Today I read a great blog post by Alan Joel entitled, "The Day You Stop Believing is the Day a Little More Magic Dies." In it he writes, "It is not unusual for magical practitioners, especially beginners, to lose faith in magic... "Maybe you cast a magic spell and your life hasn't made the 180 degree turn you were hoping it would make... "So maybe you start losing faith in magic, miracles, impossible dreams. Maybe you start thinking that ordinary life is all there is, the daily grind, day in and day out." Joel believes it's a "crying shame" when you stop believing in magic. "Why? Because every time someone (that's you) stops having faith in magic, stops doing daily magic rituals, a

Years ago, I read the 9 of Cups was related to the 9 of Hearts, which was considered the Wish Card in playing card fortune telling. So I’ve always thought of the 9 of Cups as the Wish Card. When it comes up, I get excited and act like I’ve just blown out the candles on a birthday cake and my wish is going to come true. More recently, I read in the Pictorial Key to the Tarot that the Ace of Pentacles was the most fortuitous card in the whole deck. I generally don’t put much stock in Arthur E. Waite (mostly because I cannot understand what he is trying to say), but I grabbed a hold of this meaning and have used it ever since. The suit of Pentacles is my favorite, after all, and the