Something I regularly think about is how many issues, whether it’s the climate crisis or social inequalities are replicated by our lack of being tied to a place, to the land. How it has been central to capitalism to push people off their land and then state and corporate consolidation to create scarcity. How people…… Continue reading Marking Time by Trees
Seeds
Tarot for Transformative Justice
I think like many people, I first engaged with the concept of transformative justice as primarily an alternative model to the police. It is an alternative, but it is more than this, and in a different way than you might think. It is not something that the state can pick up and start a program…… Continue reading Tarot for Transformative Justice
On Fossil Fuels & Responsibility
I started this blog in January of this year as an experiment. After studying tarot starting in 2017 and practicing mostly with friends, family, and comrades, this blog and this website was launched both as sort of a professional coming out and as a home for continued exploration of using tarot as a tool to…… Continue reading On Fossil Fuels & Responsibility
On Burnout and Being Fire
Cards are from the Botanica Tarot. Spread is my Tarot Spread for a Time Cycle What to compost – 8 of swordsWhat to plant – 2 of pentaclesWhat to offer – Queen of wandsWhat to harvest – 10 of wandsWe are still in the middle of a pandemic. Our leadership in building a world where…… Continue reading On Burnout and Being Fire
We’ll Never Be the Same
Pandemic Anniversary spread from Moriah Simmons1. lesson from the past year to reflect on right now – Queen of wands2. what was most painful for us this past year – Queen of swords3. what action can we take that will begin to heal – Empress4. what hidden gifts has this year unearthed – Hierophant5. how…… Continue reading We’ll Never Be the Same
Befriending the Void
Current perception of the void – Ace of CupsA loving message to me from the void – 6 of CupsWhat can I release into the void? – 2 of WandsHow can I cultivate my relationship with the void? – 5 of Swords from the Befriending the Void spread by Moriah Simmons The Void could be…… Continue reading Befriending the Void
Becoming our own guide
Cards from the Brady Tarot 1) what are we struggling to become – 6 of arrows / passage2) where are we on the path – daughter of horns3) primary obstacle – 2 of feathers / success4) how to overcome that obstacle – mother of feathers5) outcome around the summer solstice – 10 of roots /…… Continue reading Becoming our own guide
Sharing our burdens
For a dozen years I have been traveling the road of nonprofit worker, wearing many different hats, but probably the most well-worn are organizational development and building power through volunteer coordination and coalitions. For three years I have been studying the art of tarot, believing it to be a tool of self-reflection and individual support,…… Continue reading Sharing our burdens