This is a sacred week for many. Yet, the usual celebrations will be observed a bit differently this year. As sad and uncomfortable as that may feel, there is an opportunity for spiritual growth inherent in our current struggles.

Our traditions, family gatherings, and community rituals are an important part of our lives. This situation which forces us to deviate from our usual annual customs offers us a unique opportunity.

We must pick through our traditions to find within each one its core of meaning. Rather than going through the motions as we do each and every year, we must find ways to hold our celebrations in our hearts. We must take comfort in the inherent spiritual truths, rather than in the beauty of their trappings.

Next year we will be able to return to our normal customs, and they will seem sweeter than ever before, because of the sacrifices we have made this year. And, by making these sacrifices, we will bring to our celebrations, this year and every year forward, new meaning and new understanding.

Most spiritual celebrations held in the spring share a theme of resilience, spiritual promise, and rebirth. As we look out our windows and walk through our neighborhoods, we can see signs of nature’s rebirth, unaffected by our current sorrows.

We see within nature the promise of rebirth fulfilled.

We see within our own families and communities the strength of our resilience.

Let our celebrations this year, though certainly diminished, be no less joyful than any other year. Let us find and celebrate the meaning of our traditions. Let us hold in our hearts the promise of renewal, which we need now, more than ever.

The StaarCorner

This week we are happy to welcome Reverend Kevin Lee to our roster of presenters for StaarCon! Reverend Kevin is the pastor at the Metaphysical Chapel of South Florida. He is a paranormal researcher and a certified spiritual medium. It is our goal to offer a wide range of topics and presenters at StaarCon, and we are happy that Kevin will be bringing his skills, wisdom and experience to share with us.

We are also excited to announce that tickets to StaarCon are now available!

Visit the StaarCon website to see our growing list of presenters, and to get your tickets!

Sign up now for the official StaarCon newsletter to get all the updates as they happen!

A Three-Card Tarot Spread for Finding Renewal

Try this simple tarot spread to give you a focus for your personal renewal.

Let the first card represent something that you are releasing in order to be renewed.

Let the second card represent something within you that is waiting to be born.

Let the third card represent something within you or around you that inspires your renewal.

The Major Arcana, Magical and Mundane Live on Zoom

Get your ticket now to join us for our next Zoom class!

On Thursday, April 23 at 7 pm EDT I will be presenting this interactive class which takes a deep dive into the twenty-two Major Arcana cards.

Whether you are a tarot beginner, professional, or somewhere in between, you will find this class enlightening and entertaining.

The twenty-two cards of the Major Arcana are considered to hold the “Greater Secrets” of tarot. In this class you will learn their spiritual lessons as well as the information they may reveal in a reading. You will also learn which Major Arcana cards to use to manifest your desires.

The Major Arcana cards are here to assist in our spiritual growth and our divination. They can also be powerful tools in creating our future.

Register now for this exciting live class. Class fee is $37.50.

The Week in Review

This past week, along with my regular weekly live videos, we held Global Tarot Circle on Facebook Live, and Cards and Conversation Tarot Meetup on YouTube Live. You can see all these videos in archive on my Facebook business page and my YouTube channel.

I shared a blogpost this week about the ways that predictive self-reading works, and how the pandemic has shown up in the cards.

From Around the Web

One of my favorite Easter traditions as I was growing up was singing the Hallelujah Chorus on Easter Sunday. Here is a rock version that puts a new twist on my old favorite.

From the Llewellyn blog, a piece by the late Donald Michael Kraig about Passover.

Here is a Growth Mindset Tarot Spread for Spring by Carrie Mallon.

Cards for Your Consideration

This week let us consider the four Aces as cards that express the promise of renewal. Each Ace is like a seed, or an egg. Of course, both seeds and eggs are important symbols in many springtime spiritual rituals and holidays.

When we see an Ace in a tarot reading, we often interpret it as a new beginning; the start of something new. Yet, Aces also describe the essence of something, or the source of something. This aspect of the Aces is so important this week as we must reduce our holiday celebrations to their very source and essence.

I often see the Aces as the most powerful and spiritual cards within the Minor Arcana. Although they speak of a beginning, they hold within them the promise of a journey, and the attainment of a goal.

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Tarot Topics Newsletter
Volume 3 Issue 15
April 8, 2020