tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15221187192756465112024-02-24T10:51:57.149+02:00Judy CroomeJudy Croome | Author & Intuitive Tarot ReaderJudy Croome | @judy_croomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17455755011354905278noreply@blogger.comBlogger322125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522118719275646511.post-87267882346831447672024-01-02T11:02:00.000+02:002024-01-02T11:02:01.882+02:00BEYOND<p> <span style="font-family: georgia;">My compass word for 2024 is BEYOND:</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjetW4Dfwgmk1v6rPm-Wwj44asrlu7xbHKlN5rEaWN_k6qhdyMRwVSfx0f7hp67LEelrBGTuiOC_XPwv0QP4P3z2pcZa_RfKVZKEfUpHW1id5H0XZz-XFgeciQR60QtT-n7E3QRkKHtZvSaoRjeatfKRJm4WZ5XpcfU7pfI3v5qxi6RBoujfigZzCAJwveH/s224/BEYOND%20image.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="224" data-original-width="224" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjetW4Dfwgmk1v6rPm-Wwj44asrlu7xbHKlN5rEaWN_k6qhdyMRwVSfx0f7hp67LEelrBGTuiOC_XPwv0QP4P3z2pcZa_RfKVZKEfUpHW1id5H0XZz-XFgeciQR60QtT-n7E3QRkKHtZvSaoRjeatfKRJm4WZ5XpcfU7pfI3v5qxi6RBoujfigZzCAJwveH/s1600/BEYOND%20image.jpeg" width="224" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">* moving BEYOND fear (in my writing)</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">* moving BEYOND fat (finally mastering the binge eating disorder/body image issues I've struggled with for over 50 years)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">*moving BEYOND invisibility (being fully, authentically I AM WHAT I AM, with all my passions, my flaws, my strengths, my craziness)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">The YEAR COMPASS is a movement that helps you look back and reflect on the past year and then look forward to gaining direction in the new year. <a href="https://yearcompass.com/" target="_blank">Complete your form by downloading it here</a>, and then share your discoveries with the hashtag #yearcompass</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeA8NTJHTWDBpU7kpcGC5p34L9FzhTX2wRNdAP_m9W9eitJhxO5-cJ5erzt7H00P41dFZKRwDYB_7DqwebcUNTIeT8jw_cTImJdHACdhwsmGRGou82f08hF1xGx-aHJgn1MQkxqSGdSR-gPfPugnjYDJJaTyFtJ_G_oA0SShBkHdoOQDiOUqgVpoM6Gcft/s1237/YEAR%20COMPASS_2023_2024.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1237" data-original-width="954" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeA8NTJHTWDBpU7kpcGC5p34L9FzhTX2wRNdAP_m9W9eitJhxO5-cJ5erzt7H00P41dFZKRwDYB_7DqwebcUNTIeT8jw_cTImJdHACdhwsmGRGou82f08hF1xGx-aHJgn1MQkxqSGdSR-gPfPugnjYDJJaTyFtJ_G_oA0SShBkHdoOQDiOUqgVpoM6Gcft/s320/YEAR%20COMPASS_2023_2024.jpeg" width="247" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div>2023 was a year of hard inner work, leaving little time for outward achievements. Despite this, 2023 saw me gain many breakthroughs on personal traumas that have drained my energy and kept me from living my best life.</span><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>The best of 2023</b>: my youtube channel with <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbNDn2js8sjZRm32_tbOohR542ni3jHYj" target="_blank">my 1 minute tarot readings</a> gained over 200 new subscribers. Thank you to each and every member of our little community for sticking with me, for tuning in and for your comments.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>The worst of 2023</b>: I missed the deadline for publishing the book of short stories I'm currently working on (still 25 000 words short)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">What's waiting in 2024? </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>The opportunity to move BEYOND</b> - to leap over the past traumas, the obstacles, and the fears that keep me from embracing this life with all the passion I've lost over the past thirty years.<br /></span><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Come and join me on what's sure to be an emotional rollercoaster of a year. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">You can find me on:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Instagram - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/judy_croome/" target="_blank">Judy Croome</a> or <a href="https://www.instagram.com/chthonic_tarot" target="_blank">Chthonic Tarot</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Youtube - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAXxYP4I3sd4A1QisgDBVCg" target="_blank">Judy Croome</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Facebook - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/JudyCroome/" target="_blank">Judy Croome </a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">TikTok - <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@judy_croome" target="_blank">Judy Croome</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Linked In - <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/judycroome/" target="_blank">Judy Croome</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">X (formerly known as Twitter) - <a href="https://twitter.com/judy_croome" target="_blank">Judy Croome</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">I'm looking forward to meeting you on this journey that awaits.</span></p></div>Judy Croome | @judy_croomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17455755011354905278noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522118719275646511.post-33386203616553160702022-09-25T08:49:00.012+02:002023-09-30T12:37:05.370+02:00Our Lost Humanity: Death of a Queen<p><span style="font-family: georgia;">We are in a global pandemic far worse, and far more
dangerous, than the Covid19 pandemic.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This pandemic could be called The Cult of Victimhood (or,
The Loss of our Humanity).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">There have been signs simmering under the surface of society
for a few years; since 2020, these have bubbled ever closer to the edge until,
with the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the deadly virus boiled over into society’s
consciousness.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This virus has bred a society of victims who celebrate the
death of an elder, a woman so old that there are 101 years between the birth of
her first Prime Minister and her last.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">One hundred and one years. Think about that for a moment.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">How can any of us born in this modern era know or understand the personal
cost she paid to meet the demands of a Head of State in an era that spanned an
unprecedented amount of social change? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCbSEvChKKuhFs93LfUpVqCsfhLyk99C39YQb-MseZQ2BNMYHzkGMD5ZZMzH3Sr7UoYSPhCAUAEd2xevPllOE2bXcK_JOP4oyjlPAGX56l1-a-DZbtffDrPW9wOsWUSrF7LnuIVmmqy5fcP9sPRc8kGfGdgjTqz7-iv9CyYaHiTtvzVzdf4f9PQXdctA/s500/man%20in%20arena.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCbSEvChKKuhFs93LfUpVqCsfhLyk99C39YQb-MseZQ2BNMYHzkGMD5ZZMzH3Sr7UoYSPhCAUAEd2xevPllOE2bXcK_JOP4oyjlPAGX56l1-a-DZbtffDrPW9wOsWUSrF7LnuIVmmqy5fcP9sPRc8kGfGdgjTqz7-iv9CyYaHiTtvzVzdf4f9PQXdctA/s16000/man%20in%20arena.jpg" /></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Prejudice is a race-less, gender-less and faith-less human condition and thus every human being, regardless of our race, gender or faith, possesses the capacity to be blind to our own inviolable prejudices. Those who are unable to separate the woman from the symbolism of Queen to the
extent that in her final hours wish her “excruciating pain” or who celebrate her
death are as prejudiced as the worst colonisers human history has seen.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I began to lose hope in the ultimate goodness of humanity in
2016, when Trump was elected President. Now, with the vicious, and at times
downright evil, rants surrounding Queen Elizabeth II’s death, I fear humanity
is entering a collective dark night of the soul. We have never been closer to
the abyss that irrevocably separates good from evil.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The moral debates around the collective’s past norms must and
should continue: slavery; colonialism; reparation; economic, gender and race
inequalities — there is still so much that needs to be addressed before each of
us can live up to our highest potentials as unique individuals contributing to
the greater good of all. We are not free from suffering until all of us are free. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">But one of the dangerous side-effects of this cult-of-victimhood
virus is a sense of entitlement that justifies a rage allowing no other suffering and pain except one’s own to be heard.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Is this brave new world, this world that iconic figures such
as Martin Luther King Jr dreamed would be a place where people are not “judged by
the colour of their skin but by the content of their character”, merely the flip
side of the old world with a new kind of “vicious racist” that by their very
nature create, in turn, new injustices in an attempt to redress centuries-old
injustices of an outdated and flawed system that perpetrated unspeakable
cruelties against humanity?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The vindictive behaviour of so many on the death of Queen
Elizabeth II begs the question: are we as a species any more civilised than those
blood-thirsty crowds baying for blood as gladiators clashed in the Colosseum?
