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On Reading for Men: Asked and Answered

August 9, 2020 in Country Matters, Essays, Ruby Intuition, Spirit Matters

Do you read for dudes?

The truth? Yes, but it wasn’t until the last month or so that people who identified as men began to regularly request Ruby Intuition readings. So why now? Maybe because the destabilization of Month 6 of Covid and Year 3 of Trump’s Reign is hitting guys (cis and trans) especially hard. Even in 2020, many are conditioned to feel worthy only when they’re financially and emotionally supporting others—or at least when they can contain their big emotions no matter how lost they feel.

In my practice I am bearing witness to men who feel such overwhelm that—well, that they’re willing to come see me. So what do I offer? Compassionate, comprehensive clarity about the future as well as the past, not to mention the culturally elusive value of divine masculinity, which entails solicitous action and selfless service, and is just as essential as divine femininity. (Integrated people channel both.) The good news? In the long run, this widespread upheaval will pave the way for healthier relationships and healthier hearts.

There’s a reason heart attacks fell more men.

In the meantime, I am deeply honored by the beautiful vulnerability I am experiencing in all my clients. As Alice Walker has so rightfully said: “The way forward is with a broken heart.”

To schedule a reading for yourself or a loved one, book here. Painting by Alice Neel, doctored by yours truly.

The Rosy Sparkle of Birthday Readings

August 6, 2020 in Astro Matters, Ruby Intuition, Spirit Matters, Style Matters

It should surprise nobody that I do a lot of birthday readings during Leo season. Those born under this sign know how to treat themselves right—and this includes harnessing the rosy sparkle of solar returns.

When asked about the ideal time to schedule a reading, I always say “trust your gut” because that is the best advice regarding anything. But birthday readings boast extra magic, because we can beautifully meld our wishes with divine will when the sun is close to its location at the time of our birth. When we tune into the heavens in the fortnight around our solar returns, we don’t just anticipate the future. We shape it with the practical delight that is our birthright.

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Tarot Lesson: The Hermit Card

August 5, 2020 in Country Matters, Ruby Intuition, Spirit Matters

In every one of my readings over the last week, I have drawn the Hermit. Typically this card is met by a scowl or a sigh from clients, and I understand why. Just its name evokes an enforced period of isolation, even a banishment—a feeling that’s all too familiar by Month 6 of Quarantime. But while few want the Hermit in the position of, say, future love, it generally receives as unfair a rap as Virgo, the sign it represents.

Really, both represent the divine inner teacher. Yes, to connect to such an energy we must withdraw from quotidian life—but only so we can activate our unique wisdom, the voice we can’t hear until all other chatter and clatter subsides. I believe the reason this card has been so prevalent is that the world has finally slowed down enough for us to hear and heed our highest selves, what some call the soul. Thus we are finally drawing on timeless resources that were not valued in our pre-Covid culture—namely, patience, wisdom (rather than wits), and universal compassion. So while my clients groan, I smile. And then I explain. Slowly….

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"All, everything I understand, I understand only because I love."
― Leo Tolstoy