In what ways do we encourage men to take up the roles usually reserved for women?  Especially those which are held up as feminine “ideals”? It’s an important question, because the problem of gender inequality is not just that women are given less power.  It’s an equally large (or maybe larger) problem that men are […]

How do you know you’re on the right path? Regardless of what you consider to be your destination, any path can eventually lead you there if given enough time and chances to change course.  You can always recalculate and turn around.  But while it’s true that it’s often more about the journey than the destination, […]

One thing I’ve always personally struggled with is allowing time between cycles of change in my life.  I’m usually ready to start in on the next thing before the previous one is actually finished. That, of course, doesn’t fly in alchemy.  The processes take time, and if there’s any grand lesson to be easily found […]

On our last sample spread we had the seven of wands in the future position, and now we have it reversed.  Let’s see how that changes things… Past – Four of Cups – Boredom, stagnation, lack of satisfaction with things that used to bring joy Present – Reversed Two of Cups – Unrequited love, unreturned […]

Self-evolution doesn’t always mean big transformations.  We all aspire to these kinds of processes, wanting to change bad habits or be better at certain things.  It’s that stuff that makes up the process of self-evolution.  In fact, that’s the whole thing.  Self-improvements which build upon each other. What I often see in tarot readings is […]

The biggest struggle on the way to creating gender equality is not finding the ideal way of defining gendered existence for women, but finding ways to change the views and actions of men.  And this is no less true in spiritual contexts.  We can lift women up as goddesses and priestesses all we want, but […]

Some paths you stroll down.  Some involve a climb.  Some allow you to run. It’s true for spiritual paths as well. Not everyone traverses the same paths in the same manner, nor should everyone.  In the same way we use park trails in different ways, sharing the space with others not traveling with us, we […]

If there’s one alchemical operation I struggle with most, it’s separation.  I’m super good at allowing myself to go through the first two processes, though I didn’t get there naturally.  I sometimes talk about the phase I went through about a decade ago of barely controlled meltdown where I mentally picked apart my whole existence […]

We’re gonna start throwing in reversed cards now that we’ve had some practice without. Past – Reversed Sun – Letting the inner child control the inner adult, reluctance to take responsibility Present – Reversed Queen of Wands – Misuse of charisma and influence, leading by ego Future – Seven of Wands – Defending your work, […]

The prevailing use of tarot cards involves a randomization of the cards, taking what the shuffled deck gives and interpreting or using that as a tool.  But there are many ways of using the tarot deck more purposefully. In other words, it’s also possible for you to pick the card rather than letting the card […]