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Welcome 2023!
We welcome a new year of promise and hope!
This is the last newsletter of 2022. Next week you can expect a new feature as we update Tarot Topics for 2023.
I want to thank you for being a part of my world over this past year. I hope it has been a good year for you, and I wish you and your family all good things in the coming year.
I am excited for a new year, for StaarCon 2023, for new offerings on my YouTube channel, and the fulfillment of some long-term projects. I hope that over the course of this new year you and I will have a chance to work together with readings, mentorship, or classes.
I love New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. I love the hope inherent in a new year, the opportunity for a fresh start, and the celebration of the accomplishments of the year gone by.
On New Year’s Eve the entire world does magic together as we all bid goodbye to the old and welcome the new.
May the magic of this time bring you closer to your goals, closer to your loved ones, and closer to your own authentic happiness and wellbeing.
Happy New Year!
The StaarCorner
StaarCon is now only weeks away. I am particularly proud of the wide range of topics our speaks will be covering. Whether you are new to tarot and divination or a seasoned expert, you will learn and grow, and have fun while doing it.
If you are coming in person, considering joining us for an excursion to downtown West Palm Beach Thursday evening. Saturday will be “Tropical Vibes Day”, so wear your Hawaiian shirt, a sarong, or a flower in your hair to express your tropical vibes. You can even have your picture taken with a mermaid!
If you are joining us online, you will be delighted with the immersive experience offered by the Accelevents Events Management Platform. You can hang out in the lounges, chat with your conference friends, and interact with the presenters.
The thirty-day AfterGlow is available to all ticketholders. During that time, you can watch recordings of all the StaarCon 2023 classes, presentations, and workshops. You can also join us in the lounges for special presentations.
Tickets are available for one, two, or all three days. Whichever classes are presented on your ticket days will be available to you during the AfterGlow. The lounge events will be open to all ticketholders.
A conference is a time to make lifelong friends, learn new skills, and find community. Don’t miss this opportunity to be a part of StaarCon 2023.
Tarot for a New Year
Numerology creates a specific Major Arcana tarot card for each year. 2023 is the year of the Chariot. We will be contemplating what this means during a few sessions at StaarCon 2023. In the meantime, it is good to ask yourself what the Chariot means to you at this time, and how this card can guide you during the year.
A few years ago, I created a process for entering a new year called LEAP, which involves some deep work and introspection. Out of that process comes a tarot spread that I will share with you here.
This is an eight-card spread, based on the letters in the word ‘leap’. Use this spread to help you leap into 2023.
Pull one card for each question.
Learn: What do I need to know about myself and my life as I enter 2023?
Evolve: How can I leave hurtful patterns and shift into a new way of thinking?
Activate: How can I awaken the spiritual gifts within myself?
Participate: How can I show up for myself?
Lighten up: How can I find the healing and power in humor, laughter and letting go?
Energize: What is my source of strength and limitless energy?
Attune: How do I hear my guidance from spirit?
Prosper: How do I create, accept, and expect my success?
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!
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 52
December 28, 2022
Always a Journey
This week I share some thoughts as I travel throughout the Northeast on Tarot Tour. Life is always a journeys and never a destination.
We use the word ‘journey’ to talk about travel. We also use this word to discuss a metaphoric journey, such as our educational journey or our journey with an illness.
Poets, philosophers, and songwriters have written about life as a journey.
I think this is a good way to think about life. Rather than cataloging our mistakes and heartbreaks, we can see each difficulty and each joy as an important part of our journey.
Ralph Waldo Emerson is credited with the well-known expression, “life is a journey, not a destination”. While setting goals is good, the only goal we are sure we will meet is to be present on the journey.
When we remember that life is always a journey, we remember that travel is sometimes arduous, sometimes smooth, sometimes fun, and sometimes educational. We can be prepared for whatever we might encounter on the road ahead.
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
We are excited to welcome Arwen Lynch-Poe, the Professional Joy Seeker, to StaarCon 2023 as a presenter. Arwen’s tarot journey began in 1985 with one deck. Now Arwen is a tarot consultant, medium, psychic, writer, teacher, and more. Arwen has authored many decks including the Fairy Tale Lenormand, Secrets of the Mystic Grove, the Gift of Tarot Pack of Three Envelopes, Elle Qui, Practical Tarot Wisdom, Bianco Nero Tarot, the Field Guide to Garden Dragons, and Gentle Creatures Wisdom Deck.