Are we any kinder than Shaka, that
most powerful of Zulu Kings who, on the death of his mother, was so filled with
grief that he ordered any woman who became pregnant to be executed along with
her husband and unborn child?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Surely, </span><i style="font-family: georgia;">surely</i><span style="font-family: georgia;">, in the name of our humanity, this
necessary narrative on how to create a better world for all could have been suspended
to acknowledge the decades-long personal sacrifice and effort of a young woman who
did her best to serve her country and her peoples under the accepted norms of
the day?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Just as no-one consciously chooses to be born into slavery or poverty,
or black or white, or male or female, the Queen did not consciously choose the role that
was thrust upon her at the young age of 25.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Yet, two days before her death at age 96, and seriously ill, she held
steady and performed her final state duty with a smile on her face.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">There is nothing humane, or just, about the appalling
viciousness of </span><a href="https://punchng.com/why-i-wished-queen-elizabeth-excruciating-pain-professor/" style="font-family: georgia;">Prof <span style="background-color: white; background: white;">Uju Anya</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink" style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white; background: white; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">’s</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> tweet, or the </span><a href="https://www.zimeye.net/2022/09/09/full-text-eff-statement-slamming-queen-elizabeth-who-we-do-not-mourn/" style="font-family: georgia;">EFF’s
official statement on the Queen’s death</a><span style="font-family: georgia;">, or </span><a href="https://www.foxsports.com.au/football/football-fans-celebrate-queens-death/news-story/eca36a8858b81612bc1f710913ff2cfa" style="font-family: georgia;">Irish
football fans</a><span style="font-family: georgia;"> or </span><a href="https://www.teenvogue.com/story/queen-elizabeth-colonialism-oped" style="font-family: georgia;">Irish
ex-pats</a><span style="font-family: georgia;"> celebration during Queen Elizabeth II’s final days and death. Professor
Anya is in the position to mould the minds of her young students; the EFF is an
influential opposition political party.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">What kind of world is their prejudice, anger and hatred going to create? It's worth considering that history shows us, while King </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Shaka’s pain and suffering were no doubt the root of his cruel actions, that moment of savagery led to his downfall. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">To those who, like the self-styled “anti-racist” Professor Anya,
try to justify their cruel and merciless behaviour as “fair and just” because
of the history of what the Queen symbolised, I ask this: if, with retrospective
moral judgement, you condemn individuals who lived to their highest potential within
a system that, when it existed, did not know it was horribly flawed by present
day moral standards, </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">how will a more
evolved future society judge </span><i style="font-family: georgia;">your</i><span style="font-family: georgia;"> actions around the suffering and death of another
human being?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Under the categorial imperative of moral rectitude, what is unjust
when done </span><b style="font-family: georgia;">to</b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> you, is also unjust when done </span><b style="font-family: georgia;">by</b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> you. Nelson Mandela
intuitively understood this. Despite his suffering, despite his humiliation, he
rose above his pain and was able to separate the role of apartheid jailer on
Robben Island from the man Christo Brand, and </span><a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/africa/mandela-robben-island-prison-guard-reflects-on-an-unlikely-lifelong-friendship-1.1162925" style="font-family: georgia;">an
unlikely friendship was forged.</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKH8i7dqekCwbb26DozGroxbVU2COh1UURZql2CpuBIqL2Q7wcj05TtsS-j1YiMm5jxDAXHA6PYXzr3toRD8CyPHjmO1jxIBNwqBB2RQf7d7Qmp-yoMtxDhRSYrVC7yMxb0-CUAZLImXvVgjnxcoRQZSl3Br7Ww68sFB0THQpJ8mYMnovSoNPhenD2IA/s969/qeiinm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="My dear friend Elizabeth" border="0" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="969" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKH8i7dqekCwbb26DozGroxbVU2COh1UURZql2CpuBIqL2Q7wcj05TtsS-j1YiMm5jxDAXHA6PYXzr3toRD8CyPHjmO1jxIBNwqBB2RQf7d7Qmp-yoMtxDhRSYrVC7yMxb0-CUAZLImXvVgjnxcoRQZSl3Br7Ww68sFB0THQpJ8mYMnovSoNPhenD2IA/w400-h241/qeiinm.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/the-queen-signed-letters-to-nelson-mandela-your-sincere-friend-elizabeth-r-8987585.html" target="_blank">Nelson Mandela addressed his letters to Queen Elizabeth II as "My dear friend Elizabeth</a></i>"</div></i><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">How much more powerful it is to bring about
the changes you want in the world through love rather than through a hatred that leaves no place for our common humanity!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">To those who danced at the Queen’s passing, I leave you to
consider the words of my late husband’s mentor and friend, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Ngoepe" style="font-family: georgia;">Judge Bernard Makgabo Ngoepe</a><span style="font-family: georgia;">. In his
recently published memoir, </span><a href="https://www.takealot.com/rich-pickings-out-of-the-past/PLID91135580" style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Rich
Pickings Out of the Past</i></a><span style="font-family: georgia;"> [Juta Law, 2022], the Judge says “How did we,
as humans, reach a point where the [death] of a head of state, a fellow human
being, became a cause for celebration? …for change to occur we foolishly tend
to embark on ways that will inevitably lead to our demise.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">When </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">future generations</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">, still wounded and in pain from aeons of cyclical ancestral
pain and suffering, look back on how our society responded to the
death of Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor, an elderly woman — a </span><i style="font-family: georgia;">human being</i><span style="font-family: georgia;">
— who also happened to be called Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, what
will they think of the loss of our humanity?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: center;">***</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-family: georgia;">NOTE</b><span style="font-family: georgia;">: King Charles III has been </span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/prince-charles-climate-environment/2021/11/01/0f238ab2-39b4-11ec-9662-399cfa75efee_story.html" style="font-family: georgia;">an
advocate for climate change and an environmental activist since the early
1970’s</a><span style="font-family: georgia;">. In 1975, the King established </span><a href="https://www.princes-trust.org.uk/about-the-trust/history" style="font-family: georgia;">the
Prince’s Trust</a><span style="font-family: georgia;">, which has helped more than one million young people of all
races, genders and faiths improve their lives. Long may his work continue.
#GodSaveTheKing</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQI7V6RisQ_VHIrm8Zi3PvFhdUdeboLQwMYTHDW34F77MFYKVO7ZHJUrIpL2LCHB6BWNZucZQ0BOAgg1tOhja7tNB-qKQ_g_4Put1ULJz5PscHfa6WBBnhTavnj7e2sW7jS2gcXjDlW_SWZ5ykO03sh63-dS3el6lAfGbPneAtp_vPmpxaO1JngDDZww/s631/KC3.jpg" style="font-family: georgia; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="437" data-original-width="631" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQI7V6RisQ_VHIrm8Zi3PvFhdUdeboLQwMYTHDW34F77MFYKVO7ZHJUrIpL2LCHB6BWNZucZQ0BOAgg1tOhja7tNB-qKQ_g_4Put1ULJz5PscHfa6WBBnhTavnj7e2sW7jS2gcXjDlW_SWZ5ykO03sh63-dS3el6lAfGbPneAtp_vPmpxaO1JngDDZww/s16000/KC3.jpg" /></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /><br /></span></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">***<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Judy Croome | @judy_croomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17455755011354905278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522118719275646511.post-46950639590715819082022-08-25T14:11:00.002+02:002023-10-01T11:12:44.397+02:00Daily Tarot for Seekers - Playlist<p><span style="font-family: georgia;">I've been busy building my Youtube channel with and planning some writing projects for 2022 - 2032 - a collection of new short stories, a collection of meditations, a trilogy of novels, and 2 stand alone novels and finally, another non-fiction. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Exciting times ahead!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Youtube DAILY TAROT SHORTS is building nicely - slow, but steady. I post a daily "shorts" tarot reading - that's a tarot reading of less than 60 seconds. Quite a challenge getting everything said in less than one minute. Learning new reading skills every day! You can <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAXxYP4I3sd4A1QisgDBVCg" target="_blank">subscribe to my youtube channel</a> for your free daily tarot guidance. Here's a sample of what'll you'll find:</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/slYKFYwuooQ" width="525" youtube-src-id="slYKFYwuooQ"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Looking forward to having you join us !</span></div><p></p>Judy Croome | @judy_croomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17455755011354905278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522118719275646511.post-25220991559569558972022-08-01T07:00:00.004+02:002022-08-01T07:00:00.160+02:00South African Poet Judy Croome Writes to Change Perspectives: An interview with The Hawk newspaper<p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Last month I spent a delightful few hours with journalists from <a href="http://www.sjuhawknews.com/" target="_blank">THE HAWK newspaper</a> of St Joseph's University in Philadelphia, </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Pennsylvania in the United States of America. Over smoothies and hot chocolate, journalist Leslie Quan, photographer Mateo and I discussed a wide range of topics from the Ancient Greek poet <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corinna" target="_blank">Korinna</a> and her focus on women's experiences being written for women to how the listening to the Truth and Reconciliation Committee in the 1990's as South Africa transitioned to a democracy affected me. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">You can <a href="http://www.sjuhawknews.com/south-african-poet-writes-to-change-perceptions/" target="_blank">read the full interview here</a> or an excerpt below.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Thanks to Leslie for her thought-provoking questions and Mateo for his photography skills, and wishing both Leslie and Mateo great success in their future careers.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg11d1l5Iz1EsNjhBZv7XtX0PhfpTFePZjPf3NOORR5YcvSSrIvWJ-Zp-KDDaY50RA0QWrja5antz7JJIhPU9UqyV3vCU0BkruTmnPbcW0xKdceD0jh8r1LcVvqwu_R-qvVa-yB70Lxin7k-gBQ6CqzTd_9oOeky46whPaaLLlP34oxq29U2sTzO032BA/s786/2022_07_Interview%20The%20Hawk%20Newspaper_Philedelphia_judy%20Croome%20interviewed%20by%20Leslie%20Quan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><section class="article-info" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f3941; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; max-width: 100%;"><div class="article-content" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6; margin: 40px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjrDT58CntnFqePcm71oZmMUfAo9XHA3_ccfnLVWeLh3sigYVd1aUzjmppy8a_t_BYznMSuNXXEI5kyCHliSEWSPtsRsFfskPNZR7Iqgq-yrnGv8CvJLHBR3JfPewSajem26BT9EuF46CTlAgvY2yvbZ8A3ppjkccdbkNLpKAmHB_GO-5Em3OFz2EWfJA" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjrDT58CntnFqePcm71oZmMUfAo9XHA3_ccfnLVWeLh3sigYVd1aUzjmppy8a_t_BYznMSuNXXEI5kyCHliSEWSPtsRsFfskPNZR7Iqgq-yrnGv8CvJLHBR3JfPewSajem26BT9EuF46CTlAgvY2yvbZ8A3ppjkccdbkNLpKAmHB_GO-5Em3OFz2EWfJA=s16000" /></a></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box;">"<a href="https://shepherd.com/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1f73b7;" target="_self">Shepherd</a> is reimagining book discovery for the online world. </p><p class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">I love walking around bookstores and browsing until something grabs my attention. I am reimagining that feeling for the online world. I want to help readers bump into books they would otherwise not find and give them ways to follow their curiosity between topics and concepts. </p><p class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">And, I want to help authors meet more readers. Authors illuminate our world, take us on faraway journeys, and entertain us. There is a growing trend that authors have to become their own marketing team. That concerns me because it is very difficult to do and it takes time away from writing. I want to make it easier for authors to market themselves and sell more books. </p><h1 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 32px; margin: 0px 0px 0.67em;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I love wandering around bookstores and letting random books capture my attention. Nothing will ever replace the “bookstore experience”, but I want to reimagine book discovery online with a lot more serendipity and delight."</span> </span></h1></div></div></section></blockquote><p style="text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #2f3941;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Here are two "best book lists" I've written for Shepherd. </span></span></p><p><a href="https://shepherd.com/best-books/where-the-world-is-filled-with-mystical-phenomena" target="_blank">THE BEST BOOKS ON MAGICAL REALISM</a></p><p><a href="https://shepherd.com/best-books/for-finding-hope-and-inspiration" target="_blank">THE BEST BOOKS FOR FINDING HOPE AND INSPIRATION</a></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #2f3941; font-family: georgia;">There are many more lists of the best books on, well, on just about every topic you can think of and many more reading topics you haven't even thought of to discover. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #2f3941; font-family: georgia;">Enjoy browsing!