Author: Patrick Forse

Once again, the consonance between the sequence of the Upper Arcana and the weeks of the Trinity season can be seen in the focus this week on the virtues, of …

The Gospel reading for the Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity is from the tenth Chapter of Luke, the story of the Good Samaritan. It will be noted that the parable begins …

Last week we noted that the woman who gently tames the lion in the arcana of (11) Strength is a personification of Intelligence and works with masculine energy, which Oswald …

The eleventh week after Trinity is one of the most dynamic of the year. It usually occurs when the sidereal Sun is in Leo. The seasonal arcana for Trinity is …

The themes of New Testament reading for this the tenth Sunday after Trinity, in which we visit the arcanum of the (10) Wheel of Fortune, have to do with the …

On arriving at the (9) Hermit’s cell on the ninth Sunday after Trinity, we are confronted with a perplexing parable, that of the Unjust Steward (Luke 16: 1-9) whose worldly …

The eighth arcana of the traditional Tarot is (8) Justice, which is the operation of “never-failing providence” which “ordereth all things both in heaven and earth” as the collect for …

One aspect of the (7) Chariot is that it may be seen as an image of Hermes presiding over a square “field” which represents the front face of the cube-shaped …

There is once again a remarkable agreement between the arcana of the week, (6) Lovers, and the theme of the Collect, which today dwells upon the pouring of the Love …

The Collect Grant, O Lord, we beseech thee, that the course of this world may be so peaceably ordered by thy governance, that thy Church may joyfully serve thee in …