Some of you may remember Llewellyn's Tarot Calendar, 2000-2001, or our tarot almanac, The Tarot Reader, 2006-2008. Sadly, while they were awesome (in my opinion), they didn't quite work. But at Llewellyn we love annuals and we love tarot, so we never really let go of the desire to create some sort of tarot annual. In the coming weeks, we'll be brainstorming and kicking around ideas about this. Join the discussion. Share your comments and ideas. If you are familiar with the annuals mentioned above, tell us what you liked and what you didn't like. What would be useful? What makes a tarot annual? What is the best way to connect tarot to the idea of a year...or should we scrap that idea

"And so it begins…" is a line from one of my all-time favorite TV shows, Babylon 5. The line refers to the manifestation of violence—in the case of Babylon 5, an interstellar war—that results from events that already occurred. As a magician, and knowing that I have the ability to change my reality, I have to accept the notion of personal responsibility. People who do not have the magickal mind-set often look for others to blame for their own problems. Currently, many countries in the world are experiencing extreme financial distress. Some people blame "the government" for the problem. Frankly, I find this odd since many of the countries involved in this melt down are democracies.

I want to thank all the people at Pagan Pride San Diego (especially Scheduling Committee Chairwoman Cari) for their hospitality and for the wonderful time I had there. I gave a talk on three future trends for magick, met lots of friends I hadn't seen in a year or more, and made lots of new friends, too. I had a chance to talk personally with many people and gave dozens of autographs, too. I was delighted to see that the boxes for donations of non-perishable foods for the food bank run by Mama's Kitchen were overflowing, and I hope that the donations of funds to Mama's Kitchen or the San Diego Humane Society and SPCA were also larger than ever. I strongly support gatherings of magickal

Do you ever do readings that feel different from your usual readings? You know, when everything flows together and there is a kind of divine brilliance? Answers and insights you couldn’t imagine coming from your mouth just spill out, almost as if you were channeling some super-wise being? I’ve had a few of those…and with a little focus, I might be able to have more. At the Readers Studio 2009, Geraldine Amaral spoke about psychic abilities and intuition. She did differentiate between the two, but there is much debate about that divide and that debate is not the focus of today’s entry. For our purposes we’ll use the term “psychic” to mean information gained from tuning into