To point out how absolutely exciting my life has been lately, there's been rather a large gap since the last entry.

Also, every time I just latch onto something to write about, I don't happen to have pen or paper nearby, thus forgetting all the interesting and really cool stuff I had in mind for this blog.

Ugh much?

So, this time, I'm starting slow and hoping the cool stuff jumps in somewhere along the go of things.

It took me years to get into the flow of shuffling my tarot cards properly (or any cards, for that matter), and to this day I will still drop one or two or a whole lot of them when I'm shuffling.  Initially I was also extremely paranoid about damaging my cards while trying to slide one lot in with the other lot.  Until I hit on this really simple little trick that I wish someone had taught to me early on.

Im also going to explain it so that whoever reads this as a tarot card reader will take this with him/her and teach his/her clients to shuffle properly.

1. Hold the deck face-up in your taking (weaker) hand.
2. Now, simply roll the deck over onto your fingers.
3. OK, now you can shuffle them face-down with your giving (stronger) hand:  curve your fingers slightly so that they form a sort of basket for your cards, then take a small pile of cards from the bottom of the deck (the lot against your fingers) and bring it up slightly above the main deck.
4. With your weaker thumb, pull a few cards off the top of the smaller pack and onto the top of the main pile.  DO NOT FORCE THE CARDS OF THE SMALLER PACK INTO THE MAIN PACK!!  Not only will you frustrate yourself, you could seriously (i.e., PERMANENTLY and VERY VISIBLY) damage your cards.
5. Repeat this action until you feel you've shuffled enough (or, if you're using your LWB, follow the instructions).
6. You can now shuffle your deck.
7. Or, if this made no sense at all, wait until I've uploaded the video of what I'm talking about.

It bugs the living NIGHTLIGHTS out of me to see some client sit and shuffle the cards face-up, and it gets frustrating to have to explain that they're doing it wrong.  So please, spread the word and let them learn to shuffle the cards properly!!

Back to more serious things.

I read a post on Facebook earlier tonight about how members of certain groups and covens back-stab and undermine others, particularly when it comes to the leaders or anyone in a key position.  You know, we're supposed to above all that.  We shouldn't be hunting after power and / or trying to cause anyone's downfall, but my word, we sound more and more as if we're slipping back into the Dark and Middle Ages.  Wake up, fools!  We're supposed to love and help our fellow man, and charity starts at home.  How the hells can we expect to do any good in the world if we can't even play our parts when it comes to keeping the house clean?!  We are NOT a part, or off-shoots of, the "main" religions, but Goddess knows, we certainly behave as though we are.

WAKE UP!!  We're supposed to be separate from all that; why are we aspiring TO it instead?