Two dear friends and I have been working with this deck every morning for the last few months and I wanted to share it with you. It’s been wonderfully enlightening and helpful to us as we choose our respective card and then reflect on it for the day - or throughout the day, I should say. The messages are clear and simple, yet profound concepts to walk with through a busy day.
Read MoreI chose Jane Burn’s sweet little Celtic Oracle Portal to the Sacred Trees for this month’s bonus card. This is not a traditional tarot. It consists of a carefully selected and beautifully described set of trees which were sacred to the Celts. Each tree held and still holds special meaning and significance. Jane offers a healing ritual and a meditation after each tree’s place in Celtic lore is described.
Read MoreThe notion that our healing and our happiness are in relationship to Nature and the beauty of the natural world is universal but also very Celtic.
Read MoreWe are at a threshold moment globally and individually. As we are asked or forced to stay inside our homes in separation, we cannot help but be mindful of this extraordinary time. Stepping out beyond the threshold of our home is a conscious act, not to be taken lightly. We can step out in fear, in gratitude, in uncertainty or hope. The choice is ours. We become conscious of even the smallest interaction, we see how we are impacted by global events, and we feel what a great privilege it is to walk freely, taking in the air and beauty around us.
Read MoreWe all have read of such things in classic children’s fiction: Alice going down the rabbit hole, the Narnia wardrobe. More recent fiction has Harry Potter and friends finding a portal within the train station at Platform 9 ¾ and Claire dropping into an earlier century Scotland in the Outlander.
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