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Good Fences
This week, inspired by Robert Frost's famous poem, we discuss why boundaries are important.
Though I have many, one of my favorite Robert Frost poems is “Mending Wall.” Growing up in the Northeastern states, I know well the stone fences running through the woods and how easily nature conspires to break them down.
In the poem, Frost and his neighbor meet to repair the stone wall. The neighbor says, “Good fences make good neighbors.” Written in 1914, this poem uses the stone wall as a metaphor for boundaries.
The term ‘boundaries,’ which describes our ability to protect ourselves by setting limits, began in the 1990s. Books, blog posts, and podcasts that teach us to say no and set boundaries are proliferating, likely because we all need help learning not to feel guilty for having needs and desires.
But why do good fences make good neighbors? First, if we have a clear social contract with each other, our peaceful coexistence is assured. Maybe even more important is this.
If we are unable to say no and set boundaries with others, we are automatically at the mercy of others and have no control over our own destiny.
People might be disappointed when we say no, and that’s okay. However, if they are angry, belittling, or shaming us when we set boundaries, they give us a sign to make those boundaries even more restrictive.
Spending less time and energy on people who resist our boundaries gives us more time and energy to build deep and trusting relationships with people who honor and respect us as we do them.
The StaarCorner
This week, join Serena Fox and me in her lounge for the final lounge session of the StaarCon 2024 AfterGlow. We meet at 5:30 pm ET to discuss Tarot for the New Year.
Access to StaarCon 5 on Accelevents opens on January 17th at 9 am ET, and StaarCon 5 begins on Friday, January 24 at 9 am, doors open at 8 am.
We have such a good program for you!
The StaarCon 5 AfterGlow is also in the planning stages. We have some very exciting offerings in the works for you.
If you are local to West Palm Beach, you can visit the Marketplace and Psychic Fair for free 10-6 Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
For more information, feel free to contact me by phone at 561-655-1160.
I will look forward to seeing you at StaarCon5!
Save Time Skip the Line
StaarCon 5 ticket holders attending in person can send a selfie to jgaudet@staarcon.com to be printed on their identification badge. Be sure to send it from the email address you signed up with. Please include your name as you want it to appear on your badge. This year, you can include a “handle” to be printed under your name. You can use your nickname, social media ID, or anything else you might want to say.
Our Boundaries as Diviners
Most of us who read for others, either professionally or casually, have a set of ethics we follow. The thing is that each reader has unique ethical commitments. A set of agreed-upon ethics for diviners has never been established and should never be.
While our practices and experiences may be similar, each diviner is an individual with specific needs, concerns, and considerations. We must each feel free to create a personal or professional practice that works for us.
No two readers or two reading practices will ever be exactly the same. We become the best readers we can be by feeling comfortable with our practices and ethical boundaries.
Beyond ethics, there are boundaries around what we enjoy and want to do. Just because we can do something does not mean we are duty-bound. We find much more joy and success when we pare down our practice to the aspects of divination and connection we enjoy the most. If you want to read for people, you can choose the times, places, and ways to do that. Don’t let anyone shame you or wheedle you into doing a reading you don’t want to do.
The Week in Review
I will continue to do my regularly scheduled livestream readings on YouTube in this week leading up to StaarCon 5.
Join me on Thursday at noon to discuss this newsletter and request readings inspired by the topic.
On Friday at noon, we have the Friday Weekly Wrap-up, where we do cards for the week that was.
On Saturday at 12:30, we have Your Saturday Psychic Sampler, where you can ask specific questions.
On Monday at 9:30 am, join me for cards to begin your week.
From Around the Web
Aerik Arkadian shines the Spotlight on Lisa Papez in advance of her appearance at StaarCon 5.
Pluto has been in the news recently since it moved from Capricorn to Aquarius. StaarCon 5 presenter and volunteer Mary Ellen Collins shared a brilliant post about Pluto and its meaning in our charts.
Here is an old blog post from StaarCon 5 intensive presenter Marion Kirk that speaks to this week’s topic. Read The Power of No.
