card of the day

26
Mar
a stone turtle sculpture alongside an illustrated tarot card showing a young buck in profile looking downward, an orange crescent moon and pentacle above

Card of the Day: Son of Pentacles

The Sons, or Knights/Travelers, tend to have an energy that swings from one extreme to the other. It’s
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25
Mar
a lamb with a radiating sun at their third eye sits at the base of the card, 4 downward-pointing swords hover above

Card of the Day: Four of Swords

I worked with this card a bit yesterday. I was doing a spread by Sarah Faith Gottesdiener that called for
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24
Mar
an upright snake wraps its head around a black wand whose tip is radiating black and orange lines

Card of the Day: Son of Wands

I pulled this guy yesterday and this morning, so we’ve been getting to know each other a bit. (Aside:
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23
Mar
a staircase made of rustic branchy logs that leads up to a yellow balsamic crescent moon

Card of the Day: Nine of Wands

A yellow Balsamic (waning crescent) moon beckons us from the dark cellar of struggle and conflict. It’s not over
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22
Mar
a seashell fragment next to an illustrated tarot card of a severed earthworm, 5 black swords an a background of thin vertical lines

Card of the Day: Five of Swords

A depiction of anxiety itself. The earthworm is our primitive, basic sense of self—the ancient lizard brain that responds
1 min read
21
Mar
a quartz crystal skull alongside an illustrated tarot card of a fox sleeping with one eye open on the edge of a sword and 6 swords hanging horizontally above her

Card of the Day: Seven of Swords

I have a very intimate relationship with this card. Last year, I brought it with me to therapy because I
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12
Mar
an upright snake wraps its head around a black wand whose tip is radiating black and orange lines

Card of the Day: Son of Wands

Another adolescent of the court, this time of the fiery Wands suit. There is so much power, so much energy,
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10
Mar
an illustration of a lion holding a long-stem rose in its mouth, an infinity symbol on its forehead and a radiating sun above

Card of the Day: XI Strength

In some decks, this card is the 11th Major Arcana, the halfway point. In other decks, it’s in the
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25
Feb
two black crossed swords with an eclipsed sun in the V where the sword tips cross

Card of the Day: Two of Swords

The Ace of Swords is the gift of a flash of insight and clarity, and as the suit of swords
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24
Feb
9 small black cups form the shape of a single larger cup against a pink-to-blue ombre background with horizontal lines and a white balsamic crescent moon

Card of the Day: Nine of Cups

I’m kind of loving this card in the wake of yesterday’s new moon in Pisces. It’s traditionally
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