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Why read tarot? Is it to bring us into the present moment? Yeah, no.

Every so often people ask about why to read tarot, not of me so much, but more generally on the Internet. But I’m thinking of why people turn to tarot today in response to the Pew Research study that came out in mid-May about Americans who believe in astrology, tarot, and fortunetelling. People are of course responding to this study with questions like, why this percentage of people? why these…

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A reading for international students: How do things look?

It’s been a long time since I have posted here, though if you want to know my views on current news and politics, you can always follow me at my Substack, Quiet Bonnie Speaks Out. Today, though, I saw in the news that the U.S. Department of Justice has announced that it will stop seeking to terminate the visas of international students, and has restored the visas of students who had had their…

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In case anyone out there needs a copy

The U.S. Constitution, pasted in from the copy at the U.S. National Archives (you never know when the site might be taken down): We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and…

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Reading the news divinatorily

To hear me read this post aloud (length: 3:46), click here. I originally put this on Threads, but decided to copy and paste it here. I have gone back to the Washington Post and the New York Times. Even reading the Wall Street Journal when I have time. 1) They’re covering stuff I want to know about, 2) I finally figured out that my university covers the cost of these three while I’m still a…

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September: Eight of Wands. Things happen fast. Get organized.

To listen to me read this post, click here. So, I’m experimenting with a card for the month ahead, since I’m planning anyway–why not share the process with all of you? These cards are from Isabella Rotman’s This Might Hurt Tarot. (The background is an ephemeris from my Metaphysician’s Planner, the one designed by Benebell Wen, which I’ve gone back to, and highly recommend, now that I’m ready…

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The cards aren't always right and neither am I.

To hear me read this post, click here: audio for August 5 post Kamala Harris has picked Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota as her running mate and I think that’s great. That said, my cards were wrong. Or at least, my reading of them was. I’ve been working on learning divination with playing cards, as an addition to my tarot work, and last Thursday, I drew playing cards on each of the six contenders.…

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Be more careful with your language. And no, I don't mean profanity.

Why do you think the samurai practiced Zen meditation? Why do you think they didn't go around calling each other names? Because they wanted to win.

To hear me read this post aloud, click here: audio for August 1, 2024 blog post This is going to be short and blunt. Stop calling people you disagree with “idiots.” Stop calling them “mentally ill” as well. Particularly in politics. I was going to start that last paragraph with the word “please,” but fuck that. Because this isn’t a request and it’s not about being polite. I care about being…

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Prognosticating about politics: We're the fun people!

To hear me read this blog post aloud, click here: audio of this post I once heard reader Enrique Enriquez make the comment (on the Hermit’s Lamp podcast) that “you can read the future in the objects you arrange around you.” To me, this implies that you can also affect, and change, the future by properly arranging objects around you—in other words, by cleaning, by decorating, by organizing your…

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A quick addition to the discourse on aliens and astrology

To hear me read this post aloud, click here: https://voca.ro/1oNWMjTv8jDJ. I’m listening to astrologers talking about the year (and years) ahead, and I keep hearing these remarks about Pluto in Aquarius and Saturn in Pisces. I consider myself very much a student, not an expert, when it comes to astrology. But–on the other hand, I’m pretty good with a metaphor. Astrologers keep talking about…

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Prognosticating About Politics: What's Up with Mr. Pouty Face?

To hear me read this post, use the embedded audio player below. So I’m not particularly following Trump’s case in New York this week. But I caught a blip of it today and noticed how very sad and pouty he looked in court. I was wondering what’s going on with his facial expression: What does it mean? I drew a quick few cards, using my go-to four card quick spread: situation and what to know (so…

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Prognosticating about politics: checking in on the debt ceiling again

The clock is ticking. Does uncharted territory lie ahead? First, a delay (and yes, I checked the news before posting this and saw that the delay in the cards is in the news too).

To read this post read aloud, click here: https://voca.ro/15EQwSYYVRdI [This post is actually from a reading yesterday–I wrote the post but didn’t have time to edit and add the Vocaroo yesterday.] Don’t I ever read about anything besides the debt ceiling? Yes, but it seems like not lately! I am worried. My read today does look more optimistic, though. Card number 50 from Colette Baron-Reid’s…

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Prognosticating about politics: reading about the debt ceiling with the Samurai Tarot

To listen to this blog post, click here: https://voca.ro/1f3XtdeTuW9v. Why read with the Samurai Tarot about the debt ceiling? What deranged ADHD madness is causing my brain to link the U.S. economy with the greatest swordsmen who have ever lived? If that’s your question, please wake up. We live in extremely polarized times. And who better to consider this matter than a group of people who…

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A spread for epistemological reflection

Just a reflective spread for those who still like to reflect.

To hear the recording of this post, click here: https://vocaroo.com/embed/1fm1xt86AMBX?autoplay=0View on Vocaroo >> Oh, knowledge. We think we know. Maybe we do. But some of what we think we know may be wrong. We may have been lied to. We may have been shown misinformation. We may simply have projected our own beliefs onto the situation. We may have refused to listen or see aspects of the…

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Prognosticating about politics: Nancy Pelosi in Taiwan. Courtesy is the key ingredient in this recipe.

Prognosticating about politics: Nancy Pelosi in Taiwan. Courtesy is the key ingredient in this recipe.

Reading about Nancy Pelosi in Taiwan: The Hermit, Six of Swords, Death, Six of Cups. Found turned around in the deck: reversed Moon. She went alone. She’s looking for something. She backed in like she didn’t know what she was doing. But she knew what she was doing. Her appearance is a warning, a warning of violence and death. (China responded with one, too.) But she herself is just a…

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Tarot Blog Hop: Beltane is for lovers (All of them, not just the ones you approve of)

Tarot Blog Hop: Beltane is for lovers (All of them, not just the ones you approve of)

PREVIOUS | MASTER | NEXT The Lovers from the Numinous Tarot It’s time for the Beltane blog hop! You surely remember how this works: use the links at the top and bottom of the post to hop around to the other posts in the hop. The master link in the middle will bring you to the list of all the participants’ posts, just in case the previous or next link is broken. Our topic this time, from our…

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Tarot Blog Hop: Happy Spring Solstice!

Tarot Blog Hop: Happy Spring Solstice!

PREVIOUS BLOG | MASTER LIST | NEXT BLOG My first time wrangling the blog hop! So you can blame me if it seems weird that the topic is about Easter eggs even though Easter is a month away. The topic What if you, an adult, were hunting for “Easter eggs,” in real life? What eggs would you like to find? What eggs are out there waiting for you that you haven’t even thought to look for? As you…

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How are things going in Ukraine? Stuck in the mud.

Three cards from the Enchanted Map Oracle: in the middle, the first card drawn, how are things right now? Stuck in the mud. To the left, what preceded this? Follow the leader. To the right, where is this going? Strength. Worrying about Ukraine, I turned to the Enchanted Map Oracle to steady my nerves, but it didn’t. I guess I was hoping for peace and compassion breaking out all over. I don’t…