Called the Force in the early Italian decks, Strength depicts the struggle between virtues and vices.
The human condition involves a perpetual struggle between virtue and vice, a moral battleground that has shaped individuals, societies, and spiritual traditions for centuries. In Christian moral theology, this conflict is Read more Strength
Ace of Wands – Five of Disks – Page of Swords rev.
Action – Growth – Juggling
Card of the day: Five of Disks
Time: 3:20 AM to 4 AM.
“We are products of our past, but we don’t have to be prisoners of it.”
Rick Warren
– What should you focus on today?
– How have your past actions shaped your present?
Today, I would like to propose another experiment.
Try to recall your options and your choices and see how your actions or inactions shaped the course of your life.
It is critical to Read more 3-card readings 07/28/2025
Nine of Swords – Nine of Cups – Six of Cups
Communication – Self-remembering – Pleasure
Card of the day: Nine of Cups
Time: 6:40 AM to 7:20 AM.
“We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.”
May Sarton
– What should you focus on today?
– Who are you?
“I know there’s a place you walked
Where love falls from the trees
My heart is like a broken cup
I only feel right on my knees
I spit out like a sewer hole
Yet still receive your kiss
How can I measure up to anyone now
After such a love as this?
Who are you?”
(Roger Daltrey, The Who) Read more 3-card readings 07/20/2025
Four of Wands – Wheel rev. – Three of Disks
Passion – Losses – Discipline
Card of the day: Wheel rev.
Time: 12 AM to 2 PM.
“Seek not greater wealth, but simpler pleasure; not higher fortune, but deeper felicity.”
Mahatma Gandhi
– What should you focus on today?
– How can losses be turned into gains?
The answer to today’s question is through passion and discipline.
The Wheel card represents the natural flow of energies in the universe.
It always reminds me of Read more 3-card readings 07/16/2025
The modern individual, the new human, or homo technologicus as it has been called recently, still wrestles with pride disguised as ambition, envy masked as competitiveness, or gluttony recast as consumerism. The modern world is constructed by exploring our vices and weaknesses, rather than strengthening our virtues and will.
In a world of moral decay and spiritual dissolution, demolishing benchmarks became regular.
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Four of Wands – Knight of Disks rev. – Lover
Passion – Pride – Decision
Card of the day: Knight of Disks rev.
Time: 10 AM to 12 AM.
“We live in a world of instant gratification, the world of the quick fix.”
Rachael Taylor
– What should you focus on today?
– Is your pride justified? Read more 3-card readings 07/14/2025
(Excerpt from the book, Waiting on the Bench)
I’ve been working very hard to finish my esoteric pseudo-novel. Here is another fragment I completed. I hope you will enjoy reading.
Throughout history, the line between the Emperor and the Pope has often been blurred.
From the ancient Mesopotamian kings to the Roman Emperors, rulers sought to consolidate all power in their own hands.
The Tarot deck Read more Emperor
Nine of Cups – Eight of Wands – Ten of Disks
Self-remembering – Motion – Scrupulousness
Card of the day: Eight of Wands
Time: 1:20 PM to 2 PM.
“Life is a full circle, widening until it joins the circle motions of the infinite.”
Anais Nin
– What should you focus on today?
– Should you stay or should you go?
That The Clash song is too cool not to have a reference to it. Read more 3-card readings 07/09/2025
Page of Cups – Eight of Swords – Nine of Cups rev.
Self-observation – Versatility – Delusion
Card of the day: Eight of Swords
Time: 1:20 AM to 2 AM.
“The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.”
Albert Einstein
– What should you focus on today?
– In what issues should you be more adaptable?
Friday is supposed to be the last working day of the week.
It wraps up the week and sets the tone for the next one.
It gives you time to think more profoundly about Read more 3-card readings 07/04/2025
I rarely share personal stuff, but this is one of those occasions.
Yesterday, my girlfriend and I went to the grocery store. We usually make a list and only purchase the things on it. It’s both a way to save money and an effective sanitary method to prevent being tempted to buy things you don’t necessarily need.
However, yesterday we let ourselves be tempted.
We bought a small Read more Small pleasures
