Fortune's Wheelhouse

Enter the Lord of Dominion! With the 2 of Wands we enter the first of the "decanic minors" - the cards numbered 2 through 9.  Associated with the planet Mars, it is a card of unequaled force, assertiveness, and dare I say, masculinity: the spark that keeps in motion the engine that turns the wheel of the year. We also discuss how the energies of the Emperor and the Tower blend in the 2 of Wands, there at the vernal equinox (or the autumnal equinox, for our Southern hemisphere friends).  

Fortune's Wheelhouse is back with the first of the minor arcana, the effulgent, the scintillating, the ineffable and radiant Ace of Wands! The pulse of the Universe, the will to live, the hunger and the drive.  The fuel is stacked and ready, the spark is deep within and waiting.  Will you strike the match with us?

And here we are at last, at the Cosmic Dancer, the Anima Mundi, the Spirit of the World.  We discuss themes of completion and rebirth, the many names of angels, the architecture of reality and the limits of our perception. and the four creatures once again depicted on the corners of the cards. Our conversation about the Major Arcana concludes here. But thanks to our brilliant and beautiful patrons, we have met our Patreon goal! and will be continuing on through the minor arcana in the new year.

Some call it Judgement.  Some call it the Aeon.  One thing's for sure - the next-to-last card in the major arcana is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.  Here we will see themes of sleeping and waking, of cleansing, redemption, and spiritual Fire, the element associated with this card in the same way that the Hanged Man was associated with Water, and the Fool with Air. 

⊕ Light, Love, Liberty, and Life! After our travels through lightning-struck ruins, starlit waters, and lunar mists, we have arrived in the clear shining light of the Sun! Here we find many signs of completion, health, and wholeness. We explore the mystery of the solar child, or solar twins, the frontal lobe, the horses of the sun, the sacrificial gods, the solstices and equinoxes, and so much more.

Ruler of Flux and Reflux! Mistress of Sleep and Dreams!  We have come to the lunar mysteries, where magic and uncertainty mingle.  Fish swim back and forth in the waters of the unconscious, falling and rising with the tides. In this episode we explore: the dog, the wolf, the crayfish, the khephra beetle; the gods Anubis, Wepwawet, Artemis/Diana, and Mercury.  Along the way we stop at the 8, 9, and 10 of Cups - Indolence, Happiness, and Satiety - always watching what we wish for in this place of power!

Star of wonder, star of night, star of hope and sweet delight!  After the storm and fury of the Tower, we come to the sweet clear air of the Star.  What form of the feminine divine does she express? What possibilities does she open for those who gaze at her across the distance?  And why is she always naked?! In this episode we talk about the Inanna or Astarte myth, the Star's travels in the underworld, the fylfot cross, the mysteries of the heptagram and the number 7,

The Blasted Tower! The House of God! The Lord of the Hosts of the Mighty!  If the Devil makes you recoil, the Tower makes you cower, shielding yourself from falling debris and karmic whiplash.  But more importantly, what function does it serve, and for what freedoms do it storms clear the air? In this episode we explore the awesome destructive - and creative! - power of Mars.  Along the way we talk about Babel and Sauron and Abraxas and Dis; boars and wolves and lightning and thunder.  

Sniff, sniff. Can you smell it?  I swear there's a whiff of brimstone in the air.  In this episode we turn our gaze on Old Nick, from curly horn to cloven hoof.  We interrogate his gifts of knowledge and mirth and his connection to the goat of Capricorn.  We examine the 2, 3, and 4 of Disks and how Change, Work, and Power might fall in his diabolical dominion.

Everything about Temperance is a paradox. In this episode we explore how fire and water, the divine and the mundane, the sun and the moon come together in alchemical union.  We chase rainbows and we hunt for crowns, we consider hybrids and hermaphrodites and the 8, 9, and 10 of Swords.

The Unnamed Card, the Reaper, the Scythe, the Lord of the Gates of...Death.  When you first started reading tarot, didn't he make you a bit nervous?  Even if everyone told you he just represented 'Change'? In this episode we dig into what 'Change' really means, and wrestle with Death's awesome powers of transformation.  

Straight from the bottom of the deep blue sea, we bring you the inverted one, the drowned Phoenician sailor, Odin hung upon the tree, the dismembered Osiris...he's a traitor to some, a mystic to others, but in all his guises the Hanged Man hears a different drum.

What's the difference between Justice and Adjustment? We give that a go, and we talk about dancing partners: Justice and the Fool, Saturn and Venus.  We talk about the 2, 3, and 4 of Swords, and we crack up over some double entendres that are barely this side of decency even for us!

Impartial and unceasing, the Wheel of Fortune carries us all - some rising, some falling, but none motionless. In this episode we explore what the hand of Fortune gives and takes, Hermanubis, Typhon, Ezekiel's Living Creatures, and we explore the kingship over fate represented by Jupiter/Zeus.

Remote and profound, the Hermit lights the way with his eternal lantern. But there's more to him than meets the eye. Is he Father Time? Is he the Fool, all grown up? Is he Gandalf?! We crest the mountain summits and plunge into the underworld, visiting the 8, 9, and 10 of Disks along the way.