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Hello, 2025!
Today, we welcome a New Year.
A new year dawns today.
We put a lot of energy into the New Year. We celebrate, predict, manifest, and set goals, intentions, and resolutions.
The New Year seems relatively arbitrary compared to special days in astrology or other, more ancient calendars. Yet, the New Year has power simply because we all agree to honor it.
Some approach the New Year with trepidation, anxious about what might await them. Others approach with optimism, determined to stay hopeful.
Whatever you feel about the onset of 2025, this New Year offers an opportunity to harness some hope, optimism, and celebration and direct that good energy toward your best desires for the year.
A New Year is here. Why not greet it with a hopeful heart?
We wish each other a Happy New Year, sometimes by rote. Let’s wish ourselves a Happy New Year and make it happen.
The StaarCorner
We will have the final StaarCon 2024 lounge session in Serena Fox’s lounge on Thursday, January 16th, at 5:30 pm. Ticket holders can access the event portal until access ends on January 20th at 9:00 pm.
StaarCon 5 ticketholders can enter the StaarCon 5 event portal on January 17th at 9 am. Get your ticket now and plan your conference!
We are so excited for all the fabulous StaarCon 5 presenters. You can check out the complete list on the StaarCon website.
Presenting for the first time at StaarCon will be Hippy Pippy. Pip comes from the United Kingdom to share an approachable and fun tarot workshop with you, where you will learn more about tarot and yourself!
Get ready for three days of divination and magic and a full year of online study and fellowship!
Greet the New Year with Tarot
Tarot is perfect for the New Year in so many ways. Of course, tarot readings are great entertainment at New Year parties!
Many people like to perform a serious reading at the beginning of each year. Some people like to create a unique spread for the New Year. Others use a traditional spread each year to look to the year ahead. For some, this is as simple as a card for each month.
New Year predictions can be fun, and New Year advice from the cards can prove helpful.
We can also do tarot magic for the New Year! What is it that you would like to have happen this year? Which energies do you need to cultivate?
Figure out which tarot cards embody those things and pull them from your deck. Spend time with them, recreate them in your chosen art form, put them on your altar, or sleep with them under your bed. You can even print out the card images and carry them with you.
Interacting with these images will help you create the year you want.
The Week in Review
Your January TarotScopes have been available to members of my YouTube channel for the past few days and are now available to everyone! Check out your sun, moon, and rising signs to see what awaits you in January. You can also find your TarotScopes on TikTok.
I will perform a Psychic Gallery at Banyan Soul Yoga in Stuart this Saturday. Tickets are limited and available directly from Banyan Soul.
From Around the Web
Daily Tarot Girl Kate has a wonderful tarot spread for 2025 for you to try!
Here are easy instructions to calculate your personal tarot year card for 2025.
2025 is Nine in numerology and therefore associated with the Hermit. Katrina Wynne will guide the StaarCon community through the year of the Hermit. Want to know more about the year of the Hermit? Here is a take from Cathy McClelland.
What Should We Do in 2025?
This is the space where, for the past year, we have been discussing magic and how to use it in our practical lives. The previous year, this was a spot to celebrate and encourage creativity.
Over the years, we have done one-card readings in this spot. We have also explored all seventy-eight cards of the tarot and the thirty-six cards of the Petit Lenormand.
What would you like to see in this spot for 2025? Please send me an email and let me know!
Upcoming Events
Weekly YouTube Events
Monday 9:30 am: Your 3-Card Weekly Reading
Thursday Noon: Tarot Topics Newsletter Recap
Friday Noon: Your Friday Weekly Wrap-up
Saturday 12:30 pm: Saturday Psychic Sampler
Card and Craft Academy
Card and Craft Academy is closed.
Look for Christiana’s new and improved academy soon! Until then, Christiana is offering personal mentorship classes in person and online.
Existing students of Card and Craft Academy will be offered a similar course in the new location as soon as the course becomes available. Students who take advantage of the offer to access the new course will also receive a coupon for a free month of our new all-access subscription when the full site is available.
