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Try to Prove Yourself Wrong
You can't be sure you are right if you are afraid to be wrong!
Try to Prove Yourself Wrong
Learn to vet your intuitive truth!
Scientists know that every great discovery happens only after they make a good effort to prove themselves wrong. Inventors try to break their inventions in order to prove them market-ready.
This important step of the scientific method – this step of trying to prove oneself wrong – seems in sharp contrast to our culture that gives a sense of valor to clinging to a belief, even when it is proven to be factually false.
The inability to admit that one is wrong, or that one has made a mistake, is often a sign of narcissistic tendencies. The well-known Twelve Steps of Addiction Recovery requires a fearless moral inventory at Step Four, and quick admission when one is wrong at Step Ten. One could make an argument that there can be no healing, personal group or spiritual enlightenment without the ability to see when we are wrong and admit to it without suffering a loss of self-esteem because of it.
In intuitive development and divination, the process of checking in to see if you are on the right track is an important best practice. During a reading it’s very possible to stray from intuition into ego or fear. Checking in allows us to filter away any message that isn’t intuitively inspired.
It’s important to know the difference between honest introspection and negative self-talk. Being able to admit that you are wrong is necessary. Telling yourself that you are always wrong is harmful. It is especially important to prove yourself wrong is when you are telling negative stories about yourself!
Sometimes people have high anxiety about being wrong and making mistakes. That fear causes them to be unwilling to learn, grow and take risks.
When we are able to question our own beliefs, ideas and actions (while still recognizing our basic goodness) we become able to heal, evolve and grow.
Past Life Regression Workshop Tonight in Palm City!
Are you available on the Treasure Coast tonight from 7-9 pm? Are you interested in learning about past life regression and past life readings? Would you like to discover your soul’s history and mission?
Tonight, I will be leading a Past Life Regression Workshop in my Palm City Conference Room. Tickets are limited, and are selling steadily, but if you would like to grab a ticket before they sell out you may purchase one online or call or text me at 561-655-1160.
Five Ways to Vet Your Intuition and Divination
Whether doing a conscious reading or responding to a spontaneous intuitive bolt, or whether reading for yourself, a friend or a stranger, it’s good to question whether you are getting truth, or whether your message has been hijacked by fear, desire, attachment or ego.
I know that sounds a little counterintuitive. Our teachers so often instruct us to simply trust our intuition; how can I instruct my students to question theirs?
I believe in the Russian proverb popularized by Ronald Reagan, “Trust, but verify”. Trust your process, trust that your process works, but also verify your results.
Here are five ways to do that.
Check In
If you want to know if something is true, simply take a moment to breathe with it. Hold the statement or feeling in your mind and heart and ask yourself if it feels true or feels right. Pay attention to what you feel physically in your body, as well as what comes into your mind.
Use a Pendulum
A pendulum is a good way to verify a card reading or an intuitive hit. Simply ask the pendulum, “Is this true?” and see what it does.
Sometimes, while giving a reading, I will simply hold the pendulum and let it swing while I speak. If I veer off the path of the truth, the pendulum will stop or change its swing to alert me.
Pull a Card
You can always ask, “Am I correct in my interpretation of this?” or, “Am I right in what I am thinking?” and pull a card. If it seems that you are not correct, you can then ask, “What is the truth?”
Use Logical Evidence
How does your card reading or intuitive hit stack up against logic? Very often, things that aren’t true don’t make sense.
Try to Prove Yourself Wrong
Using any of the methods above, actively try to poke holes in your established theory. For example, if you are reading for someone and you have come to believe that their relationship is good and healthy, try reading on an opposing viewpoint. Ask questions of the cards such as “What doesn’t work about this relationship?” and “What is inadvisable about this relationship?” Basically, try to find some reason that your assessment is wrong. If you can’t, then you can feel comfortable in the veracity of the information you’ve derived.
The Week in Review
Did you join us for Global Tarot Circle on Facebook Live? If you missed it, you can view the archive on my YouTube channel.
This week I shared Five Techniques for Reading Larger Spreads. Consensus amongst readers was that these are good tarot techniques for smaller spreads, too.
From Around the Web
Spring is definitely here! Do you forage wild food? Here’s a guide to help you if you are interested in giving foraging a try!
Should you turn your hobby, artform or divination practice into a side job? Here are some thoughts about that.
Joanne Powell Colbert, artist and author of the Gaian Tarot, is planning to release a new deck this spring!
In-Person Readings Available in the Tampa Bay Area
I will be in the Tampa Bay Area this week, Friday, April 26 through Monday, April 29. I’m available to read for you in your home or office by appointment. Gather your friends and family together for a psychic house party!
If you would like to get on the calendar, call or text 561-655-1160.
Cards for Your Consideration
One of my favorite cards for checking for integrity, truth and correctness is the Ace of Swords. I actually call this card my ‘Anti-BS Device’.
The suit of Swords is about the powers of the mind. Aces, as ‘ones’, can be new beginnings as well as the source or essence of their element. Very often, we can see the Ace of Swords as a new idea, a newly learnt truth, or a new attempt at communication.
