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I am a professional astrologer and spiritual advisor with more than 30 years’ experience. I am proficient in astrology, tarot, numerology, the enneagram, feng shui, and many other mystery schools. I am available for chat and phone sessions, offering a variety of payment options. Learn more about me and schedule a session with me through my Psychic Scoop profile page.

Nov 14 2016

Tarot Card of the Week: Seven of Swords

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Tarot Card of the Week: Nov 14 – Nov 20, 2016

Seven of Swords

This week we have a Full Moon at 22° Taurus. This is a Super Moon — stretched across the Scorpio / Taurus axis — which can shed light on questions you may have about your values, and can see you struggling with feelings of uncertainty.

Because of this, you’ll want to work on trusting your instincts and staying tuned in to your environment.

You may be dealing with internal conflicts and anxiety. You may be feeling guarded and apprehensive and may see yourself being more touchy or jumpy than usual.

You may also be dealing with trust issues, as in questioning other people’s motives or agendas. You could be questioning your own instincts, or fretting over something that just feels “off.” It can be especially challenging for you to navigate through uncharted territories, much like the woman in this version of the card.

There are elements of fear, uncertainty and even paranoia associated with the Seven of Swords — this version from the beautiful Cosmic Tarot. This usually comes from overthinking and over-analyzing things, to the point where your own intuition becomes hopelessly compromised.

Oct 24 2016

Tarot Card of the Week: Six of Pentacles

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Tarot Card of the Week: Oct 24 – Oct 30, 2016

Six of Pentacles

Trick or Treat! This week’s card — the Six of Pentacles from the whimsical Housewives Tarot — is all about getting in the spirit of giving, and what better way to do that than to hand out candy to the hoards of costumed characters who show up at your door?

This card is all about the exchange of energy — which often comes in the form of gifts or tangible goods. But whether it refers to giving or receiving is a matter of perspective.

Look at the little devil in this card. Is he handing out cookies and candy to the little tricksters who show up at his door? Or is he standing outside and reaching into someone else’s house for goodies of his own?

And think about the whole concept of Trick-or-Treating, and how it’s just as much fun to answer your door with a big bowl of candy as it is to be standing out there on the stoop with your flashlight and pillowcase.

This is attitude you want to hold onto this week: that there is always enough for everyone and that prosperity and abundance can be continuously replenished.

Oct 17 2016

Tarot Card of the Week: Eight of Swords

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Tarot Card of the Week: Oct 17-Oct 23, 2016

Eight of Swords

This week you may need to think about your own limitations, and how you’ve contributed to the obstacles that stand between you and your goals.

The Eight of Swords — this version from the World Spirit Tarot — speaks of self-imposed obstacles and restrictions. You may feel powerless in your current circumstances and may be so caught up in blaming the people or events that have brought you to this that you’re unable to see a way out.

You may feel like you’re beating your head against a wall or like all of your efforts are being met with resistance. You may question whether the Universe is telling you to fight or to accept defeat — although neither of these is going to be the right course of action.

Although the woman in this card is bound and blindfolded, and although it may seem like there’s no way out, if you look around you can see that things are not nearly as bad as they seem. She’s got the light of the full moon to guide her and a path laid out before her with a clear way out. Of course she’d have to untie herself and remove her blindfold to see it too.

Oct 03 2016

Tarot Card of the Week: Four of Pentacles

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Tarot Card of the Week: Oct 3- 9, 2016

Four of Pentacles

This week you want to think about what it is you might be holding onto too tightly, and more importantly why.

The Four of Pentacles can refer to a hoarding mentality, a poverty consciousness and a resistance to change. All of these end up creating blockages in your life, where your fear of letting things go can prevent new things from coming in.

The cat in this card is not only protecting his territory (by sitting squarely on top of it), his ears are perked up and pulled back, a clear sign that he’s alert and guarded against any sign of danger.

The pictures on the front of the box tell you his treasures are well worth protecting — as any cat could tell you. There’s a pitcher of milk, a fish, a bird and a butterfly. But notice how the box is closed up so tightly that nothing else (a little field mouse perhaps?) could possibly get in.

