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Tarot Explorations of Neruda’s Book of Questions I
Recently, I stumbled across a children’s picture book of Pablo Neruda’s Book of Questions. It’s a beautifully illustrated book of intriguing, poetic questions, and I bought it, because I thought, this lovely thing can’t just be for children. I didn’t know much about Neruda beyond his love poems, and I certainly didn’t know anything about his Book of Questions, a collection of 74 poems, comprised of 314 unanswerable questions, questions that remind you of a child tugging at your sleeve, “what’s that” “why is” “what for” “how come” “why does”, to which when we apply our adult experiences maybe we can answer, maybe we can’t. When I read the questions posed in the…
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Are the Zombies Next?
Yesterday, I was leaving the Reading Terminal Market, as I do probably at least once a week. The Reading Terminal is a block from the courthouse, as well as the train station, and while it may be a great spot for tourists, it’s also the best place to buy fresh produce (and of course, the occasional Amish donut – oh my! The sugar just melts on your tongue!). What I’m saying is, this is a habit, a routine, a weekly occurrence – so you would think that this giant art installation right across from the entrance/exit to the Market would have caught my attention before yesterday: This giant sculpture is in an alley…
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Getting it Wrong
I’ve been thinking a lot about what it means to be wrong on the internet. I don’t mean spreading fake news; I’ve been worried about my “collective” readings on Instagram, some of which, must be “wrong.’ This worrying about wrongness all started with just play. I like to practice Reading like the Devil with juicy questions, so on Instagram, I love when @twisttheeleaf posts their monthly tarot challenge for the discord group DiscordTarotHolics. The challenge always contains fun philosophy questions, like this one, “What’s the point of life?” i.e., “What’s it all about Alfie?” I posted this is in response from my favorite Majors Only decks, Sergio Toppi’s Tarrocchi i Universali: “What’s the…
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Grading My Sixers/Celtics Game 6 Predictions
Sigh. The Sixers are definitely out to break our hearts again. Unfortunately, I did very well with my predictions. Let’s take a look – Question 1: Will we see an MVP performance from Joel Embiid? Yesterday’s prediction: “when the sun goes down (the Moon), and they are on the championship court (4 coins), Embiid will be the disappointed child.” What actually happened – Joel looked bad in the first half, as did all of the Sixers. At half time, Stephen A. Smith said that for the Sixers to comeback and win, Joel would have to be a man above boys – and ding ding ding – valet. It wasn’t going to happen. Joel…
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No Safe Bets Here – Predicting the Sixers v. Celtics Game 6
I am terrible at predicting events with Tarot. Of course, it’s always a 50/50 shot – you’re either right or you’re wrong. But, I tend to see what I want to see, because I generally throw cards for things I have a stake in. For instance, when the Eagles were in the Super Bowl, I posted these cards, and predicted a win for my hometown team, the Eagles: And this is what I said, “My totally nonobjective Super Bowl prediction! Will the Eagles win the Super Bowl? I didn’t bother to do a row for the Chiefs because to me they are irrelevant. So yes, the Eagles are headed towards a win. The…
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21 Tarot Answers – A Blog Reply to Lisa Papez’s #Twentyonetarotquestions
As I mentioned on Friday, I decided to do a few Blog Replies to youtube tags while passing the time, waiting for a verdict. Here’s my Blog Reply to Lisa Papez from Supportive Tarot‘s #twentyonetarotquestions 1: What is the deck they’ll have to pry out of your cold dead hands? I know many people took this question to mean, what’s your favorite deck? But not me. I have a more vain take on it. Seriously, if someone found me dead in my rocking chair, I would want to be found with a deck beyond reproach, a deck that’s not only classic but classy. Would you rather be found with Shakespeare or Soap Opera…
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Sheep Whispering
I had a really light hearted weekend, so I thought I’d do a lighthearted post to get the week started. And, when I say light hearted, I mean exactly that. An incredible weight has been lifted from my chest. And, this weekend marked the true return of the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival, the High Holy Day of Knitters. Oh, the festival returned last year after a 2 year hiatus due to Covid, but it rained mercilessly, and was frankly, zero fun. This year, the sun was out, the crowds were back, the yarn was awesome, and the sheep were chatty. BAAAAHHHHH! So what were those sheep saying? This guy took a second…
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#OneDeckGoneWild – The Wild and Wonderful Anonymous Tarot of Paris
I spent the last two days waiting for a jury verdict, and I thought cool, I’ll do something easy peasy like one of those VR tags that the youtubers do. The first day, I started working on Lisa Papez’s #21 Questions. I answered the questions while I was slouched in my uncomfortable courtroom chair, waiting for my phone to buzz with that “they have a verdict” text, but I ran out of gas pulling out my decks and photographing them when I got home. Sitting around doing nothing is shockingly exhausting. Especially when you’ve spent the last two weeks breathing in nothing but crime and mayhem, which is how the first Detective who…
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Tarot Reflections on Crying in the H Mart
I love Target. It has everything. Need a quick grocery item? Check. How about a birthday card? Done. And vinyl records? Yep, with a cheesy Target exclusive Hype Sticker. Love them. So, Joe and I often pop into Target to pick up say, frozen DiGiorno pizza, but . . . end up drifting to the vinyl section, which happens to be back to back with the book section. A few weeks ago, I picked up Japanese Breakfast‘s new album, Jubilee at Target, a fun, poppy, frothy, sugar candy confection of an album. The next week we again found ourselves in Target’s record department, because of course that’s where you end up when you’re…
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Getting Back on Track with The Stunning Tarot
When I started this blog, I had such good intentions. I’m going to post twice a week! I’m going to have a planner and schedule my posts! I’m going to keep a journal, and keep track of my post ideas! I am really going to commit! Sigh. Life gets in the way sometimes, my friends. I’m really busy at my real world job, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel. I should be free and clear in two weeks, and hopefully back to my well intended regularly scheduled program. One of the posts I have in the brain hopper (yep, I haven’t even had time to put it in…
