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Spring Cleaning
As we plan seeds for spring, we take time to remove what no longer serves us.
This is the first week of Spring! No matter your favorite season or your geographical locale, the arrival of spring brings excitement and renewal for all.
We associate spring with new projects, new ideas, fertility, and growth. Spring is the time that the earth is renewed, and with that we find personal renewal as well.
It struck me that the tradition of spring cleaning seems different than the energy of planting, sprouting, and hatching which we often associate with springtime.
I did some research to find out where the tradition of spring cleaning originated. It turns out that spring cleaning is thousands of years old, and originated independently in several cultures around the world, including Iranian, Chinese, and Jewish.
In these cultural traditions, the cleaning of the house in springtime is spiritual and energetic as well as physical. Spring is the time to remove any bad luck or negative energy that has accumulated over the year.
This made me think of the gardening task of pruning. There are many plants that should not be pruned in spring. Yet, there are some that indeed thrive when pruned early in the year. In spring, some things need to be cut away to make room for new growth.
Perhaps the process of spring cleaning helps us ensure that the seeds we plant will blossom.
It makes sense, too, that as the earth is renewed, we would want our physical space to reflect that renewal.
Sometimes the cleaning we most need to do is not physical at all. Along with the concept of removing negative energy from our space is the concept of removing unhelpful things from our life. This is a sort of personal pruning where we cut away what no longer serves us. Perhaps it is time to break a bad habit, or to change the way we speak to ourselves. Perhaps we need to stop honoring outmoded beliefs that are keeping us from our success.
Now that spring is here, think about what you might want to prune away from your life in order to assure the success of the seeds you are planting. Let your personal spring cleaning support your new projects and ultimate success this year!
The StaarCorner
We are excited to announce that StaarCon 2023 will take place January 20 through 22, with a thirty day “AfterGlow” to follow on the Accelevents platform.
StaarCon 2023 will be available online on Accelevents.
StaarCon 2023 will take place in person at a brand-new venue, the Palm Beach Airport Hilton in West Palm Beach.
In-person conference attendees will enjoy a premium guest experience at this resort hotel., including a twenty percent discount on all food and beverages. There are three restaurants and two bars on the property, so there will be a lot of options for dining. At the end of a day of tarot learning, you can enjoy a beverage with your conference friends at the tiki bar, which is poolside and lakeside.
Tickets will be available very soon. We are excited to bring you the very best hybrid tarot and divination conference experience ever!
On March 24 at 5 pm ET, join Nancy SageShadow and me on her Instagram page as we go live to discuss some things that will be happening at StaarCon 2023.
Hybrid Minor Arcana Tarot Class
On Thursday, March 31 at 7 pm ET I am teaching a hybrid tarot class on the Minor Arcana of tarot. The class is called Minor Arcana Numbers, Elements, and Truth. You can attend in person in Palm City, or online on Zoom.
This class is great for beginners, intermediate readers, and professionals.
In this class you will learn how numerology and the Four Elements can help you find the lessons, stories, and meanings of the forty numbered Minor Arcana cards.
For more information, and to get your ticket, visit the event listing on my website.
Spring Pruning Tarot Spread
In gardening, you only prune certain plants in the spring. This seems like a great inspiration for a three-card tarot spread.
Card One: What do I need to cut out of my life at this time in order to ensure my growth?
Card Two: What am I growing in this season?
Card Three: What can I do to make the pain of releasing what is cut away easier?
Northeastern Spring Tarot Tour
I will be in Connecticut May 26 through June 5. I will be offering private readings at True Bikram Yoga in Madison, Ct. I am available for house calls and psychic house parties throughout Connecticut. I am also able to travel to Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and New York.
As always, my available time will book quickly. Please call or text me at 561-655-1160 to schedule your appointment.
I am so excited to see my northeastern friends this spring!
The Week in Review
Our Equinox Gathering on YouTube was a lot of fun. We did some great tarot exercises. I also shared a short video with an idea for a spring meditation and tarot exercise. You can watch these videos and try the exercises anytime within the next few weeks.
From Around the Web
MindBodyGreen.com offers some ways to clear negative energy from your space.
