Pat Dumas, Astrological Consultant/Tarot Reader

02/03/2026

DAILY DRAW, Tuesday, Feb 3rd
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I The Shaman, Reversed

from the Wildwood Tarot
illustrations by Will Worthington,
text by Mark Ryan and John Matthews

Today's card comes from a deck I don't often use, but when I saw it in my container, my hand reached right for it. This deck is profound, and very meaningful for those who follow the Wheel of the Year, trying to live by the seasons in rhythm with Gaia and the cycles of the earth.

In this deck, The Shaman corresponds somewhat with the Rider Waite I - The Magician, resting at the very hub of the wheel of the year, in the quarter associated with Air, in this deck Arrows. On the ground before this master magician are the tools of his craft representing the elements: a skull rattle (Air), a stone knife (Earth). a hollowed out antler cup (Water) and a tied-together bundle of burning herbs (Fire). Using intellect and desire, the Shaman makes his dreams reality and walks the dream realm. This card represents the skill to enter into the psyche of all, to 'journey'.

I believe this card is reminding us that knowledge, study, learning, and observation, are the greatest tools of any ceremonial magician... or good human being. As it is reversed, I think this message is deeply personal. Perhaps we are being called upon to see where we've been falling down on the job.

We must shove ignorance, especially willful ignorance, aside and learn all we can about our environment - the literal physical environmental or the social one in which we try to function. For to be first informed is the smartest route to take to begin decision making in a responsible, safe way.

The Shaman knows what each herb in the wood will heal... or hurt. He knows weather sign. He understands animal behavior and can gauge a deer herd's migration based upon those signs. Study assists us in survival. Deliberately refusing to learn all we can about the world around us is the fastest way to die, frankly... even if it's metaphorically. By refusing to learn and grow, becoming stagnant and lacking in expansion of our mind and goals, what are we if not 'dead'?

Through observation, the Shaman can predict the tribe's next, safest steps. This is why they come to him for answers. He USES his brain, his years of study and his observational skills to see where changes in the landscape have happened, to see where new challenges may crop up before we are having to actually deal with them head on.

And because the Shaman's quarter of the wheel hub is Air, it is through the intellect - mediation, sharing of history, study, teaching - that we can best emulate him. Think of Merlin... of the great Shamans and Druids. Think of our greatest teachers and philosophers.

You can be that energy. In fact, you MUST be that energy for yourself. This card, above all, reminds us that we hold everything we need to create the magic we desire within ourselves, every tool. BELIEVE, and it shall be so.

Namaste, y'all.

02/03/2026

Daily Draw, Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026
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The Three of Swords
The Wise Dog Tarot, by
MJ Cullinane

This one just about crushed me.

Today, I had to face the agony of helping my son figure out how to assist his nearly 20-year-old pit bull into the hereafter. He wasn't ready. Still isn't. But the sweet old boy is.

The Sonny Man has 'done his time' as the clock with three swords depicted in the card shows, though we are still tethered to him. The grief, the anguish... all of that is there, but it is ours, not his.

That mental torment of heartbreak, of separation, feeling as though deserting someone when they need you most. Betrayal... 'we let it go too long!' and 'there must have been something MORE we could have done!'

But the bottom line is this: take nothing for granted. Take NO ONE for granted, human, animal, spiritual. It can be the pain of thinking of OURSELVES too much, rather than the pain of others. But thinking, absolutely, for this is the three of SWORDS... MENTAL anguish.

So allow this card to serve as a warning to make sure to connect with those whom you love. TELL them... ALL of them, whether with a word, a kiss, a stroke, a hug. And trust that we will meet again someday... across Rainbow Bridge.

Namaste, y'all.

02/01/2026

01/31/2026

At 5:08 p.m. on Sunday, February 1st, we will have a Full Moon at 13 ° Leo 13', demanding that we PAY ATTENTION to our feelings right now, that we not bury them, but instead come to terms with them.

The Moon is full when Sun, in this instance in the sign of Aquarius, opposes the Moon, in Leo. That Leo-Aquarius polarity deals with us needing to find the balance between all that is personal (Leo) and all that is impersonal (Aquarius).

Think of it this way: the Leo Full Moon asks us where we need to find that fulcrum point between romance and friendship, and between expressing ourselves in personal and impersonal ways. And the conflict between the polarity of Leo’s proud and individual stance compared with Aquarius’ independent and yet ‘team oriented’ one.

During a full moon, we must express the feelings and emotions that crop up! Two weeks ago, we experienced the Capricorn New Moon and needed to see what structures in our lives needed revisiting, what fears we needed to face, what responsibilities we might have been shirking. Now, we are having the harvest of the hard work we (hopefully!) put in in these last two weeks!

