Your Epic Story
As I get older, I find I am much more willing to share the tales of my misspent youth. Stories that used to seem embarrassing or regretful now seem like teachable moments. In many cases, I can remember my stories as glorious adventures, rather than foolhardy risks.
When I see my adult kids having their own epic adventures, I feel a sense of pride that they understand that life is a journey to be fully lived, and that it is sometimes worthwhile to take a risk.
In the healing community we often talk about the way we tell our stories. Sometimes we tell stories of our life to ourselves and to others in ways that make us either the villain or the victim. This sort of storytelling can disempower us and can cause us to stay stuck in negative thought loops.
When we can see life as an epic adventure, however, telling stories of our past, and fantasies for our future, can be healing and helpful.
Epic adventures contain their share of trauma and tragedy. Yet, the focus is on the hero who perseveres, who survives, and who finds meaning in the journey.
We can each be that hero in our own story.
The StaarCorner
“I feel seen and called out…by a beet”. This week I have the pleasure to share with you one of my all-time favorite StaarCast episodes.
Laine Sevante Wulkan and Joanna Salerno joined me for a conversation that went deep into the heart of divination, spirituality, and one of the things that unites all living things, food.
Laine and Joanna are the creators of the Food Healing Oracle Deck. My conversation with them was enlightening and exciting. You can join the fun wherever you get your podcasts, or you can watch the video on YouTube.
Laine and Joanna will be presenting at StaarCon. Come learn about the amazing power of food in our spiritual growth, and purchase your own copy of the Food Healing Oracle Deck.
Tarot for Magic and Mediumship Hybrid Class
On Thursday, October 28, from7 pm to 9 pm ET, join us for an exciting tarot class.
Tarot for Magic and Mediumship Hybrid Class will be held in person at my office in Palm City, and online on Zoom.
This will be an enlightening seasonal tarot class.
Tarot is a multi-facetted spiritual tool. So often we think only of simple divination when we work with our tarot cards. Yet, tarot is a set of magical tools, and a gateway to communication with spirit.
Tarot readers of all levels of experience will learn new ways to work with tarot in this class. You will explore the cards as tools for manifestation and healing. You will learn to connect with those in spirit using your tarot cards.
Class fee is $40. Get your ticket now!
Telling Your Story with Tarot
Any tarot divination is an exercise in storytelling. Weaving the cards together to tell a story is a tarot skill that comes easily to some, and that some struggle to learn.
The following tarot exercise will help you develop your tarot storytelling skills. At the same time, this exercise will allow tarot to help you understand your own epic adventures.
Pull three cards at random. Look at them and place them in any order to tell a story of something that has happened in your life. Now, pull another card at random to tell you something you learned from that life event.
Shuffle all the cards back into the deck.
Now do the same exercise, but make it be about an adventure you might have in the future. What might be your next adventure, and what might you learn from it?
The Week in Review
This week I really enjoyed the Tarot Poetry Workshop on YouTube Live. Make sure you check out the replay if you missed it!
I have started creating daily “Healing Messages” on Instagram. These are short reels with single-card readings, either tarot or oracle. Please follow me on Instagram to get your Healing Messages.
From Around the Web
I was thrilled to find The Fool’s Journey for Writers.
Here is a succinct take on The Fool’s Journey.
Here, find an in-depth look at how we can interpret the Fool.
Cards for Your Consideration
It is common in modern tarot to learn and consider the Major Arcana of tarot as “The Fool’s Journey”. This is a recent development in tarot understanding, coined originally by Eden Gray in 1969.
In this construct, we see the Fool as the hero of the great epic story, and the rest of the Major Arcana cards as the experiences he has along the way, the lessons he learns, and the characters he meets.
It is possible to continue this tarot storytelling to the four suits and find stories of wisdom as the Fool explores each suit, and each of the Four Elements within the suit.
Tarot is numbered, and therefore inherently has a specific order. This allows tarot storytelling to happen in a natural and obvious way.
When we randomize the cards and perform divination, we use the cards to tell the story of what is currently happening.
The stories inherent in tarot give us spiritual understanding. The stories we find in divination give us understanding of our current circumstances.
Upcoming Events and Tours
Card and Craft Academy
Classes presented by Christiana are available right now at Card and Craft Academy!
Christiana’s Candle Magick
Christiana’s Eleven-Card Celtic Cross
Finding Meaning in the Minor Arcana
The Major Arcana, Magical and Mundane
Practical Tarot Techniques
Psychic Tarot
Personal Tarot: Reading for Yourself
Sharing Wisdom: Reading for Others
The Meaning and Magic of Tarot Reversals
Journey Through the Major Arcana
Your Journey Through the Minor Arcana: Numbers, Elements and Truth
Tarot Beyond the Veil
Your Journey Through the Tarot Court
Tarot Stories, Trends, and Blends
Tarot Readings for Personalities and Relationships
Clarity in Every Tarot Card
Tarot Flow Workshop
Making Magick with Tarot
Fearless Wisdom Tarot Workshop
Tarot Keywords and Interpretations Workshop
Tarot Spreads Tools and Techniques Workshop
Catch up on your missed Zoom webinars and more!
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About Christiana Gaudet
Card and Craft, Inc.
Christiana Gaudet
3559 SW Corporate Parkway
Palm City, Florida 34990-8152
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Tarot Topics Newsletter
Volume 4 Issue 42
October 20, 2021
