This series is to help folks recognize the Minor Arcana in their day-to-day lives and their community. I’ll generally base my interpretations off Pamela Colman Smith’s illustrations from the Smith-Waite or Rider-Waite deck. In this article, we look at The Six of Pentacles in detail. As we progress through Ostara, Beltane, and Spring, as we … Read more
Like a Spring snowstorm, the hardship implied in the Five of Pentacles may catch you off guard, and it may do some damage, but it is often short-lived.
Sommarsblót (“Summer’s Blood,”) found at the very end of Ostara season, is a week-long festival happening sometime during Aries Season, ending on the day the Sun enters Taurus. Many sources mark this festival running from April 14-20th, but some sources say it is a moving feast and can happen any time during the first month after Spring Equinox. Vikings and Norse folk, like many Celtic peoples, just cut the year into two halves. Sommarsblót also called Summer’s Finding, opens what we can call the “solar” half of the year (this is my name, and it’s probable that some other modern authors use this term as well. There is no historical precedent that ancient folk used this term.) Norse folk, Vikings, and Anglo-Saxons all observed this festival that kicked off the high part of the year and celebrated the healing of the land from the harshness of Winter. Scandinavians would send messengers to the highest mountain peaks to observe the position of the Sun, to try to predict the date. As soon as the Sun spilled into the valleys, the great feasts would begin.
Welcome to my Emperor Card Livestream! This was recorded live March 27 2020. Join my Patreon for more content like this! This is free, and donations are gladly accepted! The Emperor is a Tarot card associated with the beginning of Spring. It represents a person who blazes trails and heads bravely into uncharted territory. Into … Read more
The Emperor Card in Tarot is commonly aligned with the astrological sign Aries. In Tropical astrology (the astrological method most popular here in the West), Aries season starts on Spring Equinox and opens Ostara Season. Therefore, the Emperor card can give great insight into the nature of the energy at the start of Spring. Even … Read more