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“You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness.” ~Jonathan Safran Foer
According to the Golden Dawn tradition, the title for the Three of Swords is “Sorrow.” Of all the Minor Arcana Tarot cards it most clearly presents an image of distress. However, for all of its desolation, this image depicts a certain kind of balance. The three swords are neatly embedded in the heart in the midst of a rainstorm. Sadness requires one reaction–we must take the pain into our hearts, welcome it and go beyond it. The test is to bring the sorrow deeply within us until it is changed completely by love and trust. Pushing the agony away only distances us from the lesson we are being asked to learn. Oftentimes we ignore the situations or relationships in our lives that are too stressful. We try to avoid any stressful thoughts, but this only serves to cement the hold the pain has on us. The evolution of our healing depends on our ability to accept the heartbreak.
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“Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are.” ~Benjamin Franklin
In Tarot readings the presence of Justice (seen above from The Cosmic Tarot) indicates that you have what you deserve. That is, situations have worked out accordingly from what you have sowed in the past. This card also represents complete honesty. It also shows that you can prevent future heartache by learning a lesson in the present. Are you willing to be true to yourself? Are your relationships (including the one with yourself) in equal partnership? What consequences are you experiencing from a past action and how can you make an adjustment to balance out the energies? Heroic Tarot can assist you in establishing equilibrium!
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“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.” ~Robert Louis Stevenson
The Ace of Pentacles (shown above from the Robin Wood Tarot Deck) is a gift. It is Earth in all of her glory, bearing magic in concrete terms. This Ace is a new beginning, a seed for a garden of delights, and the realization of one’s intention. It gives us results via stable structures and our skill sets. What new project are you starting? Can you visualize the results? What would make you feel more grounded? Heroic Tarot can assist you in bringing your ideas into fruition!
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It is what we know already that often prevents us from learning. ~Claude Bernard
Would you like to learn how to use the Tarot as a synchronicity attraction system for your own personal transformation? Heroic Tarot Academy is now accepting new students! Each class is a one-on-one experience with a specialized curriculum designed for your individual needs. Storm Ricon is an award-winning Tarot reader with many years of study and years of professional practice. He is currently teaching students with varying degrees of experience and can customize a class for you.
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Throughout history people have told fortunes with all manner of things: scattered bones, the remnants of tea leaves in a cup, tossed coins, watching birds across the sky, anything. It has only been since the eighteenth century that Tarot has been used to divine intellectual and spiritual pathways. Yet all of these methods stem from the same innate curiosity to know what is going to happen in advance. The practitioners of these rituals possess an understanding that all things have a relationship to one other. As Rachel Pollack states in Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom, “everything is connected, everything has meaning and nothing occurs at random.”
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“Alchemy is the art of manipulating life, and consciousness in matter, to help it evolve, or to solve problems of inner disharmonies.” ~Jean Dubuis
I have been fascinated by both super-heroes and the Tarot since I was thirteen years old. I loved to immerse myself in Spider-Man’s ongoing dilemmas and the soap opera sagas of the X-Men. I also felt a strong connection to the richly detailed figures in the Tarot. Now that I am older, I have more clarity in how these two subjects relate to one another. Let us explore these worlds of wonder together!
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“Seek not greater wealth, but simpler pleasure; not higher fortune, but deeper felicity.” ~Mahatma Gandhi
The month of March often brings to mind luck, both positive (Saint Patrick’s Day) and negative (the Ides of March). Luck is akin to our ideas about destiny or karma, the notion that whatever we do comes back to us (The Wiccan Rede). The Wheel of Fortune (pictured above from The Aquarian Tarot) is the tenth Major Arcana card and specifically speaks to the cycles of fortune and poverty, life and death. The Wheel brings the possibilities for rewards from our endeavors. The Wheel turns and we learn from change. We take risks and make decisions that affect our lives far beyond what we can see in the present. In her book Who Are You In The Tarot?, Mary K. Greer says:
Above all, the Wheel of Fortune shows flexibility and the ability to grasp opportunities when they happen..ride the low points with as much ease as you ride the crests, knowing that such extremes are temporary and you will endure.
Are you presently riding a low point? Is there a situation in your life that requires greater understanding? Do you feel that someone else is at the wheel of your fortune? Heroic Tarot can help you find the clarity you require.
As I have recently moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico, my in person appointments are limited to that locale at this time. If you reside in San Francisco–or anywhere else in the world–it would be my pleasure to provide you with a Skype or phone reading. Here’s how that works. If after reading my Frequently Asked Questions page you still have questions or concerns please let me know! All readings must be made by appointment, are an hour and cost $100. Contact me to schedule yours today!
“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.” ~Helen Keller
A week ago, I moved from San Francisco, California to Santa Fe, New Mexico. The differences between the two locales are staggering. I can still see echoes of the bustling city, my memories overlapping with the hypnotic starkness of the wind-chapped Santa Fe countryside. I remember the small pink flowers bursting from the trees on Lyon Street even while I am staring at the dried grasses of Nambé rising out of patches of ice. It was raining a little bit every night when I left San Francisco. Here it snows in the night and melts during the day. Part of me is still in California, dancing to the city’s cadence, while the other part is finding some long needed stillness in New Mexico. I think of the two “SF”s as sister cities, united by their patron Saint Francis of Assisi and I look forward to finding out what else they have in common.
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“What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.” ~T.S. Eliot
On Monday, February 18th, I move to Santa Fe, New Mexico. I am excited about what new adventures await me in the “Land of Enchantment!” Many thanks to all of my regular clients (and the new folks!) who came to see me before I embark on my journey. I will continue to provide Heroic Tarot readingsvia Skype and phone for those who wish to stay in touch. My in-person San Francisco appointments will be intermittent as I find a balance between my new home and the City by the Bay. However, I am already planning a brief return in March.
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I have recently spoken with many people who feel they are rushing headlong toward their futures without clarity or direction. They tell me they are afraid to stop moving for fear of everything collapsing around them. Goal-focused, they have not the time to enjoy the things in their lives that give them meaning. I can certainly relate to these feelings.
Tonight I was reading The Secret History of the World by Mark Booth. In it, he writes about letters the esteemed poet Rainer Maria Rilke sent to a friend. I quote this passage from Booth to remind us all of things we might have forgotten:
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