Upcoming Events
Weekly YouTube Events
Monday 9:30 am: Your 3-Card Weekly Reading
Thursday Noon: Tarot Topics Newsletter Recap
Friday Noon: Your Friday Weekly Wrap-up
Saturday 12:30 pm: Saturday Psychic Sampler
Card and Craft Academy
Card and Craft Academy is closed.
Look for Christiana’s new and improved academy soon! Until then, Christiana is offering personal mentorship classes in person and online.
Existing students of Card and Craft Academy will be offered a similar course in the new location as soon as the course becomes available. Students who take advantage of the offer to access the new course will also receive a coupon for a free month of our new all-access subscription when the full site is available.
If you are a Card and Craft Academy student, your invitation will be mailed to the email address you used to log in to the old account. If your address changes, you can contact Christiana to recover your account.
About Christiana Gaudet
Card and Craft, Inc.
Southeastern Tarot Artists and Readers, LLC.
Christiana Gaudet
770 SE Indian Street
Stuart, Florida 34997-5604
Locations in Port Saint Lucie, West Palm Beach, and Stuart, Florida!
Email cgaudet@cardandcraft.com
On the web www.christianagaudet.com
Online classes www.cardandcraftacademy.com
StaarCon information www.staarcon.com
YouTube @YourTarotFairyGodmother
Instagram @christianatarot @staarcon
TikTok @christianagaudettarot
Private telephone, Skype, FaceTime, Zoom, and in-person readings and instruction are available by appointment.
Tarot parties at your home or office are available throughout Florida.
Zoom parties and group instruction are available almost everywhere!
Call toll free 866-99TAROT (866-998-2768)
For business or agent inquiries, call 772-301-0232
For appointments, call or text 561-655-1160
Schedule Appointments, Mentoring Sessions, or Purchase Gift Certificates Online!
Schedule your private reading or mentorship session, or purchase gift certificates at https://christiana-gaudet.as.me.
Agent inquiries are welcome.
Tarot Topics Newsletter
Volume 8 Issue 3
January 15, 2025
Lessons in Optimism
I choose to be optimistic about the year ahead, and I choose optimism as a practice. Here's why.
Whoops! I goofed. Looking for this week’s newsletter?
Read Good Fences for January 15th.
While many are entering this new year with some trepidation, I am actively optimistic. Although I don’t think false hope is helpful in any situation, I do not believe optimism is ever false hope. So, what is the difference between false hope and optimism?
False hope happens when we refuse to see and accept difficult circumstances. False hope keeps us from making good plans in the face of tragedy. False hope leads to anger and regret. False hope is based on denial.
Optimism, on the other hand, is a practice. With optimism, we can prepare for the worst and hope for the best.
One of the best lessons in optimism I ever had was from my mother, just after she received a devastating medical diagnosis. Here is what she told me. She wanted to live to be able to travel and have fun, and she looked forward to dancing at her young grandchildren’s weddings. But if she didn’t live, that would mean she would be with God and with my father, who had passed just two years earlier. Either way, she was fine.
I do not think I have ever seen a human, before or since, process a life-changing diagnosis with such optimism. In truth, it reminded me of the last scene and closing song of the Monty Python movie Life of Brian, where we are comically and sacrilegiously encouraged to “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life.”
In retrospect, I learned a lot from my mother that day. I learned that we can fight for what we want, accept that we might not get it, and be okay with whatever happens.
What helped my mother in the face of her impending mortality was her spiritual faith. I have seen spiritual faith bring healing, peace, and joy, and I have seen spiritual faith bring torment and oppression. The outcome of faith depends on how your spirituality is expressed and the dogma you choose to accept. If your faith helps you be realistically optimistic, your faith is helpful. If your faith discourages you from optimism or encourages spiritual bypassing, your faith is likely doing you more harm than good.
Realistic optimism and positive thinking allow us to live the best way possible. My mother proved that we can be optimistic even in dire situations and that realism and optimism should co-exist.
My mother died two decades ago. Yet, her lessons in optimism guide me now. This is another reason to be optimistic, as it proves our lasting positive impact on those around us, even long after we leave.
The StaarCorner
The final lounge event of the StaarCon 2024 AfterGlow will be on Thursday, January 16, at 5:30 pm, with Serena Fox and me in Serena’s lounge.
