The Conscious Breath

We did an exercise during my members-only livestream on my YouTube channel last week that I want to share with you.

The topic of the livestream was Tarot and Intuition. The exercise was about tapping into your inner voice.

The trick with intuition is this. Our intuition is always right. Yet, we may not always be able to distinguish the voice of intuition from the voices of fear and desire.

The simple exercise we did uses the power of breath to help us find an inner truth.

Here is the exercise for you to try.

Focus on your breath. Breathe as deeply and fully as you can. As you exhale, release worry and anxiety. As you inhale, let your breath bring you to your center.

Now, ask your inner guidance to tell you something you need to know.

Hear what comes to you and write it down.

Once you have returned your breathing to normal, consider the message you have received. A true intuitive message will always be helpful. It may be firm, but it will also be kind. Your guidance may offer you a course correction, but your guidance will not speak harshly to you.

Conscious breathing is the simplest and most profound way to connect to guidance, healing, manifestation, and to the spirit world around us.

Our autonomic breathing keeps us alive. Our conscious breathing allows us to access whatever truth and energy we need.

The StaarCorner

We are very excited to welcome Madam Adam back for StaarCon 2024. Adam will teach daily classes at StaarCon 2024. Madam Adam will also be an exhibitor at StaarCon 2024, with great merchandise and opportunities for you to have a reading with one of TikTok’s biggest tarot influencers.

Tickets for StaarCon 2024 will be available soon. Mark your calendar for January 19-21 and plan to join us, either online or in West Palm Beach.

The Air Cards of Tarot

When we think about the power of the breath, we also think about the element of Air. In tarot, the suit of Swords is related to the element of Air. It is interesting to note that the most brutal and disturbing images in tarot appear in the suit of Swords.

The element of Air is associated with the powers of the mind. This includes communication, intelligence, integrity, and decision-making. It makes sense that thoughts, words, integrity, and decisions would be pictured with upsetting images, since these are the things in life that can cause us a great deal of grief.

The fact that we use conscious breathing to clear the mind, and to engage the powers of the mind, fits nicely with the metaphysical qualities we associate with the Air element.

In the Major Arcana of tarot there are five cards that are related to the element of Air. These cards are the Fool, the Magician, the Lovers, Justice, and the Star.

It is easy to see how the powers of the mind, of communication, and of integrity fit with these Major Arcana cards.  The Star may give us pause for thought, until we realize that the character in the card is not pouring water, but rather is pouring starlight onto the earth.

It is in this card that we can see the highest expression of the healing power of Air, and therefore, the healing power that we harness when we implement the conscious breath.

The Week in Review

It’s a new month, so make sure you find your TarotScopes on my YouTube channel! I pull three cards for each Zodiac sign to see what energies will be available for the month. Check out your sun sign, your rising sign, and your moon sign.

Join us tomorrow, Thursday, April 6, for our monthly Global Tarot Circle. We share readings with each other and enjoy some informal tarot conversation and study. Anyone with an interest in tarot is welcome.

From Around the Web

Theresa Reed has our monthly astrology forecasts and horoscopes.

Erika Robinson keeps a wonderful divination blog. I was impressed with a recent entry where she frankly discusses some of what it is a be a professional diviner in a world full of shortcuts and trickery.

This article from Refinery29 made me smile.  It is a great feature for a lot of reasons. This is the story of a young tarot reader who tried working a psychic hotline. I did the same thing, back in the 1990s. Her experiences were like mine. Neither of us lasted very long.

Creation and Divination

A deeper way to work with the simple exercise I have shared in this newsletter is to try automatic writing.

Have paper and a pen, in a comfortable space. Begin with consciously breathing. This time, ask spirit to communicate through you. You may ask for a loved one in spirit, or for your angelic guardian. Hold your pen to the paper and stay focused on your breath. You may want to hold the pen in your non-dominant hand.

Allow the pen in your hand to move, but do not consciously write anything. You may move your hand in circles, allowing the pen to scribble.

As you continue to breathe, let spirit guide your hand. Do not worry about what you are writing, just write.

When you return your breathing to normal, read what you have written. Does this feel like an authentic message from spirit?

Automatic writing, also called spirit writing, is an ancient practice. There is evidence of automatic writing being practiced in China during the Song dynasty (960-1279). In the West, we see automatic writing as part of Enochian magic during the 16th century.

In 1918 Arthur Conan Doyle wrote that automatic writing could either be the writer’s subconscious, or an outside spiritual influence.

The practice of automatic writing can be a creative form of divination.

Upcoming Events

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
Tarot for Magic and Mediumship
Tarot Communication for Clarity and Depth
Weaving the Tarot Reading Story
The Elemental Major Arcana
Minor Arcana Numbers, Elements, and Truth
Personal Healing with Tarot
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 classes www.cardandcraftacademy.com
StaarCon information www.staarcon.com

YouTube @YourTarotFairyGodmother
Instagram @christianatarot @staarcon

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 available almost everywhere!

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 6 Issue 14
April 5, 2023

When Your Liability Becomes Your Superpower

In a conversation this week someone said a profound thing to me.