If you are a Card and Craft Academy student, your invitation will be mailed to the email address you used to log in to the old account. If your address changes, you can contact Christiana to recover your account.
About Christiana Gaudet
Card and Craft, Inc.
Southeastern Tarot Artists and Readers, LLC.
Christiana Gaudet
770 SE Indian Street
Stuart, Florida 34997-5604
Locations in Port Saint Lucie, West Palm Beach, and Stuart, Florida!
Email cgaudet@cardandcraft.com
On the web www.christianagaudet.com
Online classes www.cardandcraftacademy.com
StaarCon information www.staarcon.com
YouTube @YourTarotFairyGodmother
Instagram @christianatarot @staarcon
TikTok @christianagaudettarot
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.
Zoom parties and group instruction are available almost everywhere!
Call toll free 866-99TAROT (866-998-2768)
For business or agent inquiries, call 772-301-0232
For appointments, call or text 561-655-1160
Schedule Appointments, Mentoring Sessions, or Purchase Gift Certificates Online!
Schedule your private reading or mentorship session, or purchase gift certificates at https://christiana-gaudet.as.me.
Agent inquiries are welcome.
Tarot Topics Newsletter
Volume 8 Issue 1
January 1, 2025
In This Moment
What happens when we are present in the moment, rather than focused on the past or future?
It happens every year. About a week before Christmas, random strangers ask me if I’m ready. As the holiday approaches, the questions become more panicked and more insistent.
Long ago, I gave up on holiday stress in favor of holiday presence.
In tarot and divination, there is an enormously popular spread. It’s just three cards, one for Past, one for Present, and one for Future. This can be a helpful way to see where we have been and where we are going.
Yet, we often spend too much time thinking about the past and the future and not enough time just observing and participating in the current moment.
Holidays mark the passage of time. Our traditions remind us of our history and cause us to look to the past. A New Year fills us with anticipation or worry for the future.
Perhaps the most significant present we can give to ourselves this holiday season is the gift of being present without trying to relive the past or plan for the future.
If we can be secure, happy, and grateful in a single moment, right now, I am sure the joy of that can honor and heal the past, and secure the future we want.
The StaarCorner
StaarCon 5 is just around the corner!
We will have a final StaarCon 2024 Lounge session in Serena Fox’s lounge on Thursday, January 16th, at 5:30 pm. StaarCon 2024 ticket holders can access the StaarCon 2024 event portal until access ends on January 20th at 9:00 pm.
If you have your StaarCon 5 ticket, you can enter the StaarCon 5 event portal on January 17th at 9 am. Ticket holders can sign up for sessions and participate in the early lounge events. Space can be limited for those attending in person, so be sure to sign up for the classes you wish to attend.
Aerik Arkadian is continuing to spotlight StaarCon 5 presenters on his blog. Make sure you catch them all! Check out Katrina Wynne and others!
Our roster of presenters is complete! We are happy to add a few last-minute arrivals, including Elise Crohn of Juicy Creative Studios, Lake Worth, Florida.
Elise will be leading us in creating a personal oracle deck with SoulCollage®!
You can join as at StaarCon 5 for one day, two days, or all three days. You can participate in person at West Palm Beach or online at Accelevents. If you haven’t already, get your tickets now!
Use code YULESTAAR for 10% off Full Conference or Single Day tickets. Valid until January 1st. Not good for Virtual General Admission tickets.
Tarot in the Moment
How do we interpret the “Present” position in the ‘Past, Present, Future’ spread?
What does it mean to pull a card to see what is true at present?
Whether we interpret a card as part of a spread or pull a single card, when we read for the present, we need to see it as valuable wisdom for the moment.
A card for the present may speak of our mood, or our current well-being. It may bring up a worry or concern or may caution us to pay attention to something pressing. A card for the present may turn our attention to something important, or simply let us know that, in this moment, everything is fine.
There is rarely a bad time to ask the cards what we need to know in this present moment.
