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Looking Back and Moving Forward

This is a sacred time, when we remember the past and look to the future.

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It is the first week of a brand-new year!

January is a special month for me because of StaarCon, now just a few weeks away. As we focus on producing StaarCon, this newsletter will be slightly abbreviated. Look for new features in February!

At this time of year, we often spend time looking at the past, whether with nostalgia, fondness, regret, or grief. At the very same time, we are looking forward, making plans, resolutions, and intentions.

To stand in a specific point of time and look both backward and forward can be a sacred thing. We can honor the past and learn from it. The past reminds us that the present moment is fleeting and precious. We can plan, hope, dream, and manifest for the future, all in this single sacred moment.

Our spiritual practices of mindfulness, meditation, yoga, and divination can help us as we learn from the past and create the future. In tarot, the Six of Cups often speaks of the past. The Two of Wands can speak of setting plans and goals. But which card helps us to remember the present moment? Perhaps all seventy-eight cards, the whole of tarot, can help us stay present and mindful, especially at this sacred time of looking back and forward .

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The StaarCorner

Whether you join us in person or online, StaarCon 2023 has so much to offer. With over fifty presentations, great shopping opportunities, and great community, StaarCon 2023 can be a life-changing experience for you.

The presentations you attend live, whether in person or online, will be a wonderful opportunity to learn and interact with your community. The recordings of classes you missed that you view during the AfterGlow will allow you to learn at your own pace.

This fully hybrid conference really offers the best of both worlds.

You can join us for one, two, or all three days. The lounge events during the AfterGlow are open to all ticketholders!

Get your tickets now and get ready for a fabulous experience!

StaarCon 2023 presenter Grace Calas at StaarCon 2022.
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Two Cards for the New Year

At this time of year, it is powerful to do both tarot divination and tarot manifestation. An easy way to think about the difference between these two techniques is this. When you divine with tarot, you pull cards face down, at random. When you manifest with tarot, you pull cards face up, consciously choosing the cards whose energy you want to manifest or remove.

The two cards for the new year are simple. The first card is what you want to leave behind in 2022. The second card is what you want to welcome in 2023.

If you do this as a divination by pulling the cards at random, you are letting the universe guide you and give you your focus. If you do this by choosing the cards face up, you are making a conscious decision, and using the energy of tarot to help you manifest your goals.

Try both these techniques this week. Use the full potential of tarot to give your year a great start!

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The Week in Review

2022 was a year of growth and learning on my YouTube channel, Christiana Gaudet Tarot. In 2023 we will be adding new technology and new features to make it even better.

Join us tonight at 7 pm for Global Tarot Circle. Next Tuesday, January 10, join us for a free tarot workshop, Giving Voice to Tarot.

Make sure you check out your January Tarotscopes!

From Around the Web

Check out the websites of three of our StaarCon 2023 presenters!

Madam Adam is an influencer on Tik Tok and Instagram, with good reason. We are so excited for his StaarCon presentation and exhibition booth.

Dame Darcy is a cartoonist, author, and tarot artist. She will be presenting, exhibiting, and appearing as a mermaid!

Mary K. Greer is one who needs no introduction. Her books have laid the foundation for our modern understanding of tarot. We are so excited that she is a headlining presenter at StaarCon 2023.

Upcoming Events

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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 1
January 4, 2023

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What Feeds You?

At Thanksgiving we give thanks for what feeds our bodies. It is also a time to discover what feeds us at a soul level.

In the United States, tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day. Traditionally, this is a time for friends and family to enjoy a meal together and contemplate their gratitude for food, shelter, and one another.

Thanksgiving is also considered the beginning of what I like to call the ‘Winter Festival Season’. Whatever you celebrate, and whatever your feelings about this time of year, I wish you the happiest, merriest, and most blessed holiday season. I want to you to know one of the things I am most grateful for is you. That is, those of you who read my newsletters, join me on YouTube, have sessions with me, attend StaarCon, read my books, and support my work in whichever ways make sense to you. Without you, I could not do the work I love so much.

