Someone asked me an interview-type question the other day about sacred animal symbolism in the Tabula Mundi tarot. Specifically, they said, “You use a lot of symbolic/sacred animals – bees, snakes. Would you say they’re part of a personal cosmology?” It’s true, they are part of a “personal cosmology” system and always have been. As part […]
ΚΕΦΑΛΗ ΚΓ (23) SKIDOO What man is at ease in his Inn? Get out. Wide is the world and cold. Get out. Thou hast become an in-itiate. Get out. But thou canst not get out by the way thou camest in. The Way out is THE WAY. Get out For OUT is Love and […]
If you are a Kickstarter backer for the Tabula Mundi Nox et Lux edition, you should have received an email survey July 1 that asks you to verify your shipping address. I can’t send your decks and books without it, so please reply. The project is all consuming and going well. The decks and books are […]
So I have been much focused and miraculously am now in the home stretch and almost done with the cards for the black and white version of the 78 card Tabula Mundi tarot deck. I just have the Princesses to draw and a few cards in progress to finish. Since it will take a lot […]
I just wanted to post something to let you all know that I’ve been working hard on the minors for the last couple of months. I’m very close to having a good chunk of them done, and am pleased with the progress of the process and the product. I think it will be of interest, […]
I wanted to put out a hearty congratulations to Gabrielle West, creator of Bonefire Tarot, who has just announced that her deck will soon be published by Schiffer. Very much deserved, and I commend them on their good taste. Gabi is a true artist, creating original tarot art by hand. Each card was hand drawn […]
Thought you might like to see them together. Can you see the underlying geometry? They are all built on the same series of Golden Ratio related circles, increasing in size from bottom to top for the feminine aces (cups and disks) and increasing in size from top to bottom for the masculine aces (wands and swords).
Hé final of the Tetragrammaton; the Earth Ace. To know, to will, to dare…and, to keep silence. from Tao Te Ching 56: Those who know do not talk. Those who talk do not know. Keep your mouth closed. Guard your senses. Temper your sharpness. Simplify your problems. Mask your brightness. Be at one with the […]
My dad showed up here a few weeks ago with this in the backseat of his car: a Japanese slot machine with a 777 theme, and British lions and unicorns. I think a friend gave it to him. I just thought it was amusing, he has no clue why I am so tickled by […]
Hope those of you in the states are enjoying the aftermath of the Thanksgiving holiday, and hope all everywhere around the world are taking in this weekend’s good energy. Lots of planets are in air and fire! I for one like that, being a Sagittarius with lots of Aquarian influence. My birthday is coming up. December the 6th […]
