Category: Tarot

 Day 13: Nine of wands Reversed He’s resolute and ragged. He grips his staff (a wand) with both hands for support. He’s worn out; he’s done. And yet….he is still standing and the 8 other wands behind him stand as a barricade against any further battle. A bloody bandage covers part of his head and… Read more

 Tarot card of the day: Ten of Swords The standard Rider-Waite deck shows a man with ten swords stuck in his back as if he were a porcupine. My deck has the cards stabbing his front. At first I was thinking that perhaps the traditional image is one of betrayal by others and mine is… Read more

 Today’s card: Five of Cups He’s bent toward the ground, his back facing us as he looks toward the river. It’s the ground that holds him up, he almost on all fours now. His posture has more motion than yesterday’s image, the 4 of cups, where the figure sits curled in on herself. Here he… Read more

 Tarot card for the day: Three of wands We only see his back and what he’s looking toward. He stands on a cliff facing away, a staff grasped in his hand. The staff is blooming red roses. Two other staffs are to his right, and though they have leaves sprouting, they don’t have flowers. In… Read more