The New Moon in Gemini occurs Saturday, June 8, at 11:56 am EDT (3:56 pm GMT), at 19 degrees. New moons signify a new cycle, new beginnings, and rebirth. This New Moon, along with the Sun (also in Gemini) will highlight the airy Gemini qualities of versatility, charm, and (possible) duplicity, as well as third house themes of communication, siblings, and your childhood environment. This New Moon period is the perfect time to examine how communicate with your family, most especially your siblings, cousins, and other members to whom you may have been close in childhood. Do you communicate with them on a regular basis? Are there past hurts that perhaps still need to be resolved, even after

Each week this month, we'll take a look at a card from the Tarot Illuminati by Eric Dunne, book by Kim Huggens.   The 3 of Cups is one of my favorites, and this is no exception:

Neptune will be turning retrograde in the ninth house on June 7 and will again station direct on November 13, 2013 (keep in mind that two other planets are also currently retrograde, Pluto retrograde and Saturn retrograde). Though Neptune retrograde energy is not that much more noticeable than Neptune energy when direct (due to the fact that it spends about 40% of the time in retrograde motion), you can expect to feel much more in tune with the unseen world, as Neptune governs the hidden. Your sixth sense or imagination could be heightened. You may feel more spiritual, or more connected to your spiritual beliefs. Expect ninth house themes of philosophy and ethics to be especially of

Learning to read tarot includes study, such as understanding the system behind your deck of choice, exploring card meanings, working with correspondences, and reviewing reading techniques and spreads. No matter how much one studies, it is (I think) impossible to become a skilled tarot reader without a lot of practice. People often ask me how they should practice. There are so many ways, depending on what part of your practice you are working on. Getting comfortable reading for others would, of course, require that you actually read for people, using starting with yourself, family, and friends. But I think there is work to be done before that. I think that there is a level of practice