When I think about Thanksgiving, I think first about the traditional foods, and our enjoyment of them. Yet, since Thanksgiving is about so much more than food, my contemplation turns to the things that feed us mentally, creatively, and spiritually.

I am grateful that the work I do feeds me so well. Tarot stimulates my creativity, my spirituality, my intellect, and my social needs. I know that not everyone is lucky enough to have a career that engages them on so many levels.

Our jobs do not have to be what feeds the soul as long as they put food on the table. We may have hobbies, fellowships, studies, or other pursuits that feed us more deeply.

One thing I notice at the tarot table is that some people have yet to figure out what feeds them beyond their physical needs. They do not know what sings to their soul or warms their heart.

On this Thanksgiving, give thanks for what feeds your mind and your spirit. If you don’t know what that is, commit to that search. The journey will be as delightful as the discovery.

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The StaarCorner

We are happy to welcome Joe Monteleone to StaarCon 2023!

Huffington Post called Joe a "one-man-band of magical-thinking-made reality". He is a tarot master teacher, certified coach, energy healer, occult performer, and modern mystic.

Joe will present a workshop for tarot enthusiasts at all levels of development called “Tarot for Enlightenment”.

StaarCon 2023 is January 20-22. You can join us in person in West Palm Beach or online on Accelevents. You can get tickets for one day, two days, or all three days. Get your tickets now!

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Finding What Feeds Your Soul

Tarot can be a great tool to help you discover your passions, your talents, and the things that make you happy. You can ask questions of tarot or have a professional reading on this topic.

Here are some questions to your cards, or to ask a reader.

What would make me happy at this moment?

What is a talent I have yet to discover?

What is something I enjoyed as a child that I need to revisit?

How can I find a sense of spiritual joy?

How can I make new friends?

How can I explore my creativity?

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The Week in Review

If you missed the tarot class on YouTube, Tarot Questions and Answers, enjoy the replay.

YouTube classes are schedule for the month of December, you can find the links on my YouTube channel.

I also do free reading livestreams on my channel, usually at least four times a week. During this holiday week you can join me on Friday at noon ET for Your Friday Weekly Wrap-up, and on Saturday at 12:30 pm for Your Saturday Psychic Sampler. Watch for the links to appear the day of the broadcast, or the day prior.

From Around the Web

Bianca Tarot on YouTube named me one of her favorite Tarot/Psychic Readers!

When we speak of finding what feeds our soul, we may be looking for our passion in life. Emerald Lotus has a lovely tarot spread for Discovering Your Passion.

Mindbodygreen.com has share 99 Deep Questions to Ask a Tarot Deck During Your Next Reading. These questions are great for learning more about tarot, and about yourself.

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Guidance on the Journey

There are so many cards that invite and instruct us to find our passions, consider our desires, and engage our creative energy.

The Nine of Cups is the traditional ‘Wish Card’. This card can ask you what your wishes are and can remind you that your desires are important.

Many readers also see the Star as a card of wishes and wishes fulfilled.

The Two of Wands and the Seven of Cups can both be viewed as cards that ask us what we want to manifest in our lives.

The Ace of Wands seeks to ignite our passions and encourages us to start new projects.

There are also cards that point out that we have not found what we are seeking. For example, the Four of Cups may suggest that we seek out something more engaging, and more exciting, than what we have so far discovered. The Eight of Cups suggests that it may be time to walk away from the past, and journey toward something new.

Judgement, of course, suggests closure to the past, and being open to a reawakening.

The theme of discovery, and the search for soul satisfaction, is inherent in the stories told by tarot, and in the messages of many cards. Perhaps this is because we are all driven to find the things that feed the soul.

Upcoming Events

Christiana Gaudet in her reading room.

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 47
November 23, 2022

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Visions and Revisions

T.S. Elliot and Mercury retrograde inspire some thoughts on how we manifest our future.