Carrie Mallon shared a tarot spread for spring.
I love it when tarot stories show up in mainstream spaces. Here is a fun tarot article I found on Salon.com.
Guidance on the Journey
People often ask me to share ways of cleaning a tarot deck.
If the deck is physically dirty, you can wipe the cards with a slightly damp cloth.
The energetic cleansing of a tarot deck is something that needs to happen quite often. Nicely, many of the things we naturally do regularly with our cards serve to dispel any energy that has stuck to them from previous readings.
Some of these things are shuffling, striking the deck on the table, and sorting the cards in numeric order.
After a particularly difficult reading, or perhaps monthly, you might want to do a more intense cleansing. For this, there are a few things you can do.
Leave your deck on an inside windowsill during the night of a full moon.
Use incense or burning herbs to cleanse your deck with smoke. You can do this card by card, or with the whole deck.
Place quartz crystals on your deck overnight.
Use a selenite wand or a kyanite comb to remove the energy from the deck by waving the stone around the edges of the deck.
How do you know your deck needs deep cleansing? You might find that your readings feel flat or uninspired. You might find that you do not feel that you are enjoying your deck as much as usual. Generally, after you cleanse your deck your connection with the cards should return to normal very quickly.
Upcoming Events and Tours
Card and Craft Academy
Classes presented by Christiana are available right now at Card and Craft Academy!
Christiana’s Eleven-Card Celtic Cross
Finding Meaning in the Minor Arcana
The Major Arcana, Magical and Mundane
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
Your Journey Through the Tarot Court
Tarot Stories, Trends, and Blends
Tarot Readings for Personalities and Relationships
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
Catch up on your missed Zoom webinars and more!
cardandcraftacademy.com
About Christiana Gaudet
Card and Craft, Inc.
Southeastern Tarot Artists and Readers, LLC.
Christiana Gaudet
3559 SW Corporate Parkway
Palm City, Florida 34990-8152
On the web www.christianagaudet.com
Online classeswww.cardandcraftacademy.com
StaarCon information www.staarcon.com
Private telephone, Skype, FaceTime and in person readings and instruction are available by appointment.
Tarot parties at your home or office are available throughout Florida.
Call or text toll free 866-99TAROT (866-998-2768)
Palm City 772-301-0232
or call or text 561-655-1160
for more information or to schedule your event.
Agent inquiries are welcome.
Tarot Topics Newsletter
Volume 5 Issue 12
March 23, 2022
Who Needs Energetic Protection?
It take more than a crystal or some incense to keep your energy flowing in a healthy way.
When I first started learning about energy work, tarot, and all things mystical, my teachers told me to visualize myself in a bubble of white light.
I also learned to burn herbs such as sage, dragon’s blood, and copal to clear the energy in my room and create sacred space. I learned to meditate, and to ground and center myself before performing a tarot reading.
Over the years I have developed my own methods for energetic protection and to create sacred space. In performing readings for others, energetic protection has become something I think about a lot. This is not only for me, but for my clients.
Energetic protection is not something that should be reserved for sacred tasks and holy places. Energetic protection is for everyone, everywhere.
Sometimes when my spiritually minded clients are struggling in the workplace or in life in general, I ask what their practice is for energetic protection. What I often discover is that they have the tools of protection, but not the practices.
For example, they may keep a crystal on their desk at work. Or they may have sacred symbols, or a picture of a saint on the wall. These are all good tools for protection. But, without the practice of protection, these tools will do little to protect them.
What, exactly, is energetic protection?
Energetic protection describes practices that keep our own energetic aura free of other people’s energetic residue. Energetic protection keeps our own energy flowing through and around us. This does not mean we are not compassionate or empathetic toward others. And it does not mean that we are protected from all misfortune.
When we engage energetic protection, we are not weighed down by the collected energy of others.
We live on a difficult planet. To be present to help others and bring healing to the world, we must ourselves be as well as we can be in each moment. Part of that wellness is energetic. Energetic protection helps us feel better because it keeps us from carrying the weight of others in ways that do not help them. Energetic protection keeps our own energy as clear as possible,
While the tools of energetic protection, like herbs, crystals, and symbols are helpful, they are not necessary. What is necessary is to use your breath, your visualization, and your concentration to put your energetic shield in place, and keep your own energy flowing, each and every day.