I think my liability has become my superpower.

What a fabulous way to view growth and transformation!

If you think about it, you will see that this happens all the time. The shy, introspective person becomes a successful author. The fidgety kid who doodles on the side of their undone homework paper becomes an artist. The overly sensitive person becomes a healer. The recovered addict finds a new career in helping others find recovery.

Often the thing that is a liability for us is the thing that keeps us from fitting in well with others, with classmates, or with co-workers.

I think we need to normalize the idea that we do not always have to fit in as long as we can hold our own. It is nice to be in a place where we feel like we belong. Yet, when that does not happen, there can be power in being unique.

Wherever we are in life, we will always have deficits, problems, and liabilities. What if, rather than regretting and bemoaning these aspects of ourselves, we could instead think about how these aspects could transform us, and help us find new abilities and possibilities?

The StaarCorner

This week we are delighted to begin announcing our Friday Intensive teachers for StaarCon 2024. We will start with Lisa Adams, who will be teaching at StaarCon for the very first time.

Lisa, The Renegade Mystic, offers tarot and astrology readings, and life coaching. She teaches courses online, and facilitates rituals, retreats, and sacred ceremony.

At StaarCon 2024 she will teach a three-part intensive called Astrology for Beginners. In this intensive, Lisa will help you become familiar with terms, symbols, relationships, and concepts of astrology. You’ll come to see the patterns and archetypes so that they make sense to you on an intuitive level.

You will learn signs, planets, the elements, and how to look at a chart.

If you are new to astrology, or ready to brush up on your astrological knowledge, you will not want to miss Lisa Adams at StaarCon 2024.

Three Cards for Transformation

Let’s do a three-card reading to work with our topic for the week.

Let card one discuss a liability you are currently experiencing.

Let card two show you a way that this could become or inspire a superpower within you.

Let card three give you advice on how to facilitate that transformation.

The Week in Review

Did you catch our Equinox Tarot Gathering on YouTube? We are still in equinox season, so watch the replay and try the seasonal tarot exercises.

Here is a spring equinox tarot spread from a blog hop I participated in in 2014! Try the two-card tarot spread I offer there.

If you are a member of my YouTube channel at the Star or Sun level, please join us for a gathering on Zoom tomorrow evening, Thursday, March 23, at 7:30 pm. The Zoom link is available on the community tab on my YouTube channel, or you can email me to request it.

From Around the Web

Here is a spring tarot spread from Incandescent Tarot. The changing season is always a good reason to seek insight from tarot.

On March 7, Saturn moved into Pisces, where it will remain until May 25, 2025. Here is what Liz Worth has to say about the influences of Saturn in Pisces.

I love it when celebrities vouch for the power of tarot! Here is an article about Jourdan Dunn, super model and tarot enthusiast.

Creation and Divination

In a podcast promoting StaarCon 2021, I had a conversation with Nancy Hendrickson. Something that become clear during that interview has stuck with me all this time.

For Nancy, the world in an oracle.

Of course, Nancy is a practitioner, creator, and teacher of standard divination tools. Yet, she is open to messages from the universe and from the ancestors every day, wherever she goes.

This strikes me as an ongoing creative process of being in conversation with spirit, and being in connection with guidance, every day.

So often we focus on the intentional divination that we do within sacred space. That sort of divination is important, but it does not negate the value of being willing to observe, listen, and interpret what we see around us everywhere we go.

When we are working to transform our lives and shift our perspective, being open to the messages around us can quickly lead us to a new path.

Look for animals, plants, symbols, words, and numbers in your daily life. Use your creative mind to interpret what you see.

Be aware of the possibility for confirmation bias. Practice detaching yourself from your fears and desires. When you do this, you become open to that which can be truly helpful for you.

The messages you receive will be intensely personal. These signs from the universe can help you on your journey every day.

Upcoming Events

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
Tarot for Magic and Mediumship
Tarot Communication for Clarity and Depth
Weaving the Tarot Reading Story
The Elemental Major Arcana
Minor Arcana Numbers, Elements, and Truth
Personal Healing with Tarot
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 classes www.cardandcraftacademy.com
StaarCon information www.staarcon.com

YouTube @YourTarotFairyGodmother
Instagram @christianatarot @staarcon

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 available almost everywhere!

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 6 Issue 12
March 22, 2023

Because We Have Gathered

Because We Have Gathered

Next week the Tarot Topics Weekly Newsletter will be back to normal, with the regular features you enjoy, and a new feature for 2023.

This newsletter is all about StaarCon 2023, because StaarCon 2023 is what I have been all about this week.

So many wonderful things happened that it would take a book to give you all the details, and that would only be my story. Each attendee has their own story, their own set of experiences, and their own take-aways.

I can tell you this for sure, though. We all made new friends. We all deepened connections with existing friends. We all spent time with people we deeply admire. We all learned new things about tarot, divination, and ourselves.

