Step Over Hurts and Disappointments
MONDAY’S TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 4/6/2015 Theme, 5 of Cups. Five is a challenging number, a tipping point. Will you meet the challenge or surrender? Cups is the element of Water in the realm of heart, feelings, emotions, dreams, intuitions and creativity. This week, look at where you find yourself feeling like your back […]
Enjoy Creative Contentment
MONDAY’S TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 3/30/2015 Theme, 10 of Cups. Cups is the element of Water in the realm of heart, feelings, emotions, intuition, dreams, and creativity. 10 is pivotal point of transition from one completed phase into the beginning of a new phase. This week, enjoy that sense of satisfaction and contentment that […]
Write, Post about Your Creative Work
MONDAY’S TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 3/23/2015 Theme, Knight of Swords. Swords is the element of Air in the realm of mind, thoughts, attitudes, beliefs and communication. The Knight is the Champion of the realm. He uses his training and resources to serve and protect. This week, use your training and resources to get the […]
Be Passionate about Your Creative Work
MONDAY’S TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 3/9/2015 Theme, Queen of Wands. Wands is the element of Fire in the realm of spirit, creativity, career, and work. The Queen has power to nurture others as well as herself. This week, look where you are called or challenged to be fiercely passionate and courageous about your creative […]
Celebrate Your Creativity!
MONDAY’S TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 2015 Theme, 3 of Cups. Cups is the element of Water in the realm of heart, feelings, emotions, dreams, intuition, creativity. Three is a number of shift and of magic. This week, look for opportunities and occasions to celebrate you and your creativity. Like that Three Dog Night song […]
Answer the Call of Your Creative Work
MONDAY’S TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 2/16/2015 Theme, Judgement. This Major Arcana card urges you to answer the call this week, the deeper, sacred call of your divine creativity. Haven’t heard the call? Then listen for it this week. Focus, 4 of Cups. Cups is the element of Water in the realm of heart, feelings, […]
Be Brave with Your Creativity
MONDAY TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 2/9/2015 Theme, 5 of Cups. This week look for where past fears and disappointments are keeping you from stepping out with your creative work. Be aware of any timidity or “What if it doesn’t work? What if no one likes it?” Time to be brave, stand up, step out. […]
Plant that Creative Seed
MONDAY’S TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 1/26/2015 Theme, Ace of Coins. Coins is the element of Earth in the realm of home, health, wealth, anything you can touch, taste, feel. This week, look for where and when you need to plant the seed (Ace), take the first physical step of a new creative project, one […]
Champion Your Creative Work
MONDAY’S TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 1/19/2015 Theme, Knight of Cups. Cups is the element of Water in the realm of heart, feelings, dreams, intuitions and creativity. The Knight is the one who serves and protects the realm with all the resources and training he has at hand. This week, look for opportunities to champion […]
Get Going on the New Creative Project
MONDAY’S TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE Theme, Ace of Wands. For the second week in a row, the Ace of Wands appears in this position…just in case you didn’t get the message last week. Ace as the seed with all potential, all possibility and Wands in the realm of spirit, creativity, career, work. So, what […]
Fly with the New Creative Project
MONDAY’S TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 1/5/2015 Theme, Ace of Wands. A great way to start the New Year, the Ace is a seed containing all potential, all possibility. In the suit of Wands, the element of Fire, the realm of Spirit, creativity, career, work. This week, be aware of the new creative project that […]
Weave Together Creative Opportunities
Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse, 12/29/2014 Theme, 2 of Wands. Wands is the element of fire in the realm of spirit, creativity, career, and work. Two is often about choices and balance. This week, instead of believing you have to choose one or the other creative project or opportunity or expression, ask a different […]
Trust Your Creative Intuition
Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse, 12/15/2014 Theme, 2 of Swords. Swords is the element of Air in the the realm of mind, thoughts, attitudes, beliefs and communication. Two is often about balance and choice. The theme for this week is to stop weighing choices and options over and over, and, instead, trust your instinct […]
Just Say, “To H*ll with ‘Em!”
