The Card of the Day: the Page of Swords Reversed, The serious, studious Page of Swords often feels like he is misunderstood, or worse... not respected for his opinions. And he's right in his suspicions but not for the reasons he has devised. No, he can come up with fresh insights and keen observations if … Continue reading Haste Makes Waste

The Card of the Day: Strength Reversed From Bing AI: The Strength card is a powerful symbol of courage, inner strength, and self-belief. When this card appears reversed, it usually comes at a time when you are starting to doubt your personal power and abilities. This card signals a temporary setback in your confidence and … Continue reading

The Card of the Day: the Nine of Swords, Reversed. Photo by Andrea Piacquadio: https://www.pexels.com/photo/photo-of-man-holding-black-eyeglasses-3760137/ You may be feel anxious for someone else who is really troubled right now. On paper, things look very grim. If you wrote out a list of woes it would like very bad. And yet, even if your or their … Continue reading A Reasonable Fear

The card of the Day: Four of Cups, Reversed https://unsplash.com/photos/four-white-ceramic-bowls-near-teapot-and-tureen-on-brown-wooden-tray-Cu80T4bZ0rI?utm_content=creditShareLink&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash A common misconception of reversed cards is that they are always negative: not so! Consider the Four of Cups upside down. Where once we were dejected with our lives and dissatisfied with the help support of others, now we are able to leave that dry … Continue reading Signs and Portends

The Card of the Day: The Fool Reversed. "Reynard the Fox" by Ernest Henri Griset (1844–1907), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Today, when I saw the Fool come up reversed, I immediately thought of credulity: an out-of-fashion word these days that indicates a belief in something without proof. Although often confused with the more popular … Continue reading

Today's card was the Queen of Swords Ever felt the need to write an anonymous letter to Dear Abby? Facing a problem that only a stranger can make sense of? Then listen to the words of the Queen of Swords, but be warned she may not be as gentle as Ann Landers. Judgmental?Probably? But also … Continue reading Agony Aunt

The Card of the Day: The Emperor Bust of Trajan (reign 98–117 CE), with the Civic Crown, a sword belt and the aegis (attribut of Jupiter and symbol of divine power). Today many Tarot practitioners associate negative traits with the Emperor (ditto the Hierophant, but that is another story for another day). Certainly we live … Continue reading On Whose Authority?

The card of the day was the Page of Swords Reversed. A lot of newbies -- and some old-timers -- get stumped when they run across court cards. One way of interpreting them is to think of them as a third-party interjecting themselves between the reader the questioner. Put another way, we could stop and … Continue reading Swords and Embroidery

Photo by zhugewala on Pexels.com I had taken a month's worth of cards from the Supra deck by UUSI and now I can't find them on my phone or in my files or anywhere... so even in the shadow of Mercury's recent retrograde motion, there is a reminder that we have to pay attention to … Continue reading In the Shadow of Rx

Supra by UUSI Spirit is an oft-used and seldom-understood idea. The Supra Oracle defines it as "...a mythological dream that requires a shared belief in a union between ourselves, our world and a higher power in order for it to exist and be useful to us." So today, embrace this fellowship and take flight!