For me, the Ace of Swords also is a clear indicator that someone is telling the truth, or that what I am thinking is the truth.
The Ace of Swords is also an admonishment to do the right thing.
If you are wondering is something is true, real or right, the Ace of Swords will tell you, in very strong terms, that it is.
Reversals are part of my tarot practice, so for me, the Ace of Swords reversed will tell me that something is not true, not real or not right.
While tarot readings are subject to variations in interpretations, for me, the Ace of Swords speaks clearly about what is true and what is false, and what is right and what is wrong.
Tarot Meetup in Lutz this Sunday!
Join us this Sunday, April 28, at 3 pm at Panera Bread, 23388 State Road 54, Lutz, for an informal free tarot workshop.
Bring your cards or borrow a deck at the meetup. Enjoy some food and fellowship and meet some local tarot friends!
Whether you are curious about tarot, a beginner or a long-time enthusiast, you will have fun and learn something new.
You can RSVP on the Meetup site or simply join us at Panera.
Tarot Topics Newsletter
Volume 2 Issue 17
April 24, 2019
The Journey Home
I'm home from my travels and ready for exciting things in Palm City!
The Journey Home
Gratitude for the trip, and for the return home.
My wise mother, who loved to travel, often said that one great reason for going away was the joy of coming home.
It’s become clear to me that I truly have two homes; Connecticut, where I got married, began my business, raised my children and lived for most of my life, and Florida, where I have happily worked and resided for the past eleven years. I feel so blessed to be able to live in one beautiful place, and commute regularly to another.
Spring Tarot Tour Northeast 2019 was a huge success. I am so grateful to everyone who had readings, hosted parties and attended workshops. As always, I am appreciative of True Bikram Yoga for their support of my tour.
My Midsummer Tarot Tour will be June 12 through June 25. If you couldn’t see me this time, or if you just can’t get enough, reach out now to make your plans with me for June.
I am happy to be back in Palm City and looking forward to seeing my Florida friends in my office for readings and classes soon!
The regular Tarot Topics newsletter will be in your inbox next week with all of your favorite features.
I’m looking forward to a spring and summer filled with travel, tarot and teaching. Wherever in the world you are, know that I am available to you for readings, mentorship and tarot goodness.
Thanks so much for your support of my work, and for letting my work support you.
Join Us for Global Tarot Circle
Wherever in the world you are, you can participate in our monthly Global Tarot Circle. Meet with us for an hour, share in readings and informal tarot instruction.
Global Tarot Circle allows you to practice your own tarot skills, receive readings, and learn from tarot friends around the world.
Our next meeting will Tuesday, April 16, 7 pm to 8 pm EST. We meet on Facebook Live.
Simply like my business page, look for the live feed, and join in!
The Week in Review
A highlight of my second week of Spring Tarot Tour was teaching a workshop about the metaphysical uses of essential oils with Robin Brace at True Bikram Yoga New Haven. I’ve shared some thoughts about essential oils, along with the oils we featured in the workshop and their special properties on my Dark Forest Blog.
I’m excited to be teaching a Past Life Regression Workshop in my conference room this month. Here’s a blogpost from a few years ago that speaks to some of my methods, and some of the things I think are important to any sort of divination. Read Imagery and Energy: The Importance of Imagination in Divination, Magick and Healing.
From Around the Web
Did you happen to catch the Tarot Blog Hop last month on the first day of spring? Here’s the Master List. Follow along and see what a group of tarot bloggers had to say this time around!
Are you in Washington DC, or planning a trip there? This DC bar looks like an amazing place!
It’s a new month, so here are some Tarotscopes for you!
Tarot card image from The Gilded Tarot Royale by Ciro Marchetti. Used with permission.
Cards for Your Consideration
The Ten of Pentacles
There are a few tarot cards that can speak of ‘home’. The Ten of Pentacles is one of my favorites.
Known as the ‘Castle Card’, the Ten of Pentacles can reference the purchase or sale of a home, or any matters having to do with the business of real estate.
This is also a card that speaks of generational energy. When this card appears, it may be a reference to your ancestors in spirit, and their presence in your life.
The Ten of Pentacles asks us to consider what we have learned and inherited from our elders, and what legacy we are leaving for future generations.
The Ten of Pentacles can also be a reference to wealth, security and family. Within this card we see the many blessing that are afforded us when we make the stability of home and family a priority.
Past Life Regression Workshop with Christiana Gaudet
Please plan to join me on Wednesday, April 24, from 7 to 9 pm in my conference room at 1025 SW Martin Downs Blvd, Suite 203, Palm City, FL, for an exciting exploration of your soul’s history and purpose.
Come prepared for guided meditation. You may bring a yoga mat, pillow or blanket if you like.
There will also be a section on using divination to explore past lives, so bring your tarot cards, pendulums and oracles.
What you learn about your past may inspire you, heal you and free you for your best future!
Class size is strictly limited. Class fee is $37.50. You may reserve your seat online on Eventbrite up to the time of class. RSVP by phone or text by April 23rd 5pm.
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Volume 2 Issue 15
April 10, 2019