</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #2f3941; font-family: georgia;"><br /><br /></span></p>Judy Croome | @judy_croomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17455755011354905278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522118719275646511.post-49410435602708074112022-04-15T08:21:00.002+02:002022-04-15T10:23:09.594+02:00TAROT READING: Support for Today<p><span style="font-family: georgia;">SUPPORT FOR TODAY #tarot #pickacard #pickapile #seekers #journey </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Sometimes we need a little extra support to help us through our day. Pick a pile and listen to what the guides offer. </span></p><p><b style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://youtu.be/EB-dmPEPcAY" target="_blank"><span style="color: #54f6db; font-family: georgia;">Click here to watch the reading on my YOUTUBE channel </span></a></b></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">00:00 Intro</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">01:33 Water Pile</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">09:34 Fire Pile</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">20:08 Air Pile</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">28:11 Earth Pile</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Thank you for spending your energy listening to this reading. Before you go, remember to share the love by clicking the like button, commenting and subscribing so you don’t miss future readings. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">This general reading is for entertainment purposes only. <a href="https://www.judycroome.com/p/price-list-tarot-astro-consultations.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #29d9d3;">Read full disclaimer HERE</span></b></a></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwXwJ-_sKJX_i-lh99XJIZ44mCRgluw714609GXXTv1d5-0DHOEn9IzBlol74us5UzpxII4KZq-Kz6bSFaplyP3BEU8nO_5p74ifj_c1pPrLaigfQeEc2c1DOSwN1qhFkbipIVQ2WdhXeOLbX87hfBDoxta4xKRR0sJoQpCGOdhoXfAuHv0RkLLax3MQ/s2108/18EAFA6C-178A-44D9-902E-8405BAFD1A1A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2108" data-original-width="1582" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwXwJ-_sKJX_i-lh99XJIZ44mCRgluw714609GXXTv1d5-0DHOEn9IzBlol74us5UzpxII4KZq-Kz6bSFaplyP3BEU8nO_5p74ifj_c1pPrLaigfQeEc2c1DOSwN1qhFkbipIVQ2WdhXeOLbX87hfBDoxta4xKRR0sJoQpCGOdhoXfAuHv0RkLLax3MQ/w480-h640/18EAFA6C-178A-44D9-902E-8405BAFD1A1A.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Judy Croome | @judy_croomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17455755011354905278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522118719275646511.post-86181256770684839822022-02-01T07:00:00.006+02:002022-02-01T07:00:00.162+02:00A Poetic Book Tour for "the dust of hope"<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span face=""Myriad Pro", "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #4e4e4e;">Please join Serena and her team from Poetic Book Tours for their Winter 2022 blog tour for</span><span face=""Myriad Pro", "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #4e4e4e;"> </span><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #4e4e4e; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">the dust of hope: rune poems</em><span face=""Myriad Pro", "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #4e4e4e;"> </span><span face=""Myriad Pro", "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #4e4e4e;">by Judy Croome, published by</span><span face=""Myriad Pro", "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #4e4e4e;"> </span><span class="a-list-item" face=""Myriad Pro", "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #4e4e4e; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Aztar Press</span><span face=""Myriad Pro", "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #4e4e4e;"> </span><span face=""Myriad Pro", "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #4e4e4e;">in September 2021.</span></span></p><p><img border="0" data-original-height="187" data-original-width="941" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEixj9cPCuwHwYd64_DUnPJZHC5iHsVMEbhSzgv6PtIhDlj7YrZwUKYD8vt44s1a9E7hMHOLwmLfG65wJ8wBh5N5AotAA_Z1022d9FTwFMpyWdPZRXJpdxdAxYQ4DzdHnGbJTh30eDCQS4QTkNrw0vYLo3JA0vkeXwsyxkXlscYlxjgXKcwPKxmF_k__Rw=w640-h126" width="640" /></p><p><span face=""Myriad Pro", "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #4e4e4e; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700;">Blog Tour Schedule:</span></p><p><span face=""Myriad Pro", "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #4e4e4e; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Jan. 27:</span><span face=""Myriad Pro", "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #4e4e4e; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a href="https://thebookloversboudoir.wordpress.com/2022/01/27/thedustofhoperunepoems-by-judy_croome/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #0071bb; font-family: "Myriad Pro", "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Book Lover’s Boudoir</a><span face=""Myriad Pro", "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #4e4e4e; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span face=""Myriad Pro", "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #4e4e4e;">(review)</span></p><p><span face=""Myriad Pro", "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #4e4e4e; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Feb. 3:</span><span face=""Myriad Pro", "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #4e4e4e; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a href="https://authoranthonyavinablog.com/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #0071bb; font-family: "Myriad Pro", "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Anthony Avina Blog</a><span face=""Myriad Pro", "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #4e4e4e; font-size: 14px;"> (review)</span></p><p><span face=""Myriad Pro", "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #4e4e4e; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Feb. 8:</span><span face=""Myriad Pro", "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #4e4e4e; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a href="https://wall-to-wall-books.blogspot.com/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #0071bb; font-family: "Myriad Pro", "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Wall-to-Wall Books</a><span face=""Myriad Pro", "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #4e4e4e; font-size: 14px;"> (review)</span></p><p><span face=""Myriad Pro", "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #4e4e4e; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Feb. 9:</span><span face=""Myriad Pro", "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #4e4e4e; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CXdVcKhvCRP/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; 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background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #0071bb; font-family: "Myriad Pro", "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Necromancy Never Pays</a><span face=""Myriad Pro", "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #4e4e4e; font-size: 14px;"> (review)</span></p><p><span face=""Myriad Pro", "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #4e4e4e; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Feb. 22:</span><span face=""Myriad Pro", "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #4e4e4e; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a href="https://jeyranmain.com/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #0071bb; font-family: "Myriad Pro", "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Review Tales by Jeyran Main</a><span face=""Myriad Pro", "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #4e4e4e; font-size: 14px;"> (review)</span></p><p><span face=""Myriad Pro", "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #4e4e4e; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">March 2:</span><span face=""Myriad Pro", "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #4e4e4e; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a href="https://authoranthonyavinablog.com/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #0071bb; font-family: "Myriad Pro", "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Anthony Avina Blog</a><span face=""Myriad Pro", "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #4e4e4e; font-size: 14px;"> (Interview)</span></p><p><span face=""Myriad Pro", "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #4e4e4e; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">March 8:</span><span face=""Myriad Pro", "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #4e4e4e; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a href="http://www.truebookaddict.com/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #0071bb; font-family: "Myriad Pro", "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">True Book Addict</a><span face=""Myriad Pro", "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #4e4e4e; font-size: 14px;"> (review)</span></p><p><span face=""Myriad Pro", "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #4e4e4e; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">March 17:</span><span face=""Myriad Pro", "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #4e4e4e; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CWYJdwggRTm/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #0071bb; font-family: "Myriad Pro", "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Pages for Sanity</a><span face=""Myriad Pro", "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #4e4e4e; font-size: 14px;"> (review)</span></p><p><span face=""Myriad Pro", "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #4e4e4e; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">March 22:</span><span face=""Myriad Pro", "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #4e4e4e; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a href="https://bookwormnai.wordpress.com/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #0071bb; font-family: "Myriad Pro", "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">the bookworm</a><span face=""Myriad Pro", "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #4e4e4e; font-size: 14px;"> (review)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span face=""Myriad Pro", "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #4e4e4e;">Follow the blog tour with the hashtag #dustofhope and </span><a href="https://twitter.com/judy_croome" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #0071bb; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">@judy_croome</a></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiAVl9tJkFeTYbpRYF2VTOADWwbhhGAXqrYZnvXxcHOtE7IxksTLAvnDTF-fy0N9sXlugQr0tTXa1Ut0PrT1BWbUyEXPzZepq4fjWclgE187EOIRLfH4Gy5jZLWSGvGzG5jU9bEE7VTQWNlyLSqBHw19fEMXqEo0umZa9iWj9NKEXqNUOpciQDAo0QT7w=s964" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="692" data-original-width="964" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiAVl9tJkFeTYbpRYF2VTOADWwbhhGAXqrYZnvXxcHOtE7IxksTLAvnDTF-fy0N9sXlugQr0tTXa1Ut0PrT1BWbUyEXPzZepq4fjWclgE187EOIRLfH4Gy5jZLWSGvGzG5jU9bEE7VTQWNlyLSqBHw19fEMXqEo0umZa9iWj9NKEXqNUOpciQDAo0QT7w=w640-h460" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Judy Croome | @judy_croomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17455755011354905278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522118719275646511.post-70982614170295327602022-01-31T14:53:00.002+02:002022-01-31T14:53:19.199+02:00Tarot Card of the Day 29/01/2022 to 31/1/2022<p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Tarot guidance to brighten your day. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Remember to join us on Youtube by <i><b>hitting that “like” button</b></i> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAXxYP4I3sd4A1QisgDBVCg" target="_blank">subscribing to the channel</a> for your daily tarot treasure!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="361" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/QH7NnTGIZ4U" width="435" youtube-src-id="QH7NnTGIZ4U"></iframe></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>31/01/2022 Today we must take time to recharge our energy in some small way - </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>take a walk on your own or play with your pet;</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>take a few minutes to do whatever nurtures your soul.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="362" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DtN1-YqvgTQ" width="436" youtube-src-id="DtN1-YqvgTQ"></iframe></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>30/01/2022 Today’s message reminds us to live a life abundant with love and laughter.</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="359" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Pbpy3SOCclU" width="434" youtube-src-id="Pbpy3SOCclU"></iframe></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;">29/01/2022 Today’s message is a reminder to live a life that inspires your soul.</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><br /><p><br /></p>Judy Croome | @judy_croomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17455755011354905278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522118719275646511.post-26522891442880691442022-01-03T09:47:00.008+02:002022-01-03T09:49:50.314+02:00Tarot versus Astrology<p><span style="font-family: georgia;">New clients, who have never before had a tarot or an astrology reading, often ask what the difference is between the two modalities.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">What is tarot?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #111111;">The </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.oldest.org/entertainment/tarot-card-decks/"><span style="color: #7030a0;">oldest known tarot deck is
the Visconti-Sforza</span></a></span><span style="color: #111111;"> Tarot designed in Italy circa 1425 C.E. </span></span></p><p style="background: white;"><span style="color: #111111;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Tarot cards do not
predict the future. </span></span></p><p style="background: white;"><span style="color: #111111;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A tarot reading is a tool for spiritual guidance and enables
you to connect to your inner wisdom by helping you gain clarity about a
particular situation.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="background: white;"><span style="color: #111111;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Tarot reading often incorporates intuition and at least one of the four "clairs": </span></span></p><p style="background: white;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="color: #111111;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Clairaudience (hearing voices)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Clairvoyance (seeing images)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Clairsentience (recognizing feelings)</span></li><li><span style="color: #111111;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Claircognizance (knowing)</span></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I'm strongest in clairsentience and claircognizance. Tarot is my favourite modality.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">What is astrology?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">The </span><a href="https://www.livescience.com/17943-oldest-astrologer-board-zodiac.html"><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">oldest known astrology board</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> was discovered in Croatia, in a cave overlooking the Adriatic Sea.
