What’s up, swimmers?! Happy (almost) New Moon in Pisces - the last lunation of this current zodiacal new year and the last workable new moon before eclipse season! Are you planning anything magical to celebrate?
Last weekend, my wife and I went to the movie theatres three days in a row, where we saw Poor Things (delightfully grotesque), Drive-Away Dolls (love me some onscreen lesbians, even if the movie never gelled for me), and Dune Part Two.
Now, if you’ve been swimming in the soup with me for a while, you might remember that I fucking love the epic sci-fi novel Dune by Frank Herbert. In fact, I did a three-part podcast series on Dune back in the summer of 2022, in which we looked at themes of colonialism, water crises, and finally, gender (with special guest Nick Kepley or In Search of Tarot) throughout the novel, and in present times.
You may also remember that I failed to make good on a promise of a final installment of the series, which ironically would have covered the second half of Dune, the same as the film, Dune Part Two. Soooo, I’m thinking that I might finish it now that the movie’s been released?! Seems a bit divinely timed now… Let me know if that’s something you’d want to revisit?!
(At the very least, it would save my wife from having to be the only receptacle for my Dune thoughts. Maybe she can then delete the photo of me—from three hours after we left the theatre—reading to her from the book like she actually cares.)
A week ago, I wrote to you about Lying in the Lap of the Divine Mother, and shared a direct experience I’d had with the Empress while on mushrooms. While ayahuasca might be more aligned with the Water of Life from Dune (no spoilers, just continuing to see threads of this masterpiece everywhere…), mushrooms are a potent example of how plant medicines can help us see beyond our physical existences to glimpse the Mother and much, much more.
Having had two previous and beautiful experiences, I’ve been eager to take another trip, but have been holding off because I didn’t want to seek that kind of spiritual support when my expectations and desired results were so strong. Without being able to truly surrender to the experience, I was priming myself for ego-based disappointment. But after connecting with Hecate, Mary Magdalene, and then seeing the Empress as our card for the month, I felt ready. So last week—just a few days before I shared my Empress painting with you—I planned a ceremony.
In Be Here Now, Ram Dass reminds us that the Divine Mother has a sense of humor, and hand to heart, what transpired was quite funny, indeed…
A friendly reminder —
I still have openings in my schedule on Moonlight on Wednesdays and Fridays through March if you’re interested in slinging cards or talking numbers.
Here’s what a recent client had to say about the experience:
“I highly recommend Becca’s readings for querents of any level of familiarity with tarot. Her nonjudgmental and trustworthy energy put me immediately at ease and she struck the perfect balance between providing her own interpretations and allowing me as a client to draw my own insights from the spread. I left feeling more enlightened about tarot and with a deeper trust in myself and my intuition.” — Morgan J.
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