The Mundane and the Magical

The Mundane and the Magical

This week we find the spiritual nature of hard work.

I do a lot of business coaching as part of my work as a tarot professional. I work with people to develop their entrepreneurial projects, just as I work with people to develop their happiest relationships, careers and home lives. I notice that often folks want spiritual solutions to their practical problems, when both the cards and logic clearly indicate the immediate importance of legwork and mundane tasks.

Meditation, prayer and energy work are appropriate and necessary to help us achieve our goals. Yet, as the expression says, God helps those who help themselves. Sometimes there is no replacement for grunt work, and sometimes there is little time and space for energy work.

I first learned this lesson when my son was an infant. Throughout my pregnancy I had done a great deal of ritual and ceremony to prepare myself for motherhood. I felt that I was in an elevated spiritual state, that is, highly attuned to my intuition and my connection to Spirit. I became dependent on quiet time for meditation and study, and for long walks in the woods and on the beach. I gathered with my friends to drum, chant, dance and raise energy.

When the baby was born, the demands on my time and energy changed radically. I wondered, had I lost my spiritual focus because going to the beach for ceremony was out of the question?

I then realized that doing the mundane taskings of motherhood were simply a different type of ceremony. Certainly, daily laundry wasn’t as much fun as dancing in the moonlight, but, when done with the right energy, it was just as meaningful.

There are times in life and in business when the only right thing to do is to chop wood and carry water. We need to make lists, set goals, network, brainstorm and work hard. To many, this seems the opposite of living a magical life filled with spiritual practice. The truth is, mundane tasks and magical practices are two sides of the same coin. Both are necessary for our success.

When we do our mundane tasks with a grateful heart and a spiritual focus, we maximize our likelihood for success and well-being.

A spiritual principle that is both Biblical and Hermetic is ‘As above, so below’. What happens in the spiritual, mystical, magical world also happens in the mundane, earthly, material world. Each affects, mirrors and influences the other.

This means that when we pray, burn candles and do mystical tasks, that energy has an effect on the mundane world. Likewise, when we do mundane tasks with the correct focus, we elevate our spiritual energy.

From there, we create a cycle of energy, flowing back and forth between the mundane and the magical. That cycle of energy lifts us up, and brings us well-being and prosperity, as long as we continue to nurture it.

See me in Tampa!

I will be returning to the greater Tampa Bay Area this month. From September 27 through 30 I will be available for house calls and psychic house parties throughout the Tampa Bay Area. You can also arrange to visit with me at my location in Wesley Chapel.

On Sunday, September 29, from 3 pm to 5pm we will have our Tarot Meetup at Panera Bread in Lutz. It’s fun, informative and free to attend, so please plan to join us there.

To schedule your session with me, and for more information, please call or text 561-655-1160.

A Workflow Tarot Reading

Tarot is a great tool to help us set priorities and achieve goals. Try this Workflow Tarot Spread to help you get a handle on what you need to do to get where you want to go.

First, set a goal in your mind. What is it you want to accomplish? Are you writing a book? Do you want a new job? Are you promoting a business? Are you committed to becoming more fit?

Once you have your goal in mind, shuffle your cards and perform this spread. You can arrange the cards in any pattern that makes sense to you.

Card One: What I need to know about my goal.

Does this card suggest your goal is appropriate? Does it give ideas for achieving your goal? Does it make you want to rework or reword your goal?

Card Two: The resources that will help me achieve my goal.

This card may give ideas of where to find your resources, or help you discover resources you didn’t know you had.

Cards Three, Four and Five: My Next Three Steps

Let these cards help you make a list of the tasks you need to do to help you reach your goal.

Card Six: Inspiration

Interpret this card to inspire you as you work to achieve your goal.

The Week in Review

There is a lot of information about non-tarot oracle card decks available from those who don’t love tarot. This week, I wrote some information about non-tarot oracles from the perspective of a hard-core tarotist!

Did you catch this week’s Three-Card Weekly Reading? If not, you can find it on my Facebook business page and my YouTube channel.

From Around the Web

This week, these links all honor hard-working tarot professionals.

My friend and South Florida neighbor, Frank at Tarot Awakenings, wrote an insightful article about tarot interpretation.

Here is one great tarotist interviewing another, about a publication I was happy to be featured in! Read Melissa Cynova’s interview with Ste McCabe.

Here is an interview with Robert Place, one of our great tarot scholars, about tarot as a spiritual path.

Image from Ancestral Path Tarot by Julie Cuccia-Watts, published by U.S. Games Systems, Inc. Copyright 2013, Used with permission.

Cards for Your Consideration

The Eight of Pentacles offers a number of traditional interpretations, all of which can speak to the need to put one foot in front of the other and accomplish mundane tasks to achieve a goal.

For some readers, the Eight of Pentacles is an apprentice, for others, this character is a master craftsman. Some see this as a card that says, “time to make the doughnuts”, or, time to chop wood and carry water.

In Ancestral Path Tarot, the suit of Pentacles is Sacred Circles, and honors the traditions of North American indigenous cultures. Here, the character in the Eight of Sacred Circles is crafting drums.

There is a repetitive quality to this card that can refer to a task that must be done over and over, or the idea that we perfect our craft by doing it repeatedly.

This card can refer to manufacturing something, as well as having to do a task that might be boring.

I love the image of drum-making here, since drumming itself is a repetitive task. Sometimes repetition is what is needed to achieve our goals.

While repetition can be mind-numbingly boring, repetition is also a tool that brings us to a trancelike state of meditation; that place where magic happens.