“Just say, ‘To hell with ’em! Say it! Say it aloud!” So says Dina Delsanto (played by Juliette Binoche), a painter and teacher in the movie, Words and Pictures also starring Clive Owen. Delsanto, who struggles to paint despite a debilitating condition, says this to a female high school student who is feeling too vulnerable […]
Celebrate Your Creativity
Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse Theme, 3 of Cups. Three is a magic number and Cups, the element of Water, is in the realm of the heart, feelings, dreams, intuitions and creativity. This card is all about the celebration and after all, it is that time of year. This week look for opportunities to […]
Hear the Call of the Big Creative Vision
Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse, 11/24/2014 Theme, Judgement. A Major Arcana card, here the Muse calls you to a bigger creative vision or project, one that may challenge you but also serve you and others. Listen for the call this week. Focus, 5 of Cups. Cups is the element of Water in the realm […]
5 Favorite Ways to Move Out of Stalled
I’m about to tell you something really embarrassing. For the last few months, I’ve been stalled on my manuscript. Yep, the book coach was floundering. I had 70,000 words written but couldn’t figure out what the next 10,000 or so had to be in order to get to the last 10,000. I knew what was […]
Communicate with Authority
MONDAY’S TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 11/10/2014 Theme, King of Swords. Swords is the element of Air in the realm of mind, thoughts, attitudes, beliefs, communications. The King has power, resources and the big picture. In this instance, note how he does not have to wave his sword to exude power. It’s in his stance […]
Are You Dreaming of the Dead?
Halloween, Samhain, and Dia de Muertos, All Saint’s Day. These holidays mark the time of year when the veils between the worlds are thin and dreams of those who have died are common. So, not surprisingly, I dreamed a few nights ago of my mother who died in 1984. I worked with the dream as […]
Communicate Powerfully about Your Creative Work
MONDAY’S TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE Theme, Knight of Swords. Swords is the element of Air in the realm of mind, thoughts attitudes, beliefs and communication. The Knight is the one with training, tools, and experience who uses them in service to the realm. This week, take advantage of opportunities to communicate clearly and powerfully […]
Nurture Others with Your Creativity
MONDAY’S TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE FOR OCTOBER 27, 2014 Theme, Queen of Coins. Coins is the element of Earth in the realm of home, health and wealth. This Queen is at home in her castle and knows how to make it a beautiful place for others to dwell. Beauty is important so look for […]
Are You Standing at a Gateway?
MONDAY’S TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE Theme, 7 of Wands. Wands is the element of Fire in the realm of Spirit, creativity, career, work. Seven is a number of creativity, intelligence, originality, and intuition. This week, look for where you stand at a gateway that, while separating you from others, provides you with new opportunities […]
Listen to Your Intuition for Creative Work
Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse for the week of 10/13/2014 Theme, The Moon. This Major Arcana card suggests that this week you pay attention to the insights, intuition and dreams that emerge from the unconscious. Trust your instincts and record those dreams. They will guide your steps in your creative work. Focus, The High […]
Bring Sacred Love to Your Creativity
Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse Theme, The Lovers. A Major Arcana card, this card speaks about Spirit, Love, and the integration of opposites–masculine/feminine, spiritual/physical, sacred/secular. Be aware this week of bringing that greater Love into everything you do in your creative work. Manifesting your Love for your ideas, your work and your clients works […]
Finishing Details Create Beauty
MONDAY’S TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 9/29/2014 Theme, 10 of Coins. The beauty is in the details this week, especially in the finishing details. Coins is the element of Earth in the realm of home, health and wealth. So as you physically manifest your creativity in words on the page or in other creative forms […]
Charge Out There with Your Creativity
Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse, 9/22/2014 Theme, Knight of Coins. Coins is the element of Earth in the realm of home, health and wealth. The knight is the one who is trained and has the resources to serve. This week, pay attention to the times when you can serve both your creative work and […]
Celebrate Your Creativity
Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse, 9/15/14 Theme, The Empress. A Major Arcana card, so lots of energy, which is apparent from the abundant life that fills this card. This week, be aware of your creative power, your ability to bring to life so much beauty and abundance. You are the source. Claim it. Focus, […]
Are You Willing to Drop a Coin?
We all have our priorities. Think of each priority as a coin you hold. Top on the list of priorities for most of us (unless you are superhuman, in which case you need read no further), are eating and sleeping. So there are two coins. For those with small children, top priorities include making sure […]
Be the Star. Inspire!
Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse, 8/18/2014 Theme, The Star. A Major Arcana card, the Star shines, inspires and heals. So this week, look for opportunities to shine, to inspire and yes, heal others with your creative work. Also be alert to sources of inspiration for you. Focus, 6 of Swords. Swords is the element […]
Creative Rewards This Week
Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse, 8/11/2014 Theme, 10 of Coins. Coins is the element of Earth in the realm of home, health, wealth. So look for the wealth that is yours this week, the rewards and abundance that is available because of your creativity. Appreciate the rewards for work completed. Focus, The Chariot. A […]
Creativity in Motion
Monday Tarot Message from the Muse for 8/4/2014 Theme, Knight of Cups. The Knight is the one with everything he needs to protect and serve. In this case, he serves, you serve, your creativity. So get in motion while being aware of the beasts lurking in the emotional depths (Cups). Are they there to sabotage […]
Finish That Project!
Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse, 7/28/2014 Theme, 9 of Wands. 9 is the number of finishing and completion. Wands is the element of Fire in the realm of Spirit, creativity, career, work. This poor guy has worked hard to get where he is. So have you with your current project. Finishing, completing is the […]
Conquer Creative Disappointment & Get Out There!
Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse, 7/21/2014 Theme, 5 of Cups. Cups is the element of water, the realm of heart, feelings, dreams, intuition, and creativity. This challenging 5 reminds you that pursuing your creative dreams is up to you. You can sit with your back against the wall protecting those dreams or you can […]
Be the King of your Creativity
Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse, July 14, 2014 Theme, King of Swords. The King is the one with power and dominion, with confidence that emanates from within. Swords is the element of air, of mind, thoughts, beliefs attitudes, and communication. This King communicates and rules with utmost confidence in his personal and creative power […]
Get Going on that New Idea or Project
Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse, July 7, 2014 Theme, Ace of Wands. This week, it’s all about beginning new projects and taking action on new ideas. Wands is the element of Fire, of Spirit, of creativity, career, work. Ace is the beginning, the seed, holding all potential, all possibilities. There’s energy and excitement in […]
Exercise for Creative Health
Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse, June 30, 2014 Theme, Knight of Coins. Coins is the element of Earth, of body, home, health, wealth, anything physical. The Knight is the one who serves with all his training and experience, his resources, equipment and skills. To serve your creative work and community, you have to take […]
Own Your Creative Power
Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse, June 23, 2014 Theme, King of Wands. Wands is the element of Fire, representing Spirit, creativity, career, work. The King is the figure who has the power to accomplish what he intends. This King serves the Fire of Creativity, and keeps that passion and creativity flaming high. This is […]
Be the High Priestess of Your Creativity
Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse, 5/19/2014 Theme, The High Priestess. See how she emerges from the deep waters? You do that for your creativity. You bring to light the mystery and magic of your creative work for others. Be the doorway into your work. Focus, 4 of Swords. Swords is the element of Air, […]
Let Go of Negative Messages
Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse, 5/12/2014 Theme, 10 of Swords. Swords is the element of air and mind, thoughts, beliefs, communications. 10 is a pivotal point. This week look for ways and times you need to let go of the negative messages that assail you from within and without because they keep you from […]
Share Your Creative Message Loud & Proud
Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse, 5/5/2014 Theme, Page of Coins. The Page is the messenger, a youthful, vibrant, energetic messenger. Coins is the element of earth, anything you can touch, taste or feel. This week be the energetic, vibrant messenger for your creative work. Share it loud and proud in visible, practical ways. Focus, […]
Tend Your Creative Harvest
Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse, 4/21/2014 Theme, 7 of Coins. Coins is the element of Earth representing the physical–home, health, wealth–anything you can touch, taste or feel. So this week, pay attention to the practical physical details of your creative work. Anxious as you may be to get your work out into the world, […]
Writing Process Blog Hop
Thank you to friend and writing sister, Win Day, for the invitation to participate in this writing blog hop. Win is a writer, a speaker, a strategist, and a geek. Her company, Creative Implementations, offers lifestyle business strategies and WordPress development and technical maintenance services to creatives and heart-centered entrepreneurs. She’s writing her very first […]
Believe in Your Creative Work
Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse, 4/7/2014 Theme, Faith. From the Major Arcana, this card emphasizes belief, faith in yourself and in your work. Act, create, move from that place of surety in who you are, what you do that rises from the traditions of your work, your level of experience and a trust in […]
Make Those Ideas Real!
Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse, 3/31/2014 Theme, The Magician. This Major Arcana card is all about the magic of your creativity, your ability to take ideas and manifest them in physical form. This week, watch all the ways you get to practice your magic. Remember your ability to make things real, to make things […]
Creative Collaboration is a Thing of Beauty
Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse, 3/24/2014 Theme, 2 of Cups. Cups is the element of Water, representing the heart, emotions, feelings, dreams, intuition and creativity. See the two cups with the images of a man and woman. We see them in The Lovers card as well. Behind them, is the sign of Venus, the […]
A New Creative Project Wants to Emerge
Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse for the week of 3/10/2014 Theme, Ace of Cups. Cups is the element of Water, of heart, feelings, dreams, intuition and creativity. Ace is the place of new beginnings. It’s the seed of all potential, all possibilities. Look at that beautiful cup lying at the bottom of the ocean, […]
Remember You are the Source of Creativity
Monday Tarot Message from the Muse, 2/24/2014 Theme, The Empress. This Major Arcana card shows that you have the power to nurture and create abundance for yourself and others through your creativity. This week, remember you are the source. Focus, Queen of Swords. Swords is the element of air, of mind, thoughts, attitudes, beliefs and […]
Make Space for Your Creative Work
Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse, 2/10/2014. Theme, 4 of Wands. Wands is the element of fire, of spirit, creativity, career, work. Four is a number of stability. Creating stability for your creativity means making a commitment and making space for it. This week stay alert to how you make space and how you are […]
Time to Temper Your Creativity
Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse, 1/27/2014 Theme, Temperance. Like the Goddess Brigid who is the goddess of the forge, creativity, the well, the poet, Temperance asks you this week to combine passion and will with love and desire in your creative work. Moving back and forth between the fire of will and the water […]
Ready to Answer the Call of Your Creative Vision?
Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse, 1/20/2014 Theme, Judgement. A Major Arcana card, number 20, this card tells you to stay awake and aware this week to the calling of your creative work or vision. It asks you to pay attention to power and purpose behind the work that you do and to how that […]
Don’t Abdicate Your Throne—Please!
Abdicate: to give up or renounce (throne, duty, etc.) The dreamer is the final authority on her dream. It is a rule I always stress when I teach dream work. Too often, I see people, whether they are sharing dreams with friends, with members of a dream circle, or on Facebook, give over their common […]
Are You Ready for a New Story?
Doesn’t starting a New Year feel like opening a new book? The pages are crisp and have that new book smell. There is the anticipation of the new story waiting to unfold before you as you turn page after page. On New Year’s Day, we had a New Moon in Capricorn. Along with the Sun […]
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 the time to take your […]
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 to how past experiences of […]
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, so don’t hang on to […]
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 letting go and clearing out, […]
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, 8 of Swords. But before […]
It’s that Blasted Tower Again! My Taurus Full Moon Reading for the Inner Journey
Recently, we had a Taurus Full Moon while the Sun was in the sign of Scorpio. Scorpio challenges us to face what we fear, to let go of attachments, and to surrender to a spiritual transformation. Taurus, on the other hand, is about the physical realm. What do we value? What gives us comfort and […]
Time to Get Straight on Your Creative Priorities
Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse for the week of 11/18/2013 Theme, 5 of Wands. 5 in this suit of fire and creativity is a number of change and challenge. Here, it seems, creative roles and projects battle each other for your time and energy. This week, look at establishing priorities for your many ideas […]
Surrender, Dorothy!
Whenever I do a tarot reading for a client and the 10 of Swords shows up, everyone cringes. With swords representing the mind and the thoughts, attitudes, beliefs and communications of the mind, this card in a reading can imply ruin, despair, or a mental overwhelm that keeps one pinned in place. But sometimes, immobility […]
Launching, Crafting, Releasing. It’s All About the 3’s.
Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse, 11/4/2013 Theme, Justice. See the two women in their dark and light gowns? One carries scrolls, the other holds a sword. The theme for the week is balance, balance between the inner world and the outer one, balance between thought and action especially as relates to your creative work. […]
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 others are broken disappointments. But […]
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 first being open to receive […]
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 one thing in order to […]
Are You Well-Equipped to Do Your Creative Work?
Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse for the week of 9/23/2013 Theme, Knight of Wands. To be of service, the Knight goes through a period of training, developing skills and acquiring the tools, equipment and resources he needs to do his job. Wands is the element of fire, spirit, creativity, career, work. This week, take […]
Get Centered & Remember Your Creative Vision
Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse for the week of 9/16/2013 Theme, Wheel of Fortune. Being creative and doing your creative work can feel a lot like riding the Wheel of Fortune, ups and downs are the nature of things. One way to avoid feeling the extremes is to move to center. At the center […]
Exchange Creative Overwhelm for Creative Play
Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse for the week of 9/9/2013 Theme, 10 of Wands. Surely you don’t want to spend this week on your belly crawling through the brush with a pile of projects on your back? Wands is the element of fire, spirit, creativity, career, work. Time to unload some of those creative […]
Ready to Move Forward with that New Creative Project?
Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse for the week of 9/2/2013 Theme, 8 of Cups. Cups is the suit of water, of heart, feelings, dreams, intuitions, creativity. What creative attachments or projects have you been holding onto? Look deeply because these attachments are not obvious. This week, be aware of attachments to old creative projects […]
Keep Some Emotional Perspective
Monday Tarot Message from the Muse, 8/19/2013 Theme, King of Cups. The King has the power, gets the big picture, makes the plan. To get the big picture on your creative work this week, give yourself some emotional distance on your creative work. Focus, 8 of Cups. Cups is the suit of heart, emotions, dreams, […]
Celebrate Creative Abundance
Monday Tarot Message from the Muse for the week of August 12, 2013 Theme, 10 of Coins. Abundance. An abundance of creative ideas, of creative resources, of creative opportunities. And through your work, others experience abundance as well…an abundance of beauty in real material form. Think “abundance” this week. Focus, 3 of Cups. And through […]
Get the Big Picture on Creative Practicalities
Monday Tarot Message from the Muse for the week of 7/8/2013. Theme, King of Coins. Get the big picture this week around your resources, i.e. materials and money, related to your creative work. How is income keeping up with outgo? What’s your plan? And what is the creative project that needs an investment of your […]
What Creative Seed Are You Planting?
Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse for week of June 24, 2013. Theme, Ace of Coins. Coins is the element of earth and the Ace is all potential, all possibility. With the Summer Solstice just passed, think of this Ace as a seed waiting to be planted this week. What new creative idea needs to […]
Time to be Fiercely Passionate about your Creative Work
Monday Tarot Message from the Muse, 5/13/2013. Theme, Queen of Wands. Don’t you love the look of fierce will on her face? This fierce and passionate desire is your theme for the week. Bring that to your creative work, and to how you nurture and help others with your work. Be proud, be passionate. Focus, […]
Being a Fool for your Creative Work—In Honor of Ciro Marchetti
The Tarot is divided into two parts, the Major Arcana (Secrets) and the Minor Arcana. The Major Arcana has 22 cards that are numbered from 0 to 21. Zero, in the Major Arcana, is the Fool. It is the Fool that travels from the number one card, The Magician, to the last card, The World, […]
Are You Pregnant with Creative Possibilities?
Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse for the week of 4/29/2013. Theme, The Empress. Now that we are in the sign of Taurus ruled by Venus, we may feel this week that we are filled, pregnant with creative ideas and possibilities. Experience what it means to be the channel for the Muse, to be an […]
Are Worries or Dreams Your Creative Night Life?
Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse, 4/15/2013. Theme, 9 of Swords. These Swords (thoughts, attitudes, beliefs, communication) are waking you up at night…are they worries or dreams? For this week, prepare yourself for sleep in a way that supports your creative night life. Cleanse your space and your mind. Do a brain dump of ideas […]
Are You Tapping into Magical Ideas?
Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse for Week of 4/8/2013. Theme, The Magician. For this week, be aware of the magic you hold within, the magic that can take an idea and turn it into physical form. How, for you, thoughts definitely become things. Focus, Page of Cups. With that magical ability comes the need […]