What is Your Energy?

What is Your Energy?

We all have a unique energetic signature.

We use the word ‘energy’ to mean a lot of different things. Energy can be your sense of motivation. Energy can be what cooks your food. The life force energy that exists within all of us is something that we can use to heal ourselves and others, through a variety of energy healing techniques.

Energy is also the unique vibe you put out into the world.

Energy is the feeling people get when they are around you.

It’s interesting that other people may feel and recognize your energy more than you do. Often, we don’t realize that people see us as loving, or competent, or funny, or warm or playful. We can’t always tell how others feel when they are around us.

We are all a conglomeration of energies and attributes, and each of us has a unique energy signature.

Can we control our energy? To some extent, yes. If we work to be peaceful, we will exude that energy of peace. If we work to be efficient, we will put out vibes that let others know that we can get the job done quickly and well.

Our social energy is part of the equation, too. Are you an introvert, extrovert, or somewhere in between?

The Myers-Briggs personality types can be seen, in a way, as a description of the energy we cultivate.

Aura photography is a way to visually see what our energy field looks like.

If we pay attention to sensing the energy of others around us, we get a better sense of how to feel energy, and how it affects us. This can make it easier to sense our own energy.

In meditation, we can slow down and focus in order to feel the energy around us, and settle in to an understanding of what we feel like to others.

Sometimes we feel naturally drawn to people simply because we like their energy. Sometimes we feel repelled by people for the same reason.

To become familiar with your energy is a good way to learn to know yourself and love yourself.

To cultivate the energy that you want to express to the world is a good way to embrace personal healing and growth.

Perhaps the energy we put into the world is a window into our soul; that part of us that existed before we were born, and that will continue to exist when we die. Perhaps our energy is the expression of that sacred part of us that is eternal.

I’m In Connecticut for the Next Two Weeks!

I’ve landed in Connecticut and am available for readings by appointment at True Bikram Yoga in Madison through August 26. I can also come to your home or office for a house call or psychic house party. I can travel to Rhode Island or other local areas.

It’s always a pleasure to return to Connecticut. I look forward to seeing old friends and making new ones. You can call me or text me at 561-655-1160 to arrange your appointment.

Don’t miss this opportunity to get an in-person reading with me.

Of course, whenever I travel, I remain available for readings by phone, Skype, FaceTime and Messenger, so we can work together no matter where in the world we are!

How to Read Energy with Tarot

When you want to know about a person, or about yourself, you can simply ask the cards, “Who is this person?” or “Who am I?” or “Who is Sam?”

Pull a few cards and look for the story you see there. What energies do you see in these cards? What type of experiences have shaped this person? How is this person feeling?

All of these things add up together to give you a read on the person’s energy.

So often we talk about people being ‘good’ or ‘bad’. It’s much more helpful to discover a person’s energy, which melds many factors into something you can recognize and understand.

When you look at the cards, try to fill in the blanks on these sentences.

I am a person who…
My priorities are….

I feel…

I care about…

Obviously, if you are looking at someone else, replace the word ‘I’ with their name.

When we use the cards in the exploration of personal energy, we become better able to know ourselves and others.

When we think of each tarot card as expressing an energy, we develop a new tool for reading tarot.

Special Tarot Class This Sunday!

This Sunday, August 18, from 7 pm to 9 pm, I am teaching a class called The Tarot Court: A Universal Mirror at True Bikram Yoga, 1347 Boston Post Road, Madison, Connecticut.

Tarot is a book of spiritual wisdom in picture form. With it, we are able to learn about ourselves, communicate with others and understand our world.

The sixteen Court cards of the tarot, that is, the Kings, Queens, Knights, Pages, are some of the most versatile cards in the deck. The Court cards can help us understand ourselves, our talents, our fears, and our motivations.

In this class you will learn a variety of ways to interpret these cards when they appear and find all the possible messages within them.

Bring a tarot deck or borrow a deck at class. Class fee is $35, payable to True Bikram Yoga.

I hope to see you there!

The Week in Review

This week I shared some ideas for etiquette when participating in free reading livestreams on social media.

Remember that I do my Three-Card Weekly Reading on my Facebook business page every Monday. If you miss it live you can catch it in archive.