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This week our newsletter theme comes from one of my favorite poems, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”, by T.S. Eliot.

“Prufrock”, as it is affectionately known, is a complex poem. I had to write a paper about it in high school. Maybe you did, too. One of the many themes of “Prufrock” considers the passage of time from the perspective of impending old age.

We always wonder if we will have enough time. We worry we will not have time for little things in a day or a week, and for big things, like being able to create the future we envision for ourselves.

The verse from “Prufrock” reads,

And indeed there will be time…

…Time for you and time for me,

And time yet for a hundred indecisions,

And for a hundred visions and revisions,

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I thought of these words this week as we entered Mercury retrograde. While Mercury retrograde is something often feared, Mercury retrograde offers us a wonderful opportunity for visions and revisions.

These next few weeks are a time to review, to revisit, and to process the past. For creative people especially, Mercury retrograde lends itself to the process of editing, and re-envisioning our projects.

This week, let us take the time for visions and revisions. What is your vision for your life? How is that vision changing? How can you refine your goals and perspectives, to fit the you that you have become?

The worry that there will not be enough time is part of this process. We must make the time, and take the time, to craft our vision. Creation takes time. Manifestation takes time.

We must remember that our vision is worth revision, and worthy of the time it takes to get it right.

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The StaarCorner

StaarCon 2022 will be held as an intensive three-day hybrid conference January 21 through 23, and a thirty-day “afterglow” where you can review classes and enjoy live event online.

The in-person conference will be held at the Doubletree Hotel and Executive Meeting Center in Palm Beach Gardens. The online conference and the thirty-day conference “afterglow” will be held on Accelevents.

StaarCon 2021 was held online-only on Accelevents, and it was magnificent. StaarCon 2022 will be even better. Mark your calendars now. Tickets will be available soon!

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Did you miss Making Magick with Tarot?
Take it now in archive at Card and Craft Academy on Teachable!
Includes the class materials and a recording of the live webcast.

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Our June Zoom Tarot Class

On Thursday, June 24, 7 pm to 9 pm ET, join me for the Fearless Wisdom Tarot Workshop on Zoom

Are you a fearful tarot enthusiast? Are there specific cards that make you nervous? Do you want to read for yourself or others, but worry about the cards that might appear?

Join me for a workshop that will help you embrace the healing power of each card, and your own skill and wisdom as a tarot reader.

In this two-hour workshop you will take a deep dive into the cards that disturb you the most.  You will learn new ways to process dark images and find the healing and helpful truth within them.

You will learn some best practices for fearless and wise tarot reading, including setting your ethics and boundaries, invoking spirit and creating sacred space.

Register for this workshop now.

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Make Your Appointment to See Me in the Tampa Bay Area in June!

I will be available for house calls, small parties at your home or office, and private readings by appointment at my AirBnB in Wesley Chapel June 11 through June 14.

This will be the first time I have been able to visit the Tampa Bay Area in more than a year. I am looking forward to seeing old friends and meeting new friends!

If you would like an in-person session with me during that time, please call or text 561-655-1160 to make your appointment.

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Three-Card Spread for Visions and Revisions

Use a tarot deck or oracle deck and try this spread during Mercury retrograde to help you grow your vision for your best future.

 

Let Card One show you how to make the best use of your time as you move forward.

Let Card Two show you something about your vision for the future.

Let Card Three show you something that you have not considered or need to know about your vision for the future.

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Join me at Masters of the Tarot at Omega Institute

I am glad to be one of the five teachers presenting the Masters of the Tarot conference at Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, NY, this summer. The conference is July 23 through 25.

Founded in the late 1970s, Omega is a unique retreat center that is known and loved by many in our community.

Mary K. Greer and Rachel Pollack have presented a tarot conference there every summer for decades. Of course, last year Omega was unable to open.

I am very excited to be a part of this iconic event as the world begins to restart. Make your plans to join us there!

