Everything You Think You Know
There are a few references in modern culture, such as Dr. Strange and Willow, where a character is directed to forget everything they know, and everything they think they know.
I have found that this can be an important directive when working with tarot, and in life in general.
When working with tarot, sometimes we need to forget classic card interpretations in favor of a specific intuitive message inspired by a certain card in that moment. Sometimes we need to forget common wisdom in favor of unusual and unique possibilities that appear in a client’s cards.
In life in general, we make a lot of assumptions. We often tell stories about our lives that limit us. We think these stories are based on truth. In some cases, they are. But, in other cases, these are stories based on fear, conjecture, outdated wisdom, shame, or some other thing that is not truth.
There is great freedom in giving oneself permission to acknowledge that the things we think we know might not be true.
What if you really are not too old for a new career, or a new relationship?
What if the path you took in the past was not a mistake?
What if you are not as lazy as you think you are?
What if the person who has been irritating you is not doing it on purpose?
What if the whole world is not going to hell in a handbasket?
It is a wonderful exercise to enumerate the beliefs that you hold about yourself, your life, the people around you, and the world in which you live. Then, think about how life might be different if you chose to believe something different.
The StaarCorner
Have you seen the agenda for StaarCon 2022? We have our schedule and presenters all set. Most presenters have already shared the title and description of their classes.
When you read through the agenda you will see that StaarCon will offer a wide variety of topics taught by world-renowned experts and emerging talent.
Remember, too, that classes will be recorded and available to view for thirty days after the conference ends.
Now is the time to get you in person or online-only ticket for StaarCon 2022! We will look forward to seeing you in January!
Tarot Spreads Tools and Techniques Hybrid Class
On Thursday, September 30, from 7 pm to 9 pm ET, I will be teaching a hybrid tarot class about tarot spreads.
The class will meet in person at my Palm City office and on Zoom. Tickets are now available for both options.
The recorded class will be available for all ticket holders to review.
The class description on my website will give you more information about the class, and the opportunity to register.
I hope you will join us!
Tarot For What is True
Tarot can help us figure out what is true. Tarot can also help us change the narrative that we have held as truth, that does not serve us.
Here is a tarot exercise to help you explore what you think you know.
First, come up with a statement that you believe to be true, but that is not making sense for you, or does not make you feel good. It might be a statement such as “I am lazy,” or “My ex is a wonderful person,” or “I am too old to get the job I want,” or “No one wants to date me”.
Now, pull one card to tell you “This is why this statement might be true”. Pull a second card to tell you, “This is why this statement is not true”.
You may pull more than one card for each if that makes more sense.
How does working with the cards this way help you change your narrative?
The Week in Review
This week I shared a blogpost about my experience at The Masters of the Tarot Conference at Omega Institute.
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From Around the Web
Build an altar to your own self-love! This post on Llewellyn Unbound tells you how.
Here is a post on the Red Wheel Weiser website from Nancy Hendrickson about her book, Ancestral Tarot. We are delighted that Nancy will be presenting at StaarCon 2022.
Sasha Graham, one of our StaarCon 2022 headliners, has shared The Perfect Lifestyle Guide for Virgo Season 2021.
Cards for Your Consideration
There are so many tarot cards that can speak about the search for what is true, and the need to release stories that are inaccurate or unhelpful.
The High Priestess asks us to look within to find truth, and to travel beyond the world of the living into the land of the dead. As we make this meditative journey, we may find that the beliefs we were taught in childhood hold no weight and no truth.
The Seven of Swords tells us to carefully examine what and whom we trust. This card can ask us to make an inventory of our own behavior, searching for ways we may be outside of integrity. Are the stories we tell about ourselves the truth? The Seven of Swords asks us to consider that they may not be.
The Moon reminds us that nothing may be as it seems, and we must tread carefully on our search for the truth. Our beliefs may not be based on truth.
We use tarot to challenge our beliefs, seek new truths, and find new options. These are but three cards that can help us do that.
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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
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About Christiana Gaudet
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Tarot Topics Newsletter
Volume 4 Issue 37
September 15, 2021