And always, as it is with Full Moons, the tension is emotional in nature. And this Full moon also highlights what is, to me, the major planetary alignment of the year: the upcoming Saturn/Neptune conjunction. They're not **exactly** lined up yet - Saturn hasn't yet shifted in Aries ... that comes later this month - but the tension between believing the illusions around you versus gettin' real is VERY much in play.

Look for ways to de-escalate emotional situations with logic... ways to set up new structures in your life that benefit more than just yourself, but your community (whether that might be home life, work environment, friendships, neighborhood, etc.). Where can you **safely** gamble, while still calculating the odds and trying to control as much of you can as possible?

That is what lovely Luna and the Sun are trying to get you to come to terms with.

What houses, which axis, are activated in your chart by this Full Moon? The areas of life that are highlighted can give you some clues as to where the work is needed most!

Namaste, y'all.

01/31/2026

DAILY DRAW, Saturday, Jan 31, 2026
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The King of Swords, Reversed
from the Robin Wood Tarot
(C) 1991 Robin Wood and Michael Short
printed by Llewellyn Publications, Minnesota

What tapes play in your head? What stories keep replaying from your past, over and over and over, world without end, amen?

"You'll never be good enough..."

"You're dreaming if you think you could ever pull that off!"

"You need work three times as hard as anyone else just to keep up, so why bother?"

When the King of Swords turns up in a reversed position, it reminds me of all the lies I've heard and those I've told myself for more than 60 years. Reluctant to stop working because, after all, without some kind of intellectual output, of what use am I? What value do I have?

The biggest lie I believed for so many years I can't even recall a time I *didn't* think it, was that I "had no emotions." Brother, was THAT one off the mark. I most certainly have emotions; I just was never told it was all right to show them. Because they were BIG emotions that no one around me either knew how to or wanted to deal with. I was taught to bury them (if I knew what was good for me, that is), and I achieved that burial so effectively that the only one I knew intimately was rage. Knew that one VERY well. Unfortunately, so did everyone around me.

Blessedly, now I know they were lies. They were coping mechanisms. They were whatever they were at the time, but they were NOT true! So, this card turning up serves to remind me that *I* write the story now. *I* write the script of my life, and I do not have to adhere to any previous dystopian sci-fi yarn that my life seemed drawn from.

And that is YOUR truth, too, dearies. You are NOT the lies you've been told, or told yourself, all these years! Lies that you're not enough... not smart enough, not wise enough, not thin enough, not rich enough, not loving enough, not... *whatever* enough. Because you ARE and always HAVE BEEN enough.

You do NOT need to make yourself smaller to fit someone else's idea of your place in the world. Make your own place; they'll adapt or not, but that's not YOUR problem.

You do NOT need to perform, hour after hour, day after day, in order to feel as though it's all right for you to take up space in this world. You have had that right since the moment you drew breath.

You ARE enough. And the King of Swords needs you to say it long, say it loud. Speak the words, so that your soul hears them.

Namaste, y'all. I love you.

01/30/2026

Daily Draw, Friday, January 30th, 2026
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Two of Cups
from the Guardians of the Night Tarot, by
MJ Cullinane, Hay House Inc.

The twos of the tarot deck - ALL of the twos - exemplify polarities; how opposites attract, how one side feeds the other. In the suit of Cups, it is that emotional connection that feeds the soul, whether it is an intimate partner, a dear friend, or someone that simply enjoys something, some hobby or art, book or television show, as much as *you* do.

When the twos show up the Universe is telling you there's someone out there you're destined to know, destined to experience so that your own love can expand and grow. I truly appreciate how Cullinane chose elephant energy to represent this card - the energy of relationships, harmony, wisdom and the heart center. Elephants, after all, form incredibly strong emotional bonds within a matriarchal family unit.

The Two of Cups turning up here signals to me that we need to find those strong familial bonds in our "pack," our tribe, our group. They needn't be blood. In fact, the family of choice might be even stronger. We need to find those people in our lives that bring out the best in us, that lift us up to be more than we think we can be on our own, not the best WE think we can be, but the best THEY think we can be. 🥰

It is also asking each of us to connect with our heart center, our heart chakra. When this card shows up, it indicates we *can* mature and have emotional intelligence. the ability to have compassion for others, to allow ourselves to be vulnerable.

Vulnerable. . . what a scary word. I know, believe me I do. But when we can allow that incredibly healing emotional state to take hold, disagreements can fade... prejudice and bigotry can disappear. And we see people as INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE... not as a party, a group or somehow a representation of what we fear.