Dating back more than 2,000 years, the surviving portion of the board consists
of 30 ivory fragments engraved with signs of the zodiac. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Astrology is the study
of the patterns in your birth chart, providing deeper knowledge and insight about
yourself that empowers you to make more informed life choices.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Reading an astrology chart requires the ability to analyse and interpret the patterns formed by the placements in the birth chart.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">I use a combination of evolutionary, psychological and past life astrology in my readings.</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"><o:p> </o:p></span><i><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: Georgia, serif;">“For over thirty years, tarot and astrology have been a guiding light in my life, consistently revealing the bigger picture, empowering me with soul insights and offering me hope in challenging times.”</span></i></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi1Wr6Etuo-RCFTIS7KN60cmVuSmPZRpZGy_pH_wiitlsvAV5wsywKr5PnfPffx1TkTxntUT75Vtzwa8ZlUi9ielZWsjHpj4mP2h9I4NRlnynzsRPfAuOBrzbmaasKwV-GpJVLaUsA0gH81Ps_NggCXC1t0wEq_2IQCvvExzNOE9YjCv3u3RCXT0CD9hA=s1440" style="font-weight: bold; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi1Wr6Etuo-RCFTIS7KN60cmVuSmPZRpZGy_pH_wiitlsvAV5wsywKr5PnfPffx1TkTxntUT75Vtzwa8ZlUi9ielZWsjHpj4mP2h9I4NRlnynzsRPfAuOBrzbmaasKwV-GpJVLaUsA0gH81Ps_NggCXC1t0wEq_2IQCvvExzNOE9YjCv3u3RCXT0CD9hA=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></p><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #7030a0;"> <span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">A variety of Tarot decks for sale in a local esoteric shop </span></i></div></i><p></p>Judy Croome | @judy_croomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17455755011354905278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522118719275646511.post-66099161969909842032021-12-23T11:33:00.004+02:002021-12-23T14:45:43.757+02:00The Pain of the Covid Pandemic: Loss of Life versus Loss of Human Rights<p><span style="font-family: georgia;">The pain the pandemic has caused both collective society and the individuals making up that society is sad - heart breaking, in fact - and reflects so many deeper challenges that future generations are going to have to deal with and learn how to overcome.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">One of the biggest challenges the young generation of today, and in the future, are going to have to overcome is how to find new ways of being, new ways of living, that both celebrate and protect the individual, while at the same time allowing the group, as a collective, to prosper.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="351" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gFX14TEiBOw" width="522" youtube-src-id="gFX14TEiBOw"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br />Does anyone remember the 1998 animated movie <i>Antz </i>and <a href="https://youtu.be/gFX14TEiBOw" target="_blank">Z, the one little ant who thought differently from the group</a>? </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">This is my greatest fear arising out of mandatory vaccinations and<a href="https://www.judycroome.com/2021/12/the-dangerous-stigmatisation-of.html" target="_blank"> the dangerous stigmatisation of the unvaccinated</a>: that to protect the group/species, the collective is, once again, determinedly using relentless propaganda to force mandatory Covid 19 vaccines and the carrying of covid vaccine passports, and any individual who thinks or chooses differently from the group is crushed by cyber-bullying, ostracization and scapegoating.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">At</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> 8 billion and growing fast, the human species is not facing the threat of extinction. So w</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">here is this leading us as a species? </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">What will our future societies look like? </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Will we have Nazi-type ghettos for the unvaccinated? Will we in South Africa go back to segregated townships - instead of Sandton for the whites and Soweto for the blacks, will we have the Kingdom of Libertas</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> for the vaccinated and</span><span style="color: #202122;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">the Ghetto of Famulatus for the unvaccinated?</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Who will stop the unbridled abuses on individuals that occur when we all believe in the propaganda of the government in power, like the Germans did under Hitler and the white South Africans did under apartheid? Have we not yet learnt the lessons from history - and recent history at that! How short human memory is that we give up our hard-won freedom for the illusion of being safe. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">How do we know what is really the truth about vaccinations when history time, and time again, has later shown so much misinformation with deliberate agendas? </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Human life, since the days of </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mrs._Ples" style="font-family: georgia;" target="_blank">Mrs Ples</a><span style="font-family: georgia;">, is inherently fragile, transient and finite. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">If one has the courage to lift oneself out of the fears, discomforts, disappointments of the personal experience of the pandemic - if we stop seeing ourselves as victims, helpless in the face of an overwhelming threat to our survival as individuals and as a collective - perhaps we'll come to realise there are much worse dangers to humankind on the prowl: the loss of our respect for those who hold different opinions to ourselves, the loss of faith and hope to support us through the inevitable dark times and the loss of freedoms that have taken thousands of years to evolve to the imperfect version of human rights that exist today.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">So many serious concerns that could impact future generations are being lost in the uncompromising propaganda around vax vs unvax (from both sides!).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Every person who believes that vaccinations should be mandatory and vaccine passports are acceptable, so that they can have the freedom to travel and go to mega music concerts, should ask themselves this: do you want your children and your children’s children to be safe from death (a state of human existence which, tragically, is inevitable for us all) but be unable to think or choose for themselves, children who are not unique human beings fully expressing their individuality, but robotic-like beings who can’t be anything other than what is dictated by an arbitrary elite who history may prove to have implemented right or wrong moral standards and political or legal policies, such as mandatory vaccines and the carrying of vaccine passports? Just as history showed that forcing parts of the population to wear yellow stars or to carry a "dompas" were not, as the propaganda of the day stated, acts for the common good but rather acts of oppression and tyranny that had dreadful consequences.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">The terrible challenge for today's generation - and for future generations - is to learn how to fiercely protect the human freedoms that encourage individualistic thinking while still having the faith and trust that the group will survive. This is not to deny the very high cost that each individual pays in terms of all the little ordinary joys and pleasures that have been denied - that grandchild, known only through a zoom screen, the funeral </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">no-one could attend; the eagerly anticipated </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">wedding </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">or holiday that couldn't be shared with loved ones - all such valid personal sorrows, but all part of the necessary sacrifices needed to strengthen and evolve the species as we head off into an unknown and seemingly dark, scary future. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Despite these personal heartaches, the light of hope is there, as it always has been.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">The <a href="https://www.history.com/topics/middle-ages/pandemics-timeline" target="_blank">earliest recorded pandemic</a> happened during the Peloponnesian War</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> in </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">430 B.C.E. and a</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">s much as two-thirds (66%) of the population died. Through the ages there have been many more pandemics, including the infamous <a href="https://ourworldindata.org/spanish-flu-largest-influenza-pandemic-in-history" target="_blank">Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918-1920</a>, which inconclusive data shows killed between 24,7 million to as many as 100 million people globally. Currently, as at 21 December 2021, the Covid 19 pandemic has killed 5,8 million people globally (just under 1%). </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Each pandemic death is a personal tragedy, but the loss or voluntary surrendering of our human rights out of fear of dying, or grief for the lifestyles and lives that the pandemic has taken from us, is surely a greater tragedy.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Oh, this is indeed a terribly complex situation. But, if we can work together, <a href="https://youtu.be/XrujkDtd0iY" target="_blank">like Z and his fellow workers from <i>Antz,</i> to build a ladder</a> that bridges the personal pain of the covid pandemic with the critical need to protect the individual's human rights from draconian laws then - as the human species has survived previous pandemics throughout history, we’ll survive this pandemic. And I’m positive we’ll soon be living in a world, while very different to pre-covid times, will still be a world that can be celebrated and enjoyed in new and exciting ways. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">And, hopefully, we'll also still live in a world that celebrates and enjoys the freedoms of the individual's human right to choose. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="386" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XrujkDtd0iY" width="477" youtube-src-id="XrujkDtd0iY"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p>Judy Croome | @judy_croomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17455755011354905278noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522118719275646511.post-35982629641395465692021-12-08T07:53:00.005+02:002021-12-08T07:59:56.319+02:00The Dangerous Stigmatisation of the Unvaccinated<p>Fear based living creates divisions and chaos. </p><p>Out of these, tyrannies and abuse of power is born. </p><p>One only has to look at the rise of Hitler (which led to the Holocaust in which 13 million stigmatised people were murdered, 6 million of whom were forced to wear yellow stars to show their status) or the legal implementation of Apartheid in South Africa (a minority rule which led to millions of people being forced to carry a ”dompas” & live segregated lives.)</p><p>Where is this idea of mandatory vaccines & carrying vaccine passports taking us? Are the unvaccinated eventually going to be forced to live in townships/ghettos for the unvaccinated?</p><p>Why the unjustified scapegoating of people who exercise their democratic right to make a free choice and yet are bullied & stigmatised for that choice? Propaganda is still as powerful a tool in shaping the majority of the collective’s thoughts as it ever was in the hands of the Nazi or Apartheid governments.</p><p>It breaks my heart that humanity has not evolved one bit and, on both a collective and individual level, still seeks a scapegoat whenever life is challenging. </p><p>We - both vaccinated and unvaccinated - are in this together, and we need to find a way forward that will not repeat the terrible human errors of the past - scapegoating and stigmatising those who are different or who make different choices to the collective herd.