Notice the landscape behind him. There’s a great big old world out there and what cat wouldn’t like to explore it?

But this one can’t — he’s stuck where he is because he doesn’t want to run the risk of leaving his hoard unattended.

Aug 15 2016

Tarot Card of the Week: The Moon

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Tarot Card of the Week: Aug 15, 2016 – Aug 21, 2016

The Moon

This week we have a Full Moon Lunar Eclipse in Aquarius and what better card to depict the powerful energy that accompanies it than the Moon card from the the fabulous Shakespeare Oracle?

The Moon card traditionally speaks of struggling with feelings of anxiety over something that just doesn’t seem to be panning out they way you’d planned.

It represents our unconscious hopes and fears and is loaded with shadow material. This card tells us that things are uncertain, unsettled and unfinished and that the outcome is still very much up the air.

The Moon in this version is portrayed by Shakespeare’s Three Witches, who foretold MacBeth’s fate early on in the tragedy of the same name.

The “Weird Sisters,” (as they were also known) were mysterious, ambiguous and contradictory, much like the Moon in the night sky.

Jul 18 2016

Tarot Card of the Week: Eight of Pentacles

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Tarot Card of the Week: July 18, 2016 – July 24, 2016

Eight of Pentacles

This is a good week for you to tap into your creative potential and throw yourself into your very own personal labor of love.

This isn’t about punching a clock somewhere and wishing the day was over so you could get back to whatever it is you really enjoy. It’s about finding that thing you truly want to do and figuring out a way to turn it into a livelihood.

The Eight of Pentacles — this version from the beautiful Shadowscapes Tarot by Stephanie Pui-Mun Law — is first and foremost a craftsmanship card. It refers to honing and refining your craft in a way that only you can. What better representation of this is there than a spider spinning a web?

There is perfection in the imperfection, as seen in the elegant gossamer strands that interconnect with one another to create a masterpiece.

The “pentacles” in this rendition are eight shimmering stars woven into this spider’s web. The morning light reflects off of them — a testament to this spider’s early start. She wouldn’t rise so early to do something she didn’t want to do, and ideally neither would you.

Jul 04 2016

Tarot Card of the Week: Three of Pentacles

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Tarot Card of the Week: July 4, 2016 – July 10, 2016

Three of Pentacles

Now is the time to put your head together with others and work on bringing something you’re passionate about to fruition.

The Three of Pentacles — this version from Patrick Valenza’s fabulous Deviant Moon Tarot — is a “teamwork” card, among other things. It refers to that extra push that’s needed to set something in motion and getting to ready for lift off.

It’s about hitting your stride and seeing initial results of something you’ve been working hard on. Sometimes you need help to take it to the next level, even if that comes in the form of a critical eye.

The Three of Pentacles — like all threes — refers to the initial stages of progress that comes with taking an idea (as seen in the Aces) putting it into production (as seen in the Twos) and are making it into something tangible and real (as seen in the Threes).

The imagery in this card describes this process beautifully. We see three half-formed figures all actively creating one another and all benefiting from the help they receive from their peers. Each of them contributes to the other and each receives help in the process.

Jun 20 2016

Tarot Card of the Week: The Sun

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Tarot Card of the Week: June 20, 2016 – June 26, 2016

The Sun

The Sun moves into Cancer this week (on Monday, June 20, 2016), marking the onset of the Summer Solstice as well as the longest day of the year.

This is measured by the amount of time between Sunrise and Sunset for those in the Northern Hemisphere; it’s exactly the opposite (Winter Solstice and shortest day of the year) for those in the Southern Hemisphere.

When we think of the Sun, we think of warmth, light and life. It warms our spirits as well as our bodies; it brightens our moods as well as the outside world, and it brings life to our dreams and goals as well as to every living thing on the planet.

The Sun card in the Tarot is much the same way. It refers to the wonder and glory of being alive. Of feeling warm, confident, radiant and spirited. Its attitude is that “everything is as it should be” today, for you and in the world around you.

