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The Tincture of Time
Is the best action no action? Perhaps time is what you need.
Doctors use the expression ‘the tincture of time’ as a way of advising a patient to wait and see if a medical condition changes or gets better on its own. I think it is such a clever expression that we in the metaphysical and spiritual community should adopt it. There are many times it makes sense to be present, attentive, and clear about your goals while doing nothing.
We live in a society where the most normal and comfortable solution to any situation is to take intentional action. It is important to remember that there are times when the best action is no action.
It takes wisdom to discern when the tincture of time is best applied, and for how long. It also takes patience. Anxiety can drive us to want to do something right now, when the best action is to wait.
A conscious decision to let some time pass and then reevaluate is not avoidance. In some circumstances, the strongest and smartest action is non-action.
The StaarCorner
StaarCon 2023 will be our third annual conference. Each year we have grown, and StaarCon 2023 will be our biggest and best event yet. We have fifty presenters for StaarCon 2023. Most of them will be presenting from the hotel in West Palm Beach.
This year we are taking our tech to the next level. For those joining us online or in person this will mean fewer technical difficulties. This will mean better recordings during the AfterGlow.
Those attending StaarCon in person will experience better sound and better visuals than ever before.
Many conference teachers use a presentation that is projected on a screen. So often, even with the room lights dimmed, the screen is a bit washed out and hard to see.
We are using digital screens at StaarCon 2023 so that all presentations will be crisp and clear, whether you are attending in person or from home.
Since we are a hybrid conference, a few of our presenters will be teaching from their homes, rather than presenting at the hotel. We are excited to show those presentations in full detail on our digital screens.
We are happy to give you an exciting, immersive conference experience, whether you join us in person in West Palm Beach or online on Accelevents.
Act or Wait?
Is it best to use the tincture of time? A simple tarot reading can help you decide.
Think about your situation. Shuffle your cards. Say, this is what happens if I do nothing right now and pull a card. Then say, this is what happens if I take an action right now and pull a card.
Which card seems better to you? What other information about your situation can you glean from these two cards?
If these two cards do not offer enough information, ask the same questions again, and pull two more cards, making two piles of two cards each. Combine the meanings of the two cards in each pile and see if you have more clarity. You can do this a third, or even a fourth time, if necessary, always combining the cards in each pile. Eventually the answer will become clear.
The Week in Review
Global Tarot Circle meets tonight! Did you know that Global Tarot Circle has been meeting online for a decade? We began on Webex, moved to Facebook Live, and now we meet monthly on YouTube Live.
Join us tonight at 7 pm ET for live tarot readings and some informal tarot study.
From Around the Web
Tarot author Liz Worth has some great non-advice. Read You Don’t Always Have to Be Working on Yourself.
Tarot author Barbara Moore helps us prepare for the holidays with the Ten of Cups. I love to use the cards to help celebrate and plan holiday observances!
Beth Owl’s Daughter is doing an online Advent Sun Wheel Wreath Ceremony. She started at the end of November, but you can join in this Sunday.
Guidance on the Journey
Which tarot cards might suggest that the best solution is the tincture of time?
There are many tarot cards that reference time, and that speak of a quality of time. That is, cards that advise quick actions and cards that say that things need to go slowly.
For me, the card that most clearly suggests the need to wait patiently is the Hermit.
The Hermit can be a card of loneliness. This card can reference advanced education.
The Hermit is the archetype of Father Time. We usually see the Hermit holding a lantern. Yet, the original Hermit held an hourglass.
The Hermit may caution us to use patience. The Hermit may suggest that we use time wisely. The Hermit may tell us that things will take time to resolve.
When you see the Hermit in a reading, ask yourself if the tincture of time is an appropriate solution.
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
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 5 Issue 49
December 7, 2022
Allowing Happiness
We can give ourselves permission to be happy without guilt. We must know that happiness can coexist with sorrow.
We all know so many proverbs about happiness. Some feel trite, others feel like deep wisdom. When know that happiness is an inside job. We know that happiness is the byproduct of a life well-lived. We know we have the right to pursue happiness.
One thing that is true about happiness that we do not often hear is that we must give ourselves permission to be happy. To be happy, we must allow ourselves to be happy. This can be difficult for so many reasons.
