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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
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Tarot Topics Newsletter
Volume 5 Issue 47
November 23, 2022
The Head, the Heart, and Something Else
This week we discuss the difference between the voices of logic, desire, and intuition.
We often talk about the internal conflict between the head and the heart, or between thinking and feeling.
There are many adages often spoken as advice. That is, things like, “Always follow your heart”. Or “Feel more, think less”.
Sometimes these adages are good advice. In some circumstances, they are the worst advice possible.
Sometimes logic, or what comes from the head, should be our guiding force. Sometimes, we need to follow where our heart leads.
There is a third internal voice, which, when engaged and understood, can help us know when we need act on our logic, and when we need to follow our desires of the heart. That third voice is our intuition.
Very often, people conflate the heart with intuition. That cannot be so, because intuition is not emotion. Intuition is a feeling, but not an emotion. The heart feels feelings, but that doesn’t make the heart the seat of our intuition, or our emotions the keeper of intuition.
Intuition is something different than either thinking or feeling.
Intuition comes from listening to the voice of the universe.
We can feel intuition resonate within our bodies, but it may or may not be in the heart center that we feel it.
One great trick to finding and hearing that third voice is to figure what the truth feels like in your body.
If you can separate out what your logic is telling you, and honestly determine what you are feeling, you are close to finding clarity. Sometimes, the head and the heart won’t be in conflict at all. That alignment feels good when it happens!
We find the guiding voice of our intuition when we breath consciously and listen deeply. We hear that voice when we tell both the heart and the head to be silent for a moment.
The StaarCorner
The countdown to StaarCon 2022 has begun.
StaarCon 2022 will be held January 21 through 23, 2022 as a hybrid conference. That means it will be in-person in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, and online on Accelevents. All classes, both live and virtual, will be recorded and available for thirty days after the event.
We will roll out the new website and ticket sales in April. In the meantime, you can sign up for the StaarCon newsletter and keep an eye on our website countdown.
We are very happy to announce that Rachel Pollack has agreed to be a headlining presenter at StaarCon 2022 in Florida.
Rachel Pollack is the author of 46 books of non-fiction and fiction, including two award-winning novels, and a group of books about Tarot cards known around the world. Her first book, Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom, has been in print continuously for over forty years. She is also the creator of The Shining Tribe Tarot, and with artist Robert M. Place, The Burning Serpent Oracle and the Raziel Tarot.
We are honored and excited to welcome Rachel to StaarCon!
Did you miss Tarot Readings for Personalities and Relationships?
Take it now in archive at Card and Craft Academy on Teachable!
Includes the class materials and a recording of the live webcast.
Clarity in Every Tarot Card Live on Zoom
Join us for our next premium Zoom tarot class on Thursday, March 25, 7 pm to 9 pm EST!
Whether you are a new tarot enthusiast, a professional reader, or somewhere in-between, you know the struggle. Sometimes the cards show up in clear and poignant ways. Other times they speak in mysteries and give clues rather than clear direction. Whether reading for yourself or others, this can be a discouraging and frustrating for even the most learned seekers.
In this class you will learn to use keywords, context, and intuition to find the truth presented by the cards. These techniques will help you give an amazing tarot reading each and every time you use your cards.
Class fee is $37.50. Register now.
A Three-card Spread to Sort It All Out
We generally know what the head and the heart are telling us. We don’t always know the value we should place on what they are each saying.
We often don’t as easily know what our intuition is saying.
Here is a three-card spread to help you sort out your internal conflict. You can use any tarot or oracle deck.
Let the first card tell you what you need to know about what your head is saying.
Let the second card tell you what you need to know about what your heart is saying.
Let the third card give you information that helps you hear your intuition in this moment.
The Week in Review
This week I shared a review of the new Electric Lenormand.
Over the next few weeks, I will be making some important changes to my YouTube and Facebook presence.
One the things you will notice first is that I will be moving my four weekly Facebook livestreams from my Facebook business page to my YouTube channel.
If you enjoy the Three-Card Weekly Reading, Tarot Topics Newsletter Recap, the Friday Weekly Wrap-up and the Saturday Psychic Sampler you will be able to find them live on my YouTube channel, instead of on Facebook, beginning next week.
To watch, comment, and ask questions, you will need to have a free YouTube account and be logged in.
Watch my Facebook business account for announcements of upcoming events, including these weekly features.
Make sure you subscribe to my YouTube channel, Christiana Gaudet, so you don’t miss a thing.
From Around the Web
Did you see this photographic tarot deck inspired by sleep issues?
I love these tarot exercises from Big Beautiful Breakthrough!
Psychology Today offers insight on resolving inner conflict.
Cards for Your Consideration
I thought about a few tarot cards that relate to our topic. The Two of Swords can speak of the battle between the head and the heart. The High Priestess and the Moon can speak of finding the voice of our intuition.
The card I settled on is the Seven of Cups.
