The Neurodivergent Sun Mermaid from my Upcoming Siren Song Tarot Deck

Mer Friends,

I draw, trusting in my Gods to guide me bibliomantically, through chance and synchronicity and I follow up with poetic musings guided by this new Tarot of Mermaids I am working on. I am becoming more honest, more transparent, more vulnerable and stronger the deeper I dive into this project.

To read a snippet of my Sun poem and my response to a Sun Card question posed by Mary K. Greer in her book “Tarot For Yourself” please scroll down - it's not for everyone, only those who are diving deeply alongside me in solidarity with all the Mer-Freedoms we are discovering along the way.

Feel the Threads of Magic Mermaid by Kathy Crabbe, 9x12 in., gouache, watercolor, ink and collage on paper, 2024.

The Mermaid’s Secret (A Snippet)

I followed the rules for too long,
but now I am older,
disbelieving these systems.

To have survived
is something.

To have created
is something.

This wrinkled Mermaid Body is illuminated,
though tempered by your disbelief
in hidden disability…

Sun Card Question: What do you now understand?

By embracing my Neurodivergence I accept my differences.

About Kathy Crabbe

I channel healing magick through my soul readings and divination decks.

Dividing my time between California and Canada I travel by caravan to mer-faerie cottages built by my beloved, Mark and myself.

My work has appeared in Sage Woman Magazine, We'Moon Datebook, Creative Cronies Moon Diary, and the Women's Museum of California. I review divination decks for Witches & Pagans Magazine and have taught at Wise Woman School.

How to Identify Your Core Strength

Dear Mer-Moon Muser,

As the Fool dictates (from my upcoming Siren Song Tarot deck); minutes before sending this out I re-write my entire article. To read the original version including Tarot Tips click here.

I am blessed...to adapt this final line from Byung-Chul Han's book "Psycho-Politics Neoliberalism and New Technologies of Power" (a critique of individualism and the pathologies underlying contemporary hyper-individualism) to suit my Mermaids.

Mer Version
The Fool does not exist as a subject - they are more like a mollusc; an existence simply open to light.

The Fool can teach us how to let go of assumptions and be true to our core self.

How?

By opening to our light ~ when do you shine the brightest? This is your core strength; when you feel absorbed and in the flow you know that you are doing your soul's core strength. For me, it's painting, giving readings, dancing, swimming, writing...So yes, you can have many core strengths!

Which of your core strengths is at the top of your list? If you don't know simply open yourself to the light and ask your gods, higher power, ancestors, the Universe for guidance; for a sign, a clue, a symbol, a dream or pull an oracle/tarot card asking: "Show me my top core strength" and then trust in you. You know You best. Just remember you are blessed.

Please note, this philosophy is at the core of all I do as a soul reader, artist and human being.

"Fairy Healing Magic for Our Shadow Selves" by Kathy Crabbe, Tarot Card: The Fool, 8 x 11 in., gouache, watercolor, ink, collage on paper, 2024.

This week's newest watercolor features the Fool card from my upcoming Siren Song Tarot, a 22-card Major Arcana deck. I'm also working on a coloring book along with disabled writer Rae Rose.

Sparkly Mer-Blessings!
Kathy 'Kat' Crabbe
Artist & Soul Reader

About Kathy Crabbe

I channel healing magick through my soul readings and divination decks.

Dividing my time between California and Canada I travel by caravan to mer-faerie cottages built by my beloved, Mark and myself.

My work has appeared in Sage Woman Magazine, We'Moon Datebook, Creative Cronies Moon Diary, and the Women's Museum of California. I review divination decks for Witches & Pagans Magazine and have taught at Wise Woman School.

The Neurodivergent Moon Tarot Card

Sea Friend,

As I sit at my desk/altar penning this I have a lot of questions about fear, death, masking and Neurodivergence which I will attempt to address in the coming weeks with a poem dedicated to this week's Siren Song Tarot Card: The Moon.

With the help of the Hagstone and Hecate necklaces I just received from the Edinburgh Museum of Magick, Fortune-telling & Witchcraft I will attempt to go deep within this Piscean Mystery Moon card's meaning to pull out Mermaid Secrets from the ocean's depths...to listen carefully and to find a way to connect to my true self, beneath the mask and then share it with you, of course.

I am currently working on a 17 week project for a creativity class with my spiritual witch mentor Francesca De Grandis. I will use this time to finish the last six paintings from the Major Arcana of my Siren Song Tarot and then really dig deep to explore these cards that represent all of human experience. I will also include poetry, travel notes, sketches, musings and tarot wisdom during my travels to Canada in late July through October. I plan to have a finished galley for a book by the end of the 17 weeks that will be self published or I will find a publisher for it.

"Move into that Still Place Inside Yourself" by Kathy Crabbe. Tarot Card: Moon, 8.5 x 12 in., gouache, watercolor, ink, collage on paper, 2024.

"Move into that Still Place Inside Yourself" (detail) by Kathy Crabbe. Tarot Card: Moon, 8.5 x 12 in., gouache, watercolor, ink, collage on paper, 2024.

This week's newest watercolor features the Moon card from my upcoming Siren Song Tarot, a 22-card circular Major Arcana deck.

