Lava Flows

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Today we wrap up our members only I Ching tutorial

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  • One FREE five card Tarot reading by email each calendar month at your request
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  • random, impulse driven special offers
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The “at your request” part is important. I don’t read for you (or anyone) without consent. Seeing your name and question / topic (or request for an open reading) is how I connect to your individual energy message for this specific reading. Confirming your email each time also helps to avoid mistakes or delays getting your reading right into your inbox.

The Way of I Ching

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Sometimes when I write members-only posts we’ll talk about other forms of intuition and divination. Sometimes it will be something aimed at fun, with no spiritual meaning at all. In this series of member-only posts we are talking about the I Ching or book of changes as a spiritual guide, like Tarot.

Although “Sage Sips” is the more public facing blog name, under the hood the website and such is still TaoCraft Tarot, a name inspired by exoteric Taoist philosophy.  Exoteric or philosophical Taoism is just that, a way of living and understanding, not a religion per se. Esoteric Taoism is closer to what we in the west think of as religion and it is often a closed cultural practice. If you would like to learn more about that part of Taoism and many other wonderful things, I highly recommend The Tao of Craft by Benebell Wen.

And no, I didn’t borrow from her title.  It was one of those things where I’d been climbing the mountain and when I got to the Taoism meets spiritual ritual part, there was Benebel waiting – we took very different paths to kind of the same words. 

Diane Morgan was there ahead of both of us with her book Magical Tarot Mystical Tao, which has been one of the biggest inspirations and influences for my own Tarot work over the years.  But I digress, but still whole-heartedly recommend both books. 

Openness and inclusion are so fundamental to the exoteric, philosophical type of Taoism that any book written about it is basically accepted as canon...

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  • Discounts on larger layouts
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Close Enough To Spring – Membership benefit upgrade

New! Upgraded membership free tarot reading benefit

My day job schedule is getting busy, and the spring equinox is just under two weeks away. I had originally planned to refresh member benefits at the spring equinox, but in the name of all things squirrel rave

It’s Close Enough To Spring!

Membership will remain $5 per month throughout 2025 and includes:

  • UPGRADE- Two FREE ADA (action dissolves anxiety) Tarot readings by email at your request per calendar month. These aren’t automatic – seeing your request each time is how I connect to your individual energy message. Non-member price = $10 each reading. Membership gives you access to the equivalent of $20 of Tarot for $5. (was one card readings and $15 equivalent) Click HERE to join.
  • Automatic discounts on larger readings when purchased from the readings/commissions menu on ko-fi.
  • Exclusive content
  • random special offers

Happy Spring!

All special offers and member benefits dated before March 9, 2025 are now null and void. Sorry about that – but these new Tarot benefits are better anyway. I hope you enjoy the new layout!

Exploding Dollars

Sage Sips blog is Tarot in the time it takes to sip your coffee

I like value. It’s taken a long time, but I’ve learned that more “bang for your buck” is a good thing and that bang isn’t always volume. Sometimes the bang is quality. 

Quality is a hard thing to define when it comes to spirituality and entertainment. For someone who resonates with this work it has value akin to art and therapy.

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Sage Sips memberships on ko-fi ($5 per month) include:

  • 3 FREE email one card Tarot readings at your request each calendar month
  • Reduced prices on larger readings
  • exclusive content and special offers

Tarot Turnover: The Nitty Gritty

Hello! I’m glad you are here.

I start my day with coffee and contemplation. It’s not as Zen spiritual as you might think. It definitely has more of a Sheriff Hopper (from the Stranger Things series) and doom scroll until the static from just waking up clears kind of vibe.

Was taking my morning scroll when I came across a Instagram post about some minor detail about the hand of the figure in the 10 of swords being in the same position as the Hierophant card and how that was the reference to the assassination of some historical pope or another or something. My response was bah…too pedantic…and kept rolling.

While the Pope seems like a nice enough little grampa guy these days, Papal history is not something that typically flies on my radar, but the post and the notion of hand detail sunk through the static enough to make a couple of points.

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