We must allow ourselves to be happy when our circumstances are not what we want them to be. We must allow ourselves to be happy as we recover from grief and loss. We must allow ourselves to be happy even if others around us are not happy.
Another truth about happiness is that it sometimes comes in single moments. We might have a moment of happiness followed by a moment of grief followed by a moment of frustration. We humans are multi-dimensional. We can hold space for many kinds of feelings all at once. Sometimes those feelings seem to contradict each other.
The way to be happy in the midst of sorrow is to allow your happiness and your sorrow to coexist within you.
Sometimes we feel guilty for allowing our own happiness. Of all the feelings we must experience, and all the feelings we should allow, guilt is usually misplaced. No matter the situation, we all deserve a few moments of happiness in our lives.
On a spiritual level, the ability to be happy in a difficult world may be a purpose of our human existence. Finding happiness is a step toward spiritual enlightenment.
The StaarCorner
The moment you have been waiting for is here! Tickets for StaarCon 2023 are now available. You can join us in person or online. You can join us for one, two, or all three days.
On the newly updated website you can see the current list of presenters. Check back often, as we are still adding to the roster of classes and activities.
The website also gives you the opportunity to become a StaarCon sponsor or exhibitor.
It is time to make your plans and get your tickets. We cannot wait to see you in January!
Allowing Happiness with Tarot
So often when we are upset, we will say “How can I be happy when this has happened?”
This is a perfect sort of question to ask tarot.
When you are seeking your happiness, processing grief, or dealing with upset, tell it to your cards! Ask your cards questions that will help you to process your feelings and allow happiness.
The very process of formulating questions for the cards can help you get a handle on your feelings. Contemplating the images of the cards you draw can help you understand your feelings, and access your inner joy.
The Week in Review
Did you catch the workshop on Tarot Birth Cards? You can find all the free live classes I have presented on YouTube in the Live Tarot Webinar playlist.
It’s a new month! Get your August Tarotscopes on my YouTube channel!
From Around the Web
Which tarot card do you think fits Wonder Woman best? Here is what one artist thought.
Here is a great tarot blogpost from Joy Vernon about tarot symbolism.
Can children read tarot? Should they? Here is what Mary Ellen Collins has to say.
Guidance on the Journey
Which tarot cards specifically speak of happiness? The Sun can be a card of joy and success. The Star and the Nine of Cups can speak of wishes fulfilled. The Three of Cups and the Four of Wands can speak of celebration. The Six of Wands speaks of Victory. The Ten of Cups can be about a happy family.
Is there a particular card that makes you think of happiness?
That so many cards can speak of things that make us happy suggests to me that there are many roads toward happiness, and many things in which we can find joy and satisfaction.
There are many flavors of happiness. The feeling of victory in the Six of Wands is very different than the party we see in the Three of Cups, for example.
When we compare and contrast the different ways happiness appears in the cards, we understand the nuances of tarot, as well as different aspects of happiness.
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
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.
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 5 Issue 31
August 3, 2022
Connecting with Your Inner Child
Inner child work helps us to heal from early trauma. When we connect with our inner child, we can remember who we are, and move forward with the energy that made us joyful in your youth. We can move forward without the burden of our traumas. Tarot can help us in this process.
In modern psychology, ‘inner child work’ is an approach created by Carl Jung. With inner child work we recognize childhood trauma in order to heal as adults.
Most people realize that many of our fears, difficulties, and unpleasant patterns in our adult lives stem from what we learned, witnessed, and experienced during childhood. I often say that many of us spend most of our lives recovering from the first twenty years.
Those who grew up in seriously dysfunctional families, or who had health issues or upheaval due to tragedy are aware of their childhood trauma. Those who had more idyllic childhoods often do not recognize that they, too, have childhood trauma. They, therefore, may find it harder to do the inner child work that could help them in their adult lives.
I also believe that we can connect with our inner child to find our sense of personal identity, authenticity, and purpose by identifying the things we naturally did and enjoyed as children.
So many people I speak with are longing to understand who they are, what makes them happy, and what makes them feel that they are living a meaningful and purposeful life. I believe that inner child work can help all of us remember who we are.
There are many ways to do inner child work. You can engage a therapist to help you. You can write your inner child a letter. You can do a meditation where you communicate with your inner child.
Many of us in the divination community are exploring ways that divination can assist us as we work to connect with, and give voice to, the inner child.
