
The Wheel of the Year provides a framework for observing the connection (or sometimes disconnection) between my inner life and the world around me.
We’re approaching my favourite time of year. When summer begins to fade…mornings are crisp and cold, I can see my breath, there’s mist on the canal but it’s bright. The air quality is changing and it’s just so beautiful. In the Wildwood Tarot (and in many other decks), each season has a corresponding suit. The accompanying Wildwood Tarot …
Sharing the spring equinox with The Archer is The Stag. As card eight in the major arcana, this replaces the traditional ‘Justice’ card. Reading the Wildwood Tarot guidebook, I am instantly struck by The Stag’s resemblance to the Forest Spirit in Miyazaki’s Princess Mononoke. Like the Forest Spirit, The Stag is ‘forest king and guardian, …
Focused, determined, strong and stunning, The Archer draws back her arrow to shoot right to the heart of her target. This is a card for the spring. Based on the Wheel of the Year, the Wildwood Tarot places The Archer (card number seven, or The Chariot in ‘regular’ decks) at the spring equinox – the …
Okay, so it might seem a little odd to write about self-care just a few days after coming back from a (first ever!) beach holiday in Ibiza…but hey. Maybe I’ve got the post-holiday blues. Thinking about self-employment and how to get by in the big wide world right up until the moment of departure, then …