Many tarot readers will know exactly what I am talking about when I say my cards seems tired, our not responsive, or muddled. Now there can be another cause for this brain drain, which is fatigue, dehydration and emotional upset. But if you are sure, you are attuned and ready to read and your cards are sluggish, I created a special ritual to wake them up. Take your cards and put them back in order again, in the order in which they came. For most decks, including the Rider-Waite Smith Deck, you will put them In order with The Magician first then all the majors and stop at the Fool. Then the rest of the suits will be Wands, Cups, Swords, Pentacles. Aces first through ten, then courts up to King.
That is the order in which they come and Arthur E. Waite lists them.
Then, put them either in a windowsill or outside under a Full Moon's Light. In the morning remove them , so they had a little sun too.
And your cards will be dancing. I also place a crystal on top usually a quartz, while they moon bathe under the magical light of Luna.
I have used smudging and every other cleaning technique and not to say they don't work, this method just works best for me. Try it. Leave a comment and let me know how yours feel.
I swear the next day, not only were the cards alive with energy, and details, the colors even seemed alive.
Friday, April 29, 2011
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Tea & Tarot
It is very rare I allow someone to read cards for me. However yesterday I had an enchanting afternoon with Barb from the Mystic Review. As she read me, she confirmed my thoughts and referred many great books. Whenever we get together, it is like Fate takes a break to have Tea with us, as goosebumps come at the eerie accuracy and synchronicity soars. I love our talks.
Barb has wonderful energy and gives advice as a friend should. She steers me from pitfalls and brings me down to earth from my latest follies. Perhaps going to Africa to become a Root Doctor wasn't the best decision for me. So, I appreciate her. :)
A good reader and friend knows when to give good advice in a gentle way. And a professional reader always gives advice and spiritual material to read as Barb always suggests great books.She has a great taste in reading and I am always shocked by her accuracy in picking the right books.
Our afternoon tea's & tarot are awe inspiring in Barb's two story 100 year old home which I rent..
It is so good to have a friend to exchange readings with. That I wouldn't change for the world, or even for a nice trip to Africa.
Barb has wonderful energy and gives advice as a friend should. She steers me from pitfalls and brings me down to earth from my latest follies. Perhaps going to Africa to become a Root Doctor wasn't the best decision for me. So, I appreciate her. :)
A good reader and friend knows when to give good advice in a gentle way. And a professional reader always gives advice and spiritual material to read as Barb always suggests great books.She has a great taste in reading and I am always shocked by her accuracy in picking the right books.
Our afternoon tea's & tarot are awe inspiring in Barb's two story 100 year old home which I rent..
It is so good to have a friend to exchange readings with. That I wouldn't change for the world, or even for a nice trip to Africa.
Tarot Journeys- Lesson 1- The Fool
In the Tarot there are five suits, similar to the playing cards, but with an additional suit called the Major Arcana or Trumps. Although opinions vastly vary on this topic, I will give my two cents as this is my blog. I believe in Free Will, 100%. I also believe in Karma as being certain energies that we are meant to experience due to learning or past life issues. I do believe that we have total free will in how we respond or act. When a major Arcana card pops up, I know that there energies at work behind the scenes. If it is a relationship question, or money question I know that it is more than just the question being asked, that there is more going on that the querent may not be aware of at force.
That takes us to The Fool, our first Major card who holds the #0. There are different schools of learning on the Fool, some believe it is the first of the majors, followed by the Magician #1, and some put it at the end of the deck and begin with the Magician #1 as the first card of suit. I have a totally different take on this.
I take the fool like a joker, or a wild card in the deck.
The Fool is Free Will in motion, it is the person's choice in the matter. The Fool is Free Will experienced in the cards. The Major Arcana are the Life Lessons, The Minor Arcana are the smaller things we experience in life, and the Fool ,is its own. At times, I separate the Fool onto its own.
So, when The Fool appears in a Tarot reading, I predict that the outcome of the question lies within the person's ability to exercise their own free will.
I always believe in a Free Will. I do not believe that life is preordained. People may ask, "Then how do you predict the future?"
My answer to them is, that people are existing on vibrations. And as much as they may will something, if it isn't in their higher good or they are reaching for it in the wrong manner, the cards will show blockages, etc.
As long as people have free will, the cards will always be up in the air.
I read for one of my best friend's yesterday. Her name is Barb at the Mystic Review blog, when I did her reading, I saw that she was put here to write, healing books and to channel. She confirmed this is what she wanted and has been working on. Can I say 100% she will continue on to write and publish. No. That is within the realm of her Free Will. Do I think she will, yes. Why, because there was so much energy she was vibrating at that was headed in that direction.
It is almost like shooting an arrow. Once you get the arrow, load it, pull back and let go. It is gone into the air. Sometimes you put so much energy into something, creative energy and will, that you create something.
