On Retreat
In the United States, this weekend is Memorial Day Weekend, and this coming Monday is Memorial Day.
Memorial Day is a somber holiday. This is a time to remember and appreciate the sacrifice of those who lost their lives while serving in our military.
At the same time, Memorial Day Weekend is the unofficial official start of the summer season. When I lived up north, I looked forward to Memorial Day Weekend for the first cookouts and camping trips of the summer season.
The dichotomy of celebrating a somber occasion with highly anticipated outdoor parties may not be as strange as it sounds.
We all need times of retreat. That is, we need time to get away from our daily lives. We need time to focus on our personal needs, whether those are more social, more introspective, or both.
Sometimes, a time of celebration and indulgence brings us the healing we need. Sometimes, the rejuvenation we need comes from quiet connection with nature, or time spent in spiritual practice. Often, we can do all these sorts of activities during a long weekend.
Throughout the year, if we are fortunate, we have opportunities to attend planned retreats, conferences and other gatherings for healing, growth, and connection with likeminded people.
Daily, we can develop short practices of journaling, yoga, divination, study, and meditation to keep us balanced.
Whatever you do this weekend, know that solemn remembrance and fun are not necessarily mutually exclusive. Know, too, that we all need times of retreat, whether formal or informal.
Very often we feel guilty when we take time for ourselves. Yet, the time that we take to reflect, to heal, to grow, and to refresh is a great investment in our future wellbeing and happiness.
The StaarCorner
Tickets for StaarCon 2024, January 19-21, are now available! You can join us in person or online. You can join us for one, two, or all three days. Our in-person conference will be at the Hilton Palm Beach Airport Hotel in West Palm Beach. Our online platform is Accelevents.
All tickets will give you access to the conference on Accelevents, and to the expanded 365-day AfterGlow.
Please make your plans to join us for the world’s only international multi-track hybrid tarot and divination conference, StaarCon 2024.
Retreat With a Tarot Card
You can get a quick reset with tarot whenever you need it.
Simply set aside whatever time you can afford, be it five minutes, thirty minutes, or a bit more.
Start by spending a few moments in conscious breathing.
Shuffle your tarot deck. Ask for a card that will give you insight, healing, and focus at this moment.
Pull a single card.
If you have only a short time, breathe with the card and see how the energy of the card you pulled gives perspective, focus, or insight. If you have more time, you can meditate with the card, or journal about it.
A single card can be very powerful when your focus is retreat. When you look to a single card to give you knowledge of your inner self, or healing from trauma, or new inspiration, you can welcome a great deal of renewal in a short bit of time.
The Week in Review
Did you know that I do livestream readings on my YouTube channel several times a week?
On Monday mornings, around 9:45 am ET, I do the Three Card Weekly Reading, with single cards for those who request.
Often I go live on Tuesday or Wednesday around noon ET for general readings and specific questions.
On Thursdays around noon ET, I do readings related to the topic of this newsletter. On Fridays around noon ET, I do the Friday Weekly-Wrap-up. On Saturdays at 12:30 pm I do the Saturday Psychic Sampler, where I answer specific questions.
Subscribe to my YouTube channel and hit the bell so you will be notified each time I go live!
If you are a member of my YouTube channel at the Suns level or the Stars level, you are invited to join us tomorrow evening, Thursday, May 25, at 7:30 pm ET for our monthly Zoom gathering. The Zoom link is in the Community thread on my YouTube channel. If you cannot find it, email me.
From Around the Web
StaarCon 2022 headliner Sasha Graham shares some great information about tarot magic and her book, 365 Tarot Spells, in this interview.
Here is a three-card spread from the American Tarot Association newsletter in 2015, to honor Memorial Day.
If you live near Orlando, Florida or are planning to visit, and want a tarot tattoo, I have found the place for you! Check out Golden Tarot Ink Club.
Creation and Divination
One place that creation and divination intersect is in the world of dreams and dream interpretation. What happens in our dreams can be influenced by the creative nature of our higher consciousness. Dream interpretation is a very personal and creative form of divination.
For as long as I have been teaching tarot, I have instructed my beginning students to sleep with their new tarot deck in a pouch under their pillow.
The feedback is always the same. Sometimes immediately, and almost always after a few nights, the cards begin to enter your dreams. This happened to me when my very first tarot teacher suggested that we sleep with our cards. I was pleased that the cards immediately entered my dreams. I was even more pleased when I discovered this experience is almost universal.
As a personal tarot retreat, try this. Sleep with your cards under your pillow. Then, when you awaken, write down your dream. Consider the ways in which your cards have influenced your dream.
Then, create and perform a tarot spread to interpret your dream.
This allows you an opportunity for deep introspection of the cards, and of your most internal self, in a single exercise.
When you dream with tarot you are engaging your higher consciousness, your spirit team, and your own creativity in an exercise of personal introspection.
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
3559 SW Corporate Parkway
Palm City, Florida 34990-8152
Email cgaudet@cardandcraft.com
On the web www.christianagaudet.com
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Private telephone, Skype, FaceTime, Zoom and in person readings and instruction are available by appointment.
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Call toll free 866-99TAROT (866-998-2768)
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Tarot Topics Newsletter
Volume 6 Issue 21
May 24, 2023