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

Get Up & Get Out There with Your Creative Dreams

Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse, 10/28/13 Theme, 5 of Cups. Cups is the element of water, heart, feelings, dreams, intuition, creativity. 5 is a number of change, a tipping point. This woman sits with her back against the wall protecting the two creative dreams she still has because the

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What Mask Do You Wear?

Masquerade!/ Run and hide–/but a face will/ still pursue you! from Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber Masks are not just for Halloween. Over the centuries, they have served a variety of purposes. Entertainment. Since the time of ancient Greece, mask have been used for theater performances (noh

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Bring Balance & Integration to Your Creative Work

Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse for the week of 10/21/2013 Theme, The Lovers. So romantic, that kiss or almost kiss. Together the male and female figure make a whole heart. A heart that is the vehicle for the movement of idea or inspiration into reality. Creation doesn’t happen without

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Do You Dare to Look into the Shadows?

October 18th, we have a lunar eclipse in the signs of Aries (the Moon) and Libra (the Sun). Aries, expressed positively, is self-sufficient, straight-forward, and adventurous, but expressed negatively is self-centered, thrill-seeking and aggressive. Libra is very sociable, cooperative, and considerate or indecisive, pretentious and co-dependent, going along to get

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Start the New Creative Project, Plant that Seed

Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse for the week of 10/14/2013 Theme, Ace of Coins. The Aces are the beginning, the seed, holding all potential, all possibility. Coins are the element of Earth, money, home, health, anything you can touch, taste or feel. This week, keep in mind the importance

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3 Steps to Finding Your Way through the Fog

Emergencies have always been necessary to progress. It was darkness which produced the lamp. It was fog that produced the compass. ~ Victor Hugo I woke the other morning, and saw that the rich gold of autumn leaves was dimmed by a thin layer of fog, a not unusual occurrence

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Celebrate Your Creativity with Passion

Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse for the week of 10/7/2013 Theme, 3 of Cups. Cups is the element of water representing the heart and all its emotions, and creativity. This week look at the element of celebration, especially shared celebration, around your creativity. Look for opportunities to celebrate creative

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Autumn – the Opportunity to See

Autumn…makes a double demand. It asks that we prepare for the future—that we be wise in the ways of garnering and keeping. But it also asks we learn to let go… Bonaro W. Overstreet in Meditations for Women. I love autumn in the Northeast because of the intensity of color

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Pay Attention—to Your Creative Biz

Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse for the week of 9/30/2013 Theme, 2 of Coins. Coins is the element of Earth, of home, health, wealth. Anything you can touch, taste or feel. Two is often about balance or choice. In the 2 of Coins, it’s about keeping your focus on

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So What are You Going to Do about Your Tower, Rapunzel?

Every time one of our three sons approached his mid-teens—you know, that time when they want to learn to drive, attend late-night parties, and start experimenting with alcohol and other things you don’t want to even imagine—I yearned to install a very tall tower in our backyard and stick that

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