The StaarCorner
We are in the process of finalizing a contract with a new hotel for StaarCon 2023! We should have all the details for you next week. Right now, we can tell you a few important things.
First, StaarCon 2023 will of course be hybrid. We will once again use the Accelevents Events Management Platform.
Those who join us in person will enjoy some great improvements. Some of these include a free airport shuttle, a lakeside pool area with a tiki bar, and a beautiful, large conference center.
Our screens will be digital. This means that remote presenters and in-person presentations which include slide decks or videos will be crystal clear and easy to see.
In 2023 we anticipate that most of our presenters will be in person in West Palm Beach. This is good for in person attendees, and for online attendees. Since we are producing the videos ourselves, we can make sure that each presenter is able to give their presentation without worrying about tech issues.
Building a multi-track hybrid conference can be fraught with challenges. We are excited to bring some amazing solutions to StaarCon 2023.
Tickets will be available soon, so get ready and mark your calendar now for January 20-22, 2023!
Right now, we are ready to welcome volunteers and presenters. Please email me for details! We will have information for vendors and sponsors shortly.
Hybrid Minor Arcana Tarot Class
On Thursday, March 31 at 7 pm ET I am teaching a hybrid tarot class on the Minor Arcana of tarot. The class is called Minor Arcana Numbers, Elements, and Truth. You can attend in person in Palm City, or online on Zoom.
This class is great for beginners, intermediate readers, and professionals.
In this class you will learn how numerology and the Four Elements can help you find the lessons, stories, and meanings of the forty numbered Minor Arcana cards.
For more information, and to get your ticket, visit the event listing on my website.
Tarot Cards are Energetic Tools
You can use a tarot card to cleanse energy, move energy, and heal energy.
Aces are my favorite cards to use as energetic tools.
Here are some ways to use Aces.
Take the Ace of Swords and wave the card through the air to remove stuck energy from a room.
Hold the Ace of Wands to your solar plexus when you are tired and need new energy and inspiration.
Breathe deeply while holding the Ace of Pentacles in your hand to help you ground and center.
Hold the Ace of Cups to your heart to increase your capacity for compassion and your capacity to feel loved.
Which cards might you want to use as energetic tools? Go through your deck and think about how you might use each card to help you manage your energy, and the energy around you.
Northeastern Spring Tarot Tour
I will be in Connecticut May 26 through June 5. I will be offering private readings at True Bikram Yoga in Madison, Ct. I am available for house calls and psychic house parties throughout Connecticut. I am also able to travel to Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and New York.
As always, my available time will book quickly. Please call or text me at 561-655-1160 to schedule your appointment.
I am so excited to see my northeastern friends this spring!
The Week in Review
Do you catch my free YouTube Tarot Keyword Bootcamp? This fast-paced workshop shared ideas and practices to help all tarotists understand and use keywords effectively. If you missed the class, you can watch the replay.
If you are a member of my YouTube channel and missed the livestream class on Monday, you can watch that replay as well.
From Around the Web
Theresa Reed, the Tarot Lady, has write a fabulous blogpost about inexperienced tarot readers who go pro too soon.
Here is a method for handling yes or no tarot questions.
Ethony has some good thoughts about grounding and protection after a tarot reading.
Guidance on the Journey
There are those who believe that tarot cards themselves are dangerous. They believe that tarot cards can open a ‘portal’ which allows negative energy or entities into the body and mind of the tarot reader, or any who comes into contact with the cards.
It is imperative to understand that this is false. When we speak about the need for energetic protection before, during, and after a tarot reading, we are not speaking about protecting ourselves from the cards.
Psychic work can be energetically draining. Part of psychic protection is to allow the reader to preserve their own energy during the reading.
Beyond that, a tarot reading can bring up emotions as we use tarot to explore and heal past trauma and untrue narratives. Emotions have energy that can cling to us. That clinging energy can cause fatigue and mood issues.
