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What Feeds You?
At Thanksgiving we give thanks for what feeds our bodies. It is also a time to discover what feeds us at a soul level.
In the United States, tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day. Traditionally, this is a time for friends and family to enjoy a meal together and contemplate their gratitude for food, shelter, and one another.
Thanksgiving is also considered the beginning of what I like to call the ‘Winter Festival Season’. Whatever you celebrate, and whatever your feelings about this time of year, I wish you the happiest, merriest, and most blessed holiday season. I want to you to know one of the things I am most grateful for is you. That is, those of you who read my newsletters, join me on YouTube, have sessions with me, attend StaarCon, read my books, and support my work in whichever ways make sense to you. Without you, I could not do the work I love so much.
When I think about Thanksgiving, I think first about the traditional foods, and our enjoyment of them. Yet, since Thanksgiving is about so much more than food, my contemplation turns to the things that feed us mentally, creatively, and spiritually.
I am grateful that the work I do feeds me so well. Tarot stimulates my creativity, my spirituality, my intellect, and my social needs. I know that not everyone is lucky enough to have a career that engages them on so many levels.
Our jobs do not have to be what feeds the soul as long as they put food on the table. We may have hobbies, fellowships, studies, or other pursuits that feed us more deeply.
One thing I notice at the tarot table is that some people have yet to figure out what feeds them beyond their physical needs. They do not know what sings to their soul or warms their heart.
On this Thanksgiving, give thanks for what feeds your mind and your spirit. If you don’t know what that is, commit to that search. The journey will be as delightful as the discovery.
The StaarCorner
We are happy to welcome Joe Monteleone to StaarCon 2023!
Huffington Post called Joe a "one-man-band of magical-thinking-made reality". He is a tarot master teacher, certified coach, energy healer, occult performer, and modern mystic.
Joe will present a workshop for tarot enthusiasts at all levels of development called “Tarot for Enlightenment”.
StaarCon 2023 is January 20-22. You can join us in person in West Palm Beach or online on Accelevents. You can get tickets for one day, two days, or all three days. Get your tickets now!
Finding What Feeds Your Soul
Tarot can be a great tool to help you discover your passions, your talents, and the things that make you happy. You can ask questions of tarot or have a professional reading on this topic.
Here are some questions to your cards, or to ask a reader.
What would make me happy at this moment?
What is a talent I have yet to discover?
What is something I enjoyed as a child that I need to revisit?
How can I find a sense of spiritual joy?
How can I make new friends?
How can I explore my creativity?
The Week in Review
If you missed the tarot class on YouTube, Tarot Questions and Answers, enjoy the replay.
YouTube classes are schedule for the month of December, you can find the links on my YouTube channel.
I also do free reading livestreams on my channel, usually at least four times a week. During this holiday week you can join me on Friday at noon ET for Your Friday Weekly Wrap-up, and on Saturday at 12:30 pm for Your Saturday Psychic Sampler. Watch for the links to appear the day of the broadcast, or the day prior.
From Around the Web
Bianca Tarot on YouTube named me one of her favorite Tarot/Psychic Readers!
When we speak of finding what feeds our soul, we may be looking for our passion in life. Emerald Lotus has a lovely tarot spread for Discovering Your Passion.
Mindbodygreen.com has share 99 Deep Questions to Ask a Tarot Deck During Your Next Reading. These questions are great for learning more about tarot, and about yourself.
Guidance on the Journey
There are so many cards that invite and instruct us to find our passions, consider our desires, and engage our creative energy.
The Nine of Cups is the traditional ‘Wish Card’. This card can ask you what your wishes are and can remind you that your desires are important.
Many readers also see the Star as a card of wishes and wishes fulfilled.
The Two of Wands and the Seven of Cups can both be viewed as cards that ask us what we want to manifest in our lives.
The Ace of Wands seeks to ignite our passions and encourages us to start new projects.
There are also cards that point out that we have not found what we are seeking. For example, the Four of Cups may suggest that we seek out something more engaging, and more exciting, than what we have so far discovered. The Eight of Cups suggests that it may be time to walk away from the past, and journey toward something new.
Judgement, of course, suggests closure to the past, and being open to a reawakening.
The theme of discovery, and the search for soul satisfaction, is inherent in the stories told by tarot, and in the messages of many cards. Perhaps this is because we are all driven to find the things that feed the soul.
Upcoming Events
Consider a Zoom.com party where you can practice Social Distancing and still meet with your friends for a virtual tarot party!
Alternatives to meeting in person are available.
Office appointments and house or office parties are again available by appointment.