See Me in the Tampa Bay Area
I will be in the Tampa Bay Area June 23 through June 27. During that time, I am available for house calls, psychic house parties, and private sessions by appointment at my AirBnB in Wesley Chapel.
We will have a tarot meetup at Panera Bread in Lutz at 3 pm on Sunday, June 26. I hope you will plan to join us if you are in the area!
For more information, and to schedule your session with me, please call or text 561-655-1160.
The StaarCorner
StaarCon 2023 is excited to welcome Jen Sankey as a presenter!
Jen is a tarot reader, author, and teacher. She writes for The Cartomancer. She is currently creating two tarot decks, Stardust Wanderer Tarot, and Enchanted Forest Felines to be published by Llewellyn Worldwide.
Make sure you mark your calendar for January 20 through 22. Whether you join us in person in West Palm Beach or online on Accelevents, StaarCon 2023 will be the best tarot and divination conference ever!
Giving Voice to Your Inner Child
One way to do inner child work with tarot is to allow your inner child to speak through tarot.
You can do this simply by asking the right questions and interpreting the card that appears in the context of that question.
Here are some questions to get you started.
What is a childhood trauma that needs to be healed?
What is something my inner child wants me to know?
What is something I enjoyed as a child that has become an important part of my identity?
How can I be more playful?
How can I honor my inner child at this time?
See Me in the Northeast
I will be available for private readings by appointment in Madison, Connecticut, and house calls and psychic house parties in Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and New York, beginning May 26 and ending June 5. To schedule with me, please call or text 561-655-1160.
On June 5th at 6:30 pm I will be teaching a tarot class at True Bikram Yoga. This class is available in person in Madison and online on Zoom. You can learn more and sign up for this class online on the True Bikram Yoga website.
The Week in Review
This past week we had two great live classes on my YouTube channel. You can watch class replays, catch live reading sessions, and explore rants and reviews, all on Christiana Gaudet Tarot on YouTube.
From Around the Web
There are many tarot spreads for inner tarot work. Here are three. Try different tarot and oracle decks to see how your inner child speaks through the cards.
Join Me For Class This Sunday!
On Sunday, May 22, 7 pm to 9 pm, please join me for a hybrid tarot class. If you are local, you can join in person in Palm City. Or you can join online on Zoom from anywhere in the world.
If you have every asked “Is there a spread for that?” this class is for you. If you have ever wondered about the best way to get answers from a tarot reading, this class is for you.
Whether you read for yourself or others, whether you are a beginner or experienced reader, this class will give you a set of tools that will help you use tarot effectively and efficiently.
In this class you will learn what makes a great tarot spread. You will learn when a custom spread is the best technique. You will learn to quickly create small spreads to answer immediate questions. You will learn to create and interpret elaborate spreads to handle multiple issues in a comprehensive tarot session. You will learn to create and interpret spreads for specific purposes such as healing, relationship-building, mediumship, and dream interpretation.
Get your tickets now on EventBrite!
You can join us in person or online. Every student will receive access to a recording of the class.
You can purchase the recorded class with access to the class literature after May 30th.
Visit christianagaudet.com for more information!
Cards from the Smith-Waite Tarot Deck Centennial Edition, copyright 2015 by U.S. Games Systems, Inc. Used with permission.
Guidance on the Journey
Which tarot cards might instruct us to work with our inner child, to honor our inner child, or to listen to our inner child?
In context, any tarot card might give voice to the feelings and needs of the inner child. Yet, there are a few cards that could appear in any reading, at any time, and beckon you to do the work to connect to your inner child.
Here are some of them.
The Fool asks you to honor your inner child.
The Sun asks you to be fearless in your joy, just as a child does.
The Pages ask you to remember the desires of your youth, and who you have always been.
The Six of Cups asks you to remember and revisit your childhood.
The Ten of Cups and the Ten of Pentacles can speak of your family, and your childhood home.
Upcoming Events and Tours
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
Personal Healing with Tarot New!
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
On the web www.christianagaudet.com
Online classes www.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 5 Issue 20
May 18, 2022
Warm Welcome
It’s time to welcome joy to our hearts, friends to our home, and prosperity to our new year!
Warm Welcome
It’s time to welcome joy to our hearts, friends to our home, and prosperity to our new year!
