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The Mask, and What Is Beneath
We all wear masks, even when it is not Halloween.
I have always loved Halloween. As a child, I loved dressing in costume and trick or treating in my neighborhood. As a younger adult, I loved costume contests and parties. I remember one Halloween my friends and I dressed in costume and took the train from New Haven to New York City to see a concert in the city. There is something exciting about being able to go to work, or ride a train, or go to a nightclub wearing something crazy that would not be acceptable on any other day.
As I got older, I learned the spiritual practices associated with October 31, and understood the origins of our Halloween traditions. I found meaning in these practices. Yet, I still love a good Halloween party, and I love a great costume.
There is something fun about pretending to be something, or someone, different than what we are. There is a freedom to act with other costumed people in ways that are different from our regular social interactions. Costumes allow us to play a role. Costumes can strengthen our confidence, since, in that moment, we are not being ourselves.
Yet, on the other 364 days of the year, many of pretend to be something different than we are. Sometimes we are hiding something about ourselves that we feel others cannot or will not accept. Sometimes we are hiding something about ourselves that we do not want to acknowledge or accept. Sometimes we truly do not know who we are, and so we pretend to be what we think we should be.
The metaphoric masks we wear day to day do not make us look like kitties or vampires or superheroes. Very often, when we mask our feelings and natural behaviors in an effort to fit in, we also diminish our own energy and personal power.
‘Social masking’ is a term that describe the behavior that neurodivergent people learn to fit in better with neurotypical people. Sometimes it is necessary to fit in. We have all heard the expression, “When in Rome, do as the Romans do”.
Yet, if we find ourselves trying to diminish ourselves in order to fit in with others, we need to take a hard look at what is going on. Are we surrounded by people who will not understand us? Or are we simply afraid to be real and be vulnerable? Do we need to find people who are more like us? Or do we need to trust the people around us to accept us as we truly are?
Each situation is different. The important thing is that we each need to know our true selves, and we each need places and people that allow us to fully embrace who we are.
Join Us for Class Tonight!
Tonight, at 7 pm ET, I will present How Spirit Speaks Through Tarot on Zoom and in person in my Palm City office. It is not too late to sign up to attend!
This class is about how spirit speaks in a tarot reading, and what we can do to facilitate and manage this process. A tarot reading should always be an otherworldly experience. You may connect with a loved one in spirit. You may receive messages from spiritual beings, such as angels, saints, deities, guides, and guardians.
In this two-hour class you will learn how to hear the voice of spirit in a tarot reading, whether reading for yourself or others. You will learn to empower your readings with the presence of divine helpers, each and every time you pull a card.
Visit EventBrite to purchase your ticket.
The class will be available at cardandcraftacademy.com after November 2nd.
Visit christianagaudet.com for more information!
The StaarCorner
Episode 3 of the StaarCast Variety Show features an interview with Maria Alviz Hernando, and a panel discussion with Jaymi Elford, Lainie Sevente Wulkan, and Kim Danbert. You will also find a Tarot Conference Survival Guide with Marion Kirk, and a sneak peek at a psychic fair set-up with Peter Coe. Join your hosts, Christiana Gaudet and Frank Kwiatkowski, for a fun and interesting exploration of all things tarot.
You can watch this episode on YouTube or listen wherever you get your favorite podcasts!
A Two-card Spread about Your Mask and Your True Self
If you are caught in a bit of an identity crisis, or if you are wondering if you are being true to yourself, try this revealing two-card tarot spread. Think about the situation, setting, or relationship in which you are curious about your presentation and authenticity.
Shuffle, and pull two cards.
Let the first card describe the energy of the mask you are presenting in this situation.
Let the second card describe your true self, and how you are internally responding to this situation.
The Week in Review
I had so much fun teaching a beginner tarot workshop at the Mandel Public Library in West Palm Beach this past Saturday. I will be returning for another exciting tarot class on March 18.
If you are a member of my YouTube channel and you missed our members-only livestream, Calling in the Ancestors, you can watch the replay.
From Around the (Spooky) Web
There is a new Halloween movie out this year, Hocus Pocus 2. Here is an article from Newsweek about how real witches are standing in support of this movie.
Do you watch Stranger Things? Now there is a Stranger Things tarot deck!
According to Vice, here are the best tarot decks for Halloween and beyond!
Guidance on the Journey
The Six of Cups is a card of happiness and pleasure. This card also represents nostalgia, childhood memories, and reunions. Some people see this as a card of past life connections and soul contracts.
The keyword from which all these various interpretations spring is ‘past’. The Six of Cups speaks of things from the past, and our memories and connections of the past.
As such, the Six of Cups can be a helpful reminder to be true to ourselves, and to know our true self, and present our true self to others.
Sometimes, when the Six of Cups appears, this card can be an admonition from the universe to remember who you are.
Remembering who you are is an essential exercise, especially as you age, and as you feel changed by life’s traumas.
Remembering who you are can allow you to align yourself with your moral compass and make the decision to do the right thing. Remembering who you are can remind you that you are strong and capable. Remembering who you are can offer a course correction, allowing you to follow your best path in life.
Upcoming Events
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
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 43
October 26, 2022
But Do You Talk to Your Friends That Way?
If you would not say it to a friend, do not say it to yourself!
This week I have been thinking about the way we talk to ourselves in our heads. So often we talk badly about ourselves to ourselves. Sometimes our negative self-talk even comes out of our mouths when we jokingly or seriously say bad things about ourselves to others around us.
Self-deprecating humor has its place, of course, but not if it is a window into what we truly tell ourselves, and what we believe about ourselves.
