend! □□✨ with @beeskneesindustries

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