Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Philip H. Farber, author of Brain Magick and the new High Magick: A Guide to Cannabis in Ritual & Mysticism. Right now, as I write this, the state in which I live is about to have a historic vote on the legalization of cannabis. The vote narrowly missed passing last year—and it wasn't because anyone in our state legislature was outright opposed to legalization; they were essentially quibbling over the details. Which means that it's going to pass, maybe this time, maybe the next time. It's all a very good thing—people will cease to be jailed and persecuted over their own cognitive choices, the pursuit of happiness guaranteed to all of

Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Jo Graham, author of The Great Wheel and the new Winter. The octaves of the Wheel of the Year are the map of our life. Just like the world, we pass through eight seasons, only instead of each being 5-7 weeks long, each is about 13 years long. Like the Wheel of the Year, each season of the Wheel of Life has its own flavor, tasks, and rewards. Spring Equinox to Beltane: Beginning—Birth to Age 13 We are born with the spring. Each child, like each sprouting seed, is filled with potential, reaching upward toward the sun. Better! Stronger! Faster than last time! The need is to grow and stretch. Beltane to Midsummer: Becoming—Age 13 to

Tarot Inspired Life by Jaymi Elford These days, most readers don't so much focus on narrow meanings for each card as they do on methodology. In Tarot Inspired Life, Elford discusses four ways to approach interpreting a card. Each method may bring something different to the forefront. Used in combination, they can create a well-rounded reading and fulfilling experience for both the reader and the querent. Have fun trying the methods described in this excerpt: Four Ways to Read a Card You’ve unlocked kernels of meaning from within each tarot card, so now it’s time to dive a bit deeper and learn how to apply those meanings in readings. Synthesizing all the parts of the

Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Michael Smith, author of Base-12 Numerology: Discover Your Life Path Through Nature's Most Powerful Number. I'm the author of Base-12 Numerology: Discover Your Life Path Through Nature's Most Powerful Number. This poem uses the metaphor of a voyage at sea to explain the base-12 numerology cycle, perhaps a comforting message for how adrift we all feel lately. 0: The voyage of Numerology begins at the zero of potential Where any forecast is possible from clear to torrential. Thus how hopeful or fearful your departure to sea Is how fair or foul the weather likely will be. 1:Upon leaving safe port you embody the one, Of new