It is like a pregnancy. A doctor can read all the signs and tell you as long as nothing bad happens, as long as there are no health issues or unforeseen accidents this fetus will turn into a human being. Not a fish, not a hang glider but a human. Certain things can be predicted because the energy generated created a seed,a living energy. And that can manifest into something. Many times my predictions for people come true, in fact most times, 100% on target. People will say, then some of it has to be predestined. Not necessarily.
I will give two examples of this.
A few months ago a woman came to me and asked if she would ever have a baby because she tried for years with failure. Her cards to my surprise said yes. She later found out that she actually was pregnant already at the time of the tarot session and didn't even know it.
I read for a client yesterday as a matter of fact. She is trying to sell her home. I told her I saw in the cards a darker complexioned woman (queen of pentacles) would come with a spouse (lovers) and another female who was dominating. The client said, that is remarkable, I have a showing for the house this coming weekend it is an Indian woman, her husband and her mother. She asked how it would go, I pulled the 5 of swords ( aggravation) and the three of swords (heartbreak). I felt these people wouldn't be the ones to buy it with the heartache as the outcome card. She said that the wife's mother is coming with them because she has a real estate license and it is well known she can be a real pain in the rear and dominant.
She e-mailed today, and said the people had canceled and are not coming to see it after all.
Were the cards wrong? Not at all. They described people coming to look at her home, their physical characteristics and disappointment in the end.
Nothing is set in stone. Things are apt to change. Why, simply because there is Free Will, and with the Fool, we can ride it out or deny that it exits instead waiting for our dreams to come true. Me? I would rather be the Fool and travel through this short game of life, weightless with my dreams and wishes in my little bag, waiting for my next journey.
That takes us to The Fool, our first Major card who holds the #0. There are different schools of learning on the Fool, some believe it is the first of the majors, followed by the Magician #1, and some put it at the end of the deck and begin with the Magician #1 as the first card of suit. I have a totally different take on this.
I take the fool like a joker, or a wild card in the deck.
The Fool is Free Will in motion, it is the person's choice in the matter. The Fool is Free Will experienced in the cards. The Major Arcana are the Life Lessons, The Minor Arcana are the smaller things we experience in life, and the Fool ,is its own. At times, I separate the Fool onto its own.
I always believe in a Free Will. I do not believe that life is preordained. People may ask, "Then how do you predict the future?"
My answer to them is, that people are existing on vibrations. And as much as they may will something, if it isn't in their higher good or they are reaching for it in the wrong manner, the cards will show blockages, etc.
As long as people have free will, the cards will always be up in the air.
I read for one of my best friend's yesterday. Her name is Barb at the Mystic Review blog, when I did her reading, I saw that she was put here to write, healing books and to channel. She confirmed this is what she wanted and has been working on. Can I say 100% she will continue on to write and publish. No. That is within the realm of her Free Will. Do I think she will, yes. Why, because there was so much energy she was vibrating at that was headed in that direction.
It is almost like shooting an arrow. Once you get the arrow, load it, pull back and let go. It is gone into the air. Sometimes you put so much energy into something, creative energy and will, that you create something.
It is like a pregnancy. A doctor can read all the signs and tell you as long as nothing bad happens, as long as there are no health issues or unforeseen accidents this fetus will turn into a human being. Not a fish, not a hang glider but a human. Certain things can be predicted because the energy generated created a seed,a living energy. And that can manifest into something. Many times my predictions for people come true, in fact most times, 100% on target. People will say, then some of it has to be predestined. Not necessarily.
I will give two examples of this.
A few months ago a woman came to me and asked if she would ever have a baby because she tried for years with failure. Her cards to my surprise said yes. She later found out that she actually was pregnant already at the time of the tarot session and didn't even know it.
I read for a client yesterday as a matter of fact. She is trying to sell her home. I told her I saw in the cards a darker complexioned woman (queen of pentacles) would come with a spouse (lovers) and another female who was dominating. The client said, that is remarkable, I have a showing for the house this coming weekend it is an Indian woman, her husband and her mother. She asked how it would go, I pulled the 5 of swords ( aggravation) and the three of swords (heartbreak). I felt these people wouldn't be the ones to buy it with the heartache as the outcome card. She said that the wife's mother is coming with them because she has a real estate license and it is well known she can be a real pain in the rear and dominant.
She e-mailed today, and said the people had canceled and are not coming to see it after all.
Were the cards wrong? Not at all. They described people coming to look at her home, their physical characteristics and disappointment in the end.
Nothing is set in stone. Things are apt to change. Why, simply because there is Free Will, and with the Fool, we can ride it out or deny that it exits instead waiting for our dreams to come true. Me? I would rather be the Fool and travel through this short game of life, weightless with my dreams and wishes in my little bag, waiting for my next journey.
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