Very often we see this simply as a card of options, and the need to choose something.
Yet, this card goes much deeper than that.
The Seven of Cups can discuss confusion, imagination, anxiety, and fantasy. In this card we may not be clear on what is real, or what we are imagining.
The Seven of Cups asks us to find our center, and to find our truth. We can only do that well by making peace with the head and the heart. The Seven of Cups can remind us that we need to listen to the inner wisdom of our intuition in order to figure out what is real, and what is best.
Upcoming Events and Tours
Connecticut and Tampa Tours Resume Fall 2021
Tarot Topics Newsletter
Volume 4 Issue 10
March 10, 2021
Keep Trying or Walk Away?
Common wisdom sometimes isn't as helpful as logic and introspection when we have big decisions to make.
There are many times in life when we have to make a clear decision. Should I keeping trying, or should I walk away?
We might ask this question in regard to a relationship, or to a business venture, or as we try to master a new skill.
There are two pieces of common wisdom about this conundrum which contradict each other. One is something I heard very often as I was growing up. I bet you did, too.
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again.
The other is a quote often misattributed to Albert Einstein.
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
It’s easy to see the wisdom in both.
What are the factors we need to consider when making this sort of decision?
If what we are working toward is something that is likely to get better with practice, trying again is usually the right thing to do.
If what we are working toward is something that requires teamwork, and other team members aren’t on board, it is probably time to walk away.
If what we are doing is based on a firm ethical stance, we probably need to stay the course.
If what we are doing is based on what someone else thinks we should do, we may not have the commitment needed to succeed.
Over my years as a tarot reader I have seen countless stories of people who have finally found success after trying and failing many times. I have also seen people waste a lot of time and energy on something that had very little potential even from the beginning.
In the end, it seems smart to rely less on common wisdom and more on the logical assessment of each individual situation.
It is also true that we need to look closely at our own motivations. If we know the truth about why we are doing something we will have an easier time deciding if we should indeed continue to try to do that thing.
This is an area of life where divination can be extraordinarily helpful, not to predict what we will do, but to help us weigh and understand our decision more carefully.
The StaarCorner
Our most recent episode of StaarCast is super-special because it is an interview with Benebell Wen, one of our two headlining presenters.
Benebell will be presenting both Saturday and Sunday. In our interview she shares her topic for her Sunday presentation.
You can watch the interview on YouTube, or listen wherever you get your podcasts.
Join Me for a Free Library Presentation on Zoom!
Tomorrow, Thursday, October 29 at 6 pm, I am happy to be presenting my program about the art, history and culture of tarot on Zoom, courtesy of the Land O’ Lakes Library.
This is open to anyone who registers. Simply visit the Pasco Library Events Calendar, or their Facebook page.
Keep Trying or Walk Away Tarot Spread
Here is an enlightening tarot spread you can try when you are stuck in this dilemma. Arrange the cards in any pattern that feels right.
Card One: This is what happens if you keep trying without making any changes.
Card Two: This is a change you can try to make your attempts more successful.
Card Three: This is your outcome if you keep trying with the change suggested in Card Two.
Card Four: This is what happens if you walk away.
Card Five: This is your best reason for walking away.
Card Six: This is something you need to consider as you make this decision.
The Week in Review
This week I wrote a blogpost that was inspired by something that came up in a class on the suit of Cups which I taught on YouTube.
Make sure you catch my social media broadcasts, either live or in archive, on my Facebook business page, on the StaarCon page, and on my YouTube channel.
From Around the Web
Some of my blogposts have caught the attention of Italian tarotists Martino Coppola. With my permission, he has been translating his favorites into Italian and publishing them on his website!
My friend Jenna Matlin, who will be presenting at StaarCon, shared an article on Medium about distance readings.
Here are some tarot spreads for Halloween.
Cards for Your Consideration
Our topic this week might cause us to consider cards that speak of three different things. There are cards that speak of the need to make a decision. There are cards that speak of walking away. And, there are cards that speak of tenacity. When we see all three in a reading, we might have a sense that we are facing this question about whether to keep trying or to walk away.
My favorite cards to speak of the need to make a decision are the Two of Swords, the Seven of Cups, and the Lovers.
My favorite cards that can speak of continuing pursuit of the goal are the Nine of Wands, The Knight of Swords, and the Seven of Pentacles.
My favorite cards that can speak of walking away are the Eight of Cups, the Five of Cups, and the Six of Swords.
There are some cards that can express motion, like the Chariot, but won’t, without the context of a specific question, position, or surrounding cards, let us know whether the motion is toward the goal or away from it.
Events and Tours
Thanks to everyone for their birthday wishes!
Tarot Topics Newsletter
Volume 3 Issue 44
October 28, 2020
Little Bites
We solve big problems a little at a time.
You may have heard the Chinese proverb that “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step’”.
This week at the tarot table I have talked with so many people who are feeling overwhelmed, for a variety of reasons.