</p><p>From the reputable medical magazine The Lancet: <a href="https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)02243-1/fulltext " target="_blank">“Stigmatising the #unvaccinated is unjustified” </a></p><p>And from The Brownstone Institute <a href="https://brownstone.org/articles/this-is-not-a-pandemic-of-the-unvaccinated" target="_blank">“This Is Not a Pandemic of the Unvaccinated”</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXm0TVtP6H1JAH6krCpkI0-m7up3oxadiKYqMLIKH8L5sLgrqqluPxAHfVA7uAdGi3MNQMt4KHZ-cqvtgQEw3xgJQIgWaVxDRkmJi3l5catJxgNlspbXBbivq9BLOzzwFYZJDdvDhB29io/s2048/3A7B0EAF-2E13-49CC-B74E-7BA732232F14.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1151" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXm0TVtP6H1JAH6krCpkI0-m7up3oxadiKYqMLIKH8L5sLgrqqluPxAHfVA7uAdGi3MNQMt4KHZ-cqvtgQEw3xgJQIgWaVxDRkmJi3l5catJxgNlspbXBbivq9BLOzzwFYZJDdvDhB29io/w215-h320/3A7B0EAF-2E13-49CC-B74E-7BA732232F14.jpeg" width="215" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">SA Voting on support for or against mandatory vaccines & vaccine passports. Turquoise is against mandatory vaccines. </div><br /><p><br /></p>Judy Croome | @judy_croomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17455755011354905278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522118719275646511.post-80079469275066812792021-12-04T09:43:00.004+02:002021-12-04T10:15:52.567+02:00Tarot Take Your Pick : Messages for the Solar Eclipse 4/12/2021<p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Tarot Reading for the Solar Eclipse 4/12/21 at 12 Sagittarius. This reading will stay in effect until the next #eclipse season in April/May 2022. Pick a pile No 1 or 2 or 3 & put it in the comments.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">On Saturday 4/12/21, after 09h43 (the exact SAST of the eclipse) I’ll reveal the message of each pile - the crystal, the African American Tarot card and the Angel card for encouragement. #TarotTakeYourPick</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">09h43 Saturday 4/12/2021 - scroll down to see what the message of your pick is.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3xb3BM7dpBK_JyIOulLT9x7AaiaWhaLeLbrC6uhBIWb9Pn7RdJgSaW_DD22_K-hL9Spr1mYopXfr4zz2bHYxAHKuuJNbNYzvvrX6ayJW4IldF7LWtBZjjqOvm7FCcd2YbugYy-EeK-hdu/s1242/tarot+1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="930" data-original-width="1242" height="361" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3xb3BM7dpBK_JyIOulLT9x7AaiaWhaLeLbrC6uhBIWb9Pn7RdJgSaW_DD22_K-hL9Spr1mYopXfr4zz2bHYxAHKuuJNbNYzvvrX6ayJW4IldF7LWtBZjjqOvm7FCcd2YbugYy-EeK-hdu/w471-h361/tarot+1.jpg" width="471" /></a></div>👇<div>👇</div><div>👇</div><div>👇</div><div>👇</div><div>👇</div><div>👇<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmnNDXm93ERmQRWBRa8ls4-q1WlSuOomZAuulj5ZRuVJ-ak9Un1uKSIXeYQhXtzuJiqjaeIWMX2996f2fxJw4BwveYTIc3RRQfZc27ZfIxo4wxNbVfuoaZhXUG3-DeF5_iDZiEMFXgsiiP/s1242/tarot+2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="930" data-original-width="1242" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmnNDXm93ERmQRWBRa8ls4-q1WlSuOomZAuulj5ZRuVJ-ak9Un1uKSIXeYQhXtzuJiqjaeIWMX2996f2fxJw4BwveYTIc3RRQfZc27ZfIxo4wxNbVfuoaZhXUG3-DeF5_iDZiEMFXgsiiP/w465-h286/tarot+2.jpg" width="465" /></a></div><br /></div><div><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Did you <span><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/takeyourpick?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZXwet0E2uU6wdTrOa2l9H5X5vAGEfdxEB3THuAS2lAGQ4IPZ7j2MGHaQKpa0_XPX44duX1tUlvVZOaMTb3YaIiatHq0D5CyqiEYQRrZwMUgW4WeeK0fLPHP2dOYR61OAIG-m9KnIeVFTfpP8DcohgqW&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#takeyourpick</a></span>? Here are the Solar Eclipse 4/12/21 messages from each <span><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/tarot?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZXwet0E2uU6wdTrOa2l9H5X5vAGEfdxEB3THuAS2lAGQ4IPZ7j2MGHaQKpa0_XPX44duX1tUlvVZOaMTb3YaIiatHq0D5CyqiEYQRrZwMUgW4WeeK0fLPHP2dOYR61OAIG-m9KnIeVFTfpP8DcohgqW&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#tarot</a></span> <span><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/card?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZXwet0E2uU6wdTrOa2l9H5X5vAGEfdxEB3THuAS2lAGQ4IPZ7j2MGHaQKpa0_XPX44duX1tUlvVZOaMTb3YaIiatHq0D5CyqiEYQRrZwMUgW4WeeK0fLPHP2dOYR61OAIG-m9KnIeVFTfpP8DcohgqW&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#card</a></span> pick:</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: georgia;">PICK 1: </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Rhodonite | 2 of Swords | Middle Path</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: georgia;">With Rhodonite’s ability to show both sides of an issue, the 2 of Swords reminds us of the duality inherent in life. Unless we find a way to unify the different aspects of ourselves, we’ll be unstable, separated by the divisions - mind versus body, faith versus fear, black versus white, vaccinated versus unvaccinated. The Angel message “Middle Path” reminds us that we need to embrace both sides; that taking the middle path is the road to a harmonious and peaceful life.</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: georgia;">PICK 2:</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Yellow Calcite | Queen of Pentacles | Sacred Source</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Uplifting and energetic, yellow calcite connects us to the highest source of spiritual guidance. The opulent Queen of Pentacles suggests that this is a time of navigating life through the 5 earthly senses. However little or much there is, the willingness to share with and nurture others springs from a good use of personal abilities, inner security and faith. The Angel message “Sacred Source” reminds us of our magnificence - we are beings of eternal love and light, forever one with the Divine and all creation. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: georgia;">PICK 3:</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Amethyst | 2 of Wands | Integrity</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Amethyst can calm or stimulate the mind as appropriate to the situation. Encouraging the acceptance of new ideas balanced with common sense, amethyst works well with the 2 of Wands. Containing both endless possibilities and fear of an uncertain future, the 2 of Wands struggles to balance the need for activity with the need for stillness. Confusion and anxiety could result until one remembers the Angel message of “Integrity.” This calls on us to be flexible, but firm; to stand by our beliefs and values in a way that encourages others rather than antagonises. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Have a safe and happy holiday season!</span></div></div></div>Judy Croome | @judy_croomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17455755011354905278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522118719275646511.post-11133879691411978152021-12-02T07:07:00.003+02:002021-12-02T07:07:27.164+02:00Free Kindle copy of “the dust of hope”<div>Now is your opportunity to get a free holiday read! I’m running two promotions for my latest volume of poetry “the dust of hope” </div><div><br /></div><div>AMAZON KINDLE - ends 4/12/2021</div><div><br /></div>#free on #kindle offer ends 4 Dec 21 “the dust of hope” by @judy_croome You’re welcome to #read (and #review) these #rune #poems of #hope during the #pandemic <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09H378TCK?tag=parro06-20&linkCode=ogi&th=1&psc=1 " target="_blank">GET YOUR FREE REVIEW COPY HERE</a><br /><div><br /></div><div>BOOKSIRENS - ends February 2022</div><div><br /></div><div>ARC’s (Author Review Copies) available on Booksirens - only 250 reader spots available <a href="https://booksirens.com/book/WGB31TG/ETXGMD3" target="_blank">GET YOUR FREE REVIEW COPY</a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5jg6AbFf9D3Y8svuTvoNn5SLAe-XDLj5Jk_fRCojs4xK_GXriNN0xkwpzYINN4ruW_2DQHqZlOwwjZiKwMy4F63T3v0EkI-eBfiJAaO5k8i5LXqWgsWZ_Q6JKZZTqx9xKbEciaSzZqWbM/s960/8061068B-9093-4A46-9809-D677D9C4A253.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="574" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5jg6AbFf9D3Y8svuTvoNn5SLAe-XDLj5Jk_fRCojs4xK_GXriNN0xkwpzYINN4ruW_2DQHqZlOwwjZiKwMy4F63T3v0EkI-eBfiJAaO5k8i5LXqWgsWZ_Q6JKZZTqx9xKbEciaSzZqWbM/w243-h320/8061068B-9093-4A46-9809-D677D9C4A253.jpeg" width="243" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPu6iDl1e8vysnbR04Li4QMNDPiNfm7sXV-B8M0xVM-qAOB6pVpNr1wooUOweYvcD_0jlnn9vJJZyzm2uiUIBNHpS3yxheWW_mOd6E_wHG4Wq-ZdO043GHa6mHMYDVY-DjV59ettUzgqvG/s960/0E5F651B-8A81-408B-8856-F8722D6719D9.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="588" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPu6iDl1e8vysnbR04Li4QMNDPiNfm7sXV-B8M0xVM-qAOB6pVpNr1wooUOweYvcD_0jlnn9vJJZyzm2uiUIBNHpS3yxheWW_mOd6E_wHG4Wq-ZdO043GHa6mHMYDVY-DjV59ettUzgqvG/w241-h320/0E5F651B-8A81-408B-8856-F8722D6719D9.jpeg" width="241" /></a></div><br />Judy Croome | @judy_croomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17455755011354905278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522118719275646511.post-2822497021753683542021-11-06T07:38:00.006+02:002021-11-06T07:41:53.262+02:00the dust of hope: from page to screen <p><span style="font-family: georgia;">I had such fun making the book trailer for my latest volume of poetry <i>"the dust of hope: rune poems"</i> released by Aztar Press in September 2021. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Browsing for images from iStock's enormous collection was challenging - so many beautiful photos, how could I chose only 7? And then the, as always, painful process of paying for them in ZAR! Hunting for the perfect audio in Shockwaves vast archives was relatively easy - the perfect tune popped up almost immediately. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_SigfMbRCVU" width="572" youtube-src-id="_SigfMbRCVU"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Hope you enjoy watching the video as much as I enjoyed making it! </span></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And you can buy your own copy from <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dust-hope-rune-poems/dp/0639983138" target="_blank">Amazon</a> or access it free if you are a member of Kindle Unlimited. </span></p></span><p></p>Judy Croome | @judy_croomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17455755011354905278noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522118719275646511.post-14857328494928340102021-10-24T09:47:00.003+02:002021-10-31T06:01:11.584+02:00The Gift of Poetry<p><span style="font-family: georgia;">I had great fun presenting "The Gift of Poetry" at Writers2000 monthly meeting on 9/10/2021. Watch the full presentation below or <a href="https://youtu.be/c3wKcm9MjEM" target="_blank">on you tube</a>. or read about it in <a href="https://bedfordviewedenvalenews.co.za/480210/judy-croome-speaks-poetry-with-writers-2000/" target="_blank">the Bedfordview Edenvale local newspaper</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Topics I discuss include:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">* what is poetry?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">* what makes a poet?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">* loving the language</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">* the poetic vision</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">* is poetry relevant?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">* why write poetry?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">* recommended reading</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Find my poetry books on Amazon <span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" style="background: rgb(249, 249, 249); border: 0px; color: #030303; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbnNGRDFUcFVNZ0RaUHMxUVBxSHo1SzlLZk1Hd3xBQ3Jtc0trSHpRb2NPRnFQS2xGX2ZBNmhHbFVCYmJIaGFRd2RLUHBiQWEtYUQ3V0pvMlZTYWt6RG1oMkpkMjFfY18yYTZmcVR0NDRoaTJwY3BOcFFJY3VwdVdscFhMd2ZoYWFTR1RjVmNpQWRNZks4LXRFLTQ2cw&q=https%3A%2F%2Famzn.to%2F3vE8TUk" rel="nofollow" spellcheck="false" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; cursor: pointer; display: var(--yt-endpoint-display, inline-block); letter-spacing: 0.2px; overflow-wrap: var(--yt-endpoint-word-wrap, none); text-decoration: var(--yt-endpoint-text-regular-decoration, none); white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: var(--yt-endpoint-word-break, none);" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/3vE8TUk</a></span></p><p><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="392" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/c3wKcm9MjEM" width="683" youtube-src-id="c3wKcm9MjEM"></iframe></p><br /><p><br /></p>Judy Croome | @judy_croomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17455755011354905278noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522118719275646511.post-80810948199448976072021-08-01T17:44:00.005+02:002021-08-01T17:44:41.815+02:00August 2021 Tarotscope<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 18pt; text-align: center;">Astrology South Africa </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 18pt;">August 2021 Tarotscope</span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="color: #0b5394; font-size: 13.5pt;">Judy Croome explores what August 2021 has in store <br /></span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="color: #0b5394; font-size: 13.5pt;">with a 3 card spread using the Rider Waite Smith Deck.