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Spread of the Week 10: the Tree of Life
This week we will be focusing our attention on the number Ten . Ten represents the full manifestation, or display, of the world . The...
Peter Duchemin, Phd
Mar 186 min read
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Spread of the Week 9: the Rose of Nine Destinies.
This week we will be focusing our attention on the number Nine . Nine represents foundations - deep, integral structures that support and...
Peter Duchemin, Phd
Mar 136 min read
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Spread of the Week 8: The Cauldron of 8 Chambers
This week we will be focusing our attention on the number Eight . Eight represents circulation within closed systems, circuitry,...
Peter Duchemin, Phd
Feb 285 min read
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Spread of the Week 7: The Octahedron Spread
This week we will be focusing our attention on the number seven . Seven represents Passion, intensity, and abundance. This spread pattern...
Peter Duchemin, Phd
Feb 228 min read
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Spread of the Week 6: The 6-card Cross
Every week in the Forest of Life, focus on a different Tarot theme. Using that theme, we explore a different spread pattern. This week we...
Peter Duchemin, Phd
Feb 145 min read
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Spread of the Week 5: The Five Element Star
This week we are focusing our attention on the number five . Five represents a breaking of stasis and the engagement of evolutionary...
Peter Duchemin, Phd
Feb 77 min read
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Spread of the Week 4: The State of the Aces!
This week we are focusing our attention on the number four . Four represents a stabilization - as in four directions, or four legs of a...
Peter Duchemin, Phd
Jan 314 min read
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Spread of the Week 3: Three Card Triangulations
This week we are focusing our attention on the number three . Three represents a formal state of affairs- It triangulates three meanings...
Peter Duchemin, Phd
Jan 243 min read
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Spread of The Week 2: The Crossroads
Two represents motion - it puts two meanings into tension and results in a new energy - a “becoming” that results from the combination....
Peter Duchemin, Phd
Jan 173 min read
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Spread of the Week 1: the Singleton
This week we are focusing our attention on the number one . One represents a dimensionless point of purity - and reminds us of the Aces....
Peter Duchemin, Phd
Jan 162 min read
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Taro as Color
The Taro as Color by Ithell Colquhoun may be one of the most remarkable decks to come out of the Golden Dawn system of initiation. It is...
Peter Duchemin, Phd
Jul 18, 20241 min read
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The Loom of Time
The planetary hours system is like the loom upon which our temporality is woven. The Platonic order of the planets is: Saturn, Jupiter,...
Peter Duchemin, Phd
Jul 18, 20242 min read
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Intuiti Deck
The Intuiti deck is an interesting approach - it is not marketed as a Tarot - but it is one. Shown against the Heptagons on the floor and...
Peter Duchemin, Phd
Jul 18, 20241 min read
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Welcome to the Week of Victory
It's Friday, and Victory Week begins now on the Forest of Life Venus Calendar. The Seven energy is hyperabundant - everything flows in...
Peter Duchemin, Phd
Jul 12, 20241 min read
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