This is the season for welcoming. We welcome friends and relatives to holiday gatherings. We welcome in a new year. At the winter solstice we welcome the return of the sun. At Christmas we welcome the birth of a divine child.
It’s a good time to think about the things we want to welcome into our lives and consider what we must do to make that happen. How do we welcome wellness, or love, or prosperity?
Just as we welcome anyone or anything, we try to be open, and warm, and ready to give and receive.
Maybe it’s another example of ‘as above, so below’. When we open our hearts to welcome healing, love and divine energy, we create the energy that makes welcome into our lives the things that meet our needs and desires.
May you welcome all good things this holiday season!
See You at Holiday Open House this Sunday!
We have a great group of volunteers ready to offer tarot readings, palmistry, astrology, reiki and other modalities this Sunday at Unity of Stuart, from 2-6 pm. All you need to do is bring some nonperishable food items and come let us pamper you!
If you would like to see some pictures of previous Open House events, visit my website and look for the button for ‘Galleries’.
Years ago, when we first started Holiday Open House, I was the only reader, and my goal was simply to offer free readings to the community as a gesture of holiday cheer. Over the years I had other readers join me, and we decided to make it a food-raiser for those in need.
Eventually, I chose to host the event and let my friends, colleagues and students offer their services, allowing me the opportunity to greet and thank each participant.
We have hosted this event in three different states, and many different locations. I am excited for our new location at Unity of Stuart.
Please, if you are in the area this Sunday, stop by anytime between 2 and 6 pm. Have a session with our volunteers. If you have time, spend the day and sit with everyone!
Four Cards That Speak of Home
The song says, “there’s no place like home for the holidays”! But which tarot cards signify home in a reading? Which are the cards we can use in tarot manifestation work to cultivate a happy home? Here are four of my favorites.
Ten of Pentacles
As the official traditional ‘castle card’, the Ten of Pentacles can speak of real estate transactions, a family home, or a home in which you take great pride.
Ten of Cups
Known as the ‘happy family’ card, the Ten of Cups can speak of romance, and also a loving family home.
Six of Cups
No card speaks of a return to, or longing for, a childhood home as poignantly as the Six of Cups.
Four of Wands
Traditionally a card that predicts marriage, the Four of Wands represents the hearth-fire, the warm, welcoming home, and the celebrations we share together in that place.
The Week in Review
This week I shared a blogpost of interest to serious tarotists about tarot archetypes and interpretations. Read Archetypes in Action: How Tarot Updates Itself.
From Around the Web
Since so many of us will be cooking to welcome folks into our homes, I thought it would be fun to share some posts about food and tarot.
Here is a recipe for Arwen’s Deviled Eggs, inspired by Major Arcana 15.
Did you know that Theresa Reed, the Tarot Lady, has a whole series of tarot and foodie goodness? Check out Tarot by the Mouthful.
Here are some tarot recipes from Hummingbird Lena.
Upcoming Events
Thursday, December 20, 7 to 9 pm
Winter Solstice Class and Celebration
Dream Angels, 128 Bridge Road, Tequesta
Bring your tarot cards and let’s celebrate the return of the sun together! We will learn a tarot spread to forecast the New Year and enjoy some other seasonal tarot activities. Bring a holiday snack to share if you are able! You may register and pay your class fee with Dream Angels.
Sunday, December 23, 2 to 6 pm
Annual Holiday Open House-Psychic Foodraiser
Unity of Stuart, 211 SE Central Pkwy, Stuart, FL
Bring some nonperishable food items to be donated to Treasure Coast Food Bank, and a holiday treat for the snack table. Join us for an afternoon of free tarot readings, astrology readings, palmistry, crystal readings and healing sessions, offered to you by our fabulous volunteers. For more information, call me at 561-655-1160.
Sunday, January 6, 4 to 6 pm
Tarot Basics and Beyond
Christiana’s Conference Room
1025 SW Martin Downs Blvd, Suite 203, Palm City, FL
In this class, tarot beginners will get a basic overview of tarot structure, traditions and techniques, and will be introduced to the twenty-two cards of the Major Arcana.
Experienced tarotists will get not only a refresher, but a new understanding and perspective of both the cards and techniques for reading. The fee for this class is $30.
Sign up now for this exciting class on Eventbrite, or by calling 561-655-1160.
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