Although we are already deep into planning StaarCon 2024, leaving StaarCon was sad for me. It reminded me of what it felt like to leave summer camp when I was a child. Yes, it is nice to return to the comforts of home. The knowledge and friendships we bring with us enhance our lives as we go forward. Yet it is also sad to say goodbye to our friends, and to the fun time that could never last long enough.

In my welcome letter in the StaarCon 2023 program I shared some thoughts about why it is important that we gather, and why our gatherings matter. I will share part of it here, with you.

We gather. Whether in person or cyberspace, we gather to learn, to share, to laugh, and to create.

We come from all over the world. We use a variety of tools, and practice in unique ways, each for our own reasons. We are of all ages, cultures, races, and genders. Yet we have one mighty and profound thing in common.

We all commune with the divine. We all seek answers from the universe. We all pursue truth, knowledge, and insight.

We come to StaarCon to gather in this shared, collective energy. When we return, each to our own space, we are better because we have gathered.

The StaarCorner

The dates for StaarCon 2024 are set. Tickets will be available soon! Mark your calendar now to join us, either in West Palm Beach or online on Accelevents, January 19 through 21, 2024.

Look for the next episode of the StaarCast Variety Show, coming soon, where we will talk about some of the fabulous things that happened at StaarCon 2023.

If you attended StaarCon, either in person or online, now is the time to begin watching the classes you missed and reviewing the classes you loved. We have until February 20th to watch the recordings, attend lounge events, and shop in the virtual expo.

If you have any trouble accessing Accelevents, please reach out to me by phone or text at 561-655-1160, or by email.

If you have pictures of StaarCon, thoughts, questions, or ideas, please share them in our community group on Facebook.

Our Community Inspirations

There are so many inspiring people within the world of divination. We were lucky to have quite a few authors, artists, and influencers at StaarCon 2023.

With more than a million followers on TikTok, tarot reader Madam Adam is a force of nature.
Tarot Artist Dame Darcy weaves fantasy and beauty into everything she touches, including tarot.

Ciro Marchetti has created tarot decks that have redefined how we see tarot art.

My very first tarot inspiration, back in the 1980s when I bought my first tarot deck, was Mary K. Greer. I remember looking through the small section of tarot books in a local store and finding a book by Mary K. Greer. On the back of the book was Mary’s headshot, and a short bio. I did not buy the book that day, but I spent some time looking at Mary’s picture. As I did, I thought, well, if this nice, normal-looking person could find wisdom from the cards and share that wisdom, maybe I could as well.

Having Mary K. Greer as a headlining presenter at StaarCon 2023 was a dream come true for many, especially me.

Throughout our work with tarot, we will have many who inspire us through their art, through their words, and through their wisdom.

Who are your inspirations in your tarot journey? How will you work to inspire others on their journey?

The Week in Review

Now that I am back in my office, my regular schedule of YouTube livestreams will return, so make sure you join me there.

We have five events scheduled in the lounges on Accelevents during the StaarCon AfterGlow and will schedule quite a few more.

Here is what we already have on the calendar.

Maria Alviz Hernando will teach Reading with Significators: A Mapped Guide Out of the Mess and Into Success on January 28, 5 pm ET.

Mitchell Osborn will give an Animal Communication Workshop on January 30, 6:30 pm ET.

Brenda Elizabeth and Michelle Barrie will share The Hippie Game of Hope, a fun game to play with your Lenormand cards, based on the original Game of Hope which inspired the Lenormand deck. Brenda is the creator of the hippie-themed Electric Lenormand. Join them on February 6, at 7:30 pm ET.

Gita Rash will lead Understanding Your Dreams on February 7, at 6 pm ET.

Christiana Gaudet will share her favorite tarot spread. Join her for A Modern Celtic Cross on

February 12, at 7 pm ET.

Hattie Parker will share Virtual Auras: Explained and Enjoyed. Compare and Contrast Your Aura: Join Our Distance Surrogate Aura Reading Fest. This will happen Saturday February 11 at 12:00 (Noon) EST.

Check the lounges and the lobby on Accelevents and the community group on Facebook, for new additions to the schedule.

Upcoming Events

1/23-2/20: StaarCon 2023 AfterGlow Accelevents Portal Online
1/31: Healing with Tarot Members-only Livestream on YouTube

2/2: Global Tarot Circle Livestream on YouTube

2/5: Cards and Conversation Tarot Meetup at Panera Bread in Palm City Florida

2/8: Tarot Cards and Oracle Cards Webinar on YouTube Live

2/15: Valentine’s Tarot Members-only Livestream on YouTube

2/21: The Elemental Major Arcana Webinar Livestream on YouTube

2/23: Stars and Suns Zoom Holiday Gathering Zoom Webinar

Find all Christiana's events on Eventbrite, Facebook and on christianagaudet.com!

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
Tarot for Magic and Mediumship
Tarot Communication for Clarity and Depth
Weaving the Tarot Reading Story
The Elemental Major Arcana
Minor Arcana Numbers, Elements, and Truth
Personal Healing with Tarot
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 classes www.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.

Zoom parties and group instruction available almost everywhere!

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 6 Issue 4
January 25, 2023