Sacred Moments
Life is busy! There are multiple jobs, school, family obligations, and other commitments. It is difficult to find time for our personal needs.
People tell me they wish they had more time for religious ceremony, spiritual study, and sacred practices. When daily commitments demand our time, these sacred activities often get pushed aside. This leaves us feeling ungrounded and untethered. It can also cause us to feel guilt and shame for abandoning our spiritual and cultural practices.
When I became a mother, I no longer had time to meet my friends for rituals, drumming and chanting, or yoga. I felt this as a profound loss. Then I remembered something my mother had said to me when I was a about six years old. She was talking with me about the importance of regular personal spiritual devotion. To illustrate her point, my mother told me that she prayed when she took out the garbage at night.
My newly formed sense of religious propriety was offended by this. “You talk to God when you take out the garbage?”
My mother believed that God appreciated her busy schedule, and the time she created for her devotion. She explained that her walk to the garbage cans was quiet and solitary. She could see the stars in the night sky. That was enough to turn her thoughts from the mundane to the mystical.
Remembering this childhood lesson eased my transition to my own motherhood. I learned to approach every task as a spiritual ritual.
To this day, I practice spiritual observance in single moments, especially when single moments are all the free time my life offers me. I encourage my busy friends and clients to do the same. A single conscious breath, gratitude for nature around us, a sacred moment of connection is sometimes all our time and energy will allow. These moments are enough for us to recharge, to center, to ground, and to stay in our guidance.
The StaarCorner
Friday, January 19 is Intensive Day at StaarCon. Attendees will be able to choose between intensive sessions in the morning and afternoon. Of course, recordings of whichever sessions you do not attend will be available to you during the AfterGlow.
We are excited to announce that Mary Ellen Collins will teach an intensive Friday afternoon.
Mary Ellen is a West Palm Beach based tarot teacher and reader. She is also a gifted astrologer and practices many types of divination.
Mary Ellen’s intensive is Tarot Plus! Divination Combos. The three sessions of her intensive are Cards and Stars, Cards and Charms, and Cards and Crystals.
In this intensive, you will learn how to combine divination methods with tarot. Whether you are a professional reader, aspiring pro, or simply using divination on your personal journey, these skills will take you to the next level.
Make you plan to join us at StaarCon 2024.
Sacred Moments with Tarot
Some of you know that I am an advocate for longer tarot readings with lots of cards. Sometimes, though, a busy life does not allow us to linger over our cards, ask further questions, or deeply explore the possible meanings of every card combination.
Sometimes a single well-phrased question needs to be enough. Sometimes a single card needs to be enough to answer that question.
If you are not sure how to phrase the right question, you can simply ask “What do I need to know right now?”
What is the best way to interpret a single card in a quick reading?
Often, your first intuitive response to the card you pulled is the most accurate and organic quick reading you can give yourself. However, that first response should not be based on fear or upset.
Make sure you check in with yourself to make sure your interpretation is based on your reading of the card, rather than an emotional response to the image.
It is a good idea to keep a tarot journal and write the date and time and the name of the card you pulled. If you have time, jot down a few of your thoughts about the card. If you do not have time to do this, that is okay. Later, you can come back to your tarot journal and record your thoughts of how the card informed your day, even after the fact.
If you only have a single moment to spend with tarot, you can still make that moment sacred and helpful.
The Week in Review
Members of my YouTube channel enjoyed our members-only livestream last Thursday. Our topic was The Tarot Journey of Self Discovery. We discussed many ways that tarot can help us know ourselves, understand ourselves and heal ourselves.
If you are a member, please check out the replay!
Everyone is welcome to join us tomorrow, Thursday April 20 at 7 pm ET for a class on combining divination tools!
From Around the Web
Do not panic, but Mercury stations retrograde this week. Aliza Kelly at The Cut has some words of wisdom for us about Mercury Retrograde in Taurus.
It is gratifying to see the impact that Rachel Pollack had, not just on the tarot community, but on the world at large. The Washington Post has published a wonderful story about her life. The New York Times has covered Rachel’s passing with an exciting and detailed narrative about her life and accomplishments.
Check out this article from Entertainment Monthly News about StaarCon presenter and exhibitor Marieke Lexmond. Marieke is the author of a tarot-inspired fiction series called The Madigan Chronicles.
Creation and Divination
How can we be creative in our divination when we have very little free time?
Here is a quick exercise for those who have learned tarot well enough to remember at least one image and title for each of the seventy-eight cards.
You can do this exercise at work, upon rising, at the gym, or anywhere else you might find yourself with only a minute to spare.
Take a moment and breathe. Ask your higher self, subconscious mind, or spirit guides to send you a tarot image for your immediate guidance. As you inhale, let a tarot image come to your mind.
Which card is it? What does it mean to you? Why do you think this image is the one that came to you mind at this moment?
Upcoming Events
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
Tarot for Magic and Mediumship
Tarot Communication for Clarity and Depth
Weaving the Tarot Reading Story
The Elemental Major Arcana
Minor Arcana Numbers, Elements, and Truth
Personal Healing with Tarot
Create and Interpret Custom Tarot Spreads
What the Court Cards Want You to Know
How Spirit Speaks Through Tarot
Catch up on your missed Zoom webinars and more!
About Christiana Gaudet
Card and Craft, Inc.
Southeastern Tarot Artists and Readers, LLC.
Christiana Gaudet
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Tarot Topics Newsletter
Volume 6 Issue 16
April 19, 2023