Access to StaarCon 5 online begins on January 17th at 9 am. On Sunday, January 19th, join me in the StaarCon 5 Meeting Room Lounge for a pre-conference chat!
Brenda Elizabeth will teach “Learn Lenormand in 90 Minutes” on Thursday, January 30, at 7:30 p.m. ET, our first StaarCon 5 AfterGlow event.
Please remember that all StaarCon 5 ticketholders will be able to access the lounge events all year long!
StaarCon 5 begins Friday, January 24, at 9 am. The Marketplace and Psychic Fair opens to the public at 10 am. We are excited to bring you some of the best presenters for our conference and some of the best exhibitors for the Marketplace.
The conference requires a ticket, and the Marketplace is free to attend.
We are happy to announce that Hattie Parker will be a presenter at the conference and an exhibitor at the Marketplace. Have an aura photo taken and interpreted by Hattie in the Marketplace, and learn about High Vibe Mastery in her presentation!
StaarCon 5 is planning over fifty presentations with some of the world’s most beloved teachers. That is why the AfterGlow is so essential. We have three days to interact and learn from one another in real-time. Then, we have a year to watch the recordings and absorb the information.
Get your StaarCon 5 tickets now!
When Tarot Should Not Be Optimistic
I love to say that there are no bad cards in tarot. The Tower can be just as helpful as the Ten of Cups. Yet, the interpretation of the cards comes from us, not from the cards themselves.
The recent YouTube Short I shared was that tarot should never be interpreted to predict a happy outcome for a brand-new relationship. The cards might give a hard no or a maybe, but never a yes for happily ever after.
This took me a long time to learn. There are certainly cards that are optimistic for love and romance. Yet, those cards can reflect the new relationship energy as easily as they can make a happy prediction, and it is impossible to tell the difference between new relationship energy and lasting love, in the cards and in life.
Why is this?
It has to do with the magic of love itself. Something so magical is never entirely predictable. Beyond that, love cannot grow based on expectations and predictions. Love grows based on compatibility and choices. The cards can help us assess compatibility and make good choices. But if we believe there is some spiritual force holding us together, we won’t do the necessary work that will keep us together. And if a reader tells us that the Two of Cups that appeared a month into our relationship means that we are meant to be together, we may be confused and upset if that relationship ends a week later.
The Week in Review
Join us on YouTube Live for Global Tarot Circle at 7 pm ET tonight. This will be January's only evening livestream gathering as we prepare for and attend StaarCon 5.
I have uploaded a conversation between Amy Forman and me about some of the woes of working tarot parties.
I am challenging myself to make YouTube Shorts. Given that I like to use many words, the challenge is the 60-second time limit. But enjoy this one, and keep your eye out for more!
From Around the Web
I was delighted to see this article from Country and Town House about a tarot exhibition scheduled for London at the end of the month. It is exciting to see the rich culture of tarot being celebrated by academia.
The Wild Hunt shared a story about another exhibit in the UK that explores the history of divination.
I found this article from the New York Post about StaarCon 5 headliner Cardsy B!
What Should We Do in 2025?
This is the space where, for the past year, we have been discussing magic and how to use it in our practical lives. The previous year, this was a spot to celebrate and encourage creativity.
Over the years, we have done one-card readings in this spot. We have also explored all seventy-eight cards of the tarot and the thirty-six cards of the Petit Lenormand.
What would you like to see in this spot for 2025? Please send me an email and let me know!
Look for the first edition after StaarCon!
Upcoming Events
Weekly YouTube Events
Monday 9:30 am: Your 3-Card Weekly Reading
Thursday Noon: Tarot Topics Newsletter Recap
Friday Noon: Your Friday Weekly Wrap-up
Saturday 12:30 pm: Saturday Psychic Sampler
Card and Craft Academy
Card and Craft Academy is closed.
Look for Christiana’s new and improved academy soon! Until then, Christiana is offering personal mentorship classes in person and online.
Existing students of Card and Craft Academy will be offered a similar course in the new location as soon as the course becomes available. Students who take advantage of the offer to access the new course will also receive a coupon for a free month of our new all-access subscription when the full site is available.
If you are a Card and Craft Academy student, your invitation will be mailed to the email address you used to log in to the old account. If your address changes, you can contact Christiana to recover your account.