Upcoming Art Events

Idyllwild Art in the Park
June 8 - 9
10 - 5 pm
54915 Ridgeview Dr (ICC Kid's Playground)
Idyllwild, California
idyllwildartinthepark.com
*I'll have a booth with my Wood Cat Art & decks

Dorland Mountain Arts Colony
Color Exhibit
May 12 - July 5
36701 Highway 79 South
Temecula, California
(951) 302-3837
dorlandartscolony.com

Neuk Perspectives
July 4 - July 28
WASPS Patriothall Gallery, Stockbridge, off Hamilton Place, Edinburgh, Scotland
@waspsstudios
Private view: Wednesday, 3rd July, 2024, 6-8 PM
For more information, including access information, visit: neukcollective.co.uk/exhibition

New Moon Blessings!
Kat Crab
Soul Reader + Artist
*New Moon in Gemini, June 6, 5:38 am PDT*

Idyllwild Art in the Park Booth by Kathy Crabb

About Kathy Crabbe

I channel healing magick through my soul readings and divination decks.

Dividing my time between California and Canada I travel by caravan to mer-faerie cottages built by my beloved, Mark and myself.

My work has appeared in Sage Woman Magazine, We'Moon Datebook, Creative Cronies Moon Diary, and the Women's Museum of California. I review divination decks for Witches & Pagans Magazine and have taught at Wise Woman School.

Embracing Differences with the Devil Card

Dear Mer-Moon Muser,

Today I am channeling The Devil Mermaid from my upcoming Siren Song Tarot even though my energy is still low after selling my Wood Kitty Art at a Memorial Day art fair in Idyllwild, a lovely small, artsy mountain town in Southerth California near my home. Dogwoods flowered nearby amidst towering Ponderosa Pines, rocky peaks and small seasonal creeks and waterfalls; it smelled delightful!

But, back to the Devil Mermaid and into the dark shadows and murky waters.

As I dive deep into my own Shadow Material 'down to the heart's chambers', I drop the mask...

to embrace difference,
to love my demon.
Then to sleep a 1000 sleeps
Dreamless
as I sink slowly
to the bottom of the lake
I am the Mermaid's Gift.

In this telling I share hope and acceptance. May we all find more of this in our heart's deepest chambers.

Compassion comes through in all my soul readings which I offer as audio recordings based upon your specific questions and issues.

"Down to the Heart's Chambers", Tarot Card: Devil, 6 x 8 in., gouache, watercolor, ink, collage on paper, 2024.

"Down to the Heart's Chambers" (detail), Tarot Card: Devil, 6 x 8 in., gouache, watercolor, ink, collage on paper, 2024.

This week's newest watercolor features the Devil card from my upcoming Siren Song Tarot, a 22-card circular Major Arcana deck.

Kathy & Mark, Idyllwild Art in the Park, May, 2024

About Kathy Crabbe

I channel healing magick through my soul readings and divination decks.

Dividing my time between California and Canada I travel by caravan to mer-faerie cottages built by my beloved, Mark and myself.

My work has appeared in Sage Woman Magazine, We'Moon Datebook, Creative Cronies Moon Diary, and the Women's Museum of California. I review divination decks for Witches & Pagans Magazine and have taught at Wise Woman School.

Dreaming a Better Tomorrow with the Fool Card

Dear Mer-Moon Muser,

I am so tired of the noise...online. I retreat into poetry, watercolor and neurodivergent affirming spaces. I deactivate my Facebook, made my main Instagram private and stop posting on social media. Soon (by late July) I will be on the road to Canada; cottage country, camping along the way in our rooftop tent. I will have my Tarot and my guides, accompanied by my beloved Mark & Djinn Djinn, our tiny, scrappy dog. I will document my journey sending missives to you in my museletter and on my blog enroute. I will accept soul readings as always.

"Fairy Healing Magic for Our Shadow Selves" by Kathy Crabbe, Tarot Card: The Fool, 8 x 11 in., gouache, watercolor, ink, collage on paper, 2024.

"Fairy Healing Magic for Our Shadow Selves" by Kathy Crabbe, (detail), Tarot Card: The Fool, 8 x 11 in., gouache, watercolor, ink, collage on paper, 2024.

"Fairy Healing Magic for Our Shadow Selves" by Kathy Crabbe, (detail), Tarot Card: The Fool, 8 x 11 in., gouache, watercolor, ink, collage on paper, 2024.

This week's newest watercolor & poem features the Fool card from my upcoming Siren Song Tarot, a 22-card circular Major Arcana deck. I'm also working on a coloring book with Rae Rose, disabled writer & poet Supreme to accompany the deck.

Sparkly Mer-Blessings!
Kathy 'Kat' Crabbe

Mer-Fool Tarot-Poem

Collect your thoughts
into a big pile
then burn them.
Whatever remains
Faerie
to Sea
to Meri
to bury in the deep
where all dreams
reside

Tarot Tips

Song: I journey in delight.
Upright: child-like, freedom, innocence, path of delight.
Reversed: apathy, hesitation, foolish, ungrounded.
MerMagic: Dreaming, river bath, sacred play. Amethyst, dreaming, flamingo, lotus, opal, oyster, river bathing.
MerSpirits: Galligende, Yemaya

About Kathy Crabbe

I channel healing magick through my soul readings and divination decks.

Dividing my time between California and Canada I travel by caravan to mer-faerie cottages built by my beloved, Mark and myself.

My work has appeared in Sage Woman Magazine, We'Moon Datebook, Creative Cronies Moon Diary, and the Women's Museum of California. I review divination decks for Witches & Pagans Magazine and have taught at Wise Woman School.