Events and Tour Dates

Tarot Topics Newsletter
Volume 2 Issue 38
September 18, 2019

The Healer's Heart

Do you have the heart of a healer? If you are creative, sensitive, compassionate and empathetic, you probably do.

If you are a mystic, medical professional, teacher or artist, you probably do.

The healer’s heart hurts whenever it perceives the pain of others, which is often.

The healer’s heart hurts when it contemplates world events.

The healer’s heart can become angry and frustrated when people refuse their own healing.

Many times, having a healer’s heart allows us to be compassionate and helpful in difficult situations.  Sometimes, though, that heart causes us pain and distraction.

If you believe you have a healer’s heart, acknowledge it, and appreciate it. But also, take this as a sign that you must be gentle with yourself, and patient with others.

Be willing to turn off the news when it hurts too much to watch.

Understand that people, and nations, can only be ready to heal when they are ready to acknowledge their wounds.

As much as you want to help others, sometimes the focus needs to be your own healing, because the healer’s heart is almost always a wounded heart as well.

Sometimes, compassion hurts.

When we hurt for another, we can hold space for their healing, we can raise energy for their healing, and we can support them in practical ways as well.

Sometimes people won’t let us help them, or won’t participate in their own healing. When this happens, it is important not to feel guilt, or place blame.

Sometimes, the only answer is to practice compassionate detachment.

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Heart-Healing Tarot Spread

You can use this six-card spread for yourself, or for someone else.

Arrange cards one, two and three in an inverted triangle shape, with card one being the bottom point, card two being the upper left, and card three being the upper right.

You can see this makes an approximate heart shape.

Arrange the final three cards in a row, under the heart, laying them left to right.
 
Card one: At the bottom of your heart, this card will reflect your overall current ability to be strong and compassionate with yourself and others.

Card two: at the left side of your heart, this card will reflect things that have influenced your heart in the past.

Card three: at the right side of your heart, this card will reflect what you need to do to heal your heart and make it whole.
 
The bottom three cards offer support to your healing process. Look at them, individually and as a group, and consider what thoughts, people, activities and experiences will support the healing of your heart.

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From My Desk to Yours

This week, I posted a review of the LeGrande Circus and Sideshow Tarot on my website review page. You can read the review and watch the YouTube video there!

From my blogs, here are three of the many pieces I’ve written about healing, over the years.

The Ten Poisons

The Healing Power of the Suit of Swords

Don’t Give Your Trauma Your Voice

 

From Around the Web

For our creative entrepreneurs, here are Five Place to Sell your Handmade Items.

From Tarot by Sharan, here are your July 2016 Tarotscopes.

Here’s an oldie-but-goodie from mindbodygreen, on how to open your heart chakra.

 

Song of the Week

Here’s one of my favorite pop songs from the 1980’s – The Thompson Twins with Lay Your Hands on Me. (Enjoy the 1985 fashion, including the mullets.)

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Book Your Party or Private Reading in Connecticut Now!

I will be in Connecticut from August 3-August 17. I still have a few openings for house parties, and am ready to book your private readings, to be held at True Bikram Yoga in Madison.

I will also be holding a meditation class at True Bikram. This class will focus on Past Life Regression, and using Past Life Knowledge to create healing and positive manifestation in our current situations.

This class will be held on Sunday evening, August 7th.

To reserve a spot for the class, make an appointment for a reading, or schedule a house party, simply call or text me at 561-655-1160.

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Three Ways to Heal the Heart with Tarot

Tarot can be used for healing in many ways. Here are three simple things you can do to heal the heart with tarot.

1. In any tarot reading, make an effort to look for the emotions that are present. When you see hurt, look to that card, and the surrounding cards, for clues about how to heal.

2. Meditate with the difficult cards. Picture yourself removing the swords from the Three of Swords, or picking a cup from the Four of Cups.

3. Do a one-card reading by asking this question and pulling a card. What can I do today to support my heart?

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Image from Ancestral Path Tarot by Julie Cuccia-Watts

Your One-Card Weekly Reading

The Tower

Fasten your seat belt, because your one-card reading this week is the Tower!

Often associated with destruction and disaster, the Tower is a specific healing reference as well.

Sometimes the destruction we see in this card is the destruction of something that is hurting us or blocking us.

The process is painful, but the ultimate result can be healing and growth.

Sometimes, the lightning that strikes down the Tower is enlightening.

This week, don’t be afraid of the pain that comes with healing.

Be ready to determine what no longer serves you, and release it.



 
For more thoughts about the Tower, read my poem from my 78 Poems Tarot Poetry Project.

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Upcoming Events

 

Sunday, July, 3:30 pm
Tampa Bay Area Tarot Meetup
The Four Elements and the Minor Arcana
Panera Bread
23388 State Rd 54, Lutz, FL 33549

Bring your tarot cards! I'll be presenting this interesting and informative class. You can RSVP on the Meetup!

 

Coming Soon:

I will be available for private readings and house parties in Connecticut and surrounding areas from August 3 to August 17. Call 561-655-1160 to get on the schedule now!
 
TarotCon (Florida) 2016 will take place October 8th and 9th, with a special Professional Development Day on the 7th, in Palm Beach Gardens. Make your reservations now!

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About Christiana

Christiana Gaudet
Origins Spa and Wellness Center
1537 N Dale Mabry Highway #102
Lutz, FL 33548
 

Private telephone, Skype and in person readings and instruction are available by appointment.

Tarot parties at your home or office are available throughout Florida. 

Call 813-948-4488, toll free 866-99TAROT,
or text or call 561-655-1160
for more information or to schedule your event.

Agent inquiries are welcome.