Island Tiffiney's View ...blogging from Emerald Isle, NC

I ran across this video while surfing YouTube. I didn't realize that the spiral dance was such a large practice with non Native American cultures. I wish I too could travel to San Franciso this November! It looks like a lot of fun celebrating the never ending cycle of life and death.

Make sure to visit Starhawk's web site at:
http://starhawk.org/
There is a lot of useful information there.

I came across this beautiful dance video while surfing youtube. The most amazing thing about this troupe is that all of the young performers (male and female) are deaf. What an incredible performance!

Last week I purchased my first deck of "Oracle Cards". They are absolutely beautiful! I purchased this deck. The most reoccuring cards for me personally are Kuan Yin (Compassion) and Isis (Past Life). All of the Goddesses are intricately illustrated. I pick a random card each morning for my personal Goddess of the day.

What is the difference between Tarot Cards, and Oracle Cards? The main difference, in my opinion is that the Tarot deck usually consists of 78 cards (56 minor arcana and 22 major arcana cards ). The minor arcana can further be divided into 4 suits. and the major arcana (or trump cards) consists of 22 cards.
The Oracle deck is usually themed (animals, fairies, angels, goddesses... etc...) and there are no minor arcana bad cards (i.e. death, the fool, the hanged man). I use my cards as a form of self focus, and a tool for meditation.