Tag: Tarot
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Day 461 of 1000: Varieties of Relational Happiness
Living in a one woman – one man marriage is not the only one to achieve happiness in your relationship life.
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Day 459 of 1000: Doing What Matters
The Queen of Pentacles focuses on what is worthwhile, what is precious. What is precious to me right now? Writing and artmaking, and managing the resources to support it.
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Day 437 of 1000: Stoking the Creative Fire
Jessica Dore writes that our creative lives inspire and tells us that we are alive. Isn’t that enough?
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Day 424 of 1000: Gnosis and Renunciation in Trading
Renouncing a focus on prediction in favor of probabilistic trading. Using gnosis — knowledge gained through experience.
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Day 414 of 1000: Courage, Creativity, Contemplation
In yesterday’s Tarot reading, I pulled the Judgment, Eight of Cups, and Six of Wands cards. How these guide me towards an inspired and inspiring life.
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Day 385 of 1000: Getting in the Flow
The word “temperance” derives from the Latin verb “temperare” which means “to mix in proper proportions.” Finding the right mix for my life.
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Day 363 of 1000: Making Magic
Today is a week for making magic, ordinary kinds of magic, magic in hosting a graduation, magic in getting immersed in a great novel, magic in creating a trading plan for all seasons and markets.
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Day 348 of 1000: Magic at Midlife
Riffing off a Tarot reading that included Justice, King of Swords, and Two of Pentacles. Finding magic in acting with attentiveness and character.
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Day 347 of 1000: The Acorn of My Being
James Hillman on the soul’s purpose. Does my soul have a purpose, and have I left it behind?
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Day 335 of 1000: Confidence in the Future
Meditations on having what you need — not to include $10 million in retirement.
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Day 293 of 1000: Surgery Week Arrives
As I approach major surgery and its aftermath at the same time I’m learning to trade, pondering the Hermit and his wisdom.
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Day 285 of 1000: In This alone
As I move towards committing to living a life by myself, I reflect on the Nine of Pentacles Tarot card and ideas from Kingma’s Coming Apart.
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Day 272 of 1000: The Inspiration Society
Instead of the achievement society, how about participating in the inspiration society? How The Fool Tarot card got me thinking of a different way of living.
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Day 245 of 1000: Planning for Valentine’s Day Week
Plans for the week including Valentine’s Day dinner, writing about investing, working on Mechanism paintings, dancing through life.
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Day 218 of 1000: The emptiness of success
Inspired by the Two of Wands, musings on goal setting, achievement, and dissatisfaction. With an appearance by Schopenhauer.
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Day 213 of 1000: Dropping your masks at midlife
The Chariot, as an auspicious card for a road trip departure, and a caution at midlife, reminding you to end reliance on personas developed for earlly adulthood.
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Day 205 of 1000: Artificial intelligence opportunities in 2026
Thinking about what I might do with artificial intelligence in 2026: build a Tarot reader, a developmental book editor, or a “next right thing” daily planning tool.
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Day 203 of 1000: The reckless road trip
Planning a reckless and somewhat impulsive road trip from Denver to New Orleans, to transport my dad’s dog to my sister’s place.
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Day 200 of 1000: What this website will become in 2026
On Christmas Eve, thinking about how my website, and my general creative approach, will evolve in 2026.
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Day 196 of 1000: Looking forward to January
Looking forward to January, I drew the Hanged Man. This card suggests surrender to the flow of life, and independently acting as myself.
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Day 184 of 1000: Rich in emotions
Emodiversity, the breadth and abundance of emotions an individual experiences, is associated with wellness. The Ten of Cups and emodiversity.
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Day 181 of 1000: Faith, ritual, and money
In which I ponder how to cultivate Page of Pentacles / Princess of Disks energy in my financial life.
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Day 152 of 1000: Being without wanting, having, and knowing
The concept of “releasement” from Meister Eckhart and Martin Heidegger. Reading the Five of Pentacles card as a card of releasement.
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Day 150 of 1000: Love as negation
To love, you must strip away your self and your ego, writes Simon Critchley in Mysticism. Iris Murdoch believed this too.
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Day 140 of 1000: storytelling vs cultural criticism in nonfiction
Much nonfiction today is filled with anecdote and narrative designed to support the author’s viewpoint. What I’m doing with my book is something different.
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Day 108 of 1000: On a writing journey
Reflections on the Six of Swords Tarot card, and how I feel I am setting out on a journey with my book pivot.
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Day 87 of 1000: September is for structure
September is one of my favorite months, along with January! They are both times for fresh starts and renewed rigor.
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Day 65 of 1000: What boredom might point to
Feeling bored and burnt out, I turn to the Tarot. The Judgment card asks if I’m turning down a call to adventure.
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Day 59 of 1000: ordinary magic
Inspired by the Queen of Pentacles to create some ordinary magic in my home.
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Day 57 of 1000: Advice from The Fool
Digressions on the Fool Tarot card, which I drew in the “what lies beneath” position this morning. Letting go of rules, taking chances, maybe being seen as grotesque.
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Day 52 of 1000: Establishing artistic focus
Figuring out which paintings to submit to the This is Colorado show. Thinking about the week ahead with my visiting daughter.
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Day 33 of 1000: The tower in a Tarot reading
I pulled the Tower in a reading about my romantic situation. Rather than some sort of disaster, this card suggests I’m ready to tear down old beliefs.
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day 14 of 1000: A life that is productive and alive
Interpreting the Nine of Pentacles as a course of action. Finding success in creating myself out of the circumstances and conditions of my life.
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day 13 of 1000: How websites will change with AI
In an age of AI, websites will become more dynamic and offer personalized content. What might that look like for this website?
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day 10 of 1000: Planning week two (The Star)
My attempt to mechanistically pursue business creation feels wrong to me. Instead, I’m inspired by a message from The Star, a card from the Tarot.
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day 3 of 1000: planning the first week
Planning the first full week of my 1000-day project. Main priority this week: recording and publishing the first podcast episode.