From Around the Web

Tarot historian Sherryl E. Smith, from the Tarot Heritage website, happened to catch an episode of Global Tarot Circle. She was impressed with my reading style, designed an exercise around it and share it on her blog. The blog title is “Speed Reading the Tarot with Christiana Gaudet”.

From Yoga Journal, here is a guide to energy healing.

I was surprised to find this article on energy healing in Psychology Today!

Image from the Smith-Waite Tarot Deck Centennial Edition, published by U.S. Games Systems, Inc. Copyright 2015, Used by permission.

Cards for Your Consideration

The Ace of Wands is the perfect card to consider when we talk about chi life force energy. Wands, also known as Rods, Staves and Batons, is the suit typically associated with the element of Fire. Fire is our passion, our creativity and our energy.

Aces are the number One, and are associated with new beginnings, source and essence. Therefore, we can see the Ace of Wands as the essence and source of Fire, which is our life energy.

Typically, the Ace of Wands can describe a new creative project, or a new feeling of enthusiasm.

In many tarot decks, included the one pictured here, the Smith-Waite Centennial, the Wands are shown sprouting new life. It’s interesting that, through associated with Fire, they are not shown burning, but rather, sprouting.

That’s because the energy of the Ace of Wands, and the suit of Wands, is not about destruction. Rather, it’s about the life force that is growing and blooming within us all.

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Upcoming Events and Tours

Tarot Topics Newsletter
Volume 2 Issue 33
August 14, 2019

Moving Forward

Moving Forward

Greetings from Spring Tarot Tour Northeast!

Hello, friends! It’s your intrepid tarot traveler, reporting from Spring Tarot Tour Northeast 2019!

I want to thank those of you whom I have had the privilege to work with since my arrival last week. I am also happy to welcome some new subscribers to this newsletter.

I will be available for readings by appointment at True Bikram Yoga in Madison, CT through April 8, as well as house calls and psychic house parties in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

I’ll be back in my Palm City office April 11. Of course, I am available to work with you by phone, Skype, FaceTime or Messenger no matter where in the world I am!

Simply call or text 561-655-1160 to book your appointment with me, no matter where in the world you are.

Once I am back at my Palm City office you will begin to receive the full weekly Tarot Topics newsletter, rather than this abbreviated travel edition.

Traveling always reminds me of one of the greatest lessons of the Tarot Fool; that life is a journey, not a destination.

The journey of life can sometimes feel like an adventure, but sometimes it feels more like a dangerous trail to be carefully navigated. There are pitfalls, heartaches and disappointments along the way, just as there are joys, discoveries and blessings.

A tarot reading is a good tool to help give us a roadmap of the journey, and to offer an opportunity to chart our course for the best possible experience along the way.

When we find ourselves on a particularly bumpy part of life’s path, it is important to remember that sometimes we simply must keep our head up, our eyes forward and our feet moving.

As we move forward, we move through our difficulties, and toward something brighter. This process happens more easily when we anticipate, and work to manifest, a smoother road ahead.

Oils, Intuition and Manifestation this Sunday in New Haven

Please join Robin Brace and me for an exciting workshop at True Bikram Yoga’s New Haven location this Sunday evening at 7 pm.

We will explore some different essential oils and discuss their role in enhancing intuition, and how we can use them in helping to manifest our dreams and goals.

This will be a hands-on workshop. All materials will be provided.

You can register online, or simply join us Sunday evening.

The Week in Review

This week I shared a tip for tarot readers on my Community Blog. When you see a card in a reading that references a particular thing, how can you be sure it isn’t additionally a reference to something more?

From Around the Web

Here’s a post from Vice about a topic that is getting a lot of attention recently. Can tarot help with mental health issues? Here is more evidence that it can!

Something that often comes up at the tarot table is the question of when it is time to say goodbye to your beloved pet. Here’s an article from the New York Times about that.

Tarotist Joy Vernon lays down some wisdom about how it works when you have multiple tarot readings.

My Very First Divination Deck

Cards for Your Consideration

My Very First Divination Deck

Since I am writing this from Connecticut, the place where I began my tarot career so long ago, I think it is appropriate to share with you my very first divination deck.

I received this early edition of the Gypsy Witch Fortune Telling Playing Cards in my Christmas stocking when I was just eight years old. My mother loved a good novelty gift, and, to her, divination was nothing more than a novelty.

Little did she know that this particular gift would turn out to be so very prophetic!

