Writing or creativity of any kind is a mysterious process, a journey into deep and unchartered waters. What you need is a compass… the Tarot.

Category: Creativity

Keep Nurturing Those Creative Projects

Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse, 1/6/2014 Theme, 7 of Coins. Coins is the element of Earth, of the material realm, anything physical. The theme for the first full week of the New Year is to pay attention to the practical, final finishing details of your current projects. Now’s not

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Break Your Creative Bonds & Rules

Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse, 12/23/2013 Theme, The Devil. This major arcana card says that it is time to stop confining your creativity with the rules and bonds that you or others have placed on you about what you can and can’t or shouldn’t do in your work. Those

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Fear of Failure or Rejection Keep You from Creative Work?

Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse,12/16/2013 Theme, 5 of Cups. See this poor woman with her back against the wall, protecting her cups? Is that you? Cups is the suit of water, heart, feelings emotions, dreams, creativity. And 5 is the number of change and challenge. Pay attention this week

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Are You Shrinking Yourself? Another Lesson from Alice

“Are you content now?” said the Caterpillar. “Well, I should like to be a little larger, sir, if you wouldn’t mind,” said Alice: “three inches is such a wretched height to be.” Remember when, after Alice in Wonderland falls down the rabbit hole she discovers a doorway that opens into

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Celebrate Success and Move Forward on Creative project

Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse, 12/9/2013 Theme, 8 of Cups. Cups is the suit of water, heart, feelings,dreams, intuitions, creativity. Whatever creative projects you were emotionally invested in, they are no longer doing it for you. Time to let go. Finish or drop. New possibilities await you this week,

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Passion, Purpose, and Power for Creatives

This week’s post is by guest contributor, Beth Barany. I just got back from a writer’s conference. I love going to them. I love speaking there and helping other authors. But I’m tired. I’m an introvert. As I wade through all the post-conference activities of following up with all the

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Time to Clear the Clutter from Your Creative Work and Space

Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse for the week of 12/2/2013 Theme, Death. Death is a process of letting go. So this week, it is time to let go of old, out-dated projects, dusty dreams, papers, files, books, materials that clutter up your work space and your creative energy. In

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Give a Final Push to Get Those Creative Projects Out There

Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse, 11/25/2013 Theme, 8 of Wands. Wands is the element of fire, spirit, creativity, career, work. 8 is a number that is almost there. Time to give that final push to projects, to prepare for lift-off for that next phase in your creative work. Focus,

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