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

Athena: Reclaiming Her Feminine Aspects for Our Creativity

I begin to sing about Pallas Athena, renowned goddess, with bright eyes, quick mind, and inflexible heart, chaste and mighty virgin…” Homeric Hymn In a coaching session with a client this past week, and then in an email dialogue with a writer, Athena came up as an active image or

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Time to Finish Up Old Projects to Make Room for New Ones

Monday Tarot Message from the Muse for the week of 11/12/2012. Theme for the week, 10 of Wands. Wands is the element of Fire, of spirit, creativity, career, work… Don’t you feel sorry for that poor guy, crawling along on his belly with that load on his back. What about

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What’s Your Survival Story?

There is often in people to whom “the worst” has happened an almost transcendent freedom, for they have faced “the worst” and survived it. ~ Carol Pearson Like me, you’ve probably seen numerous people going about daily life from the seat of a wheel chair, or the back of a

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Are You Letting Creative Disappointment Immobilize You?

Monday Tarot Message from the Muse for the week of 11/5/2012. Theme for the week, 5 of Cups: See how the woman sits with her back against the wall, her knees drawn up and her arms crossed about her body protectively? See how she holds tightly to those two remaining

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Samhain Tricks and Treats for your Creativity

Before there was Halloween, there was Samhain (pronounced “sow-in”), a Celtic holiday celebrating the new year. Samhain is the second oldest unbroken holiday in the European World, approximately 6,000 years old. This ancient holiday marked the changing of the seasons and was a time to honor the ancestors and to

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Into the Woods: 5 Tips for Clarity in Your Creative Path

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 that we learn to let go—to acknowledge the beauty of sparseness. ~Bonaro W. Overstreet It is deep autumn here in the Northeast. Most of

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Are You Committing to Your Creative Work?

Monday Message from the Muse for the week of 10/22/2012. Theme for the week is the Four of Wands. Wands is the suit of creativity, the creativity that is passionate, active, focused, intentional. Four is the number of stability. For me this card is about the importance of commitment. When

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Creativity—The Adrenaline Rush of Choice

Creativity comes with adrenaline and fear. ~ Mary Jo Putney, author At the romance writers conference that I attended last weekend, I sat in on a seminar given by Mary Jo Putney. Putney, a published romance writer of more than 30 books, has made all of the national bestseller lists

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