The Sun in this card — from the gorgeous Crystal Tarot — smiles down on two tiny cherubs who reach up to partake in its warmth. They are “in the moment” basking in the Sun’s vibrant glow and partaking in the earthly bounty that is theirs for the taking.

May 23 2016

Tarot Card of the Week: Two of Cups

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Tarot Card of the Week: May 23, 2016 – May 29, 2016

Two of Cups

Venus enters Gemini this week and brings with it opportunities for you to connect with your “other half.”

Whether you’re in a relationship or just looking, the Two of Cups — this version from the Sun and Moon Tarot — is all about falling in love, either opening yourself up to new experiences or reigniting a connection with someone you’re already involved with.

It’s this process of falling in love that reveals to us — in perfect clarity — ourselves at our very best. It’s where we put our best version of ourselves forward and the Universe responds by opening up unanticipated doors.

The Two of Cups is known as the “Love” card. It refers to that love at first sight sense of finding your other half. It’s the mutual attraction card, the “soul mate” card, and so much more. It can represent the process of falling in love or renewing a love connection that is capable of replenishing itself over time.

There’s a synergy that pulls two people together and echoes their feelings back to one another. In this respect the Two of Cups is more about falling in love with yourself, as seen through your partner’s eyes.

Apr 25 2016

Tarot Card of the Week: Seven of Swords

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Tarot Card of the Week: April 25 – May 1, 2015

Seven of Swords

With five planets in retrograde motion by the end of this week — for the first time in over 10 years — you will need to give some serious thought to everything you say and communicate to others.

You may even want to keep your thoughts to yourself. At least until you’ve got a good handle on them and know where you stand. You want to be clear on what you need to withhold and what you may want to share with others, long before you speak.

Remember though that retrogrades don’t only refer to retracing your steps. They also require you to turn inward and evaluate your thoughts from a more personal perspective, and because of this you don’t want to discount the ideas that come to you during this time.

The Seven of Swords — like all Sevens — requires you to weigh the different aspects of a complicated situation, and arrive at a solution that causes the least amount of distress.

It can refer to a moral dilemma or one with no easy answer, such as a decision that favors the head over the heart. But it also involves strategy, planning and cunning.

Apr 18 2016

Tarot Card of the Week: Five of Wands

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Tarot Card of the Week: April 18, 2016 – April 24, 2016

Five of Wands

With Mars and Pluto both now retrograde, you may find that your competitive urges are not only being reawakened this week but also potentially misguided and misdirected.

These are both very passionate archetypes (with Pluto being the higher octave of Mars). But the stationary retrograde energy can force it inward, and as you know what goes in must always come out.

It can magnify their respective impulses: anger, aggression, impatience and combativeness (Mars) and power, control, intensity and forcefulness (Pluto).

It can see you fighting for the sake of fighting, acting without thinking, or ignoring repercussions. It can manifest as refusing to see another’s point of view or being so invested in your own that you fail to hear them out.

On the up side, these transits can increase your natural confidence and self-esteem. They can see you feeling invincible, to the extent that you’re willing to put yourself out there — letting nothing stand in your way. But on the downside they’re potentially careless and reckless — especially if you allow your ego to take charge.

Mar 21 2016

Tarot Card of the Week: Three of Wands

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Tarot Card of the Week: March 21 – March 27

Three of Wands

This week you may feel like you’re bursting at the seams with all the passion and confidence you’ll need to put some of your biggest long-term goals in place.

The Three of Wands speaks of a renewed sense of purpose, clarity and motivation – the desire and willingness to “make something happen!”

You may already have a new project in the works, in which case you’re probably beginning to see the fruits of your labors pay off. Or you may be on the verge of launching a new project, and if that’s the case, there’s no better time than the present.

The Three of Wands embodies such a powerful life-force energy that it never permits itself to be “still.” It’s always moving, improving and evolving.

Notice how the Pegasus in this deck is both watching over his shoulder (toward what has already been accomplished) and preparing to take flight.

There’s a nobility also associated with this card, which is befitting the majestic stance of our winged friend.