Arwen will be presenting an interactive tarot workshop to help readers of all levels of experience find deeper meaning in their tarot interpretations.
Mark your calendar now for StaarCon 2023, January 20 through 22.
The Fool’s Journey is Your Journey
When we learn tarot, we often speak of the cards as “The Fool’s Journey”. This term was coined by Eden Gray in the late 1960s. The concept that the Fool is the star of the story told by tarot, and the other seventy-seven cards represent the experiences and lessons along the Fool’s Path is now considered a primary way of understanding tarot.
We can learn a lot about our own journeys in life by studying the Fool’s journey.
Sometimes divination and study can go hand in hand.
Shuffle your tarot deck. Ask for a card that helps you understand something about your journey in life. Pull one card at random. Think about what the Fool learns from that card. Then consider how that card makes sense on your own journey.
Join Me for Tarot Class on Sunday
It has been a long time since we have gathered for a tarot class at True Bikram Yoga! Join me on Sunday, June 5, at 6:30 pm for Techniques for Tarot Healing at True Bikram Yoga, 1347 Boston Post Road, Madison, Connecticut, or on Zoom.
Bring a tarot deck or borrow one at the workshop.
For tickets and more information, call True Bikram Yoga at (203) 350-0343 or visit their website.
The Week in Review
This week I have been on my journey. That is, my Northeastern Tour. I am so grateful to everyone who is hosting host parties, and everyone who has come to see me at True Bikram Yoga in Madison.
I will be here through June 5. Please reach out to schedule your in-person session in Connecticut, or you session by phone, Skype, FaceTime, Messenger or Zoom.
I will be back in my Palm City office June 7.
From Around the Web
Here is a Spiritual Journey Tarot Spread from Emerald Lotus.
Ryan Hanley has some thoughts on the journey of life.
If you have never studied The Fool’s Journey in tarot, here is a place to start.
What the Court Cards Want You to Know
On Wednesday, June 29, 7 pm to 9 pm, join us for a hybrid tarot class about the tarot Court cards. You can attend in Person in Palm City or online on Zoom.
The sixteen Court cards, typically called Pages, Knights, Queens and Kings, can be some of the most confusing cards in the tarot deck.
This is because these cards are very versatile. They can reference the people around you. They can also reference parts of yourself. They can behave like any other tarot card and offer advice, comment, and prediction.
In this two-hour class you will learn easy ways to understand and work with these sixteen cards.
You can join us in person or online. Every student will receive access to a recording of the class. Visit EventBrite to purchase your ticket.
The class will be available at cardandcraftacademy.com after July 8th.
Guidance on the Journey
Can tarot cards that traditionally reference travel also be interpreted to represent the journey through life, or any metaphoric journey? I would say yes, though some more than others.
For me, the Chariot is a card that often indicates travel. All four Knights can speak of travel as well. The World can speak of international travel.
Traditionally, some people see the Six of Swords as travel, as well as the Eight of Cups. I am less likely to interpret those cards as a literal trip.
The card that most often will speak to me of the journey of life, or a metaphoric journey, is the Fool.
Which cards often speak to you of travel? Which cards indicate a need to view life as a journey, or to focus on a metaphoric journey? How much overlap exists for you between these groups of cards?
When it comes to how the cards speak to each of us, we all have our own personal relationship with each card. Yet, we will all have cards in our personal tarot vocabulary that reference each aspect of life. Literal travel and metaphoric journeys are often themes in tarot readings, even if the cards that express these things may differ from reader to reader.
When we discuss literal travel in a reading, we might be predicting a vacation, or a business trip. When we discuss a metaphoric journey we may be using the cards to help frame a chapter in life in order to find ways to cope, or ways to make the most of a specific undertaking.
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
Create and Interpret Custom Tarot Spreads
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 22
June 1, 2022
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
You Don't Have to Fit in to Be Comfortable
Being different isn't always easy.