Self-talk matters. We talk to ourselves more than we speak with any other person. What we say to ourselves is important.
It is good to be honest, and to be able to have an unflinching assessment of our flaws, and our goals toward doing better. Yet, when we talk with ourselves about who we are, what we do, what we want, and where we are going, we should always do it gently, and with love.
Our good friends speak with us honestly, and they find a way to do it lovingly.
A tarot reading may offer us firm advice, yet tarot will also affirm our positive qualities and our mastery of our journey.
We all have moments of negative thinking. It is okay to hold space for sadness, momentary fear, a bad mood, or the processing of an inner wound. We cross a line when we let those bad feelings inform our relationship with ourselves.
Be mindful of your self-talk. If you wouldn’t say it to a friend, don’t say it to yourself.
The StaarCorner
StaarCast is back! You can find our podcast wherever you get your podcasts, or you can watch the videos on YouTube.
In our most recent episode, Amber Highland, StaarCon presenter and editor of the Cartomancer Magazine, interviews me, Christiana Gaudet!
Do you wonder why I started StaarCon, and what it means to me? Watch the video or listen to the podcast and find out!
Members-only Livestream on YouTube
Are you a member of my YouTube channel? If you are, you are invited to join us for our monthly members-only livestream, happening tomorrow, Thursday, October 14, at 7 pm ET.
We will do another session of Deep Dive Tarot Readings, but this time with a seasonal theme.
All readings will be spiritual in nature. We will do mediumship, magical advice, and messages for spiritual development.
As I did last month, I will explain my process, so viewers will learn advanced reading techniques while they are receiving readings.
Members will be able to view the recording of the event as well.
You can become a member now and join us tomorrow evening!
Tarot for Magic and Mediumship Hybrid Class
On Thursday, October 28, from7 pm to 9 pm ET, join us for an exciting tarot class.
Tarot for Magic and Mediumship Hybrid Class will be held in person at my office in Palm City, and online on Zoom.
This will be an enlightening seasonal tarot class.
Tarot is a multi-facetted spiritual tool. So often we think only of simple divination when we work with our tarot cards. Yet, tarot is a set of magical tools, and a gateway to communication with spirit.
Tarot readers of all levels of experience will learn new ways to work with tarot in this class. You will explore the cards as tools for manifestation and healing. You will learn to connect with those in spirit using your tarot cards.
Class fee is $40. Get your ticket now!
Tarot for Positive Self-Talk
You can have a conversation with tarot that will help you have better conversations with yourself.
Shuffle your cards. Tell your cards what you have been thinking and feeling about yourself. Ask some questions and pull some cards to create a shift.
You might ask, why do a feel this way about myself? Or you can ask, what is another way to think about this? Or ask, is this thing that I think true?
You can ask tarot for encouraging messages by asking things like, what is something about myself I can celebrate? Or ask, what did I learn from this difficult situation?
Allow tarot to help you shift your tone as you talk with yourself about yourself.
The Week in Review
We had so much fun at our Major Arcana Pairing class on YouTube Live! You can watch the recording and play along!
Links to free reading livestreams for the rest of the week are already available. Please join us there!
Tomorrow, Thursday October 14 at 8:15 pm I will be a guest on Nancy Hendrickson Instagram livestream. You can ask me anything about being a tarot pro. Join us by following @nancysageshadow.
From Around the Web
Mantis Tarot had something to say about healing negative self-talk with tarot.
Here are Four Steps to Understanding Your Power Through Tarot.
Here is another way to use tarot to stop negative self-talk.
Cards for Your Consideration
For your consideration this week I offer you one of my favorite oracle decks, Magical Times Empowerment Cards by Jody Bergsma.
Each of these cards offers a positive message, something to think about, and a lovely image that will stimulate your intuition.
Sometimes oracle cards such as these are exactly what we need to help us be gentler and more loving toward ourselves.
This is not to say that healing messages can’t or don’t come from tarot. Sometimes, though, a light-hearted, quick, easy message from a pretty oracle card is exactly what we need in a difficult moment.
Upcoming Events and Tours
Card and Craft Academy
Classes presented by Christiana are available right now at Card and Craft Academy!
Christiana’s Candle Magick
Christiana’s Eleven-Card Celtic Cross
Finding Meaning in the Minor Arcana
The Major Arcana, Magical and Mundane
Practical Tarot Techniques
Psychic Tarot
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
Tarot Beyond the Veil
Your Journey Through the Tarot Court
Tarot Stories, Trends, and Blends
Tarot Readings for Personalities and Relationships
Clarity in Every Tarot Card
Tarot Flow Workshop
Making Magick with Tarot
Fearless Wisdom Tarot Workshop
Tarot Keywords and Interpretations Workshop
Tarot Spreads Tools and Techniques Workshop
Catch up on your missed Zoom webinars and more!
cardandcraftacademy.com
About Christiana Gaudet
Card and Craft, Inc.
Christiana Gaudet
3559 SW Corporate Parkway
Palm City, Florida 34990-8152
On the web www.christianagaudet.com
Online classeswww.cardandcraftacademy.com
StaarCon information www.staarcon.com
Private telephone, Skype, FaceTime and in person readings and instruction are available by appointment.
Tarot parties at your home or office are available throughout Florida.
Call or text toll free 866-99TAROT (866-998-2768)
Palm City 772-301-0232
or call or text 561-655-1160
for more information or to schedule your event.
Agent inquiries are welcome.
Tarot Topics Newsletter
Volume 4 Issue 41
October 13, 2021