YouandTheTarot

  As a tarot reader I bear witness to so much suffering. At the top of the list are those anti-social behaviors which make a human being and society so miserable. For example, non-stop complaining.  The tragedy is that can be "treated." Just adopt an attitude of gratitude. You know the adage: When you want to lament how tired your feet are after a day at work, reflect on those with no feet. I add in this lousy economy: Or no job. Unfortunately, dogs usually don't have that option. That's how they wind up in a shelter and, in most cases, are never adopted.  This week I drove to the Pima County Animal Shelter in Tucson, Arizona. "Mack" stole my heart. He's a 9-year-old small tan dog. But he was brought to the shelter and why I couldn't give him his forever home was this: He barks non-stop from anxiety when no one is home.  The shelter provides him stress medication. But that isn't enough. Since I currently live in an apartment in town and not som...

  Boomers had it all. Higher education was cheap. The Post-WWII economy hit a gigantic growth spurt just when that generation was ready to start careers. Corporate America with its opportunities, great pay and great benefits welcomed them. They earned enough to become investors and had fun watching the Dow every day.  Now, as I'm hearing in tarot readings, that luckiest generation fears winding up homeless. PBS reports: "As baby boomers age into senior citizens, a series of recessions and the lack of a strong social safety net have pushed more and more elderly people into homelessness — a number that’s only expected to rise." The recessions in the 21st century have been especially brutal and the world could be heading into another one. The investments haven't been doing so hot this week. Too many made the mistake of listening to their feelings and retiring too early, not anticipating they might live into their 90s. Therefore, the monthly Social Security check is low...

Those losing their jobs at Health and Human Services are sobbing. Their pain is palpable. And no way are they underestimating what job loss means. That ranges from gonzo is a professional identity to financial security goes poof to the end of a daily routine.  In tarot readings with the newly unemployed I'm connecting with so much suffering. The system, as it is, factors out the human pain, focusing only on some assumed financial savings. Most of those forced out are taking that first critical step: They're feeling the pain.  The next step is the raw need for another way to bring in income from their labor. That has become so difficult with knowledge work becoming a commodity. In a sense There's Nowhere To Go. Today I'm delivering a webinar for O'Dwyer's Public Relations on starting your own business. 2025 could be The Year of the Entrepreneur. Former government workers might have to investigate what has probably been an unthinkable: Operating their own piece o...