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><a href="https://youtu.be/qHkfPkvSV5A" target="_blank">Here is the Youtube link to August 2021 Tarotscopes</a><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;"> - if you enjoy the 10 minute video, please remember to click the LIKE button on the YOUTUBE page. The full written text is below the images</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">The crystals used in this reading are <b>Barnacle Master Quartz</b> (</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15.3333px;">stimulates a group cohesiveness) Each card has a crystal. F</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">or the <i>Situation</i> card (</span><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Blue Lace Agate</b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> - brings calm and tranquillity); for the <i>Challenge</i> card (</span><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Blue Celestite </b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">- aids with peaceful negotiation) </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">and for the Key Element to Consider card (</span><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Charoite</b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> - a powerful stone of transformation that helps ground one in reality)</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhseeLmsv18ZSUHFbICs0c8CnUhRie4o1DzpQwENSQqTKvWQiBRM3U1lHv2K3njE_OigBtA551xT5NPhuq6XOl8Jo8dEtc7ZUcori-hX_-mMk2YKmP43v7bAoemOZv740HNRckgo-K2Dq7A/s640/2021_08_Crystals+and+Spread_Full.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="581" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhseeLmsv18ZSUHFbICs0c8CnUhRie4o1DzpQwENSQqTKvWQiBRM3U1lHv2K3njE_OigBtA551xT5NPhuq6XOl8Jo8dEtc7ZUcori-hX_-mMk2YKmP43v7bAoemOZv740HNRckgo-K2Dq7A/w363-h400/2021_08_Crystals+and+Spread_Full.jpg" width="363" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhyphenhyphenNWj8eGDLtZCsWdqvLHSD5ZxO2PEvS8ToLaYIiF8ZbQmKbRwKK9ouZ_P1ImKKEhebvZfZkj1lfVKW2zNiBDx0PUpgssw75ryqRdWfYGcwjMBPQ2EKRMB0Yegq38tyeOnkQ8lA-QJa7aG/s1467/2021_08_Crystals+and+Spread_all+3+cards.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="638" data-original-width="1467" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhyphenhyphenNWj8eGDLtZCsWdqvLHSD5ZxO2PEvS8ToLaYIiF8ZbQmKbRwKK9ouZ_P1ImKKEhebvZfZkj1lfVKW2zNiBDx0PUpgssw75ryqRdWfYGcwjMBPQ2EKRMB0Yegq38tyeOnkQ8lA-QJa7aG/w640-h278/2021_08_Crystals+and+Spread_all+3+cards.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Hello
& welcome to Astrology South Africa's tarotscope for the month
of august 2021. I’m Judy Croome & this month I’m using a 3 card spread
using the Rider Waite Smith tarot deck the first card which is the situation is
the four of swords the second card which is the challenge in the situation is
the 5 of swords & the final card the key element to consider during the
month of august is the very interesting very complex and sometimes
intimidating but very exciting death card.</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia;">You’ll
see for <b>the situation</b>, we have the four of swords. This is a card of stillness, of
inward contemplation, of meditation, reflection. And with us starting the month of August with four planets retrograde & Uranus joining them during the course
of the month, this is the perfect card to express the energies of August 2021. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia;">It
reminds us that after the hectic and traumatic July that we, particularly here
in South Africa, experienced, it is a time for us to turn inward to rest, to
recover. The energies of August are very quiet, they are more open, they’re
presenting a lot of opportunities for us to go forward, because the rest of the
year is going to be quite, quite hectic & we’re probably going to
end the year with another surge in covid & perhaps a little bit more unrest
with the Uranus/Saturn square in its 3rd & final phase. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia;">So this month of August, this card, the 4 of swords, is extremely important that we use this time
during this month to reflect, to go inwards, to think back on- well - the whole
pandemic really, & where are we on our journey. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia;">How do we find our peace? How
do we stay calm in the midst of chaos? Because that’s the greatest way, you
know, chaos is a time of perfect opportunity, because anything & everything
is possible out of chaos, but we are not going to be able to make use of the
opportunities that chaos presents unless we are actually still & calm
within. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And that’s what the four of swords is reminding us to go inward to be
still to reflect on what was where we are now & where we want to be in the
future. It is not a passive type of stillness it is a stillness that
moves us forward in a calm & steady way & it restores our soul it gives
us strength & it gives us endurance and the four of swords reminds us that
it’s from the point of stillness & calm within the chaos that we can
actually make the greatest use of our opportunities<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The
card in <b>the challenge</b> position is the five of swords which is the card that
indicates we’re engaging in a conflict of some nature. It can suggest a
disagreement with others which leads to hostility & tension. We may think
we’ve won and we may have won a small battle but, in the end, this card suggests that if we don’t use our conflicts constructively, if we don't seek
mutual agreement, if we want to win at all costs, at the end of the day we may
win the battle but we could still (lose sight of) the big picture. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">It’s an
important - the challenge in this card lies in understanding that, some times
when we choose conflict over calm reflection, we set ourselves on the road to
isolating ourselves We may believe at times that it’s more important to be
right than to appreciate and understand where the other side was coming from.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This can be in a personal argument with a loved one or with friends or with an
employee or employer or it could be on a collective level such as in the
country - do we do we understand … do we understand and appreciate where some
of the looters were coming from during the recent riots in KZN? If we were poor
& starving with no hope of a job how would we react in that situation and
that is what the five of swords is reminding us.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">That to win at all costs
cuts us off from our own humanity, it demonises the Other and it encourages us
to self sabotage because we don’t live in isolation We need to understand that
sometimes to win a conflict we need to walk away, we need to hold that centre ,
we need to stay calm & we need to try and find the most workable solution
for all of us and during this month of august which is giving us a time to
prepare to calm ourselves to centre ourselves again, the challenge lies in
understanding how do we deal with conflict? </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">How do we deal with conflict on a
personal level, how do we deal with conflict on a collective level? I think
South Africa in the month of July really came out well It was the most
wonderful experience to how we came together as a country and that is
using conflict in a positive way & this card reminds us that the way to
victory is inclusive, not exclusive.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The
<b>key element to consider</b> is the importance of transformation. This Death card is
a very feared card but it’s also the mot misunderstood card because it’s the
most powerful card in the whole deck. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">It is an indication that a great
transformation is coming; it’s death-of-the-old, transformation and rebirth and
it’s inherent in human nature that we cling to the past, we cling to the
familiar, we cling to what is known. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And this Death card, in this key element
to consider position is reminding us that we need to choose a new path; it
signals that a major phase in our lives is ending and a new one is about to
start; if we close one door a new one will open, but we need to place the past
behind us - whether it is our personal past, if we need to let go a
relationship, if we need to let go a job, if we need to move house; or if it’s
on a collective level we need to let go the past, we need to find a new more
inclusive way of existing, of eliminating inequalities, we need to find a new
way of being, and that is what this card is reminding us - that we need to
focus our energy on what is ahead of us, not on what lies behind us. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">It simply
means that a major change, a transition or a huge transformation is coming our way
We need to let the old “die” to allow the new to be created, to be reborn. This
… Death usually does signify a scary time and I do, I must be honest, I
do think the next few months up until early 2022, are going to be tumultuous, I
think there’s going to be a lot of change.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Seneca, the great Roman author said
“He who will the gods lead; he who won’t, the gods drag.” And that’s
another important element if the Death card - the more willingly we choose to
let the old die, the more willingly we choose to transform, the easier the
process will be. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And August is a time for us to consider how can we embrace
change in a calm and centred manner. It’s important for us to make space for
new ways of being to come into our lives, and this final card of the August 2021
reading is a huge reminder that change will come and there’s nothing we can do
about it. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">But change can be exciting, it can be vibrant, it can infuse us with
a new way of being that we’d never dreamt of - and that’s what we need to
remember during the month if August as we contemplate quietly what we’re doing
and what we need to do in the future: embrace change and move forward to a new
way of being. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Thank
you for listening to Astrology South Africa’s August 2021 tarotscopes, this is
Judy Croome signing off until we meet in September when we’ll see what the
cards have in store for us. Join us on social media, we have a very vibrant and
active Facebook group, we're on Instagram, we’re on Twitter, we’re on LinkedIn
- come and join the party, add your voice, and we’ll meet in September. Stay