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The Week in Review

This week I shared a blogpost of interest to professional tarot readers and small business owners alike. While specifically focused on the business of tarot, this post contains information that any solopreneur can use. It is all about finding your niche.

I am thrilled with the way my YouTube channel is growing. Consider subscribing, and check out the option to join as a member!

From Around the Web

Here is a way to make some magic with a tarot vision board!

Here is a vision board to connect with your personal tarot cards.

Here is a tarot spread from Ethony for Mercury retrograde.

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Back and Forth to Connecticut

My first Northeastern Tour in more than a year was a huge success. I am grateful to everyone who welcomed me to their homes, businesses, and offices, and those who came to see me at True Bikram Yoga.

I am grateful to True Bikram Yoga for hosting me.

I will return to New England this summer, July 26 through August 9. It is now time to book your party, house call, or private reading with me. You can call or text me at 561-655-1160.

I am also excited that I will be speaking at the Omega Institute as part of the Masters of the Tarot conference July 23 through 25. You can make your reservations for Omega here.

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Cards for Your Consideration

What is ‘vision’ as a concept? It is neither eyesight nor psychic vision.  Rather, it is how we want something to look and be. ‘Vision’, in this context, is a way of creatively looking toward our future, and toward the future we wish to manifest.

What card might speak of this sort of vision? For me, it is the Two of Wands, in any tarot deck. The Two of Wands asks us to look at the world we want to create, and what we want to create in the world. The Two of Wands asks us to use our imagination to dream, to plot and to plan. The Two of Wands asks us to take our time to set our vision and manifest our future.

Upcoming Events and Tours

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This Friday the Palm City office will reopen to the public, so make your appointment now!

Card and Craft Academy

Classes presented by Christiana are available right now at Card and Craft Academy!



Catch up on your missed Zoom webinars and more!
cardandcraftacademy.com

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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 22
June 2, 2021

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Checking the Boxes

This week we explore the practical, emotional, and spiritual aspects of list-making.

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Some people are natural list-makers. My mother had countless numbers of small notebooks, all filled with lists. There were grocery lists, gift lists, and to-do lists.

My grandmother did not like to-do lists. She would make “accomplishment lists” at the end of the day so she could feel happy with what she had done, rather than guilty about what she had left undone. There is some wisdom there!

In our society, the “bucket list” is the things you want to do before you die. Many people have bucket lists that are fanciful, and very unlikely to be fulfilled.

Single people are encouraged to make a list of exactly what they want in a partner, in an effort to manifest the right relationship. I cannot begin to tell you the number of times I have comforted people after the potential partner who “checked all the boxes” on first glance turned out to be a source of heartbreak and disappointment.

We often think of the list of things that will bring us satisfaction in life, and look at which boxes are checked, and which are not. It is good to be clear, with ourselves and with the Universe, about what we want in life. A checklist for life can keep us on track and motivated as we work toward our goals.

We also need to have some mystery boxes on our list. That is, things we do not know we want, but are surprised to discover they bring joy and fulfillment to our lives.

Sometimes the opposite is true, as well. We get something we thought we needed, or wanted, and it turns out to not make us happy at all.

It is good to have clear and stated goals. Yet, we also need to learn to be happy before all the boxes are checked. Sometimes we do not get everything we want when we want it.

There is no single thing, and no specific recipe of ingredients, for joy, happiness, and satisfaction in life, no matter how many boxes we check.

We might get everything we want, and still feel that something is missing. We might get less than what we want, and still maintain an attitude of gratitude and space for joy.

No matter what we have or wish to have, happiness comes from what is within us. No list of accomplishments or possession will make us happy until we allow our happiness. We cannot expect to anticipate all the happy surprises that could bring us the most joy of all.

That is where a gratitude list comes in handy. It can be a wonderful exercise to make a list of all the things for which we are grateful. Very often, that energy of gratitude helps us to manifest the things that will check all the boxes.

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The StaarCorner

Our second annual conference will be January 21 through 23, 2022. We will be a hybrid conference, meeting in person in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, and online using the Accelevents platform.