We all need energetic protection. It is important to understand why we need that protection. It is also important to understand the misunderstandings that often surround tarot.
Upcoming Events and Tours
Card and Craft Academy
Classes presented by Christiana are available right now at Card and Craft Academy!
Christiana’s Eleven-Card Celtic Cross
Finding Meaning in the Minor Arcana
The Major Arcana, Magical and Mundane
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
Your Journey Through the Tarot Court
Tarot Stories, Trends, and Blends
Tarot Readings for Personalities and Relationships
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 New!
Catch up on your missed Zoom webinars and more!
cardandcraftacademy.com
About Christiana Gaudet
Card and Craft, Inc.
Southeastern Tarot Artists and Readers, LLC.
Christiana Gaudet
3559 SW Corporate Parkway
Palm City, Florida 34990-8152
On the web www.christianagaudet.com
Online classeswww.cardandcraftacademy.com
StaarCon information www.staarcon.com
Private telephone, Skype, FaceTime and in person readings and instruction are available by appointment.
Tarot parties at your home or office are available throughout Florida.
Call or text toll free 866-99TAROT (866-998-2768)
Palm City 772-301-0232
or call or text 561-655-1160
for more information or to schedule your event.
Agent inquiries are welcome.
Tarot Topics Newsletter
Volume 5 Issue 11
March 16, 2022
Attention and Energy
This week's newsletter offers a profound new two-card tarot spread.
During a class I was teaching last year I made a student giggle when I begin a standing meditative exercise with the instruction for everyone to “stand with your feet on the floor.”
It was certainly a laugh-worthy moment. How else could one possibly stand?
What I meant to say, and should have said, was to bring your attention to the connection between your feet, the floor and the ground beneath.
My misspoken meditation points out some important points about how we work with energy.
Energy work, be it in meditation, healing, magick or divination, requires us to find the high spiritual energy that is inherent in the things we do every day, like breathing and standing.
We breathe autonomically. We stand on the floor without conceiving of the miracle that keeps us attached to this spinning planet. Yet, our breathe is the vehicle that meditation, magick, healing and divination possible. The connection between our feet and the ground below creates our spiritual grounding, and our ability to manifest health and prosperity. We sleep because we must, yet our dreams are often the gateway to guidance from loved ones and guardians.
When we give spiritual attention to our mundane tasks and activities, we are able to change and channel the energy around us, for healing and manifestation.
Take a Class in Palm City!
I am so pleased to be offering classes and special events in my Palm City conference room. Friends at a distance, don’t worry, I am working on offering on-line versions of these class as well. Keep your eye on this newsletter for more information about that soon!
Friends in the area, please mark your calendars and reserve your seats for these upcoming classes!
On Sunday, October 28, from 4 to 6 pm, I am teaching “Explore the Minor Arcana”. This class will introduce tarot beginners to the forty numbered cards of the Minor Arcana. Experienced readers will discover new ways to understand and interpret these important cards.
On Wednesday, November 14 from 7-9 pm I’m offering “Elemental Magick”. In this class you will learn how to harness the energy of Earth, Air, Fire and Water for healing, divination and manifestation.
Our November tarot class will be devoted to the sixteen Court cards; the Queens, Kings, Knights and Pages. These are the cards we often use to identify and describe ourselves and each other. In a reading, they can represent us and the people we know, but they can also offer advice, prediction and focus.
In this class you will learn to understand the Court cards when they present in a reading, and to use the Court cards to better understand yourself.
The class fee for each of these classes is $30. Class size is always limited. Our conference room offers an excellent atmosphere for small group discussion and intimate learning experiences.
Follow the links above, or in the Upcoming Events column, to register for these classes. I hope to see you in my classroom soon!
Attention and Energy Tarot Spread
I have a friend who always says, “where attention goes, so goes energy”. Think about what that means if we spend our time paying attention to our worries and fears!
The opposite is also true. If we give our attention to the things that matter most to us, the energy that flows there will certainly make a positive difference.
Here is a quick two-card contemplative tarot spread about how we direct energy in our lives.
Card 1: Where I need to put my attention.