About Christiana Gaudet
Card and Craft, Inc.
Southeastern Tarot Artists and Readers, LLC.
Christiana Gaudet
770 SE Indian Street
Stuart, Florida 34997-5604
Locations in Port Saint Lucie, West Palm Beach, and Stuart, Florida!
Email cgaudet@cardandcraft.com
On the web www.christianagaudet.com
Online classes www.cardandcraftacademy.com
StaarCon information www.staarcon.com
YouTube @YourTarotFairyGodmother
Instagram @christianatarot @staarcon
TikTok @christianagaudettarot
Private telephone, Skype, FaceTime, Zoom, and in-person readings and instruction are available by appointment.
Tarot parties at your home or office are available throughout Florida.
Zoom parties and group instruction are available almost everywhere!
Call toll free 866-99TAROT (866-998-2768)
For business or agent inquiries, call 772-301-0232
For appointments, call or text 561-655-1160
Schedule Appointments, Mentoring Sessions, or Purchase Gift Certificates Online!
Schedule your private reading or mentorship session, or purchase gift certificates at https://christiana-gaudet.as.me.
Agent inquiries are welcome.
Tarot Topics Newsletter
Volume 8 Issue 2
January 8, 2025
Hello, 2025!
Today, we welcome a New Year.
A new year dawns today.
We put a lot of energy into the New Year. We celebrate, predict, manifest, and set goals, intentions, and resolutions.
The New Year seems relatively arbitrary compared to special days in astrology or other, more ancient calendars. Yet, the New Year has power simply because we all agree to honor it.
Some approach the New Year with trepidation, anxious about what might await them. Others approach with optimism, determined to stay hopeful.
Whatever you feel about the onset of 2025, this New Year offers an opportunity to harness some hope, optimism, and celebration and direct that good energy toward your best desires for the year.
A New Year is here. Why not greet it with a hopeful heart?
We wish each other a Happy New Year, sometimes by rote. Let’s wish ourselves a Happy New Year and make it happen.
The StaarCorner
We will have the final StaarCon 2024 lounge session in Serena Fox’s lounge on Thursday, January 16th, at 5:30 pm. Ticket holders can access the event portal until access ends on January 20th at 9:00 pm.
StaarCon 5 ticketholders can enter the StaarCon 5 event portal on January 17th at 9 am. Get your ticket now and plan your conference!
We are so excited for all the fabulous StaarCon 5 presenters. You can check out the complete list on the StaarCon website.
Presenting for the first time at StaarCon will be Hippy Pippy. Pip comes from the United Kingdom to share an approachable and fun tarot workshop with you, where you will learn more about tarot and yourself!
Get ready for three days of divination and magic and a full year of online study and fellowship!
Greet the New Year with Tarot
Tarot is perfect for the New Year in so many ways. Of course, tarot readings are great entertainment at New Year parties!
Many people like to perform a serious reading at the beginning of each year. Some people like to create a unique spread for the New Year. Others use a traditional spread each year to look to the year ahead. For some, this is as simple as a card for each month.
New Year predictions can be fun, and New Year advice from the cards can prove helpful.
We can also do tarot magic for the New Year! What is it that you would like to have happen this year? Which energies do you need to cultivate?
Figure out which tarot cards embody those things and pull them from your deck. Spend time with them, recreate them in your chosen art form, put them on your altar, or sleep with them under your bed. You can even print out the card images and carry them with you.
Interacting with these images will help you create the year you want.
The Week in Review
Your January TarotScopes have been available to members of my YouTube channel for the past few days and are now available to everyone! Check out your sun, moon, and rising signs to see what awaits you in January. You can also find your TarotScopes on TikTok.
I will perform a Psychic Gallery at Banyan Soul Yoga in Stuart this Saturday. Tickets are limited and available directly from Banyan Soul.
From Around the Web
Daily Tarot Girl Kate has a wonderful tarot spread for 2025 for you to try!
Here are easy instructions to calculate your personal tarot year card for 2025.
2025 is Nine in numerology and therefore associated with the Hermit. Katrina Wynne will guide the StaarCon community through the year of the Hermit. Want to know more about the year of the Hermit? Here is a take from Cathy McClelland.
