About This Series Monday is May 1st, which is Beltane to those of us who celebrate the Wheel of the Year. Starting with Beltane, The Fool’s Bag will be doing a series of posts looking at ways to integrate the Tarot and the Wheel of the Year. Though the Wheel of the Year is a…
Month: April 2023
The Hermit’s Guide to Mercury Retrograde
Welcome back! We’re talking about Mercury retrograde again today. Mercury went retrograde on Friday, and I was feeling it for a good week even before that. As the planet of communication appears to move backward in the sky, it can bring with it miscommunications, technology glitches, and general chaos. I decided it would be a…
The Monthly Spread: The Celtic Cross
The Celtic Cross Welcome to another regular feature at The Fool’s Bag—the monthly spread! The fourth Monday of each month will be dedicated to a specific spread, spread type, or something else specifically spread-related. As this is our first Monthly Spread (that really needs a more clever title—I’m working on it!), I figured we should…
Surviving and Thriving During Mercury Retrograde
Uh, oh… It’s that time of year again, that so many of us dread: Mercury is in retrograde. Three to four times a year, Mercury, the planet of communication, goes into retrograde, causing many to brace themselves for a period of miscommunication, technology glitches, and general chaos. Mercury retrograde can be a super sucky time….
Card of the Week: The Fool’s Guide to Taking Risks
Welcome to Wednesday! Wednesdays here at The Fool’s Bag mean Card of the Week. Every week we’ll take a look at one card from the deck and do a deep dive into one or more aspects of that card and its symbolism. We won’t be doing the cards in any set order, but we will…
Magickal Monday: An Introduction to Tarot Magick
Happy Monday, everybody! So, this post is going up before the official site launch, so you’re probably reading this after the fact, but regardless, welcome to our first ever Magickal Monday! The third Monday of every month, we’ll have a post dedicated to Tarot Magick. When most people think of the Tarot, they think of…