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Forgive Yourself Homing – Forgiveness –Do you dream of home? What’s “home” to you? Sometimes we dream of a home that no longer exists, or never existed. DreamTarot posits that “home” represents the state of psychic absolution where all mistakes are forgiven and fall away. We dream of ultimate understanding where our sins are not…

The Dream Challenge The Gazing Ball – Prophecy – The Number One question people have about dreams is, Are they prophetic? And the answer is of course YES. We KNOW the “truth’. We fear the truth. We don’t want to face the truth. We fear the continuing “losses” of age because the accretions are so…

Dispossessed? The Thief – Dispossessed – We wake with a sense of loss. Something has been taken from us, but what? This “politics of grievance” has always waged particular power, breeding anger and revenge. “You took something from me I will take something from you.” Yet our loss remains amorphous. We cling to the concept…

can you heal yourself? Chrysanthemum – Healing Rituals – Are you a believer in magic? Do you dream of restoration, of nostalgia, of lost youth? The world is a garden. In our Garden, just as the light begins to fade, we observe Tea Ceremony. For the last three thousand years, an infusion of yellow Chrysanthemum,…

Resistance is Never Futile The Thistle – Resistance – Feeling muzzled? Do you wake up angry? Worried? Afraid? Do you gnash your teeth while you sleep? Do you love proving others wrong? When others speak are you eager to jump in and “set them right”? Is your favorite word, “No?” Resistance is Never Futile –…

Incontestable truth? The Statue – Law – Do you dream of judges? Lawyers? Court? Are you obsessed with TV programs about justice? When justice is delayed or denied, do you obsess about that? Are you feeling unjustly punished? Do you envy or rage against those who have “gotten away with something”? Our Desire For Justice…

Who’s your Judge? The Pond – Judgment – We know other people are looking. We know we are being assessed, ranked, possibly dismissed. We defensively assess, dismiss and gossip about each other. It’s so hard to know what’s really going on when we are right in the middle of it. Do you dream of contests?…

Illusions are powerful The Tulip – Illusion – Do you dream about magic dissolution of “the rules”?The problem with mirages – especially those we long to believe in – is that they become illusions. We need to cling to an obvious fantasy so hard we willingly surrender our ability to discern fact from fiction. Illusions…