The card of today is inspired by a question about the wonderful story in John in which Jesus at a wedding turns water into wine, because there is not enough wine. My question is: Which water do I want to turn into wine?

I have pulled the Grail Hermit from the Arthurian Tarot as an answer. The card makes me headachy. I miss a center in this card and ( Read more... )

I have pulled a card with the question: What is so valuable in my life that it must never get lost in my life? The question is inspired by a saying of Jesus in Mark 2:22.

"No one puts new wine into old wineskins, or else the new wine will burst the skins, and the wine pours out, and the skins will be destroyed; but they put new wine into fresh ( Read more... )

My card of today is inspired by a passage in John in which a man called Nathaniel wonders if something good can come from Nazareth, hearing that Jesus comes from Nazareth. “Nathanael said to him, “Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?” “Philip said to him, “Come and see.” Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said about him, “Behold, an ( Read more... )

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My subject for my card for today is based on John 1:40-42. Simon is taken to Jesus by his brother. When Jesus sees Simon, he gives him another name. My question for the my card is: What is the name Jesus gives me?

The card that I have drawn is The Washer at the Ford (Death) from the Arthurian Tarot; an extremely fierce card.

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It is the second day of Lent. I’ve read the passage in which John baptizes Christ and testifies that he is the Son of God. The question of my card is: Who is Jesus for me?

The card I received is the World from the Secret Forest Tarot.


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Today Lent starts. The first question is about a parable Jesus tells in Luke about a tax collector and a Pharisee who are praying in the temple. The Pharisee thanks God that he is not as the tax collector.

My question is: In what do I think that I am ‘better’ than others? I have pulled the Grail Queen from the Arthurian Tarot.

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Nature, so far as in her lies,
Imitates God.
Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-1892)
“On a Mourner”

I came to these lines by the poet Tennyson, by opening a book at random. The question for my card was why these words are important to me today, because I did not get that. It took me quite some time while to become aware of this importance. I pulled the ( Read more... )

It is late already, but I cannot sleep. I forgot that the tax-person comes very soon. I have not begun yet to do the paperwork.

I’ve drawn some very interesting cards to words from the philosopher Boethius (480-524).

“If you would be honest, great is the necessity enjoined upon your goodness, since all you do is done before the eyes of an all- ( Read more... )

Today I have read card three from a spread inspired by Brigitte of Kildare.

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