This tough, harsh king can be both judge and defendant at once.
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Hope, shadow, and the Two of Wands
Activity, activism, resistance and rebuilding - these things are not just about loud, bold, glamorous actions. They are also about conversation. Learning, listening, growing our ideas.
Three of Swords: Power, pain, & purpose
While being stalked by this stabby thundercloud, Mary uncovers the power in the 3 of Swords where one usually only sees despair.
Boundary setting, self-care, and social change
Discovering new resources, crafting new definitions, and building new tools - Andi shares their latest findings.
Exploring the edgelands
If those 'feel the fear' edgelands are where the real gold lies, I'm ready to get myself out there and find it.
Take Back Manchester: UK anti-cuts demo 4th Oct
I interviewed the wonderful Barbara Moore!
Hour of the Wolf and other witchy Eurovision highlights
Eurovision was a travesty. I mean, Eurovision is pretty much always a travesty (except where Conchita Wurst is concerned, obvs.) This year though, the contest was exceptionally upsetting. So much witchy goddess wonderfulness. So few correctly-allocated points. BEHOLD Azerbaijan: Hour of the Wolf The weirdest, witchiest, most ugly-beautiful performance of all – performed by Elnur Huseynov and two AMAZING carazy-wolf-people – …
Weekend reading + party party
This has been a quietly busy week. Lots of planning, lots of *sitting with my feelings*, lots of letting ideas stew and marinade before beginning anything. You can read all about that here. I’ve also been writing the first post for my new Autostraddle column! It’s gonna be a monthly series of interviews with 30-something …
Grab the blades – Seven of Swords
Here’s an intriguing card. The Seven of Swords looks like trickery or deceit, and that’s how it’s normally described. In the card’s illustration, there’s often someone hiding something, or stealing – sneaking off in the night with an armful of stolen swords, or, like this fox, covering something up. From The Wild Unknown Tarot by Kim …
True love – Two of Bottles
This is love. It’s not The Lovers, it’s not the Ace of Cups. For me, it’s the Two – of cups, bottles, chalices, water – that really represents what love feels like when you make it real. What’s happening is an exchange. This version of love is like, you hold this cup, this bottle, which …
Ace, Two, Three of Wands: idea…focus…go!
To understand the Two of Wands better, it's helpful to see it as part of the wider wands sequence of idea - thought - then action.
Magic stars: In praise of Pentacles
I feel like pentacles get a bad rap in tarot. They’re always the last suit in a newly-unshuffled deck, always the last chapter in the book. And earlier this week, a few of you even moaned about them in the comments of this very blog! This will not do, my friends. Let me tell you …
Deck creator Jen Kruch on the Frau Grand Duchess Tarot
So I wrote earlier this week about the Frau Grand Duchess Tarot – a totally brilliant (and not a little kinky) tarot deck which creator Jen Kruch was generous enough to send me. This is Jen As you can imagine, I had some questions. The deck, which is made from 50s/60s magazine cutouts pasted onto …
More joy, less shame – Ten of Wands
I realise that I am stuck in a rut right now. I realise that I’m uncharacteristically inert. Between buying a boat and becoming self-employed – both of which on the outside look like very busy, very ‘doing’ things, part of myself has slipped away, leaving me feeling kinda blank. Which part? The part that feel JOY, …
Learning to commit – Knight of Pentacles
It’s time for some real commitment. Those who know me well know that I’ve always got some new scheme on the go. It’s not that I’m not happy in the moment, or that I can’t stick to one thing. It’s more that I just love the process of planning and plotting and mapping! I’m an ideas …
When you need a little discipline – The Emperor
Sometimes, everybody needs a little discipline. That can be hard to admit, if, like me, you like to think of yourself as all free-spirited and floaty-like, easily wafting from lovely thing to lovely thing. News flash: rules can be good. I’ve been practicing a few of my own lately. Here are some examples: Wait a …
On going grey, making lists and the Seven of Cups
This morning I looked in the mirror and spotted a whole big bunch of grey hairs. I’ve noticed the odd one here and there over the past few years, but suddenly this morning there seemed to be rather a lot. I felt excited and also a bit weirded out. Some things about ageing – like stiff …
Little Wolfie – my Page of Pentacles
This tiny gorgeous furry dude is Wolfie. My amazing little adventurer, my badass mousecatcher, my diry stopout. He is two years old and a dear, dear friend. I love him with all of my heart. Right now, he’s fighting for his life at the vets in Halifax – he’s been poisoned by *something* he ate …
Bull by horns – The Fool
What’s the one thing you’ve always wanted to do, but are afraid to try? Everyone’s got one – maybe more than one. Even the most confident people have something tucked away which they can’t bring themselves to start. Could be as simple as joining a singing group, could be as big as a total change …
Tying up loose ends – Eight of Wands
This card is wand-like, in that it's powerful and sparky, but it also feels sword-like - the wands cut through the air, straight like arrows, focused, clear.