People all around the world are celebrating holy days at this time of year. Regardless of culture or belief system, one unifying theme is hope.

It makes sense that in spring, as the world is awakening and new life abounds, we remember the nature and power of hope.

Hope is a powerful thing. Hope keeps us trying on the journey toward success, even when the path is difficult.

Yet, hope is also a tricky thing. False hope wastes time and energy. As with anything that yields great power, we must handle hope with care. We need to be discerning about where we place our hope.

Hope often demands action.

We can’t just wait for the things we hope for to happen. We need to take an active role, whether that is prayer and patience, or proactivity and hard work.

This time of year serves to remind us that within every sunrise, every seed, and every springtime, hope is present.

There are situations in life that are hopeless. Yet, we can always find something on which to place our hope.

There is a famous quote that helps me understand hope. It was originally said by John Lennon, though many other people have used it over the years.

“Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end.”

May the awakening earth fill your heart with hope for the days ahead.

The StaarCorner

When it became clear that our first conference would need to be online-only, we found that the Accelevents platform provided us with a lot of features that helped our online conference feel like a real event. We felt connected with one another, and part of a community.

Our staff learned a great deal about how to use Accelevents. This means that next year our online conference will be even more robust, and more interactive.

We are also planning to be able to meet in person, for those able and willing to travel. Our in-person meeting place is the Doubletree Hotel and Executive Meeting Center in Palm Beach Gardens. This is a very comfortable place to meet and stay. The Doubletree is close to Palm Beach International Airport, as well as local beaches and other Florida attractions.

We are already hard at work to make sure that whether you join us online or in person, you will have an amazing weekend with us.

Mark your calendar now for January 21 through 23, 2022. Tickets will be on sale soon.

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Tarot Flow Workshop Live on Zoom

On Thursday, April 22, 7 pm to 9 pm EDT, join me on Zoom for a Tarot Flow Workshop.

In this exciting class you will learn and practice techniques that will help you get into the flow of a tarot reading. Topics covered will include energy work, intuition, formulating questions, working with tarot spreads and dialoging with the cards. These techniques are good for self-reading as well as reading for others.

Join me for a unique and enlightening tarot learning experience. Class fee is $37.50. Register now.

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A Tarot Spread for Hope

Some people are naturally more hopeful than others. Some people cling to false hope, while others are afraid to be hopeful about anything.

Here is a tarot spread to help you sort out your relationship with the power and energy of hope.

Arrange the cards in a row, laying them out from left to right.

Let the first card tell you about something in your life about which you can feel hopeful, or which gives you hope.

Let the second card speak about something you hope to manifest in the future.

Let the third card help you make peace with a hope you have had to release.

Let the fourth card give you advice about how you can be proactive in making your hopes become reality.

Let the fifth card give you advice about how to balance hope and realistic expectations in your life at this time.

Have an In-Person Private Reading in Connecticut

I will be in Connecticut for one week this spring, May 21 through 26. During that time, I have a limited number of openings for house calls, small parties, and private appointments at True Bikram Yoga in Madison.

If you would like to see me in Connecticut in person in May, please call or text 561-655-1160, or email me to reserve your appointment time.

I am looking forward to seeing you!

The Week in Review

This week I taught a free tarot class on YouTube called “Tarot Questions and Dialogues”. This class will help you learn and practices some helpful divination techniques.

I do a number of live broadcasts each week on my YouTube channel. Please subscribe and join me there!

From Around the Web

From Greatlist, a wonderful article about the joy and hope of tarot.

Bustle has your April 2021 horoscope.

Here is an Easter Egg Tarot Spread from Mystic Star Tarot.

Cards for Your Consideration

There are quite a few tarot cards that have ‘hope’ as a primary keyword. The Star, the Nine of Cups, the Fool, and the Two of Wands come immediately to mind.

Yet, when we consider the power of hope, I would like us to consider the power of divination and cartomancy as a whole.

I believe that divination, and the tools of divination, are meant to keep us hopeful in life.

It is true that sometimes a tarot reading might take away a specific hope. Yet, even if a certain situation is not hopeful, there is always room in a reading to find the place we can put our hope, and the way to summon our hope.

Some tarotists develop a negative relationship with certain cards. Some people develop a fearful relationship with divination.

If we approach cartomancy and divination with the idea that the goal is always to find hope, and to find where to place our hope, the practice will always lead us forward in the best way possible.