well, stay safe. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></span></p><br /><p></p>Judy Croome | @judy_croomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17455755011354905278noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522118719275646511.post-54352406638477299502021-07-10T08:19:00.002+02:002021-07-10T11:09:06.184+02:00New Moon in Cancer 2021<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">In the early hours of Saturday 10 July 2021, we have an interesting <b>New Moon at 18 Cancer 02</b> in the 2nd house of material security, where we encounter anything that we can call our own such as our material possessions and our values, beliefs and talents. New Moons represent new beginnings, while emotional and nurturing Cancer seeks safety in the family/tribe. </span></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Beginnings bring change; as this new moon sextiles innovative and rebellious <b>Uranus</b> we may suddenly be asked to let go of material possessions (the old family car may break down, so you must plan to buy a new one), or previously held ideas about our inner gifts and talents (do we believe things about ourselves that are not who we really are, but rather are limiting perceptions inherited from our family or tribe?) With <b>Mercury</b> (our thought processes) in trine to <b>Jupiter</b> (expansion of consciousness), we may find this new moon a mind-opening time of illumination.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">The <b>Venus/Mars conjunction</b> that overwhelmed Jacob Zuma and his followers turning their emotions and passions into a potentially destructive energy is still in effect, and with Venus also squaring Uranus we could find our family and personal relationships taking some strain as we long for more independence and freedom than we currently have. With the New Moon in her home sign of Cancer, emotions will be intense, so before taking any sudden actions, pause and think through what you want to do. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Any action taken at this New Moon in Cancer will have long-term effects on your destiny, because <b>Saturn</b> (the Great Teacher) and the <b>North Node</b> (the ultimate truth our soul is working towards) are in trine, while <b>Sedna</b> (our sense of victimisation, powerlessness and alienation) and <b>Black Moon Lilith</b> (inherent power, our greatest resistance to control by external forces) are conjunct at the critical karmic 29th degree. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">At this potent new moon, these four players are relentless in their push to shift us into a consciousness revolution that will forever change the way we think about our material possessions and the way we use our inner gifts and talents.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="748" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ8yoQ1fH3kNglhlnf8A1t-Rj1No35jKWSQslgcOY4kzIiU2kQg_fSNyvyDXRo_Xvcrm-hX2rKhwMALwsqLTqr88kHe5X8XD_wb4zzKyaqg3zKv0sIlv6b0BZ2U6IHff3BzZlPUYubjUuX/w434-h640/E3091AA1-8414-404F-83F8-7F1DA3266BF5.jpeg" width="434" /></span></div><p></p>Judy Croome | @judy_croomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17455755011354905278noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522118719275646511.post-21885703092778321242021-07-04T18:50:00.003+02:002021-08-01T17:45:10.045+02:00July 2021 Tarotscope<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 18pt; text-align: center;">Astrology South Africa July 2021 Tarotscope</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="color: #0b5394; font-size: 13.5pt;">Judy Croome explores what July 2021 has in store with a 4 card weekly spread using the Rider Waite Smith Deck.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><a href="https://youtu.be/uc8OLZbo9G4" target="_blank">Here is the Youtube link to July 2021 Tarotscopes</a><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;"> - if you enjoy the 9 minute video, please remember to click the LIKE button on the YOUTUBE page. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">The crystals used in this reading are <b>Barnacle Master Quartz</b> (</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15.3333px;">stimulates a group cohesiveness) Each week has a crystal. F</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">or week 1 (</span><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Lepidolite</b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> - relieves stress & depression), week 2 (</span><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Fire Opal </b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">- releases deep seated grief), week 3 (</span><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Blue Apatite</b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> - inspires and motivates) and week 4 (</span><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Red Jasper</b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> - calms emotions, grounding)</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSuqOfTvKVHZERkFSA3RUArTeLe3cSUJhEFBIVw8oloBHcFPla3w6jJpfhBvSGfP9QZnUnIZ0Wi-mmYqnMQ1aPe3yIu7_AqmbTH-wlDFiedScFb5ltJhitMURSfhDy7gAdHMHM688JQa2Q/s640/2021_07_Full.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="584" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSuqOfTvKVHZERkFSA3RUArTeLe3cSUJhEFBIVw8oloBHcFPla3w6jJpfhBvSGfP9QZnUnIZ0Wi-mmYqnMQ1aPe3yIu7_AqmbTH-wlDFiedScFb5ltJhitMURSfhDy7gAdHMHM688JQa2Q/w365-h400/2021_07_Full.jpg" width="365" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI01-QQEJTs4QyHCY8M3_n4SKAwBcSOmCdbn4fDu2k3QXttIU0uP74sEd25vmwSAWXgNqpTXYpVhJv_a3vM9bJVJtaSOu15uQBNDzWauoe0lTSs1KbXF0ytPNBgUoB7zcfUZKC868o_53_/s548/2021_07_Week+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="548" data-original-width="266" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI01-QQEJTs4QyHCY8M3_n4SKAwBcSOmCdbn4fDu2k3QXttIU0uP74sEd25vmwSAWXgNqpTXYpVhJv_a3vM9bJVJtaSOu15uQBNDzWauoe0lTSs1KbXF0ytPNBgUoB7zcfUZKC868o_53_/s320/2021_07_Week+1.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4KxOC3ZIoydk10DScF1GwAojJ1-SVK54U4h-5Drekhf5RZGEdsJlKt-Dp2WUniXgqTk1Q1xVVsOHHfWmuj90yB-v7o3DALSOHLLqVArNbKauTCNKFDZ9tI_mIZocehqiLRRCgVw9uTBKz/s597/2021_07_Week+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="597" data-original-width="284" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4KxOC3ZIoydk10DScF1GwAojJ1-SVK54U4h-5Drekhf5RZGEdsJlKt-Dp2WUniXgqTk1Q1xVVsOHHfWmuj90yB-v7o3DALSOHLLqVArNbKauTCNKFDZ9tI_mIZocehqiLRRCgVw9uTBKz/s320/2021_07_Week+2.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzlFJAbaDnny-YA3QiHSNNvoMrp7eszn3II6xNMS99DL5ysuq6fW9mUDwYef5J5Uauph9d1UY-G7pYbKv-DXNrw9Bwt7zRCu5QbwUK2AsnYXiRfashSyCgL36JfRpgBVJm078UT8nhiRok/s639/2021_07_Week+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="639" data-original-width="341" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzlFJAbaDnny-YA3QiHSNNvoMrp7eszn3II6xNMS99DL5ysuq6fW9mUDwYef5J5Uauph9d1UY-G7pYbKv-DXNrw9Bwt7zRCu5QbwUK2AsnYXiRfashSyCgL36JfRpgBVJm078UT8nhiRok/s320/2021_07_Week+3.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgepQDjyqTqCE3ANO7SEckRIpKJzWJh7Y2FKWYZfqR_PBwCJbKD9AqeEJpcP8D53-7D_kVURPer2oySgKHaWI0gGvPCMPzHRAqb9JxRie6t2HaC59MzB-1yLfx-hlxQGcWzrG5riGe3OvB8/s603/2021_07_Week+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="603" data-original-width="325" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgepQDjyqTqCE3ANO7SEckRIpKJzWJh7Y2FKWYZfqR_PBwCJbKD9AqeEJpcP8D53-7D_kVURPer2oySgKHaWI0gGvPCMPzHRAqb9JxRie6t2HaC59MzB-1yLfx-hlxQGcWzrG5riGe3OvB8/s320/2021_07_Week+4.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><br /></p>Judy Croome | @judy_croomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17455755011354905278noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522118719275646511.post-5270765796869063792021-06-06T09:32:00.007+02:002021-06-06T09:42:49.347+02:00June 2021 Tarotscope<p style="text-align: center;"> <span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-size: 18pt; text-align: center;">Astrology South Africa June 2021 Tarotscope</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-size: 13.5pt;">Judy Croome explores what June
2021 has in store with a 3 card spread using the Osho Zen Tarot Deck.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"><a href="https://youtu.be/J3W88ibsjGo" style="font-size: 11.5pt;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #249fa3;">Here
is the Youtube link to June 2021 Tarotscopes</span></a><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;"> - if you enjoy the
5 minute video, please remember to click the LIKE button on the YOUTUBE page.
Or watch embedded video below.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">The crystals are Barnacle Master Quartz and, from Erongo in Namibia, a beautiful Black Tourmaline/Aquamarine chunk, and a natural Aquamarine wand.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">A </span><b style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Barnacle Quartz</b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> helps to stimulate a group cohesiveness and a willingness to work together. </span><b style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Black Tourmaline</b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> cleanses and purifies negative energy, while </span><b style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Aquamarine</b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> brings courage, protection against the forces of darkness and filters information reaching the mind. A calming stone, Aquamarine brings clarity, self-expression and closure. (See photo below video)</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/J3W88ibsjGo" width="320" youtube-src-id="J3W88ibsjGo"></iframe></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHHltUd6OwmkWGj6oubOBhzkzsijQfCnaKg4O1Z6QTm_SzrQNS68D60lKrRmg8uFL3KPrZI6g90RRyQh97es2MBBPxThOXHud_eeg1geslFx9t6X6sulJs92YGuk9gswyo-xBQ4vE-ssw9/s955/2021_06_Crystals.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="629" data-original-width="955" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHHltUd6OwmkWGj6oubOBhzkzsijQfCnaKg4O1Z6QTm_SzrQNS68D60lKrRmg8uFL3KPrZI6g90RRyQh97es2MBBPxThOXHud_eeg1geslFx9t6X6sulJs92YGuk9gswyo-xBQ4vE-ssw9/w640-h422/2021_06_Crystals.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2QiK-rBLAZBIELXdXbfmDuheg51JjSRx-PRiQwhbWBm67oASpq7ZLlJRdT4DlaJwAAdHDHHYZflxBaFmUbx_s4kQdnkMXdr-qZ8N6L-8yCQQmig7v0wP-sZw7OQZA-5q1r6km2xAwdIQj/s636/2021_06_Crystals+and+spread_Full.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="623" data-original-width="636" height="626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2QiK-rBLAZBIELXdXbfmDuheg51JjSRx-PRiQwhbWBm67oASpq7ZLlJRdT4DlaJwAAdHDHHYZflxBaFmUbx_s4kQdnkMXdr-qZ8N6L-8yCQQmig7v0wP-sZw7OQZA-5q1r6km2xAwdIQj/w640-h626/2021_06_Crystals+and+spread_Full.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><br /></p>Judy Croome | @judy_croomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17455755011354905278noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522118719275646511.post-2395470899300503262021-05-11T15:23:00.006+02:002021-05-11T19:32:05.239+02:00Notes from Underground<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRoI9i8Gk2_OZB37lKBVK-6fgunj-lCpRbikT5E5mqF_Deo5nxsDcRTxp5YJ2Q5boNstgktyfK_AzJS1G3sEI2q52FU0NpXmQq9ZQTVveTkCXMPEMhY056qbZ27D4LrUR5f2bJLlUrWLlV/s2048/for+blog+Latest+Logo+Update+-+Judy+Croome_-01+%2528002%2529.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1909" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRoI9i8Gk2_OZB37lKBVK-6fgunj-lCpRbikT5E5mqF_Deo5nxsDcRTxp5YJ2Q5boNstgktyfK_AzJS1G3sEI2q52FU0NpXmQq9ZQTVveTkCXMPEMhY056qbZ27D4LrUR5f2bJLlUrWLlV/w373-h400/for+blog+Latest+Logo+Update+-+Judy+Croome_-01+%2528002%2529.png" width="373" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">There's much excitement in this part of the world today! LOGO LAUNCH DAY has arrived! </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">The image and colours just speak to my soul. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/kyle.dasilva.501/about" target="_blank">Kyle da Silva</a> is a gifted and accommodating designer - he heard what I wanted in one discussion, and this is the result. The logo isn't random: every detail is there for a specific purpose.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>TITLE:</b> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">I have three great passions in life - cats, poetry and the occult, specifically tarot and astrology. While we couldn't squeeze a cat into the logo, we did manage to combine poetry and the occult. My poetry (all my writing) is challenging to define. By diving deep beneath the surface of everyday life, I reach for the vast unknowingness of the Great Spirit (or G-d, if you will) by delving beneath the surface of the ordinary details. This is expressed in the title "Chthonic Poetry & Tarot." </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGBy_Qf_KdyGK9WV8HnyVPw-Nx3pBwDcijUWUwM9YqEv-k23bGv9woWVyADDnvVXxyUA7rXzgk4gbe9cuCOX8H0FggcHrxJhV4BTGlmn7RV7K3zGULasT8CpsMo51tsn0ofENOixgg_QyQ/s515/chthonic.