The Lotus Pond

Welcome to the Lotus Pond

I am Silverlotus, author of this site and a Wiccan who has been practicing for over thirteen years. (Read more about me here.) I belong to the UEW tradition of Wicca. I am an eclectic solitary, meaning that I practice my religion alone, and bring in aspects of other faiths to the basic Wiccan framework.

This site contains essays about my thoughts on different aspects of Wicca. This includes essays to help the beginner, like Buying Books and Tools for Learning. You will also find essays aimed at more experienced practitionrs, such as a look at Deity Concepts, Circles, and book reviews, to name a few. In the Tarot section, you'll find information about what Tarot is, some beginner exercises, and basic card information.

Tarot Reviews

March 14, 2008 02:46 PM

New postings have slowed down here at The Lotus Pond because my husband and I welcome our new baby into the world in late January. Right now I'm working on about 4 to 6 hours of sleep a day, and don't have much time to write. Hopefully I will be able to write up some articles that I have notes for shortly, though.

In the meantime, here are some reviews that I forgot to announce that I had posted:

DruidCraft Tarot

Tarot of the New Vision

Enjoy!

Tarot Updates

December 22, 2007 10:44 PM

After an exceptionally long break, I have finally added several new articles to the site, and updated some older articles. You may also notice a few slight navigation changes.

New Articles

Used Tarot Decks - Is it a good idea to buy or trade for a used Tarot deck?

Esoteric Titles - Learn about the second set of titles associated with your Tarot cards

Notes on the Steele Wizard Major Arcana - My thoughts about the extra Major Arcana cards included with the wonderful Steele Wizard Tarot

Tarot Myths - Part One - A short discussion on some of the most prevalent Tarot myths

Updated Articles

About Tarot Cafe - Includes new information on release dates and why the past several issues have been so late

Introduction to Wiccan Texts - Sadly, a few of the excellent free texts linked to on this page are no longer available

Various links have been updated across many articles

Please note that I have removed the Tarot Reading Request form. I am expecting a baby in mid-January and I am in no shape to offer readings right now. Hopefully I will be able to offer free readings again sometime in the future. I would like to thank everyone who took the time to request a reading from me.

The moon phases in the right-hand column are correct again. (Thank you to my dad for pointing out that they were off by half a month.) Apparently the program I have been using had a flaw in the algorithm for 2007 and beyond. I've upgraded and everything is right now. As an aside, I highly recommend Robomagic's MoonPhase. (It is much nicer than the old screen shot on the website shows.)

Moon Phases

New Moon - May 5

First Quarter Moon - May 11

Full Moon - May 19

Last Quarter Moon - May 27

New Moon - June 3

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