What Should We Do in 2025?
This is the space where, for the past year, we have been discussing magic and how to use it in our practical lives. The previous year, this was a spot to celebrate and encourage creativity.
Over the years, we have done one-card readings in this spot. We have also explored all seventy-eight cards of the tarot and the thirty-six cards of the Petit Lenormand.
What would you like to see in this spot for 2025? Please send me an email and let me know!
Upcoming Events
Weekly YouTube Events
Monday 9:30 am: Your 3-Card Weekly Reading
Thursday Noon: Tarot Topics Newsletter Recap
Friday Noon: Your Friday Weekly Wrap-up
Saturday 12:30 pm: Saturday Psychic Sampler
Card and Craft Academy
Card and Craft Academy is closed.
Look for Christiana’s new and improved academy soon! Until then, Christiana is offering personal mentorship classes in person and online.
Existing students of Card and Craft Academy will be offered a similar course in the new location as soon as the course becomes available. Students who take advantage of the offer to access the new course will also receive a coupon for a free month of our new all-access subscription when the full site is available.
If you are a Card and Craft Academy student, your invitation will be mailed to the email address you used to log in to the old account. If your address changes, you can contact Christiana to recover your account.
About Christiana Gaudet
Card and Craft, Inc.
Southeastern Tarot Artists and Readers, LLC.
Christiana Gaudet
770 SE Indian Street
Stuart, Florida 34997-5604
Locations in Port Saint Lucie, West Palm Beach, and Stuart, Florida!
Email cgaudet@cardandcraft.com
On the web www.christianagaudet.com
Online classes www.cardandcraftacademy.com
StaarCon information www.staarcon.com
YouTube @YourTarotFairyGodmother
Instagram @christianatarot @staarcon
TikTok @christianagaudettarot
Private telephone, Skype, FaceTime, Zoom, and in-person readings and instruction are available by appointment.
Tarot parties at your home or office are available throughout Florida.
Zoom parties and group instruction are available almost everywhere!
Call toll free 866-99TAROT (866-998-2768)
For business or agent inquiries, call 772-301-0232
For appointments, call or text 561-655-1160
Schedule Appointments, Mentoring Sessions, or Purchase Gift Certificates Online!
Schedule your private reading or mentorship session, or purchase gift certificates at https://christiana-gaudet.as.me.
Agent inquiries are welcome.
Tarot Topics Newsletter
Volume 8 Issue 1
January 1, 2025
In This Moment
What happens when we are present in the moment, rather than focused on the past or future?
It happens every year. About a week before Christmas, random strangers ask me if I’m ready. As the holiday approaches, the questions become more panicked and more insistent.
Long ago, I gave up on holiday stress in favor of holiday presence.
In tarot and divination, there is an enormously popular spread. It’s just three cards, one for Past, one for Present, and one for Future. This can be a helpful way to see where we have been and where we are going.
Yet, we often spend too much time thinking about the past and the future and not enough time just observing and participating in the current moment.
Holidays mark the passage of time. Our traditions remind us of our history and cause us to look to the past. A New Year fills us with anticipation or worry for the future.
Perhaps the most significant present we can give to ourselves this holiday season is the gift of being present without trying to relive the past or plan for the future.
If we can be secure, happy, and grateful in a single moment, right now, I am sure the joy of that can honor and heal the past, and secure the future we want.
The StaarCorner
StaarCon 5 is just around the corner!
We will have a final StaarCon 2024 Lounge session in Serena Fox’s lounge on Thursday, January 16th, at 5:30 pm. StaarCon 2024 ticket holders can access the StaarCon 2024 event portal until access ends on January 20th at 9:00 pm.
If you have your StaarCon 5 ticket, you can enter the StaarCon 5 event portal on January 17th at 9 am. Ticket holders can sign up for sessions and participate in the early lounge events. Space can be limited for those attending in person, so be sure to sign up for the classes you wish to attend.
Aerik Arkadian is continuing to spotlight StaarCon 5 presenters on his blog. Make sure you catch them all! Check out Katrina Wynne and others!
Our roster of presenters is complete! We are happy to add a few last-minute arrivals, including Elise Crohn of Juicy Creative Studios, Lake Worth, Florida.
