By Denise Golinowski Myth Perceptions Like the Fool in the Tarot, we Strumpets have traveled a long and winding roll during our time on this blog. Now, we’ve reached the end of our journey and stand on the precipice of the next new thing. The World card is, for me, a card about that moment…
by Denise Golinowski Welcome to Myth Perceptions! Thanks for dropping in again. So, continuing to explore the Tarot this month, I wanted to touch on a few of the common misconceptions I’ve encountered about selected Major Arcana cards. Starting at the beginning, let’s talk about the Fool. This is the first card of the Major Arcana and…
by Denise Golinowski Welcome to Myth Perceptions! So, Major/Minor? Here, I talking Tarot terminology, and more specifically, the two “halves” of the Tarot deck. Though half may be a misnomer because the Major Arcana has 22 cards and the Minor Arcana has 56. However, they are the two parts of the deck, so tomayto, tomahto.…
Welcome to Myth Perceptions! Okay, the title is taken from that other famous oracle, the Magic 8-Ball, but it seems apropos as I attempt to kick off my Tarot myth perceptions with the origin of the Tarot Deck. Before we begin, I’d like to say that I’ve referred heavily to the Tarot Wiki for this…
By Denise Golinowski Welcome to Myth Perceptions! Well, I believe I warned you, back in the beginnings, that I’d be making odd twists and turns on my blog and here’s another. Here begins a series of monthly posts about Tarot and the myths I’ve explored relative to various cards and their interpretations. I’d like to…
by Denise Golinowski Hi! Welcome to a late edition of Myth Perceptions. Does anybody really know what time it is? When the Chicago song rolls over me, I’m always captured by that question. We have calendars, clocks, and sundials to measure out the passage of time. We have dates and figures to segment time into…
by Denise Golinowski Hi! Welcome to Myth Perceptions where I explore and then share aspects of myth and legend that I have encountered in my reading and writing. Once more into the world of the fae, and this month’s I’m exploring the Cait Sidhe. As a feline fancier, I definitely saved one of the best…
by Denise Golinowski Hi! Welcome to Myth Perceptions where I explore and then share aspects of myth and legend that I have encountered in my reading and writing. It’s autumn, my favorite time of the year. Cooler temps and shorter days are leeching the green from the leaves, revealing the rainbow that resides beneath. The…
by Denise Golinowski Hi! Welcome to Myth Perceptions where I explore and then share aspects of myth and legend that I have encountered in my reading and writing. Currently, I’m exploring the stories, myths and legends pertaining to fairies. This month, I’m talking about two different types of gnomes or dwarves – Red Caps and…
by Denise Golinowski Surprise! Elvy Howard and I did a little switcheroo on you this month. This is Myth Perceptions and Elvy’s column, Now We’re Cooking with Gas will be up on the Third Wednesday. (Weird how this month the Third Thursday falls BEFORE the Third Wednesday) Anyway, I hope you won’t be too disappointed, but…
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