Christiana Gaudet

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A Word for the Year?

New Year concept graphic: a clock strikes 2024 with fireworks.

In the past few weeks, I have noticed a New Year trend on social media that feels new; maybe I never noticed it before.

Instead of talking about New Year's resolutions, people are picking a word for their 2024. As a self-proclaimed word nerd, I love this idea.

Some might find that a word needs to be expanded to a phrase or a motto for the year.

This feels like a simple way to create magic and set an intention and a goal for the new year without the heaviness of a full list that will likely be neglected after a few weeks.

Do you have a word or phrase for your 2024? There is still time to find one. This could be a great divination or meditative exercise at any point in this first month of the new year.

The StaarCon Fairy for 2024 by Ciro Marchetti.

Countdown to StaarCon

It is hard to believe that StaarCon is just a few weeks away! There is still time to get your ticket, make travel arrangements, and come join us. There is also plenty of time to get your ticket and join us virtually from the comfort of your home. Remember, ticket prices range from $10 to $500, and your ticket gives you access to the year-long AfterGlow!

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Michelle Barrie begins the Sound Bath at StaarCon 2023.

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A Year of Strength and Justice

Tarot numerology differs from Pythagorean numerology, Kabbalistic numerology, or other numeric divination systems. Yet, all numerology has common ideas and practices. One of those is that anything that inherently has a number as part of its identity receives energy from that number. Your address has a specific energy because your address includes a number. Your energy can be described by the number derived from the date of your birth and the number derived from your name. Want to change your energy? Change your name!

There is no time of year when tarot people discuss numerology as much as the New Year. That is because we have a collective card of the year derived from the year number.

2024 is particularly interesting because it reduces to 8. In tarot, there are two different traditions for the Major Arcana card associated with 8. In the Waite tradition, which is the world’s most popular, card 8 is Strength. This means that 2024 is the year of Strength. In other tarot systems, card 8 is Justice, making 2024 the year of Justice.

At StaarCon, we will be exploring 2024 as the year of Strength.

Looking at the year ahead, I am considering claiming both Strength AND Justice for 2024. I think we need both energies right now.

Strength offers us compassion and a peaceful acknowledgment and resolution of differences. Justice offers us fairness, balance, and the rule of law. As individuals and as nations, having these energies available to us this year could help us avert potential problems.

How do you see the energies of Strength and Justice playing out in 2024?

Global Tarot Circle Wednesday, January 3 - 7 to 8 pm ET.

The Week in Review

Your TarotScopes are ready on YouTube and TikTok. See what cards came up for you for January 2024!

Join us this evening at 7 pm ET for Global Tarot Circle on YouTube Live. Bring your tarot cards and prepare to share readings and tarot study with friends worldwide.

Tomorrow, I am excited to join the crew from The Cartomancer Magazine for a Cartomancy Playdate on Facebook Live! We start at 2:30 pm ET. I hope you will join us.

This coming Sunday, January 7, is our monthly tarot meetup at Panera Bread in Palm City. We meet at 4 pm. Please join us if you can!

From Around the Web

I love this post on the Llewellyn website from Ivo Dominguez, Jr. A Charm for the New Year shares a wonderful New Year ritual. I think we can do New Year magic all throughout the month of January!

The Wild Hunt has a collective tarot reading for 2024. I love that they use a different tarot deck for each month.
Owls & Indigo has some suggestions for your year-ahead tarot reading.

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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
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Your Journey Through the Tarot Court
Tarot Stories, Trends, and Blends
Tarot Readings for Personalities and Relationships
Clarity in Every Tarot Card
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Making Magick with Tarot
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Tarot Keywords and Interpretations Workshop
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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

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Christiana Gaudet and Dame Darcy at StaarCon 2023.

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Tarot Topics Newsletter
Volume 7 Issue 1
January 3, 2024

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