The Week in Review
If you missed our Solstice gathering on YouTube, you can watch the replay and follow along with the exercises.
If you are a member of my YouTube channel, please join me for a session of New Year readings on December 30 at 7 pm ET.
I will be performing a New Year Psychic Gallery at Banyan Soul Yoga in Stuart, Saturday,
Pop culture inspired so January 4, at 4 pm. Visit the Banyan Soul Yoga website for tickets.
From Around the Web
many tarot decks. I wasn’t ready for a Back to the Future Tarot, but here it is!
Verified Market Reports lists the top seven trends in tarot. I was prepared to be amused, but they aren’t wrong about any of it.
Benebell Wen reviewed the Vedic Tarot, an ambitious new deck that connects the West with the East.
What Should We Do in 2025?
This is the space where, for the past year, we have been discussing magic and how to use it in our practical lives. The previous year, this was a spot to celebrate and encourage creativity.
Over the years, we have done one-card readings in this spot. We have also explored all seventy-eight cards of the tarot and the thirty-six cards of the Petit Lenormand.
What would you like to see in this spot for 2025? Please send me an email and let me know!
Upcoming Events
Weekly YouTube Events
Monday 9:30 am: Your 3-Card Weekly Reading
Thursday Noon: Tarot Topics Newsletter Recap
Friday Noon: Your Friday Weekly Wrap-up
Saturday 12:30 pm: Saturday Psychic Sampler [ Not Scheduled for 12/14. Join me at the library! ]
Card and Craft Academy
Card and Craft Academy is closed.
Look for Christiana’s new and improved academy soon! Until then, Christiana is offering personal mentorship classes in person and online.
Existing students of Card and Craft Academy will be offered a similar course in the new location as soon as the course becomes available. Students who take advantage of the offer to access the new course will also receive a coupon for a free month of our new all-access subscription when the full site is available.
If you are a Card and Craft Academy student, your invitation will be mailed to the email address you used to log in to the old account. If your address changes, you can contact Christiana to recover your account.
About Christiana Gaudet
Card and Craft, Inc.
Southeastern Tarot Artists and Readers, LLC.
Christiana Gaudet
770 SE Indian Street
Stuart, Florida 34997-5604
Locations in Port Saint Lucie, West Palm Beach, and Stuart, Florida!
Email cgaudet@cardandcraft.com
On the web www.christianagaudet.com
Online classes www.cardandcraftacademy.com
StaarCon information www.staarcon.com
YouTube @YourTarotFairyGodmother
Instagram @christianatarot @staarcon
TikTok @christianagaudettarot
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.
Zoom parties and group instruction are available almost everywhere!
Call toll free 866-99TAROT (866-998-2768)
For business or agent inquiries, call 772-301-0232
For appointments, call or text 561-655-1160
Schedule Appointments or Purchase Gift Certificates Online!
Schedule your private reading or mentorship session, or purchase gift certificates at https://christiana-gaudet.as.me.
Agent inquiries are welcome.
Tarot Topics Newsletter
Volume 7 Issue 52
December 25, 2024
Silver and Gold
As we approach the New Year, we are grateful for the people in our lives.
This is the penultimate weekly newsletter of 2024. As the year draws to a close, we reflect on all that happened in 2024; the things that were difficult, and the things for which we are grateful.
One of the things I am most grateful for is you. Thank you for supporting the work I do.
I often joke that the reason I love reading for people is that I long to know what is going on in people’s lives. I am intensely curious, but I am not a malicious gossip. I want to know what is going on because I want good things for everyone. The process of working with tarot can provide a lot of information that leads us to good things. And the relationships we develop with our tarot friends, students, teachers, readers, and clients are so valuable.
In preparing for Christmas, I happened to hear the old song, “Silver and Gold,” from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. That made me think of a Girl Scout song, that also mentions silver and gold. The lyrics are simple. “Make new friends but keep the old. One is silver and the other gold.”
