On the 8th Day of December, Tarot gave to me: The Ace of Pentacles from the Tarot of Princesses. What a fantastic gift! The Ace of Pentacles holds all possibilities within it. I love that she is using tarot to help her manifest her possibilities. At least that's how I'm reading it today. So go ahead and give yourself and others the gift of all possibilities: give them a tarot deck!

We have, in a sense, already met the four Aces in the Magician card. They are the tools that he uses to manifest his will in the world. Aces really are amazing. They are like seeds, and like all seeds they are more than just potential. They actually hold within them all that is possible from that particular seed. In the Ace of Wands is all will and passion and inspiration that can exist. In the Ace of Cups, all emotions and all manner of relationships. In the Ace of Swords, all thoughts, all ways of thinking, all systems, all truths. In the Ace of Pentacles, all abundance and prosperity of the physical world. Aces are often illustrated with a disembodied hand holding the

The Ace of Pentacles is one of my favorite cards. But this was not always the case. Pentacles in general have always been my suit of choice, but I never favored the Ace until I noticed that Arthur Waite tells us that this card is “the most favorable of all cards.” Usually I don’t pay much attention to Waite (I find him dull and incomprehensible, although some of my colleagues assure me is incredibly funny with this amazingly dry wit. But then, there is no accounting for tastes, is there?), but in this case, I’m clinging to his words simply because they please me. In addition to pleasing me, Waite’s phrase inspired a modification of a technique I like to use. I think of this

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