A while back someone asked why some card/signs get longer more detailed or divergent-from-standard readings.  That is because of the age we live in.  Augurs have always needed a justification as to why we are so much more infallible than the typical Josephus Schmoe.  The two main and overlapping ways this is done is either to claim one has rare gifts/powers or that an entity with said powers is giving us the answers.  That latter form is of course, also known as a “medium” through which some other entity dispenses their wisdom.  The entity varies with the social proprieties — at one point you could claim that God or gods were speaking through you (Apollo at Delphi), or at least that they were sending you signs you could interpret (Roman haruspex).  But that became declassee, so we got to the era where mediums (not media) channeled the spirits of the dead, or of angels.  And when that lost favor, we got “cosmic” or “universal mediums.”  Now though the new hotness is the “intuitive medium” in which you channel your intuition.  This is completely different than just writing down whatever pops into your head for obvious reasons.

Obviously, the biggest news is the aftermath of yesterday’s equinox, where the Sun appears in the exact part of the sky necessary for the propagation of the pumpkin spice lifecycle.  But beyond that, Monday we get a crisistunity involving the waxing moon and Saturn retrograde.  The indications are that whichever choice you make there will be the right one, since we enter a time of balance/completion/perfection on Wednesday with Mars and Venus beginning their joint dominion.  And then Saturday the full moon brings good visibility at night, clouds notwithstanding.

Lots of reversed Majors this week. Not a good sign.

Virgo: 9 of Coins reversed – Roguery, deception, voided project, bad faith.

Libra: The Star reversed – Arrogance, haughtiness, impotence.

Scorpio: 7 of Cups – Distraction, sentiment, nostalgia, illusion, misreading, false hope.

Sagittarius: The Tower reversed – AIEEEEE!

Capricorn: Temperance reversed – Things connected with churches, religions, sects, the priesthood, Things connected with churches, religions, sects, the priesthood, disunion, unfortunate combinations, competing interests. disunion,

Aquarius: Knight of Swords reversed – Imprudence, incapacity, extravagance.

Pisces: 6 of Coins – Presents, gifts, gratification, attention, vigilance now is the accepted time, present prosperity.

Aries: Knight of Wands – Departure, absence, flight, emigration. A dark young man, friendly. Change of residence.

Taurus: The Devil reversed – Evil, fatality, weakness, pettiness, blindness.

Gemini: 4 of Wands – Country life, haven of refuge, a species of domestic harvest-home, repose, concord, harmony, prosperity, peace, and the perfected work of these. 

Cancer: Queen of Cups reversed – Distinguished woman but one not to be trusted; perverse woman; vice, dishonor, depravity.

Leo: Page of Wands – Dark young man, faithful, a lover, an envoy, a postman. 

Today’s music is one of the more underrated (though not completely unheard) of Jane’s tracks. Question: Do the tempo/mood changes qualify this as prog-rock?