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="515" data-original-width="476" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGBy_Qf_KdyGK9WV8HnyVPw-Nx3pBwDcijUWUwM9YqEv-k23bGv9woWVyADDnvVXxyUA7rXzgk4gbe9cuCOX8H0FggcHrxJhV4BTGlmn7RV7K3zGULasT8CpsMo51tsn0ofENOixgg_QyQ/w370-h400/chthonic.jpg" width="370" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="text-align: left;"><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="text-align: left;">COLOURS: </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Turquoise</i> is connected to the spiritual world, intuition, psychic sensitivity, and protection from harm and negative energy. Turquoise is often used to encourage honest communications and to assist in communications with higher dimensional beings.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Purple/Violet</i> relates to self knowledge/ spiritual awareness. It aids union with your higher self, with spirituality, and your higher consciousness.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>White</i> assists with clear-thinking, helping to reveal the truth within situations and people. The colour of Divine Love, white leads us towards an inner harmony and higher spiritual consciousness. And for those, like me, who are daydreamers of note, the transformative power of white helps with concentration and overcoming a lack of focus.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>THE BACKGROUND:</b></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Look closely: there are two background images. The first is a vast sky, transforming from day to night, with the star constellations beginning to shine their light. The second (immediately behind the figure with the upraised arms) is the Stropholos of Hecate, or Wheel of Hecate.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPXYgNfRROHV1xfQuNGwdUsDhBuLvt5yfckcKwPE-p1xM6V3I5ozj0bW6pVoVD2LWbWKFoNxcBt2gkSPHI1ViVfjhoj2KUxD0QevtZwlztHh1pND87mdslg-l1cU7nyaBfJQt-xg-F0q_Y/s768/hecate+wheel.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPXYgNfRROHV1xfQuNGwdUsDhBuLvt5yfckcKwPE-p1xM6V3I5ozj0bW6pVoVD2LWbWKFoNxcBt2gkSPHI1ViVfjhoj2KUxD0QevtZwlztHh1pND87mdslg-l1cU7nyaBfJQt-xg-F0q_Y/s320/hecate+wheel.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Hecate's wheel is an ancient Greek symbol, emblem of the moon goddess Hecate in her triple goddess aspect. The second century text, "The Chaldean Oracle", describes the symbol as a labyrinthine serpent (representing rebirth and renewal) surrounding a central Spiral. It is symbolic of the Iynges, mysterious beings whose names may be translated as "wheels" or "whirls" and are emanations of Divine thought. Other symbols of Hecate include: torches, dogs, keys, serpents, and of course, the crossroads. </span><a href="https://symbolsage.com/hecate-wheel-symbolism-and-meaning/#:~:text=Hecate's%20Wheel%2C%20also%20known%20as,symbol%20in%20the%20modern%20age." target="_blank">Read a more detailed description of the symbolism of the Stropholos here.</a></div></span><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>THE FECUND GODDESS:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The feminine figure in the middle of the logo represents Hecate and her symbols. As a triple moon goddess, she guards the crossroads and liminal spaces between worlds. Her upraised arms form the shape of a moon (the present); on each side of her upraised arms are moons representing the past and the future. Her belly button covers the centre of the background Stropholos and is the centre spiral of the wheel, representing the portal into Divine knowledge. And, finally, rising from her feet, is the serpent, the one who sheds his skin and is reborn into new knowledge, the keeper of the knowledge of good and evil.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Hecate is a powerful lunar Goddess who rules over the earth, sea, and sky. She is associated with the concept of Maiden, Mother, and Crone: representing the three phases of the female life. Hecate is worshipped as a protective Goddess, who bestowed prosperity and blessings on </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia;">the <i>oikos</i> (household)</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia;">. More </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia;">at home on the fringes than in the center of Greek polytheism, Hecate is intrinsically ambivalent and polymorphous, straddling conventional boundaries and eluding definition.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia;">Thanks to her association with boundaries and the liminal spaces between worlds, Hecate is also recognized as a chthonic (underworld) goddess. As the holder of the keys that can unlock the gates between realms, she can unlock the gates of death. Like Hermes, Hecate takes on the role of guardian not just of roads, but of all journeys, including the journey into the deep unconscious we keep hidden in the underground of our psyche. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia;">You can read more about Hecate's role as <a href="https://hekateanwitchcraft.tumblr.com/post/630710526500093952/hekate-as-the-cosmic-world-soul" target="_blank">the Cosmic World Soul here</a> and her <a href="https://www.theoi.com/Khthonios/Hekate.html#:~:text=HEKATE%20(Hecate)%20was%20the%20goddess,the%20night%20with%20flaming%20torches." target="_blank">general mythology here </a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>CONCLUSION:</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">As I begin my new path in life, the ancient energy of Hecate resonates deeply within me. This logo has captured that essence and I'm excited to share it with you.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>BIBLIOGRAPHY:</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="http://whitelotusmagazine.com/color-therapy-turquoise/">White Lotus Magazine</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://www.colourtherapyhealing.com/colour/violet-colour" target="_blank">Colour Therapy</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://symbolsage.com/hecate-wheel-symbolism-and-meaning/#:~:text=Hecate's%20Wheel%2C%20also%20known%20as,symbol%20in%20the%20modern%20age." target="_blank">Symbol Sage</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hecate" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://hekateanwitchcraft.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Hekatean Witchcraft</a></span></div>Judy Croome | @judy_croomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17455755011354905278noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522118719275646511.post-58069303202073755292021-05-03T12:48:00.005+02:002021-05-03T13:01:26.639+02:00May 2021 Tarotscope <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Astrology South Africa May 2021 Tarotscope</span></div><span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">Judy Croome explores what May 2021 has in store with a 3 card spread using Robin Wood's Tarot Deck.</div></span><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">Here's my second official Tarotscope video for Astrology South Africa. There's a few technical glitches, but I hope I'm forgiven as I made the video with one eye only - my right eye had surgery last week; the left eye surgery is this week!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">At the very end of the video you'll have a sneak preview of my new logo, which I'm SO excited about. Just a few more tweaks by designer Kyle da Silva, and then I'll do an official logo reveal!</span></span><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Sog5Z86-A8" target="_blank">Here is the Youtube link to May 2021 Tarotscopes</a> - if you enjoy the 5 minute video, please remember to click the LIKE button on the YOUTUBE page. Or watch embedded video below.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">The crystals are Barnacle Master Quartz (a gift from the amazing <a href="https://joshuamaree.com/about" target="_blank">Joshua Maree, visionary and illuminist ,and the </a></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://joshuamaree.com/about" target="_blank">creator of Androgynous Keys</a>) and a Rhodonite tower and slab (both gifts from my beloved late husband <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beric_John_Croome" target="_blank">Dr Beric Croome</a>).</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">A <b>Barnacle Quartz</b> helps to stimulate a group cohesiveness and a willingness to work together, while </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Rhodonite</b> is a stone of compassion, an emotional balancer that clears away emotional wounds and scars from the past, and that nurtures love. 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text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">Stay blessed and stay safe.</span></b></div><br /></span></div>Judy Croome | @judy_croomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17455755011354905278noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522118719275646511.post-77079019482253702802021-04-02T09:05:00.003+02:002021-05-03T12:54:23.701+02:00A New Road<p> <span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">MONTHLY </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/tarotscope?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZXno06a2IAuH-yU91gz1ugVZF0VnYXD72pLN7V01BlVevZDBLo1UYUMOfU9dmtqqaGEt-Ak6nfYF4sw2x7YpmGfRHus3_39EDk3NkdWaM0whq16joUsiH3TYdgGwYXg-sdg_SYX6tnBobqq7zXaLF81bIXAXE1R5nfY2nHh6AQNH1aAmpTw2ROLYUBealSf0IQ&__tn__=*NK-y-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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white-space: pre-wrap;">- feeling privileged at the opportunity and excited about the new path opening up!</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="412" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oiWVAYJdhco" width="659" youtube-src-id="oiWVAYJdhco"></iframe></div><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;"><br /><br /></span></span><p></p>Judy Croome | @judy_croomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17455755011354905278noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522118719275646511.post-28944568232517292982020-12-17T11:27:00.013+02:002020-12-31T13:46:07.687+02:00Celebrating Spirit<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #121212; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span>2020: an intense but exciting year of change, endings and the first glimmer of new beginnings. </span>Watch this space for a new logo, a new design and a whole new adventure in 2021.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #121212; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia;">As the Jerusalema dance went viral, London's The Guardian newspaper said, </span><span style="color: #121212; font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/sep/24/jerusalema-dance-craze-brings-hope-from-africa-to-the-world-amid-covid#:~:text=Jerusalema%3A%20dance%20craze%20brings%20hope%20from%20Africa%20to%20the%20world%20amid%20Covid,-This%20article%20is&text=The%20track%20topped%20the%20South,that%20sparked%20the%20global%20trend." target="_blank">"Dance craze brings hope from Africa to the world amid Covid</a>"</span></span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="312" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fCZVL_8D048" width="375" youtube-src-id="fCZVL_8D048"></iframe></span><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">How apt: Africa, where the physical evolution of humankind began in <a href="https://www.maropeng.co.za/content/page/australopithecus" target="_blank">Sterkfontein Caves</a> a mere 50km from where I live. Africa, with her sunlight and shadow; her potential</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> and sorrow; and her vast well of spiritual energy, bringing hope to the world. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Above is the original 2019 version from Master KG, and below is a second version with the uplifting, inspiring words translated into English and French sub-titles.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="317" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tIHhfl8fIj4" width="381" youtube-src-id="tIHhfl8fIj4"></iframe></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b>Nkosi sikelel' Afrika</b></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b>and may 2021 bring hope and light into the world.</b></i></p><p></p>Judy Croome | @judy_croomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17455755011354905278noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522118719275646511.post-24854836257660310682020-06-01T17:15:00.010+02:002021-03-23T10:26:56.302+02:00Just published DROP BY DROP (poems of loss) by Judy Croome<div style="text-align: center;">
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