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.

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.

Being Visible with The World Card: A Soul Reading Tarot-Poem

Dear Mer-Moon Muser,

Feed your soul
first
and then your body
for your beauty
is bright enough
to lead the way
and you are
loved
beyond measure
always.

This week's siren song and watercolor express the World card in my upcoming Siren Song Tarot, a 22-card circular Major Arcana deck.

Dream Water Tarot Card: "World"(detail) by Kathy Crabbe
8.5x10.5 inches, acrylic gouache, gouache, watercolor, ink, collage on paper, 2024.
From the Siren Song Tarot Deck

Trust in your process
for you are guided
The choice is yours.

Sparkly Mer-Blessings!
Kathy 'Kat' Crabbe

Tarot Tips

The World card can help you claim your bliss in tune with universal energy.

MerMagic: Amber, black pearl, coral, fisher floats, mist water, jet, mist water, water snake.

MerSpirits: Cailleach, Nereids, T'ien-Hou, Swan Maidens.

Thoughts About Visibility

Why am I here writing to you? (weekly, for now.) The World card asks this of us: Why are you reading this?

My heart is a billion times present in this moment with you. Sounds corny, maybe? Through my soul I connect back to my ancestors, the goddess worshipers in the caves; painting red hand prints, connecting with the animals, the stories, the seasons. Through my ancestors, burned as witches in Aberdeenshire, Scotland on September 18, 1630 ~ I carry this torch forward, into the now. Through the Holocaust and the denial, through the Neurodivergent PTSD trenches, where we are the hidden junos, I know you are listening.

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.

Spiritual Catharsis Mer-Fae Support

Spiritual Catharsis (detail), 6 x 8 inches., gouache, watercolor, ink, collage on paper, 2024

Dear Mer-Moon Muser,

Too many voices
I can't hear
a thing
So I listen
to my heart
instead.

This week's Mermaid watercolor and poem was just completed and it's from my upcoming 22-card, round Siren Song Tarot deck that I'm sharing here with you for the first time on my blog. Her name is "Spiritual Catharsis" and I'm not sure which of the Major Arcana cards she will portray although she is fierce and triple-raven-headed, so that should help. Although one of my Museletter subscribers just suggested that she is the Tower and I like that!

Sparkly Mer-Blessings!
Kathy 'Kat' Crabbe

About Kathy Crabbe
I channel healing magick through my soul readings and oracle decks.

I divide my time between California and Canada traveling by caravan to mer-faerie cottages built by my beloved and myself.

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

Virgo Full Moon Fairy Witch Merkat Blessings!

Dear Moon Muser,

She (my latest mer-painting above) is inspiring me this week to be a mermaid; to dress in flowing greens and blues and shades of abalone, to be centered in my emotions, to be beautiful.  How about you?  Are you a mermaid-at-heart too?

This Full Moon in Virgo on Saturday, Feb. 24 is complementarily opposite to Pisces, the mermaid, the two fish. At this Virgo Moon we can more easily tap into, not only our practical, service oriented, quirky Virgo essence, but our mystical, bliss-fed Piscean essence.

I don't know about you, but I need some of that watery bliss right now.

I was honoured this week to give a soul reading to a fellow soul reader who happens to live in the UK - I love when like-minds reach out and find each other.

My new Divination Deck is slowly emerging even though I'm on a bit of a rest break this week and, trust me, I ADORE my rest! How about you?  If you're in colder climes are you being a Mama Bear and hibernating or are you on the slopes, adventuring?

Today I hang clothes in a sunny breeze that's wafting that fresh, clean smell to me, thanks to my mom, I take special note and thank her for teaching me to appreciate and indulge in simple pleasures.

I wish you Virgo Full Moon Blessings with a side of clean, wind-kissed laundry-love.

Blessed BEE!
Kathy 'Kat' Crabbe

Moonlight Sonata by Kathy Crabbe

About Kathy Crabbe

Initiated in Third Road Faerie Witch Tradition, Kathy Crabbe has created five oracle decks that combine with her astrological soul readings to inspire and heal your moon-guided witchy heart. Kathy divides her time between Southern California and the 1000 Islands, Canada travelling by caravan to faerie cottages built by her beloved and herself.

Kathy’s 2024 Predictions