#jon sacha

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The Star. Art by Jon Sacha, from Goblins & Gardens.

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The Lovers. Art by Jon Sacha, from Goblins & Gardens.

Behold the plurality of love! Beware the biblical binaries of heterosexual archetypes.

Physical and emotional healing cannot happen without a genuine loving relationship with nature.

Ask yourself: What do the apples think of all our divisions of nature we’ve cooked up in our books?

This is the door in the room we built. It’s not locked but it won’t open for you. Don’t wait around until the day you find yourself wandering around in circles muttering “I got so full, I forgot we’re edible.”

Embrace your nature and become the Lover.

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The Hermit. Art by Jon Sacha, from Goblins & Gardens.

The destination is unknown, but the path reveals itself. There is always a voice calling, and so you leave.

Silence and solitude sharpen the senses. Even ghosts take time away from their haunts. And while the journey will no doubt be spiritual, the guiding light might not always be your own. Perhaps a mentor will reveal themselves to you.

Regardless. “You have the most beautiful way of putting one foot in front of the other."

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The Devil. Art by Jon Sacha, from Goblins & Gardens.

To know The Devil is to know desire. Desire is the fulcrum on which the human life pivots.

To condemn me with one hand and feed me with the other is your great balancing act. Dance. Drink. Delight. Descend. Know your depths.

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The Tower. Art by Jon Sacha, from Goblins & Gardens.

Critical fail. Complete fracture. Total loss. Everything you once thought to be complete is gone. Here at the heart of the cold dead hearth you’ll find that destruction illuminates the deep dark of death.

No matter. Time is the storyteller.

It could be that you’re in good hands. How have you treated the world?

No matter. We’ve been keeping track.

Surprisingly few have been afforded this opportunity. What do you think comes next?

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Six of Cups. Art by Jon Sacha, from Goblins & Gardens.

The Nereids are a beautiful race of sea nymphs and have always moved peacefully through large bodies of water creating their homes in the still depths. The few Heroes that have had the opportunity to witness them have become wildly enamored with the Nereids. This would invariably lead the Heroes to jealousy and then violence because one cannot own nature and so much of love is tragically tangled with ideas of ownership. Now that the heroes are gone the Nereids are free to explore the far reaches of the aquatic realm. This particular Nereid is investigating a tranquil desert oasis teeming with Jelly Bean Succulents.

To fall in love with nature is to fall in love the way a child does. The innocence of a child’s first love is never forgotten. It is free of greed and cynicism. It rides the rim of nostalgia and temporality. It is difficult but not impossible to love like this again. The time is right for you to find an old inner harmony and ride it out again.

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The High Priestess. Art by Jon Sacha, from Goblins & Gardens.

The High Priestess Tip toe across the spider webs of your mind. If The Magician is straddling two physical worlds Then The High Priestess beckons from the threshold between the waking world and the subconscious She is shadow She isn’t within reach She is within mind She is Lolth She guides everything infinite and ineffable She invites you, always in earnest, to travel and wander Down the well Further down Always deeper You may ask “Is it safe down here?” To which she would reply, “Is it safe up there?"

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Nine of Coins. Art by Jon Sacha, from Goblins & Gardens.

The Myconid Mother is rarely, if ever, written about in the history books. Brave being she is in all that she does but this time it's especially true. For so long the horror stories of the Sun kept all Myconids at bay below the surface. But as the world continues to shift in surprising ways we continue to call into question the boundaries drawn before our time. Here the Myconid Mother has come across a bounty of Hazelnuts, Butternuts, Chestnuts and Almonds so large and wonderful what can she do but share. She thinks to herself “I’ll find some humanoids and give them the gift of both friendship and feast.”

You wonderful independent creature! You’ve done it again. Look at your bounty. Indeed, you find yourself in harmony with nature yet again! Take these wonderful vibes and share them with the world so that you may sow the seeds of prosperity and good health again for someone else to find.