One of our missions for StaarCon is to present a wide range of topics within the field of divination. We are excited that Mary Ellen Collins has agreed to present a class on casting charms as a unique divination process. She will also share ways to combine charm casting with tarot reading.

Whether you plan to attend in person or online, now is the time to begin collecting small objects for your personal charm divination kit. Small toys, jewelry pieces, coins, keys, and other mementos can all become sacred objects with which you divine truth and enhance your tarot readings.

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Did you miss Clarity in Every Tarot Card?
Take it now in archive at Card and Craft Academy on Teachable!
Includes the class materials and a recording of the live webcast.

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Join Us for Tarot Class on Zoom Tomorrow Evening!

I am so excited for tarot class tomorrow evening. We meet on Zoom at 7 pm, ET, Thursday, April 22. This class is unique in that we are going to attempt to quantify and teach one of the most mysterious aspects of tarot reading. That is, the flow of a tarot reading.

Every tarot reading will tell you that sometimes the cards, the information, and the energy just flows, while other times a reading can feel stilted and disconnected.

In this workshop we will explore what creates flow, and how to find the flow even when it is not happening easily.

Learn more about this class and get your ticket by visiting the event description on my website. Class fee is $37.50.

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List and Manifest with Tarot

Tarot is a great tool for setting goals, and for raising the energy to help manifest them. There are many ways to do this.

If you are not sure exactly what you want, you can use divination to help you know what boxes you should be looking to check.

For example, suppose you have had a series of failed relationships, but would like to manifest a relationship that would be healing and happy. You could ask the cards to show you the attributes of someone who would be a great partner for you. Choose five or six cards from the deck at random. Make a list of the attributes you see in those cards. Then, spend some time focusing your energy on those cards, and that list, as a way of manifesting that person into your life.

If you are clear on your specific goals, you might go through your deck looking at the cards. Cognitively choose all the cards which, to you, represent your goals, and the things you want in your life. This is a version of creating a vision board. By choosing the images which represent the list of things you want, you are using your energy, and the power of the images, to help bring those things into being.

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Make Your Plans to See me In Connecticut in May!

I will be in Connecticut May 21 through May 26. I have a limited number of appointments available for private readings at True Bikram Yoga in Madison, and house calls and small parties at your home or office.

Please call or text me now at 561-655-1160 to reserve your appointment time. It will be wonderful to get together and look toward a new, better future.

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The Week in Review

This week I shared a blogpost about Three Ways to Learn a Tarot Card. Wherever you are in your tarot practice, these techniques will help you expand your knowledge and your confidence.

Have you seen any of my weekly livestream reading sessions on my YouTube channel? Here is the most recent Three Card-Weekly Reading. Can you see a way that these cards are playing out in your life this week?

From Around the Web

Here are three recent articles from popular magazines and websites about tarot. It is great to see tarot gaining acceptance and understanding in the world at large.

In Marie Claire, we see an article about ways that tarot is not helpful, and ways that it is.

Financial Times tells us why tarot is trending.

MLB.com shares a story about a baseball player who receives help from a tarot reader.

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Cards for Your Consideration

There are many tarot cards that might speak of the process of quantifying what it will take to produce satisfaction, and what it will take to manifest those things.

The Two of Wands is a card that can speak of this, either to describe such a process or to encourage it.

In the Two of Wands we see a person considering what in the world they want, what they want to do, and how they are going to make it happen.

There is both a practical and spiritual component here. The setting of the goals and making of the list is practical. The attention and energy sent in a specific direction is the spiritual practice of manifestation. Two of Wands can reference both these components.

Upcoming Events and Tours

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Palm City office appointments and private parties in your home or office will be available starting June 4th!


Card and Craft Academy

Classes presented by Christiana are available right now at Card and Craft Academy!



Catch up on your missed Zoom webinars and more!
cardandcraftacademy.com

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Tarot Topics Newsletter
Volume 4 Issue 16
April 21, 2021

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