Card 2: The result of sending energy in that direction.
Sometimes a small spread can be hugely profound. When I performed this for myself my first card was the Page of Cups. I need to put my attention toward communicating my heart. For me at this moment that could not be truer as I am working on some writing projects that are very important to me. The second card suggests that my result will be the Ace of Pentacles! This is as good sign for the commercial success of my projects, but also for the idea that I will give birth to something of substance and value.
Try this spread for yourself and see how the cards can motivate you to put your attention and energy where you can do the most good!
The Week in Review
This week I am opening registration for you to be able to receive a special Year End Mercury Retrograde Tarot Healing Session with me during the final Mercury retrograde of 2018, November 16-December 6. I am taking appointments for this special tarot session in advance. Read about the energy Mercury offers us when it is in retrograde, and what that energy can help us do for you! If you are ready to harness this energy for your own healing, now is the time to make your appointment!
In keeping with our topic this week, here is a post about energy I wrote back in 2013, “Three Examples of Hermetic Wisdom in Action”.
From Around the Web
I found an article from The Atlantic that supports something I have believed for a long time. Read “The Benefits of Optimism are Real”.
There can be a downside to placing too much emphasis on being present in the moment. Check out “When Mindfulness Goes Wrong” on Upworthy.
With Halloween just around the corner, perhaps you are looking for a special tarot spread to try at this very sacred time of year. Here’s one from Falcons and Pentacles.
Upcoming Events
Sunday, October 21, 4 to 6 pm
Free Class: Crystal Power for Tarot
Christiana’s Conference Room
1025 SW Martin Downs Blvd, Suite 203, Palm City, FL
Join guest teacher Mary Ellen Collins for a free class! Mary Ellen will teach us the art of crystal casting, and how to incorporate stones into your tarot reading. Bring your tarot deck, Mary Ellen will have crystals for you to use in your practice readings.
Class size is limited and currently full, please call Christiana at 561-655-1160 to get on the wait list.
Wednesday, October 24, 7-8 pm
Global Tarot Circle on Facebook Live
Join tarot friends from around the world for an hour of readings and tarot study. This session will celebrate the season with instruction and exercises for using tarot to connect with loved ones in spirit.
To join, simply visit my FB business page, hit LIKE and look for the live feed!
Sunday, October 28, 4-6 pm
Explore the Minor Arcana
Christiana’s Conference Room
1025 SW Martin Downs Blvd, Suite 203, Palm City, FL
Register now to take this class focusing on the forty numbered cards of the Minor Arcana.
This class will equip you to interpret these cards in your tarot readings, and to find the mundane and spiritual wisdom locked within them.
Class size is limited. You must reserve your seat by paying the $30 class fee. Visit the event listing on my website for more information.
Sunday, November 4, 4 to 6 pm
Tarot Meetup: Cards and Conversation
Panera Bread
2894 SW Town Center Way, Palm City, FL
Join us for fellowship, readings, tarot study and more! The meeting is free to attend, show your appreciation by supporting Panera while you are there.
Bring a tarot deck or borrow one at the meeting.
Wednesday, November 7 through Sunday, November 11
FPG Samhain 2018: A Journey Beyond the Veil
Maddox Ranch 2211 W Bella Vista Street, Lakeland, FL 33810
Join us for a day, the weekend or the entire festival! Visit the FPG website for more information!
Wednesday, November 14, 7 to 9 pm
Special Class: Elemental Magick
Christiana’s Conference Room
1025 SW Martin Downs Blvd, Suite 203, Palm City, FL
In this class you will learn the metaphysical properties of Earth, Air, Fire and Water, and how to harness these energies for healing, divination and manifestation.
Visit the event listing on my website to register!
Sunday, November 18, 4 to 6 pm
Special Class: Explore the Tarot Court Cards
Christiana’s Conference Room
1025 SW Martin Downs Blvd, Suite 203, Palm City, FL
Join us as we delve into the sixteen tarot cards that often confuse us most! The Court cards help us understand ourselves and each other and offer critical information in our readings. This class will clear the confusion and help you get the most out of your tarot readings.
Visit the event listing on my website to register.
