Comments for James Ricklef's Tarot Blog http://jamesricklef.wordpress.com Explore the Tarot ... and yourself! Sat, 25 May 2013 17:58:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on The World — Spiritual Message of the Day by jamesricklef http://jamesricklef.wordpress.com/2013/05/24/world-spiritual-message-5/#comment-5431 Sat, 25 May 2013 17:58:41 +0000 http://jamesricklef.wordpress.com/?p=4384#comment-5431 Thanks for the recommendations! I’ll have to look into them. I’m not really an avid poetry reader, which is why I loved Housden’s book so much — I was amazed at how he was able to open up poetry to me.

]]> Comment on The World — Spiritual Message of the Day by JJ http://jamesricklef.wordpress.com/2013/05/24/world-spiritual-message-5/#comment-5429 Sat, 25 May 2013 11:47:56 +0000 http://jamesricklef.wordpress.com/?p=4384#comment-5429 I often use poems when I do my daily draws. Years ago I read Roger Housden’s book! It was the book that prompted me to start my Poetry Corner bookshelf. I realized that I’d let poetry go from my life, so I brought it back. Part of life is finding the things that you mistakenly let go.

One anthology I’ve always liked is called “Staying Alive: Real Poems for Unreal Time” edited by Neil Astley. Oh and Jane Hirshfield’s essays “Nine Gates: Entering the Mind of Poetry” is life-changing as is Susan Wooldridge’s book “PoemCrazy: Freeing Your Life with Words”

]]> Comment on Pithy Tarot meanings — King of Swords by modernoracle http://jamesricklef.wordpress.com/2013/05/23/pithy-king-swords-4/#comment-5425 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:52:30 +0000 http://jamesricklef.wordpress.com/?p=4379#comment-5425 Reblogged this on Modern Oracle Tarot and commented:
Sometimes an idea is important enough that it comes to various readers and through various cards. I guess life-long learning is one of those messages. I very much enjoy Mr. Ricklef’s “PIthy Tarot Meanings” and usually read them when I am done writing for the day, for my own inspiration and learning. See? Learning is a good thing.

]]> Comment on Contact by jamesricklef http://jamesricklef.wordpress.com/about/contact/#comment-5419 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:53:24 +0000 http://jamesricklef.wordpress.com/?page_id=12#comment-5419 Thank you for your interest in my Tarot of the Masters deck. I sent you an email reply. (If you don’t see it, check your spam folder.)

]]> Comment on Contact by Kritsada http://jamesricklef.wordpress.com/about/contact/#comment-5417 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:21:09 +0000 http://jamesricklef.wordpress.com/?page_id=12#comment-5417 Dear James,

I would like to buy your Tarot of Masters deck.

]]> Comment on Hanged Man — Spiritual Message of the Day by The World — Spiritual Message of the Day | James Ricklef's Tarot Blog http://jamesricklef.wordpress.com/2011/06/26/hanged-man-spiritual-message-2/#comment-5414 Thu, 23 May 2013 05:15:27 +0000 http://jamesricklef.wordpress.com/?p=2318#comment-5414 […] Consider the aspects of your life where you feel limited or constricted. This might be in your finances, your love life, or your living conditions. Then choose one area that most distresses you. This constraint can become a path to discovering your essential divinity when you release your resistance to it and accept it for what it is. As you relax into that acceptance, your divine essence will begin to shine through into your life and (ironically) you will feel a surprising sense of freedom emerge. It is not surprising that this message manifests with the final card of the Major Arcana since it builds upon the lessons of prior cards, specifically, non-judgment of what is (which we learned from the Judgment card) and the power of surrender (which we learned from the Hanged Man). […]

]]> Comment on The Judgment card — Spiritual Message of the Day by The World — Spiritual Message of the Day | James Ricklef's Tarot Blog http://jamesricklef.wordpress.com/2013/01/16/judgment-spiritual-message-6/#comment-5413 Thu, 23 May 2013 05:15:24 +0000 http://jamesricklef.wordpress.com/?p=3712#comment-5413 […] Arcana since it builds upon the lessons of prior cards, specifically, non-judgment of what is (which we learned from the Judgment card) and the power of surrender (which we learned from the Hanged […]

]]> Comment on Pithy Tarot meanings — Hermit by Chloe http://jamesricklef.wordpress.com/2013/05/19/pithy-hermit-3/#comment-5392 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:09:26 +0000 http://jamesricklef.wordpress.com/?p=4357#comment-5392 Ah, yes, I see what you mean – definitely food for thought :)

]]> Comment on Pithy Tarot meanings — Hermit by jamesricklef http://jamesricklef.wordpress.com/2013/05/19/pithy-hermit-3/#comment-5391 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:49:55 +0000 http://jamesricklef.wordpress.com/?p=4357#comment-5391 Ah, but seeing that loneliness is an illusion (as opposed to merely experiencing loneliness) seems a particularly Hermit-ish discovery. That’s why I thought making it Hermit Rx was a bit of a conundrum. It’s sort of like how a double negative becomes a positive — merely being lonely would definitely be Hermit Rx, but realizing that it’s an illusion takes it back to the Hermit in a positive orientation.
Hmm… Food for thought! :)

]]> Comment on Pithy Tarot meanings — Hermit by Chloe http://jamesricklef.wordpress.com/2013/05/19/pithy-hermit-3/#comment-5390 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:21:19 +0000 http://jamesricklef.wordpress.com/?p=4357#comment-5390 I don’t normally see the Hermit as lonely – a period of isolation to be able to study, or looking inward and then turning outward with what we have learned, even teaching at a spiritual, individual level (as opposed to the Hierophant’s institutional education). So yes, I’d prefer this pithy meaning for the Hermit reversed :)

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