Elise will be leading us in creating a personal oracle deck with SoulCollage®!
You can join as at StaarCon 5 for one day, two days, or all three days. You can participate in person at West Palm Beach or online at Accelevents. If you haven’t already, get your tickets now!
Use code YULESTAAR for 10% off Full Conference or Single Day tickets. Valid until January 1st. Not good for Virtual General Admission tickets.
Tarot in the Moment
How do we interpret the “Present” position in the ‘Past, Present, Future’ spread?
What does it mean to pull a card to see what is true at present?
Whether we interpret a card as part of a spread or pull a single card, when we read for the present, we need to see it as valuable wisdom for the moment.
A card for the present may speak of our mood, or our current well-being. It may bring up a worry or concern or may caution us to pay attention to something pressing. A card for the present may turn our attention to something important, or simply let us know that, in this moment, everything is fine.
There is rarely a bad time to ask the cards what we need to know in this present moment.
The Week in Review
If you missed our Solstice gathering on YouTube, you can watch the replay and follow along with the exercises.
If you are a member of my YouTube channel, please join me for a session of New Year readings on December 30 at 7 pm ET.
I will be performing a New Year Psychic Gallery at Banyan Soul Yoga in Stuart, Saturday,
Pop culture inspired so January 4, at 4 pm. Visit the Banyan Soul Yoga website for tickets.
From Around the Web
many tarot decks. I wasn’t ready for a Back to the Future Tarot, but here it is!
Verified Market Reports lists the top seven trends in tarot. I was prepared to be amused, but they aren’t wrong about any of it.
Benebell Wen reviewed the Vedic Tarot, an ambitious new deck that connects the West with the East.
What Should We Do in 2025?
This is the space where, for the past year, we have been discussing magic and how to use it in our practical lives. The previous year, this was a spot to celebrate and encourage creativity.
Over the years, we have done one-card readings in this spot. We have also explored all seventy-eight cards of the tarot and the thirty-six cards of the Petit Lenormand.
What would you like to see in this spot for 2025? Please send me an email and let me know!
Upcoming Events
Weekly YouTube Events
Monday 9:30 am: Your 3-Card Weekly Reading
Thursday Noon: Tarot Topics Newsletter Recap
Friday Noon: Your Friday Weekly Wrap-up
Saturday 12:30 pm: Saturday Psychic Sampler [ Not Scheduled for 12/14. Join me at the library! ]
Card and Craft Academy
Card and Craft Academy is closed.
Look for Christiana’s new and improved academy soon! Until then, Christiana is offering personal mentorship classes in person and online.
Existing students of Card and Craft Academy will be offered a similar course in the new location as soon as the course becomes available. Students who take advantage of the offer to access the new course will also receive a coupon for a free month of our new all-access subscription when the full site is available.
If you are a Card and Craft Academy student, your invitation will be mailed to the email address you used to log in to the old account. If your address changes, you can contact Christiana to recover your account.
About Christiana Gaudet
Card and Craft, Inc.
Southeastern Tarot Artists and Readers, LLC.
Christiana Gaudet
770 SE Indian Street
Stuart, Florida 34997-5604
Locations in Port Saint Lucie, West Palm Beach, and Stuart, Florida!
Email cgaudet@cardandcraft.com
On the web www.christianagaudet.com
Online classes www.cardandcraftacademy.com
StaarCon information www.staarcon.com
YouTube @YourTarotFairyGodmother
Instagram @christianatarot @staarcon
TikTok @christianagaudettarot
Private telephone, Skype, FaceTime, Zoom, and in-person readings and instruction are available by appointment.
Tarot parties at your home or office are available throughout Florida.
Zoom parties and group instruction are available almost everywhere!
Call toll free 866-99TAROT (866-998-2768)
For business or agent inquiries, call 772-301-0232
For appointments, call or text 561-655-1160
Schedule Appointments or Purchase Gift Certificates Online!
Schedule your private reading or mentorship session, or purchase gift certificates at https://christiana-gaudet.as.me.
Agent inquiries are welcome.
Tarot Topics Newsletter
Volume 7 Issue 52
December 25, 2024