Moonrise Herbs Blog — tarot and tea

A beautifully dressed woman sits in repose enjoying the play of her two feline companions, behind her hang four swords in a symmetrical pattern suggesting stability and strength. This playful card wonderfully depicts the positive aspects of the 4 of Swords: rest after challenges and perhaps some mental or physical trauma, self-care, being at peace in the present moment.  Many who've worked with tarot are likely used to the somewhat more macabre seeming Rider-Waite-Smith (R-W-S) depiction of a knight upon or in his tomb. This young man is not dead, merely resting.  There is a lovely Medieval history lesson on this...

Welcome back to Tarot & Tea, folks!  This week's featured card is the 10 of Pentacles or "Wealth" card from the Sun & Moon Tarot by Vanessa de Cort.   This beautiful, playful deck combines the classic Rider-Waite-Smith structure with updated imagery, Thoth deck, Taoist & Kabbalistic influences just to name a few!  It is a very sweet deck and is one of my favorites. Today's card is quite the auspicious one....the upright 10 of Pentacles.  On this card, we see the alchemical symbol for earth at the top and two apparent lovers embracing around the Tree of Life with the 6-pointed star...