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Christiana's Weekly Newsletter

September 17, 2014

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Release Limitations

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Two Tarot Cards to Release Your Limitations

The Devil and the Eight of Swords are very helpful cards. In meditation, you can use these images to help rid yourself of anxious, self-limiting thoughts.

Let’s start with the Eight of Swords. In meditation, see yourself as the character in the card, blindfolded, bound and in a cage made of swords.

Remember that in the language of tarot, those swords are the thoughts and words that limit you.

Think about the exact thoughts and words that you hold in your mind that are limiting to you.

Now, find a way to release your bonds, remove your blindfold and remove those swords!

In the Devil image, we see the human captives have their hands free. The chains around their necks are loose.

What unhealthy thoughts and behaviors are your devil?

In your meditation, lift off your chains and walk away!

Repeat these meditations as often as is necessary to help you remove limiting thinking from your life.

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The Week in Review

This week on my Dark Forest blog I wrote a short piece about keeping inner peace.

On my personal blog, Tarot Trends, I wrote about the spiritual implications of reading and teaching tarot professionally. Read Money for Tarot.

On my Tarot Topics Community Blog I shared a written and video piece in my “Answers to your Questions about Tarot” series. This time, my topic is “Objectivity.”

Also on the Community Blog, Joanne Matthew shared some thoughts about what can happen when we interpret tarot as a group. Read “Too Many Cooks.”

From Around the Web

Tarotist Jean Redman and I are often on the same page. Last week my newsletter topic was “Dreamtime.” At the very same time I was writing that, Jean was writing this fabulous blogpost on a similar topic. Read “Discovering Your Dreams Through the Tarot.”

From Discover Magazine, here’s an interesting article about the way our ancestors’ experiences affect us.

From Elephant Journal, here are ten steps to help you meditate.

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Test Your Limits Tarot Spread

We all have real limitations, and perceived limitations. The trick is to know what your true limitations are, and work within them, while never allowing yourself to be limited unnecessarily.

Here is a tarot spread to help you figure out what your limitations really are.

Think about an area of your life where you are expanding, setting goals or trying to grow.

Arrange the cards in a square, starting with the upper left as card one, upper right as card two, and lower right as card three.

Card One: My ultimate goal or vision.

Card Two: What is truly possible for me.

Card Thee: The artificial limitations I have set for myself.

Card Four: How I can reach my highest potential.

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What’s Up at the Psychic Café?

Our September 14th show, now available on YouTube, was the first of its kind. Tarotist Mary Ellen Collins has been my guest before. This time she put me in the hot seat! Mary Ellen Collins interviewed me, on my webcast!

Coming up this Sunday, we have another new show. Jenna Matlin has published her first e-book, “Have Tarot will Travel: A Comprehensive Guide to Reading at Festivals as a Tarot Professional.”

If you are just beginning your tarot business, this book, and this show, are for you! Jenna and I will share some of our stories about reading tarot at fairs and festivals.

Watch the show Sunday night, or catch it on YouTube beginning Monday!

Christiana’s Psychic Café is my weekly webcast. It airs on the Para Encounters Network, each Sunday at 9 pm Eastern.

Archived webcasts available on my YouTube channel.

You can also see the archives cataloged on the Tarot Topics News Site.

For up-to-date information about Christiana’s Psychic Café, visit our Show Info page and like us on Facebook!

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Learning Tarot: Ace of Swords

This week we begin our journey through the suit of Swords.

In most tarot decks, the suit of Swords is associated with the element of Air. Air rules the powers of the mind, including our logic, our intelligence, our integrity and our communication.

Therefore, all Swords cards will somehow relate to our thoughts, our ability to trust and our words.

In tarot, Aces are about new beginnings, or the source or essence of the element of the suit.

The Ace of Swords, then, is a new truth, a new discovery, a new way of thinking, or a new idea.

The Ace of Swords can also be about getting to the bottom of problem, or finding a solution.

The Ace of Swords can be about speaking or writing.

The Ace of Swords reminds us to do the right thing.

Next week, we will explore the Two of Swords, often called the card of “peace.”

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Your One-Card Weekly Reading

Your one-card reading this week is the Five of Cups.

Perhaps you have experienced a recent loss or disappointment.

Perhaps something is not going the way you would prefer.

The Five of Cups acknowledges your heartache, and reminds you to take time to grieve and to heal.

At the same time, the Five of Cups cautions you to remember your blessings, and to not spend too much time in a state of grief. While you have certainly experienced loss, you still have many reasons to be grateful.

This week, work to stay positive, and to stay focused on your gains, rather than your losses.

Be optimistic. Make the best of whatever situations surround you. There is every reason to be hopeful.

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Upcoming Events

Wednesday, September 17th, 7 pm (TONIGHT!)

Premium Webinar

Sharing Wisdom - Reading for Others

Tarot hobbyists, professional readers, and those somewhere in between, all share something in common. We all want to give the best readings possible to clients, family and friends.

In this online presentation, I will guide you through each step of performing a great reading. I will help you discover your personal style as a reader, and discuss some common pitfalls and ways to avoid them. I will give you insight in how to derive the most specific information possible from each reading.

For registration and log-in information, visit the event listing on the Continuing Education website.

Sunday, September 21, 9 pm

Christiana’s Psychic Café

Join us for another brand new episode of Christiana’s psychic café. Jenna Matlin, of Queen of Wands Tarot, has just published an e-book, “Have Tarot will Travel, a Comprehensive Guide to Reading at Festivals as a Tarot professional.”

We’ll discuss some of the ups and downs of reading at fairs and festivals, and share some stories from the tarot trenches. If you are a professional reader you won’t want to miss this show!

Monday, September 22, 7 pm

Premium Webinar

An In-Depth Journey into the Major Arcana – The Material World

In this on-line presentation, students will develop an understanding of The Fool, and the first seven cards of The Major Arcana. These cards hold the secrets of career, relationships and personal mastery.

Students will learn the astrological, numerological and elemental associations for each card. Students will contemplate the Fool’s Journey through these seven cards, and discuss how the lessons of each card apply to common experiences in modern life.

The first seven cards are a map for mastering the material world. Students will learn the invaluable philosophies inherent in these cards.

Armed with a complete understanding of each card, students will have an easy time learning ways of interpreting the cards when reading for themselves and others.

For registration information, visit the event listing on the Continuing Education website.

Sunday, September 28, 9 pm

Christiana’s Psychic Café

My guest will be Gary Karp, who is the author of the new book, “Clarity is Power.” Gary is a tarotist, life coach and sci-fi geek. Tune in to hear about his new book, but of course we’ll get his take on the new Dr. Who!

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