Please call to discuss the options.
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
Minor Arcana Numbers, Elements, and Truth
Create and Interpret Custom Tarot Spreads
What the Court Cards Want You to Know
How Spirit Speaks Through Tarot
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
Email cgaudet@cardandcraft.com
On the web www.christianagaudet.com
Online classeswww.cardandcraftacademy.com
StaarCon information www.staarcon.com
Private telephone, Skype, FaceTime, Zoom and in person readings and instruction are available by appointment.
Tarot parties at your home or office are available throughout Florida.
Call toll free 866-99TAROT (866-998-2768)
Palm City 772-301-0232 x102
or call or text 561-655-1160
for more information or to schedule your event.
Schedule online at cardandcraft.10to8.com.
Agent inquiries are welcome.
Tarot Topics Newsletter
Volume 5 Issue 47
November 23, 2022
Your Internal Like Button
This week, Tarot Topics explore Judgment, in tarot and in life.
This week I have noticed a lot of people in a place of angry judgment, either with themselves or others.
The word ‘judgment’ gets a bad rap, and for a good reason. Judgment is discernment, and discernment is necessary to be able to make good choices. However, we tend to use the word ‘judgment’ specifically when we are making decisions about other people’s value, or about our own value.
It’s important to be discerning when deciding who we want around us. We don’t want to hire someone unfit for the job or marry someone whose character we don’t admire. We consider selectivity in dating and friendship a good quality. All of this is judgment, but I don’t think it’s the kind of judgment Biblically forbidden in Matthew 7:1-3 where we are instructed not to judge others to avoid being judged ourselves.
I think the admonition against that kind of hurtful judgment includes negative self-judgment; those moments where we let our regret for a human mistake turn into a full-on condemnation of our own character.
Hurtful judgment can also be cast toward strangers, either individuals or groups. It seems to be our nature to want to categorize everything as either good or bad, right or wrong.
Aside from basic human values, I would argue that very few things in life are inherently good or bad. It really all comes down to what we like, and what we don’t like.
If we could judge the things we like and don’t like rather than try to divide everything and everybody into categories of good and bad, I think the world would be a happier place.
Imagine it. The energy of saying, “That person is a bad person.” is much heavier than simply saying, “I don’t like that person.” The damage of saying “I hate myself for failing that test” is much greater than “I don’t like that I got an F.”
Every social media platform allows us the opportunity to hit a “Like” or “Upvote” button to show our affection, appreciation and support. Some platforms let us downvote as well.
Perhaps we each need to employ internal upvote and downvote buttons. If we simply allow ourselves to discern what we like and don’t like, rather than having to judge ourselves and others as good or bad, I think we’ll spend a lot less energy being angry, and a lot more time enjoying what we like!
The Week in Review
Have you seen my new blog post about reading tarot for others? Sometimes the hardest part is in the first moments.
I found a great post on Maelstrom Tarot from last year called Connecting with your Ancestors Through Tarot. As October approaches our thoughts naturally turn to those who have gone before. Tarot is a great way to check in with them.
Liz Worth has recently shared Three Truths About Running A Tarot Business.
Remember, too, that if you have a tarot business or are interested in starting one, I will be part of a day-long seminar as an extension of the Northwest Tarot Symposium in March. You can sign up now!
Now to talk about another kind of card deck. Have you played Cards Against Humanity? Did you know the game creators are looking for new card authors? You have until August 31 to contribute your ideas!
See Me on the Upper East Side of NYC
On Friday, September 7th in the afternoon and evening, and in the morning of Saturday, September 8th, I am offering hour and half hour readings by appointment in a private apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.
To reserve your time slot, simply call or text 561-655-1160. Tell your friends in NYC – this is a rare opportunity to have an in-person appointment with me!
Judging Judgment
Card 21 of the Major Arcana of tarot is typically called "Judgment". In the popular Waite illustration, we see the Angel Gabriel blowing his horn to awaken the dead into a new life. Archetypally, this is the Rapture; the Judgment Day. In fact, most illustrations of this card include an angel with a horn. The feeling invoked is a call to awaken a sleeping hero, or a 'wake-up call' for ourselves.
Classic interpretations for Judgment include concepts like 'wake-up call' and 'hearing your calling'. Judgment can be about endings and new beginnings. Judgment is the card of 'get over it!' advising closure to grief, loss and the past in general. Judgment is the final analysis, when we are able to judge the results of our efforts. Typically, the presence of this card indicates that we should judge those results favorably.
Often the question arises as to whether Major Arcana 21 can speak of angry judgment, negative judgment, that sort of judgment that hurts others; that sort of judgment against which we are admonished.