That ties into the theme of that Christmas song by the same name. The people we care about are the most precious gifts in our lives.
Sometimes we need to set boundaries, and that can be difficult. Sometimes we lose loved ones and that can be devastating. Our long-term friends and family members are our story-keepers. When we lose them, we lose a part of ourselves. Yet the value they bring into our lives makes the risk of difficulty and loss acceptable.
Often during the holidays we focus on the recipes, the gifts, the wardrobe, and the decorations. All those things can be marvelous. Yet, the thing that makes this time of year so special is that we take time to gather with one another, and to let our loved ones know how much we value them.
For those who are lonely or dealing with loss, this season can be a painful reminder of happier times or unfulfilled wishes. That is why I love the line from the Girl Scout song that reminds us to make new friends. Wonderful new people can come into our lives at any time, in any season, and at any age. They are always a gift when they do!
My family and I wish you and your family the happiest of holiday seasons, and a wonderful new year. This newsletter will continue throughout the holidays, and through StaarCon. The “Making Magic” column has now ended. After StaarCon, we will begin a new weekly column. What topic would you like to see us explore in 2025?
The StaarCorner
Aerik Arkadian has published some short articles about a few of our StaarCon presenters.
Check out his Community Spotlight articles on me, Christiana Gaudet, and Cardsy B. Look for Spotlights on more presenters in the coming weeks before StaarCon.
The roster of presenters and the schedule for StaarCon 5 are now set and available on the StaarCon website. We are very proud of our amazing lineup.
We are excited to hold StaarCon 5 at the Delta by Marriot in West Palm Beach, formerly the Holiday Inn. This is a completely refurbished hotel, so we will be in Palm Beach County’s newest hotel. This offers us a comfortable and spacious place to meet.
There is a free shuttle from the airport, restaurant, grab-and-go shop, and lunch counter. The shuttle will also take you to local shopping and points of interest.
If you are not able to join us in person, Accelevents offers a robust virtual conference experience.
We often say that our tarot friends are our best friends because we speak the same language. StaarCon brings all our divination and magical friends together!
Get your tickets now and make your plan to join us, in person or online.
Your Seventy-Eight Friends
Many new tarot students are overwhelmed with the idea of learning seventy-eight cards. When they realize that each card can have many different meanings, they become even more discouraged. Here is what I tell them to make it easier.
Learning tarot is like making seventy-eight new friends. You won’t learn everything about them all at once. At first, you learn their names and what they look like. Then, over time, you get to know them. Each time you see them, you learn more about them. You create relationships with them over time.
If you allow your relationship with each tarot card to develop the same way friendships do, you will have much less frustration, and a lot more fun!
The Week in Review
Join us tomorrow evening, Thursday, at 7 pm ET, on YouTube Live as we celebrate the Winter Solstice.
Staarcon 5 Presenter Aerik Arkadian and I collaborated on re-writing a beloved carol to honor the shortest day and longest night of the year. Check out the video on his YouTube channel.
Because Christmas and New Year’s Day both fall on Wednesdays, I will be hosting my usual weekly live reading sessions on YouTube without interruption. Join us!
From Around the Web
I cannot be the only person delighted to learn that Marvel will release an Agatha Harkness Tarot Deck next summer!
Gem Blackthorn has created a tarot spread for 2025, based on astrology and numerology.
I love that Chanukah begins on Christmas this year. I found this Chanukah spread on Tarot Forum.
Upcoming Events
Weekly YouTube Events
Monday 9:30 am: Your 3-Card Weekly Reading
Thursday Noon: Tarot Topics Newsletter Recap
Friday Noon: Your Friday Weekly Wrap-up
Saturday 12:30 pm: Saturday Psychic Sampler [ Not Scheduled for 12/14. Join me at the library! ]
Card and Craft Academy
Card and Craft Academy is closed.
Look for Christiana’s new and improved academy soon! Until then, Christiana is offering personal mentorship classes in person and online.
