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Summer Solstice & The Sun's Childlike Magic

6/21/2022

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PictureAntiquarian Tarot's Sun card.
Summer blessings! The Sun in astrology is about self-expression, power, vitality, and well-being. In Tarot, it teaches us to connect with our creativity to find what makes us thrive. The Lord of the Fire of the World is inviting us to shine our unique Light brightly with confidence. In a world that pushes fear, strips away faith, nuance, and is turning us into dedicated cynics, the Sun reminds us of our positive potential—our beautiful life force. It reawakens us to our creative source, helping to open our eyes wider with childlike wonder. This card asks us to unblock our hearts, dissolve bitter walls, and spread much needed joy. May the Sun shine its optimism on your path!

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Taurus Solar Eclipse and Beltane Weekend

4/29/2022

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Gateway to eclipse season is here! The first eclipse of the year is a Taurus Solar Eclipse, this Saturday April 30, at 1:28pm Pacific.

An aspect of Mystic Rapture, from the Divine Muses Oracle, reveals a message about eclipse season that is ripe for reflections. Eclipses bring change and can make us look at our shadow. It's a time to adapt & grow beyond our current perception of ourselves and that of the Universe.   


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Happy Solar New Year!

12/22/2021

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Solstice blessings from my Magical Child to yours! Shine bright on the longest night. The stars don't twinkle without the darkness.

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The photo above shows a prototype of my latest deck creation, the Magical Child Oracle.

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New Moon Lion's Gate Portal Activation 8/8/21 Leo II Decan

8/7/2021

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The Lion's Gate, a celestial stargate, is when the 2nd brightest star in the heavens, fixed star Sirius (aka our "Spiritual Sun"), aligns with Earth; and it is “activated” with the New Moon this weekend.

As I continue to read and travel through 36 Secrets, A Decanic Journey through the Minor Arcana of the Tarot by T. Susan Chang, I keep finding fascinating connections between the cards and the stars.

For example: The Lion’s Gate happens during this Leo II time, the decan of the 6 of Wands “Lord of Victory” card (Jupiter in Leo). 

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Lua Tarot's Emperor

7/28/2021

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PictureLua Tarot Emperor
Discovering the people in the Lua Tarot. This is not Jesus. I know he looks like him, but this is from a photograph of a Persian man from the late 1870s. (That’s a laurel wreath on his head.)  
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As a deck creator, particularly one who excavates 19th century photographs and engravings, I seek out images that fit intuitively and functionally with the collages that I create.   
  
It’s hard to explain, but there’s a whole process. I get into a “space” for the card I’m designing and open to a particular flow of creativity. 


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Cancer III Decan, Four of Cups, Moon in Cancer

7/13/2021

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Yesterday, we entered the third decan of Cancer, represented by the Four of Cups—the Moon in Cancer decan. The High Priestess (Moon) and Chariot (Cancer-ruled). The Golden Dawn title for the Four of Cups is The Lord of Blended Pleasure.

Four of Cups can bring up feelings of boredom, apathy and discontent in one's life. As we see in the RWS Cups Four, an angelic hand reaches out to show the young person the bounty that sits right in front of them. But, they don't even notice the miracle of this divine hand. 


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Cancer II - Three of Cups - Mercury in Cancer

7/3/2021

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Picture36 Secrets. Tarot Decans: Lua and Antiquarian Tarot
We've entered Cancer II, the decan of the Three of Cups tarot card that lasts from July 1st - July 11.

This is the Lord of Abundance card, associated with Mercury in Cancer—and the Magician (Mercury ruled tarot card) and the Chariot (Cancer ruled tarot card).

​Three of Cups is a card of celebration, friendship, community, creativity, fun, and abundance.

Consider how this energy may reveal itself to you in the next 10 days. Is it showing up for you yet? >>>


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Happy Summer, Happy Pride

6/21/2021

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Shine bright like the sun. Happy Solstice! Happy Pride! 
1970 1JJ Swiss Tarot​ on the Celestial Spheres Mat
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Divine Muses Oracle's Divine Androgyne

6/16/2021

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A peek at one of the new cards in the second edition Divine Muses Oracle. 
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Sometimes we get stuck in dualistic thinking. Either/or. Right or wrong. Us vs. them. But what would happen if we transcended this type of thinking?

There are numerous ways of being that are not expressed in the binary. We don’t have to choose just one option. This or that. We can go beyond the binary. There’s magic to be had here. Either/or thinking becomes both/and thinking. The archetype is the Divine Androgyne—the Divine And.

This archetype is a reflection of the alchemical Rebis. The Divine Masculine & Divine Feminine are two parts of the wholeness that is the Divine.


By making sharp distinctions we are blinded to the fact that all opposites in reality spring from the same source, and that the whole of creation is in truth still one. The opposites, and the material world which they constitute, are a subjective reality, and the enlightened mind can see through this to the unity which is its true nature.
- David Fontana, Secret Language of Symbols

​For the past few months, I’ve been reflecting how this energy shows up for me, what its role has been in our society, how it has been hidden, and how it’s resurfacing or needing to. >>>>>

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Reflection Oracle Card - The Law of Correspondences - Gemini Season

6/14/2021

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We see things not as they are, but as we are ourselves -H.M. Tomlinson

The Law of Reflection (aka the Law of Correspondences or the Law of Cause and Effect in the Kybalion) can be seen in the following ways:
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  • The beauty you see in others exists within yourself.
  • What you resist and react strongly to in others can be found within yourself—or you may fear exists within you.
  • What you resist in yourself, you may dislike in others.

“As within, so without, as without, so within.”

The outer world is a reflection of our inner world. The world inside of us is the cause, the outer world is the effect.

If we want to change the outer world (effect), we have to change the inner world (cause). The answer to most issues we seek to resolve can be found when we look inside—it begins with our thoughts and attitude.

This card reflects that adage: Life is 20% what happens to you and 80% how you react.
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    Maree Bento is a collage artist and practitioner of the mystical & healing arts.

    She’s a professional tarot reader and veteran deck creator born under a Sagittarius Sun with a Libra Rising & Capricorn Moon conjunct Pallas Athena. She's been stepping up her astrology studies the last few years, after a years-long hobby interest in the subject.

    Maree has been a licensed massage therapist for 17 years practicing various holistic modalities for body, mind, and spiritual well-being & connection. 
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    Her background in the healing arts deepened her intuitive abilities and inspires her present approach to tarot, creativity, ritual, and divination. 

    She loves to travel and enjoys connecting with family, friends, & animals. She lives in Pacific NW U.S.A. with her beloved, David, and their huggable hound, Dante where they hike rain or shine. 

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