Feeling It

Tarot Topics Community News
Written By Christiana Gaudet

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Are you feeling squishy after Friday’s new moon in Cancer? I think a lot of us are in our feelings right now.

We often use the term ‘feeling’ to describe both our emotions and our intuition. Understanding our feelings can be tricky, especially when we're also trying to decipher our intuitive hits. The fact that we've all been conditioned to suppress our emotions and feel shame about our emotional reactions only adds to the complexity. Some of us were also trained to override intuition.

When I was young, we did not commonly use terms like ‘emotional maturity’ and ‘emotional regulation.’ I feel that most adults are on a crash course to learn to handle and express their feelings. Some do this better than others.

I am fascinated by the way the rise in popularity of tarot and divination has helped some people find emotional maturity and hurt others. Those who have studied tarot and learned the lessons within the cards have begun using tarot to help find some balance. Others have twisted the messages of the cards to justify unhealthy behaviors or have mistaken viral collective predictions on social media for actual divinatory guidance. Given that there is already much confusion between emotional feelings and intuitive ones, the addition of poor divination practices can do much harm. Grounding our spiritual practices in logic and well-being is important. We must do this instead of using those practices to affirm hurtful things.

Another confusion is how often we are advised to ‘trust our intuition’ or ‘trust our gut’ without instruction on differentiating intuition from emotional fears and desires.

The first step toward untangling these confusions is recognizing that our emotions are normal and should never be a source of shame. From there, we can find the power inherent in our emotions. Emotions fuel motivation and magic.

The second step is to embrace this wisdom. Until we understand and regulate our emotions, we cannot reliably tune into our intuition for ourselves. We may be able to give great intuitive information and advice to others, but not to ourselves.

Third, we can only tune into our own intuitive information when we are fully detached from our desires and fears. This takes us back to the importance of our emotional regulation.

In divination, we must be willing to study and stay in a mindset that fosters growth and healing rather than only quick comfort.

Finally, as we learn to experience and work with the full weight of our emotions and intuition, we must also have confidence in our ongoing our capacity to feel, act, heal, and grow.

The StaarCon 5 Imagining of Pixie Arcana. Art and composition by Stacey Williams-Ng, backgrounds by Animix.

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StaarCon 2024 AfterGlow

María had to reschedule her lounge event. Join her in The Sybil’s Tarot Lounge at 5 pm ET on Saturday, July 13.

On that same day, join Katrina Wynne in her lounge at 2 pm ET for her quarterly check-in on how the Year of Strength is going.

Planning ahead for the month, please join me in my lounge, Tea with Your Tarot Fairy Godmother, along with Serena Fox, on Sunday, July 21, at 5:30 pm ET for a discussion. Our discussion topic is “How Important is Tradition in Divination?”

On Sunday, July 28, at 5 pm ET, join me for a workshop, The Magic and Mayhem of Predictive Divination.

StaarCon 5

Artist, author, and tarot reader Pamela Steele has supported StaarCon since the beginning. For StaarCon 5, she will be a virtual presenter!

Pamela is the artist and creator of several tarot and oracle decks. I am excited that some of her artwork will be in our Divination Digital Art Show.

From her home in Western Canada, Pamela will share wisdom for every person called to be a reader in her workshop, “Have You Been Chosen to be an Oracle?”

Make your plan to join us at StaarCon 5, in person or online. Tickets are available now.

Scheduled StaarCon 5 virtual presenter Pamela Steele.

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Emotions in Tarot

Which tarot cards speak of and convey emotions? I would argue that they all do. A great tarot study exercise is to look through the deck and assign at least one emotion to each card. While not every reading will focus on emotions, each card carries a particular emotional energy.

This can be very helpful when we are working to acknowledge and understand what we are feeling. Divination with tarot can help us sort out our emotions.

Divination also helps us to feel seen. Whether reading for ourselves or having a session with a trusted friend or professional, it is healing to know that someone else, be it a person with a deck of cards or the universe itself, understands how we feel, even if we do not.

Ultimately, the cards help us feel seen and then help us see what is going on inside.

Tarot Circle Meetup of the Treasure Coast.

The Week in Review

Did you see the live pop-up I did on Sunday? I did a walk-through of the new Rhythm and Soul Tarot and some readings with this fabulous deck. Check out the replay.

We had so much fun at Global Tarot Circle last night. You can catch the replay.

Join us at Panera Bread in Palm City at 4 pm this Sunday for our monthly tarot meetup.

From Around the Web

Benebell Wen has reviewed the Inner Light Tarot, and it looks fabulous!

Here are Six Key Skills for Emotional Regulation.

I stumbled on this older article from Avery Hart, How to Connect to Your Intuition with Tarot.

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Making Magic

We can use magic to increase our sense of emotional balance. We might use certain gemstones, candles, and oils to support that goal.

While emotional balance is necessary in life, it is important to note that emotion is the most important ingredient in any magical work. We must be able to feel and see our goal in order to make it reality. We must feel our success before we have it. We must see our results before they arrive. Yet, we cannot be delusional about our expectations and must do the mundane work to support our goals.

This is another reason emotional balance is so important. We must be nuanced enough to know what is possible without being either pessimistic or grandiose.

When we can visualize a clear goal and feel it in the depths of our emotions, we are more likely to succeed in attracting our desires and achieving our goals.

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About Christiana Gaudet

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Christiana Gaudet

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Tarot Topics Newsletter
Volume 7 Issue 28
July 10, 2024

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Christiana Gaudet

Christiana has been a full-time tarot professional for more than twenty years, and is the author of two books about tarot. In 2008, Christiana was granted the title of Tarot Grandmaster by the Tarot Certification Board of America. Christiana provides readings by phone, Facetime and Skype, and in her office in Palm City, Florida.

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