The road may not be smooth and the weather uncertain, but what matter? Let coffee create the road.

King of Wands and Cockatoo reversed: Those who believe themselves king demand loyalty but are loyal to no one. The song that came up is by the Thievery Corporation — and feels like a part of this divination.

The drums call us not to battle, but engagement. However, the neighbors prefer not to be engaged at this hour.

Beauty is not created by beauty, and the plain may prove elegant in its work. My ugly hands get the job done, but they’re made a bit uglier by a purple thumb. (I sprained it yesterday and it’s pretty swollen. See? I used the word pretty to stay thematic)

4 of Swords reversed and Well: We wake up after a long time of sleep and stillness to tend to the work of healing and restoration. It’s an active process, something we do rather than have done to us.

We cannot build without level ground, whether palace or hut. As such, some basic level of caffeination must be achieved before the creation of these posts. Yesterday, this level was not achieved and I spent the day thinking I made a mug post when I didn’t

3 of Pentacles reversed and Tears of Joy and Sadness: Sometimes hard work and skill go unrecognized and unrewarded, or the project doesn’t go the way you hoped. This hurts, but may prove to be a blessing in the end.

The Emperor reversed and Wren: The emperor has no clothes. Have faith in this. Hell, take joy in it. HIS POWER IS FAKE

The eye supplies the missing piece, the ear fills in the missing words. And the phone color-corrects so you don’t see how dim and yellow the morning sky is. If it’s smoky at this hour, that’s a bad sign.

Strength and the Erinyes: When shit hits the fan, have courage. Center yourself in fierce gentleness, and the fearlessness of love. “Virtue is bold and goodness never fearful.”

At the edge we linger, unsure of ourselves, unwilling to accept commitments. But commitments are also containers, permitting usefulness: It’s hard to drink coffee without a cup

The Canoe reversed and Flax: When the situation seems out of our control, we must remember our connections with one another. Doing things alone may get us nowhere. Instead, many hands make light work.

As narrative creatures, we cannot help but to center our own perspectives, not recognizing that we are but smudges and distractions in a protagonist’s tale. Or can openers.

6 of Pentacles and Jewelweed reversed: Put aside your wounded feelings and be generous. Let us show up for those in need and give what we have. Go beyond the outrage — share.

And are these dark omens that will foretell our fate, or merely happenstance? I started the morning by dropping a huge glob of hummus on the floor 😢

10 of Swords reversed and Moon of Revelation reversed: It’s not the end of the world, truly. It’s just that the important turn in the story hasn’t come yet; the truth of things hasn’t yet been revealed.

Look, I just got off the phone with Alecto, Tisiphone and Megaera, and they tell me that Mitch and Lindsay are there. It was pretty noisy, though, with the whips, the screams and Tisiphone yelling, “This is for the women of America!”

Still turning over a powerful dream I had, with the theme “the fall of the arrogant.” My alarm went off just as the arrogant one challenged the Divine and lost, and had a mountain fall on them. That … was really something.

6 of Wands and Bear: Celebrate your wins, your strength and your instincts. We shall prevail and restore our sovereignty.

O hush of morning, before the heat rises and the cresting waves of humidity crush us with the weight of their awful power!

Page of Swords and Butterfly: Follow the grand idea and it may transform you. And as I pulled the cards, I heard a veery sing outside. The Page of Swords is my significator — meaning that it’s the card I use to represent myself— and the veery is a bird special to me.

With discernment, we can differentiate wild carrot from poison hemlock, recognize which parts are of potential use & still permit it to grow where it will even if we refrain from that use. Because everything has a right to be & we are not the sole determiners. Besides, it’s pretty & bees like it 🐝

An Fear Crochta and the Forge: Waiting isn’t a passive thing, nor is choosing to surrender to an experience. Rather, suspension also provides a space for transformation to occur, starting with how we see the world.

Kwannon is returning to Binghamton Porchfest on Aug. 30 at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Binghamton! Stay tuned for more details. (Guess I better work up a set list!)

Well, shit.

The Devil and Black Snakeroot: As Kronos was bound in Tartarus, we must bind the evil that walks among us. Evil is persuasive; it promises power and the fulfillment of desire at the cost of our integrity. See it for what it truly is, and drive it out.

In the struggle between heat and humidity, the clear winner is humidity. Humidity is that jerk football player spiking the ball. Humidity is running a goddamn victory lap.

2 of Jazz reversed and Cailleach: Plans can fail — because of a lack of foresight, or simply because it’s the wrong road. You need to look facts square in the face, accept reality and let dead dreams go, so something else can live.

Look toward the hidden and its concealment shall unwind, unveiling wonders. New edition newts are out

We are the fallen leaf, the thief of joy and time. We are the rhyme that proceeds caffeination. We are the resurrection of a nation.