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

Confident in your Creativity

Monday’s Message from the Muse for the week of 9/17/2012. The theme for this week is another Queen, the Queen of Cups, comfortable and confident in her watery realm of feelings, intuitions, dreams and the creativity that arises from love, the heart. Practice your creative work this week with a

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Is Time Moving You Away from Your Creative Dreams?

Time was a river, not a log to be sawed into lengths. ~ Margaret A. Robinson, author In the past five weeks, Bob and I marked our 39th wedding anniversary, and I marked my 60th birthday. Milestones to be sure. So, obviously, the passage of time has been a dominant

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Be the Goddess of Creative Abundance

Monday’s Message from the Muse. 9/10/12. The theme for the week is being the Goddess of creative abundance, the source from which beauty and life flows. The Empress card is like last week’s 9 of Coins card amplified a thousand-fold. Be aware this week of the beauty, magic and abundance

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Do You Have the Creative Will to Work—On and On?

Many people are inventive, sometimes cleverly so. But real creativity begins with the drive to work on and on and on. ~ Margueritte Harmon Bro, author “I love this story, and I love when it the writing surprises me, but sitting down to write is such hard work!” I complained

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Creating Beauty in your World with your Creative Work

Monday Message from the Muse.  9/3/12. The theme for this week, 9 of Coins, is creating beauty in the world for yourself and others through your creative work–whether you write, paint, sing, coach, heal–you create beauty for others and, through that, for yourself. So focus first on how your own

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Creativity is All About Change and I’m Changing…

Change is inevitable. Change allows you to stay ahead of competition and imitators. Change allows your work to grow and evolve as you grow. If you think about it, you can’t create anything without also creating change. Maybe this is one of the reasons that I love being a creative

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Release Creative Disappointment

Tarot Action, 3 of Swords  8/31/12. Today is the time to let go of the past, of whatever didn’t work, or was rejected or panned or criticized. Have a good cry. Then burn those rejection letters and negative reviews. Or write down all the things you heard people say that

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Creative Support from an Authority

Tarot Gift, The Emperor   8/30/12. Look today for someone in your environment who is a get-it-done kind of person, who has expertise and authority in your field of creative work, who can provide advice, support or even that kick in the butt to get you and your work moving into

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Creative Resources and Tools in Place?

Tarot Focus, Knight of Wands.  8/29/12. Do you have the creative resources, equipment and tools you need to go out into the world with your creative work? Do you have the passion and energy you need? What about your confidence and determination? Hard to get out there and be of

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