Existing students of Card and Craft Academy will be offered a similar course in the new location as soon as the course becomes available. Students who take advantage of the offer to access the new course will also receive a coupon for a free month of our new all-access subscription when the full site is available.
If you are a Card and Craft Academy student, your invitation will be mailed to the email address you used to log in to the old account. If your address changes, you can contact Christiana to recover your account.
About Christiana Gaudet
Card and Craft, Inc.
Southeastern Tarot Artists and Readers, LLC.
Christiana Gaudet
770 SE Indian Street
Stuart, Florida 34997-5604
Locations in Port Saint Lucie, West Palm Beach, and Stuart, Florida!
Email cgaudet@cardandcraft.com
On the web www.christianagaudet.com
Online classes www.cardandcraftacademy.com
StaarCon information www.staarcon.com
YouTube @YourTarotFairyGodmother
Instagram @christianatarot @staarcon
TikTok @christianagaudettarot
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.
Zoom parties and group instruction are available almost everywhere!
Call toll free 866-99TAROT (866-998-2768)
For business or agent inquiries, call 772-301-0232
For appointments, call or text 561-655-1160
Schedule Appointments or Purchase Gift Certificates Online!
Schedule your private reading or mentorship session, or purchase gift certificates at https://christiana-gaudet.as.me.
Agent inquiries are welcome.
Tarot Topics Newsletter
Volume 7 Issue 51
December 18, 2024
Five Steps for Intuition
We had a fascinating conversation about intuition at our tarot meetup. Here is some of what we learned.
We had a fascinating conversation about intuition at our monthly tarot meetup at Panera Bread in Palm City this past Sunday. We wanted to come up with some practical steps for engaging intuition in tarot reading and in life.
I was impressed with the collective wisdom of our group. I wish I had been prepared to take notes because so many good ideas were flying around the room.
We ended up making a list of things to do to engage intuition without explicitly trying to do this. Interestingly, this list does not contain some things you would expect. For example, no one suggested meditation as a way of increasing intuition.
I think we are all increasingly frustrated with the advice to “trust your intuition” with no accompanying practical advice on what that means.
The first step that was mentioned is to become a good listener. Listen deeply to your client in a reading. Listen clearly to what you are saying to yourself. Quiet yourself enough to hear your inner voice of guidance.
Next, pay attention to what you feel in your body. Truth and untruth will resonate in your body. Different people feel it in different ways. Learn what the truth feels like in your body.
The third thing we discussed was logic. What place does logic have in the intuitive process? We often talk about disconnect and conflict between the heart and the head. Yet, accurate intuition can often be enabled by logical thought. Much of the time, the truth will be logical. Some of the time, it won’t be. Logic is a good tool to help us consider what might be possible as we work to discover what is true. In a tarot reading, logic works with intuition to help us understand the context in which to interpret the card.
The fourth thing we discussed is detachment. The voices of fear and desire are intuition-killers. We discussed various ways to bring ourselves to a place of compassionate detachment to hear our intuition clearly.
Finally, we discussed ways in which we not only hear our intuition but also see signs to guide us, both in our mind’s eye and as we move through our daily lives. This is especially helpful in tarot, where we may visually perceive the same card differently from reading to reading.
It became clear that we each had different experiences and experienced intuition uniquely. For example, some people find that their first thought is usually correct, and subsequent thoughts come from second-guessing. For others, the first thought is a reaction rather than a truth. We must each take time to see how we hear and see guidance most easily.
The value of these conversations in community cannot be understated. Likewise is the value of the collective wisdom that comes from the community.
The StaarCorner
StaarCon 2024 AfterGlow
Tomorrow, Thursday, December 12, join us at 5:30 pm in the Mystic Lounging with Serena Fox, as we celebrate Decks-cember. Let’s talk about the decks we love and hate, and how different decks speak to us.
StaarCon 5
We are so excited that StaarCon 5 is next month! This week, we added a final speaker to our in-person speaker list. Claire Christine Sargenti is the creator of the Noble Moon Tarot Deck & Grimoire. She is an artist, activist, and diviner.
