Quantum Tarot: Ace of Pentacles
Quantum Tarot Ace of Pentacles
I fell in love with the images in this deck, subtitled A Tarot of New Physics, when I spotted them on the internet. At the time the deck hadn’t been published, but I kept checking until I could buy a deck from Amazon.com. This deck is great for anyone writing science fiction, and it comes with a really terrific LWB. (Only in this case it ‘s a little black book.) Each card has the usual esoteric name plus a scientific designation. The description for each card includes the scientific background as well as an interpretation.
The science equivalent given for the Ace of Pentacles is Gluon, something I’d never heard of before. Apparently it’s a carrier of the “strong force”, one of the four forces in the universe. In the nucleus of an atom, it’s gluon that “glues” the protons and neutrons. See, we do learn something new each day, just like Mom said. 
In the tarot, Pentacles represent the “element” of Earth, meaning practical, mudane matters. The LBB interprets the Ace of Pentacles as “the first necessary step along the road to building something solid and real… Now is the time to ground your vision in reality.”
In other words, get to work. You’ve got something to do or create. So, do you think the Universe is telling me to start writing the damn book?
Lyndi
Today’s Tarot Card: Two of Wands
I’ve decided to draw a card from one of my various tarot cards each day and blog about it here. I won’t promise to do it every day, but I think it would be a good way to get to know the cards better while updating my site more often.
Today I drew from my newest deck, the mini Art Nouveau from Lo Scarabeo. I took a photo of the card you so you can all see it. Now if I can just figure out how to get it into the blog post without screwing everything up.
Art Nouveau 2 of Wands
The blonde woman on this card sits in a garden surrounded by purple orchids. She seems pensive and thoughtful in the midst of abundance. An odd face appears to her right and I’m not sure if it is supposed to be a creature or a garden gnome or whatever.
According to the LWB (little white book) the Two of Wands represents “a certain pain or sadness”.
This is very different than the reading given in the standard Rider-Waite system. Kenner’s Tarot For Writers describes the Two of Wands as a “card of influence” meaning authority, control and domination, but with a sense of loss.
Numerologically, two represents duality, so perhaps this indicates loneliness in the absence of “the other” despite one’s environment. Or perhaps the blonde lady feels trapped in her beautiful but lonely garden.
What does the card mean to you?
Lyndi
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Book Review Club: Stealing Heaven
Earlier this year I joined Barrie Summie’s Blog Book Club at my other blog Flights-a-Fancy. This month I read so many good books I had a hard time choosing one, so I decided to do two reviews, one here and one at Flights-a-Fancy.
STEALING HEAVEN by Madeline Hunter
I hadn’t read a Medieval romance in a long time, and this is a good one. It’s set in 1340 during the reign of Edward I. Marcus of Anglesmore, a knight who supports the king, is ordered to wed a Welsh maiden in hopes of staving off further rebellions. When he goes to visit his betrothed in a moonlit garden, he finds a sensual creature who responds to his advances. The next day he learns that the woman he thought he was to wed is the older sister, Nesta, a widow known as “the King’s whore”. What actually happened between Nesta and the king isn’t revealed until very late in the story, but the encounter prompted her father to rebel. Nesta and her sister Genith are involved in plots to revive the rebellion, but not if Marcus can prevent it. When Genith runs away with a Welsh bard, he decides that one sister will do as well as the other. In truth, he had no real interest in Genith; Nesta is the one he has wanted from the beginning.
The attraction between Marcus and Nesta is palpable and the love scenes are sensual and emotional. This is an excellent, old-fashioned historical romance with a meaty plot, good conflict and great sexual tension between the hero and heroine. I kept reading late at night wondering how Hunter was going to resolve her very complicated plot and romantic conflict. This is the first Madeline Hunter romance I’ve read, but it won’t be the last. It won a Rita award in 2003 for Best Long Historical Romance, and I recommend it to any fan of Medieval romance.
The author’s website has a great history page: http://www.madelinehunter.com/.
Lyndi
The Book Review Club is the brain child of Tween/Teen Author Barrie Summy. Click here for more reviews.
Guest Blogging at Midnight Moon Cafe
This Thursday I’ll be blogging at Midnight Moon Cafe about my upcoming release Alliance: Stellar Romance: A Collection of Erotic Romance.
Update: I’m going to see if I can add the cover art using HTML code as the uploader doesn’t seem to be working. There has been a bigger learning curve here than I anticipated.
Lyndi
Going Live
I’ve created live links from my website in hopes of getting some feedback on my new theme, Blackcurrant. The WordPress default theme was just too boring for an author of erotic romance, lol.
Bye for now,
Lyndi
Hello world!
Welcome to my brand new WordPress blog.
This post is a test to see how it works. In the next few weeks I’ll be figuring how to use all the features and (I hope) make the template a little more interesting.
More to come, I promise.
Lyndi