I remember finding truth in the cards even then.

As a young adult, I encountered I Ching and then, finally, tarot. I remembered back to my childhood experiences with divination, and how profound that had felt. I had no idea what had become of that little deck of cards that had first introduced me to the idea of card reading.

After my mother passed away, I found she had saved them in a box of some of my childhood belongings. Now, they sit on my tarot shelf, surrounded by my extensive collection of tarot and oracle decks.

I’ve learned that the Gypsy Witch Fortune Telling Playing Cards are quite similar to the Lenormand cards, and are still available today from US Games Systems, Inc. Surprisingly, they still come in the same orange box!

Tarot Topics Newsletter
Volume 2 Issue 14
April 3, 2019

On the Road Again

On the Road Again

I'm in Connecticut for the next two weeks!

I am delighted to be returning to Connecticut for the first Northeastern Tarot Tour of 2019.

That means that I will be available for private readings by appointment at True Bikram Yoga in Madison Connecticut from March 27-April 8. I am also available for house calls and psychic house parties throughout Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island during that time.

Call or text me at 561-655-1160 to schedule your time with me.

Although I am now a Florida resident, I lived in Connecticut for longer than any other state. It was there I started my tarot reading career.

Returning to Connecticut allows me to connect with long-time clients and friends, and also to make new ones.

While I am traveling, I will continue to be available for readings by phone, Skype, FaceTime and Messenger.

I will be available for appointments in my Palm City office beginning April 10.

I hope to see you or speak with you soon!

Tarot Class in Madison

On Sunday, March 31, from 7 to 9 pm, join me for a special tarot class, The Journey of Life: The Major Arcana of Tarot at True Bikram Yoga, 1347 Boston Post Road, Madison, CT

Join me for a fascinating exploration of the Fool’s Journey, the twenty-two cards of the Major Arcana.

Whether you are a tarot enthusiast, a spiritual seeker or simply curious, this workshop will teach you something about tarot, something about life and something about yourself.

In twenty-two images, the Major Arcana expresses the lessons of life that every human experience. Learn what those lessons are, and how these cards might speak to you in a tarot reading.

Tickets are available from True Bikram Yoga.

The Week in Review

If you missed Global Tarot Circle, you can watch it in archive on YouTube.

Joanne Matthew has shared another of her adventures with the Major Arcana. This time, the Major Arcana characters become photographers.

From Around the Web

If you love the Beatles, and love tarot, you will enjoy this blogpost from Tarot Awakenings.

I was happy to meet Andrew Robinson at Northwest Tarot Symposium. Here is his recent blogpost about tarot journaling.

It’s Spring, and so our thoughts turn to gardening, and fresh fruits and vegetables. One decorative plant that is often used for landscaping turns out to be edible! Have you ever eaten hostas? Here’s how!

Cards for Your Consideration

This week I want to talk about the Six of Cups, because it related to my trip to Connecticut.

The image here is from the design of A.E. Waite and the drawings of Pamela Colman Smith; the world’s most popular tarot images.

The Six of Cups is about looking to the past. It can predict a reunion with old friends or revisiting a situation from the past. This card can discuss the history between people. Very often, the Six of Cups talks about a return to the home of one’s past.

This card can indicate a sense of nostalgia, or a connection that seems to have been forged in a prior life.

The Six of Cups stirs up memories, honors history and expresses the joy of reuniting with old friends.

Christiana’s Eleven-Card Celtic Cross Spread Online!

I am very excited to share a new tarot class with you, appropriate for tarotists of all levels of experience. In this class you will learn my eleven-card Celtic Cross tarot spread.

As many of you know, this is by far my favorite tarot spread. If I have every read for you, you’ve seen this powerful spread in action.

This class is designed to teach you to perform this spread, but also to teach you a great deal about working with tarot spreads in general. As you take the class you will perform this spread for yourself. Along the way you will add a number of important tools to your tarot toolbox.

The first one hundred students will receive a $10 discount on the $35 class fee, so sign up now!

Tarot Topics Newsletter Volume 2 Issue 13
March 20, 2019

Seek Your Opportunity!

This edition of Tarot Topics has some great ideas about ways to use tarot to help you find your opportunities! You will also find information about readings and classes in CT, readings in NYC, and the Northwest Tarot Symposium!

Read the Newsletter!