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In 2023, the podcast is adding a weekly segment for Tarot studies, rooted in the host's own fairly logical perspective on using the cards, but still teaching all the meaning, symbolism, and insight the cards are designed around. This will include a "card of the week," starting with the Major Arcana, and a roughly monthly Deck Spotlight, covering the fun and specific ways
- source: http://hearingshofar.blogspot.com/2010/03/aries-shofar-at-pesach.html
- "Regarding astrology: I grew up with confidence that astrology was hokum and worse than useless. My conceit was weaken during a time when I shared a house with several practitioners of astrology in the Vedic tradition. Theirs was not the tabloid magazine's pablum about "romance is just around the corner." Instead, they seemed to be sensitive to subtle influences and to be guided by a consistent set of principles that were based on millennia of observations about human behavior and the natural environment. Indeed, when I consulted their recommended astrological professional, a man who had never met me, he was able to give me insights into myself that were at least as profound as any psychological or other "scientific" assessment I have ever had. Then, when I started looking into the esoteric traditions of Judaism, I saw that astrology is woven into our calendar and rituals as well.
- I still take a cautious view of astrology, and I have not invested time to study it. But I am glad to know that "stars" also ordain that the Ram is an appropriate part of our springtime festival."