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Don't Expect Compassion - The Sidley Biter and More

  Values are fragile entities. As a tarot reader I'm picking up on compassion falling off a cliff. With so much employment uncertainty, inflation and the disruptions of Generative AI, human beings are withdrawing into themselves. The mindsets are self-care, not caring much about others. Predictably the story of the law student doing a lucrative internship at Sidley law firm who probably has risked an entire career has become a joke. Well, it's been confirmed that they were a biter. Yes, the teeth kind. Not a hustler after opportunity. A rare bit of posting on Reddit by someone who works at Sidley requests empathy for a human being who will be caught up in the consequences of bad behavior.  That plea probably won't get very far. The same applies to other human beings on the wrong side of the economy.  In a 12-step club, for example, there's growing tension about the willingness to allow the homeless hang out. Their peculiar conduct has already reduced attendance at meet...
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Aging - You're Probably Bumping into the Problem with No Name

  Travel the country and stop in a local McDonald's in the early morning. There will be a table or two of older people. What you find out from the waitress is that they are "regulars."  The same kinds of gatherings take place at 12-step meetings, private clubs and old-line churches.  Something seems off.  So far it essentially been the problem with no name. It's about human beings set adrift from the usual orbits, be it a career or rearing a family. Lost? Maybe that's too strong a word for what's going on. In tarot readings clients present me with this drift as a situation defined as "being bored." The solution they run by me is that they get a job to keep busy, meet people and add to income. But I know from ongoing tarot sessions with them that doesn't set up inner peace. The unease continues.  That problem with no name, I have come to conclude, is the need for purpose. After the career or long-time job ends the very concrete purpose of earning ...
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Coincidence or Sending a Message: Linda Yaccarino's Resigns from X

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Even in these free-for-all political times, there are lines which should not be crossed. Never. As a tarot reader - therefore, in the thick of human morality, civility and spirituality - I wonder if X crossed a line yesterday when its chatbot Grok posted:  " ... antisemitic comments, praised Adolf Hitler and referred to itself as “MechaHitler.”  Today X's CEO for two years Linda Yaccarino resigned that big job.  In her public statement Yaccarino, whose background is public relations, gushed about X, especially its innovation. However, one might be tempted to connect the dots on the timing of her resignation.  As many know working for Elon Musk, who owns X, is challenging. Overall, it might surprise some that Yaccarino endured the challenges for two years. But, shouldn't we all ask: Why the resignation now, the day after such hateful rhetoric had appeared on Grok? May Spirit guide Yaccarino in her search for The Next. Thriving in difficult times starts from the ins...
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Animal Spirit Guides and More

  Those coming for tarot readings often ask me: What is the "best" spirit guide for meditation? Well, the "best" is the one which provides the clearest direct connection. For some that is an animal. It could be an actual one who has passed over. Of it could be the idea of a kind of animal which brings a sense of strength and safety.  Since my dog Molly Mittens passed over during the unusually hot summer of 2005 she has instantly jumped in as I have been meditating. She is open to questions such as: Should I continue pursuing this startup enterprise or back out of it. Also she provides warm consolation when I feel low on hope.  Of course, you can change your spirit guide or add to them. Recently, after I had experienced a trauma I looped in my mother who had died when I was 40 years old. At the time I was too young to process all that. During the past 18 months I became ready to circle back. Now Mom has been here for me. A popular spirit guide with clients is Michael...
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You're Not Interesting

  Much of the demand for tarot readings comes from those who simply need to talk and, because they are paying for the service, assume they will be listened to.  Essentially, America is undergoing an epidemic of human beings transitioning into "not being interesting."  When they talk - and usually the pattern is to do more and more of that - there is an obvious glaze-over. That is even the usual in support groups created as centers for listening to what  society doesn't want to hear. It's obvious members at the meeting aren't paying attention.  So, how can human beings become interesting enough to attract companionship?  That starts with getting out of themselves. Unfortunately, the more they are ignored the more they climb into themselves. A simple first step out is to volunteer to do something, anything. Offer to walk the dog for a sick neighbor. Do errands for the local political party. Lead a meeting at the support group. The next step is to push themsel...
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Comfort - Beyond WLB

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  Her little piece of the universe radiated serenity.  That's exactly what I picked up when I entered her older house to provide a reading. On the ancient stove was a tea kettle. No microwaving water for coffee and none of the gee-whiz kinds of coffee-makers.  This is how a professional who should have been stressed out and should have longed for more and more WLB established a comfort zone. What might have reinforced that is this: Expenses were kept low since there wasn't a preoccupation with up-dating interior design or renovations.  Since I am called in for a tarot reading most often to defuse overwhelm I am getting it that my mission is to help those under pressure create an emotionally safe place for themselves. It could be as simple as putting on their desks at work a symbol of what calms. That could be a photo of the old neighborhood where people cared about each other.  Or, at least that was the assumption.  Or it could be as comprehensive as keepin...
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Generative AI & Jobs Wipeout - Jesus as Career Coach

The transformation of labor generated by AI can increase unemployment by up to 20%, predicts Anthropic head Dario Amodie.  Ford CEO Jim Farley sees AI replacing about half of white collars in the US.  Now familiar is law firm Paul Weiss chair Brad Karp's prediction that AI can eliminate some junior lawyer jobs and that some practices can be commodities. As such a technological disruption is taking hold, I am noticing in my tarot-reading sessions that more clients are embracing Jesus - or some other mystical entity - as their career coach. They are "turning over" their next to that invisible form of guidance, comfort and protection.  Among the concrete results is calming. That provides the relief to size up what's going on in their ability to earn a good living and then strategically plan how to modify or replace that as AI gets more and more traction. Weekly, sector leaders are becoming increasingly aware of the power of the technology to do better, faster and more ...
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