The truth is, in a particular reading, card images and words might be interpreted literally. Some readers might find within this card the harmful judgment against others. However, if we look to the archetypal reference of this card and find within it a spiritual message, we may find advice against harboring those kinds of judgmental feelings.
The angel of Judgment arrives to wake us out of harmful habits. Judgment asks us to put closure to the past rather than to harbor bad feelings. When we study tarot as a book of spiritual wisdom, Judgment may teach us not to judge ourselves and others; to get over mistakes of the past and move forward without the burdens of anger and regret.
Register Now for September Classes in New Haven, CT, Madison, CT and Tequesta, FL
I love teaching, and I love that I get to teach a wide variety of topics in some very interesting places.
Registration is now open for the following September classes. In all cases, registration in advance offers you a discount, and reserves your seat.
On Sunday, September 9 at 7 pm I will be teaching “Tarot and the Four Elements” at True Bikram Yoga in New Haven, CT. This is a great hands-on tarot class for anyone interested in tarot, from beginners to experienced readers. You will learn about the power of Earth, Air, Fire and Water, and how the Four Elements influence tarot, and teach us about ourselves.
On Sunday, September 16 at 7 pm I will be coteaching an exciting class with True Bikram studio owner Robin Brace at her Madison studio. Robin is a DoTerra representative. Together she and I will discuss plant magick – that is, metaphysical uses for essential oils. This will include using the oils to awaken intuition, and in working the Law of Attraction.
You may register for one of both classes on the True Bikram website.
After I return to Florida I will visit Dream Angels in Tequesta on Thursday, September 27 at 7 pm for a class in Tarot Key Words and Interpretations. You can reserve your seat for that on the Dream Angels website.
Very soon I will be releasing a new schedule of classes in my Palm City Conference Room, as well as some special online offerings, so stay tuned!
Upcoming Events
Sunday, August 26, 4 pm
Tarot Meetup: Cards and Conversation
Panera Bread
2894 Town Center Way, Palm City, FL
Join our tarot meetup for fun, food and fellowship as we share readings and tarot exploration together.
Wednesday, August 29, 7 pm
Global Tarot Circle on Facebook Live
Join me on my Facebook business page for an hour of readings and study with tarot friends from around the world.
September 6-18
Last Northeastern Tour This Year!
Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New York
Readings, parties and house calls available in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and NYC. Call 561-655-1160 for details.
Sunday, September 9, 7 pm
Special Class: Tarot and the Four Elements
True Bikram Yoga, New Haven, CT
The study of tarot, a book of spiritual wisdom in picture form, can offer insight, inspiration and personal reflection. One of the easiest ways to connect with the symbols of tarot is through the lens of the Four Elements; Earth, Air, Fire and Water.
Each of the Four Elements hold a powerful key to understanding astrology and tarot, and thereby, understanding yourself.
Join author Christiana Gaudet for a hands-on exploration of tarot appropriate for any level of experience, from expert to the merely curious.
Bring a tarot deck or borrow one at the workshop. There will be an opportunity to register on True Bikram Yoga’s website shortly.
Sunday, September 16, 7-9 pm
Plant Magic: Essential Oils to Enhance Intuition and Manifestation
True Bikram Yoga, Madison, CT
We all know that essential oils can offer profound healing of body and mind, but how can we use oils for spiritual growth and healing?
Join Robin and Christiana for an enlightening evening as you discover and deepen your own connection to guidance and wisdom, and your own ability to manifest your best destiny.
Tarot Topics Weekly Newsletter 7/2/2014
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So far, our journey through the Watery suit of Cups has been so joyful! With the Ace we open our hearts to love. With the Two we find partnership. With the Three we celebrate with our community.
Your one-card reading this week is Judgement.
Tarot Topics Weekly Newsletter 2/19/2014
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Judgement, card twenty, is the penultimate card of the Major Arcana. The image is the Christian Judgement Day. An angel blows a horn and souls rise, ready to be born into the new world.
Your One-Card Weekly Reading is the Ten of Pentacles.
Join us for an hour of tarot fellowship, learning, readings and fun!
Our topic will be “Emotional Healing,” as we welcome two practitioners to the Psychic Café. Mary Canane is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who offers healing work through ceremony, games and retreats in nature, as well as traditional psychotherapy.
This online presentation will focus on Major Arcana cards Eight through Fourteen, Strength through Temperance. Christiana will present these cards as the keys to enhancing emotional growth and finding emotional balance.
Sunday, March 2, 9 pm