Something that I often see at the tarot table is that many people feel that they just don’t fit in with the people around them. This can happen in the workplace, the neighborhood, or even amongst folks who gather around a shared interest or concern. Some people even feel that they don’t fit in with their own family of origin.
People often describe this feeling of not fitting as uncomfortable and awkward. Many of us remember being teenagers and trying to fit in with a particular group of kids, sometimes to the point of doing things we knew we shouldn’t do. Never did that work out very well!
There is only one solution to this problem of feeling different than the people who are around you. That solution is deceptively simple.
Just be okay with who you are, and the fact that you are different. Find ways to appreciate the people around you, even though they are different than you. Hold appreciation for the things about you that make you unique.
The more you can appreciate your own differences, as well as those who are different from you, the more comfortable you will be with those around you.
Remember that being different isn’t bad. Own and celebrate the things that make you different and unique. The space that you hold within your workplace, or family, or friend group, is even more important because of your uniqueness. It means that you can’t be easily replaced.
Sometimes we are made to feel uncomfortable because our differences cause others to be uncomfortable with us. As hard as that it, the solution is to lean in a bit more, and let people get to know us. It is in that process that we become able to find common ground, even with those who aren’t very much like us at all.
I had an aunt who used to say something very wise. “It would be a pretty boring world if everyone were all the same,” she would tell me. Those words have always been a key to being comfortable being myself, especially around people who are different from me.
Mark Your Calendar for StaarCon!
On January 22 through January 24, 2021, there is no place in the world you would rather be than at our new and exciting tarot conference, StaarCon!
We are holding StaarCon at the Doubletree Executive Meeting Center in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, just minutes from Palm Beach International Airport.
Already confirmed is headline presenter Benebell Wen, along with many other favorites like Ciro Marchetti, Mitchell Osborn and Mary Ellen Collins.
StaarCon stands for Southeastern Tarot Artists and Readers Conference. While tarot reading and tarot art will be a main focus, we will also have educational and experiential workshops on many forms of divination and mysticism.
If you are interested in presenting or vending at StaarCon, please let me know!
We will be opening registration to attend StaarCon in a few months. Watch our website for exciting information!
Holding and Sharing Your Space Tarot Spread
When you find yourself in a group with which you don’t always feel affinity, here is a tarot spread to help you figure out how to hold your space and be comfortable.
You can arrange the cards in any shape you prefer.
Card One: The value I bring to this group.
Card Two: How I can better express that value in this group.
Card Three: How this group feels about my differences.
Card Four: How I can hold space for my identity in this group.
Card Five: How being in this group can help me grow.
There is Still Time to See Me in Tampa!
It’s not too late to book your private session with me while I am in the Tampa Bay area January 24 through January 27. I can come to your home, or you can see me at my private location in Wesley Chapel.
Call or text 561-655-1160 to reserve your session with me!
The Week in Review
This week I shared some important tarot reading techniques in a blog post, and then demonstrated those techniques in a video.
If you missed my live webinar on YouTube, you can watch it in archive.
Each week you can catch Your Three-Card Weekly Reading on Facebook and YouTube.
From Around the Web
Here is a tarot spread for self-love.
Here are some dos and don’ts for using tarot to read for yourself.
Try this tarot spread for unconditional self-love.
Cards for Your Consideration
There are a few cards in tarot that speak of integration and fitting together. Sometimes these cards can describe a process of making something work. Sometimes they can talk about that awkward feeling of finding ways to fit in with people who are different from you.
Of course, the Fool advises each of us to simply be who we are on our journey through life. Here are three other Major Arcana cards that can speak of the ways we integrate with others.
The Lovers
The Lovers is, very often, not about romantic love. Rather, it can speak to the process of integrating opposites, and seeing the difference between one thing (or person) and another.
The Chariot
If you look at the steeds on most Chariot images you will see a reference to opposites pulling together in unison in order to move forward. This reminds us of the importance of working together with different people.
Temperance
Temperance speaks of blending ingredients in order to make something bigger and better than the sum of its parts.
In moments when you feel that you are not fitting in, look to these cards to see the value of bringing your unique qualities to a group.
Upcoming Events and Tours
Tarot Topics Newsletter
Volume 3 Issue 4
January 22, 2020