Allow yourself that gift.

Namaste, y'all.

01/30/2026

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01/29/2026

Daily Draw, Thursday, January 29th, 2026
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The Six of Swords,
The Wise Dog Tarot by MJ Culllinane

And today, I come back to the Wise Dog Tarot, needing the wisdom of my canine friends, guides and companions. I think of my beloved GSD, Nikita... I think of poor Sonny Man, the Neurotic Pit Bull... I think of Layla, my sweet mixed breed girl.

The Six of Swords talks about healing, about the conversations that are necessary to FIND healing. The thinking needed behind the world that brings healing.

Here, our wonderful canine is sniffing out a duck. And the duck is a being that is equally at home on land, in water, and in the air. Tremendously spiritual messengers, no?

The water present makes me think that the canine, a land creature and the duck, one comfortable on land, sea and air, are coming together to offer us comfort. This wonderful pittie breed (for that's what he looks like, to me) has his feet in the water, recognizing the emotional realm, and the duck he sniffs and the one sailing in the forefront of the card, are both water-bound.

So, intellect mixed with emotion (swords, meshed forever with cups/water).

Where do YOU need to acknowledge the emotional sources of discomfort in your life while still acknowledging the intellect, the logical, mind?

Where might talking with a seasoned or trained professional be helpful?

How can acknowledging what you FEEL help clear what you THINK?

Just askin'...

Namaste, y'all.

01/29/2026

Daily Draw, Wednesday, January 28th, 2026
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IX The Hermit, Reversed
the Robin Wood Tarot, (C) Llewellyn Publications

Ah... the Hermit reversed...

Today, I've chosen to revisit an old friend, the Robin Wood Tarot. While utilizing much of the original Rider Waite symbolism, this lovely deck has a distinctly Celtic feel to it, which resonates nice with the Irish in me. :-) And when I see the Hermit in this deck, it always makes me think of Merlin.

When we see this card reversed, there's a gentle (or not so gentle, perhaps!) warning to avoid isolation. It's one thing to go to the mountain top to clear way the cobwebs and find our answers. It's another to remain there, hiding away from the world.

Or, perhaps you've been so entrenched in survival mode, on the 'get-the-kids-up-drive-to-appointments-meet-with-teachers-get project-done-for-boss-don't-neglect-household-chores-pay-bills-without-enough-money' merry-go-round that you not only don't grab the brass ring, you just figure there's no point in trying.

The Hermit, Reversed reminds us to bring what we've learned into our human sphere. Seek the answer we couldn't find in solitude through interaction with others.

Or, in a worst case scenario, your life has been crushingly, devastatingly hard. Honestly. And you've been in struggle mode for what seems like forever. And now, just perhaps, you're starting to see an end to the tunnel, but you're forgetting the others in your life who may be experiencing THEIR struggle mode. The Hermit, Reversed reminds us not to so wrapped up in our own 'stuff' that we become hyper sensitized to it and forget the others in our lives.

Come back to the world, Hermit. We need your light.

Namaste, y'all.

01/29/2026

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01/27/2026

Daily Draw, Tuesday, January 27th, 2026
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The Queen of Cups
from the Golden Universal Tarot by Roberto de Angelis
published by Lo Scarabeo, Italy

Remember, the Queens of the deck are emblematic of changes made in life simply by living the energy of their suit. They are not the Kings, actively, outwardly pushing their energy to make change. Nor are they the Knights, those admirable but sometimes over-the-top King Wanna-be’s (said with love, believe me LOL!). And they're not the Pages, messengers of a need for the energy their suits represent.

No, this card says the energy IS present. The Queens ARE their suit. They LIVE their suit. And there is no energy we need more right now than that of this beloved Queen.

The Queen of Cups is compassionate and caring, emotionally stable, not going off the deep end in fear or misery, nor blithely 'love and light'. She is intuitive, she goes with the flow, always charting her course forward in love.

In this deck, she sits on a throne that is on a small island in the middle of the cove; this Queen understands the emotions that are all around her, but rises above them, holds herself in dominion of her own feelings. Her throne is a clamshell, emblematic of the unconscious being the source of her water energy.

And yet, amid all this water, all this emotion, her feet are squarely on the ground. Emotional, yet grounded in reality. Connected to her emotions but not ruled by them.

The message for today is for us to listen to our inner guidance but not allow our emotions to overwhelm us. To be aware and in flow with what is going on around us and pay heed to our intuition as we move forward.

To paraphrase the Mahatma, "Be the love you want to see in the world."

Namaste, y'all.

01/26/2026

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