Wondering what 2020 has in store for you? We are, too! So, we had one of our resident tarot readers, J. Ryan, pull a card for each astrological sign to see what can be expected in the coming year. (Love the cards? We're using the upcoming Wizards Tarot, which is available now for pre-order!) Sign Card Prediction Aries Ah, Aries, this year you have the opportunity to manifest the idyllic future for which you've been longing. The 10 of Cups indicates a sense of completion and things coming full circle. Expect to see some of the lessons you worked on in 2019 lead to breakthroughs and forward momentum in 2020. Possible words to bear in mind for 2020 are: Completion,

Intentional Tarot by Denise Hesselroth There are a lot of reasons to love Intentional Tarot by Denise Hesselroth, such as her unique approach which brings practical benefits and her lovely writing voice. Another bonus in these pages is her discussion of learning styles. Newbies often ask "how is the best way to learn the cards?" Every reader would have their own advice, probably based on their experience. However, people learn differently and their natural inclination should shape their learning process. In this excerpt from Intentional Tarot, Hesselroth discusses three types of tarot learners.   Getting Off Book It seems to me there are three types of beginners

Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by David Pond, author of several books, including Astrology & Relationships and the new Astrology for Beginners. The New Year begins with some of the most intense and powerful astrological aspects of the whole year, with the Full Moon Lunar Eclipse in Cancer on January 10, 2020 and the world-shaping Saturn/Pluto conjunction just two days later on January 12, 2020. This is bringing global tensions and environmental problems to a head. Full Moon weeks are always intense, and in the sensitive water sign Cancer, all the more—and with the Eclipse, all the more yet. The dominant energy of the heavens is still Capricorn, with five planets and

Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Misha Magdalene, author of the new Outside the Charmed Circle. From "bathroom bills" to the #MeToo movement, our culture's struggles with issues of gender and sexuality have been at the heart of cultural change at our current moment in history. The past few decades have seen great strides and great losses in rights for queer* people, along with a profound shift in the philosophies around gender and sexuality and the language used to discuss them. The Pagan, polytheist, and magical communities are as immersed in these struggles as the rest of the overculture, and in some ways we've been part of the vanguard of these issues. As a nexus of