Though their situations were different, the ultimate question was the same.
“How do I handle this?”
While the cards had specific and individual advice for each person, they all each received a similar message as well. That message is a bit of wisdom that is good for all of us to remember.
When facing a daunting task, don’t tackle it all at once. Don’t get ahead of yourself in figuring out how you are going to manage the things that will come in the future. Look at what is on your plate today, right now, and take it in manageable little bites.
Some people call it taking ‘baby steps.’ I don’t love that analogy. Babies take small, wobbly, faltering steps because they don’t know how to walk. Addressing something that feels overwhelming in little bites takes wisdom and mastery.
It is easy to feel overwhelmed when we look at the whole of a thing, whether that thing is starting a business, catching up on piled up work, going through a divorce, or healing from a loss. Yet, when we focus simply on one task at a time, our mission becomes bearable and doable.
It can take some finesse to figure out what the little bites are, and what in what order they must be done. That’s where divination, counseling, or a trusted expert can help.
It’s important to remember this, too. The bigger the task, the better the reward will be when we get through it. When we are suffering, it is hard to consider that there will come a time when we will feel joy once more. When we are overwhelmed, it is hard to know that there will come a time when we will be able to relax. Yet, when we chew through our difficultly in little bites, eventually we will get to the other side of it.
The StaarCorner
I was so excited to interview Gita Rash for this week’s episode of StaarCast. I am working on a review of her new deck, The Mahabharata Oracle. During the interview I was surprised to learn that, years ago, I had an interaction with Gita that helped inspire her to design her deck!
Since StaarCon has a mission to honor our artists, this is a very special episode of StaarCast.
You can watch the video on YouTube or listen to the podcast wherever you get your podcasts.
Visit the StaarCon website to stay up to date on all things StaarCon!
Tarot Beyond the Veil
On Tuesday, October 27, from 7 pm to 9 pm EDT, I am teaching a very special class on Zoom.
Tarot Beyond the Veil is a class about using tarot to connect with spirit.
In this class we will learn ways to use tarot for mediumship.
In a tarot reading, we can be in direct communication with our angels, guides, and loved ones in spirit. In this class, you will learn a variety of techniques to conduct these deeply spiritual readings for yourself and others.
Class fee is $37.50. Register now on Zoom.
Learning Tarot in Little Bites
One task that can seem daunting is learning the seventy-eight cards of tarot, and then learning the intricate art of seeing how those cards work together in a reading. There is so much to know and remember, even beyond what we must intuit.
Like most daunting tasks, the best way to learn tarot is in little bites. Here are three ways to do that.
Card of the Day (COTD)
Every day, preferably at the same time, draw a card at random. Look up its meaning in numerous sources, look at the image, thing about what the card might mean to you in this current moment, and other ways this card may have spoken to you at other times in your life. Journal about the card. Later on, look back and see how this card was reflected in your day or week in ways you might not have expected.
Tarot in Sections
Learn tarot one section at a time. You can start with the Majors only. Learn these twenty-two cards and do readings with only these cards. Then you can learn the Minors either by suit or by number. When you feel comfortable with a new section, add them in to your readings. Eventually you will be reading with the full deck.
One Card a Week
Put your tarot deck in order. Each week, starting with the Fool and moving forward in order from there, study one card. See how the energy of that card shows up over the course of the week. During the week, read everything you can about that card, and work to form your own understanding of it. After seventy-eight weeks, you will have a very clear understanding of the tarot cards.
The Week in Review
This week I shared a blogpost about why self-reading is important for tarot students.
I do live broadcasts on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays on my Facebook business page, and Tuesdays and Wednesdays on the StaarCon Facebook page.
I also do regular free classes and meetups on my YouTube channel.
From Around the Web
The Llewellyn blog has had some great entries lately. Check out this Third Eye Tarot Exercise from Barbara Moore.
Here is a Simple Tarot Spread for Tackling To Dos from Empath Editor.
From Healers Wanted, here is an article about tarot and anxiety.
Cards for Your Consideration
When confronting overwhelming tasks, the Sevens of tarot offer a great deal of wisdom and insight.
In tarot, I see the number Seven as related to the journey of the individual, and the journey within. These cards each describe something we can do for ourselves that no one else can do for us.
The Seven of Cups reminds us to use our imagination to consider what is available to us and warns us against fearful imaginings.
The Seven of Wands reminds us that we are able to multi-task, and strong enough to stand against multiple attacks and superior odds.
The Seven of Pentacles instructs us to tend our garden tirelessly, knowing that it will one day bear fruit.
The Seven of Swords asks us to be on the alert against treachery, but also remind us to think craftily to solve our problems.
The Chariot affirms that we are the masters of our destiny, and able to bring together what we need to move forward.
Events and Tours
Happy birthday Christiana!
Best wishes from all of us at Card and Craft.
Tarot Topics Newsletter
Volume 3 Issue 43
October 21, 2020