At StaarCon 5, she will lead us on a project to create a tarot card!
StaarCon 5 will be a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Get your ticket now to join us in person or online!
Intuitive Tarot
What is intuitive tarot reading, and how does it work? Some professional readers use tarot in their readings but have never studied the cards. They let the images and colors stimulate their intuition. While I believe that without solid tarot knowledge, they only get half the story, it is indeed powerful to know that, very often, a person with no classic understanding of the cards can still use them to find wisdom.
I see this in beginner tarot classes when I ask people who have never seen the cards to pull a card and say what they think it is telling them. Often, what they are inspired to say is both relevant to them and akin to traditional keywords and interpretations.
For me, intuition works hand in hand with class interpretive skills. Here are two of the ways that can happen.
Intuition tells us which of the many possible meanings for a card is most appropriate. Intuition tells us of all the matters presented by the cards in a spread, which is most pressing.
Interpretation gives us the basics of the story. Intuition gives the story color and texture.
The Week in Review
Did you catch our Tarot Predictions webinar on YouTube last night? You can watch the replay!
Join me this Saturday at 1 pm at Mandel Public Library in West Palm Beach for a free all-level tarot class! For more info, visit the library website.
From Around the Web
StaarCon 5 presenter Aerik Arkadian is sharing spotlights on some of our presenters! Check out his interview with headliner Cardsy B!
I am unsure how I feel about this tarot article in Harper’s Bazaar. What do you think?
I love this Holiday Survival Tarot Spread from Interrobang Tarot, December 2015.
Making Magic
Can we do magic to increase intuition? Yes, there are many ways to do this. One of my favorites is to work with herbs. The way we use herbs in magic is so versatile. We can burn incense or oils, wear oils, drink teas and tinctures, and sprinkle herbs anywhere.
Which herbs are best to encourage intuition? I like damiana, mugwort, rosemary, frankincense, and lavender best.
It is easy to experiment to see which fragrances and flavors seem to stimulate intuition for you.
Upcoming Events
Weekly YouTube Events
Monday 9:30 am: Your 3-Card Weekly Reading
Thursday Noon: Tarot Topics Newsletter Recap
Friday Noon: Your Friday Weekly Wrap-up
Saturday 12:30 pm: Saturday Psychic Sampler [ Not Scheduled for 12/14. Join me at the library! ]
Card and Craft Academy
Card and Craft Academy is closed.
Look for Christiana’s new and improved academy soon! Until then, Christiana is offering personal mentorship classes in person and online.
Existing students of Card and Craft Academy will be offered a similar course in the new location as soon as the course becomes available. Students who take advantage of the offer to access the new course will also receive a coupon for a free month of our new all-access subscription when the full site is available.
If you are a Card and Craft Academy student, your invitation will be mailed to the email address you used to log in to the old account. If your address changes, you can contact Christiana to recover your account.
About Christiana Gaudet
Card and Craft, Inc.
Southeastern Tarot Artists and Readers, LLC.
Christiana Gaudet
770 SE Indian Street
Stuart, Florida 34997-5604
Locations in Port Saint Lucie, West Palm Beach, and Stuart, Florida!
Email cgaudet@cardandcraft.com
On the web www.christianagaudet.com
Online classes www.cardandcraftacademy.com
StaarCon information www.staarcon.com
YouTube @YourTarotFairyGodmother
Instagram @christianatarot @staarcon
TikTok @christianagaudettarot
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.
Zoom parties and group instruction are available almost everywhere!
Call toll free 866-99TAROT (866-998-2768)
For business or agent inquiries, call 772-301-0232
For appointments, call or text 561-655-1160
Schedule Appointments or Purchase Gift Certificates Online!
Schedule your private reading or mentorship session, or purchase gift certificates at https://christiana-gaudet.as.me.
Agent inquiries are welcome.
Tarot Topics Newsletter
Volume 7 Issue 50
December 11, 2024