A Lunar Eclipse happens when Earth gets between Sun and Moon casting her shadow onto the pale disc. This event take two hours to complete, but the effects are felt a week prior and after, building until the New Moon Solar Eclipse on the 21st.
No one can say exactly when or where Tarot cards originated, though their journey has been traced through Ancient Islam and Egypt (some find no links to ancient Egypt in Tarot), India, France, Italy, Greece, Germany, and many mystical traditions of Judaism, Catholicism, and also Gnosticism as well as secret sects such as the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Like a diapsora of people, the cards have picked up symbols and meanings, new inflections and styles, and spawned a number of decks throughout their travels, and the deck continues to evolve today in the hands of artists and capitalists alike.
Did you know that you can miss the sun in summer? On July 3, planet Earth is at its farthest point from the Sun; this point is called the “Aphelion.” What does the aphelion mean for you? It could mean you feel slow, reflective, and refined.
Let us talk about Mars and the new Moon. There are cooling and heating properties swirling around us in the next week, so make sure your homeostasis is set and running! There is a fiery transformation on the horizon!
This week, with Sun in Cancer, be as water reflecting and absorbing light. Nothing is too difficult for you! Ptolemy says people fear and dismiss ideas with new information: “It is, however, a common practice with the vulgar to slander everything which is difficult of attainment.”
Pluto is in retrograde again, so here are some things to keep in mind and to help you stay sane during this time of potential chaos...
Laurelle runs a Tarot blog called Tarot Heaven. She got her first deck in 1994 and has since been enamored. I had the pleasure of interviewing her this week, and here is what I found out... <3
This week something exciting is happening on June 9th: one hour after the Moon gets full, Jupiter finally goes direct. Such a convergence sends compassionate and cooperative energy vibrating through the Universe and portends a resonant and lasting impact.
It is my pleasure to introduce to you a brand new set of extended horoscope readings! After much time wading through the Cosmos and spinning planets, I was able to put this new set of readings up for June. Enjoy them here - Haiku Horoscopes :)
This week there is some seriously powerful, feminine energy going out into the universe. Goddess planet Eris sets up shop in Aries with Venus and Uranus this week, and on the 22nd and 23rd a slivering, waning Moon pays them all a visit. With this line-up, we are geared to take action.
The image on the card is that of a person turning away in disgust from the signs of his overindulgence, and interpretations of the Eight of Cups tend to be based around the end of a matter, even when the implications of that ending are more positive.
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