Comparing as a Technique There are many ways to study the cards. Once you have a basic foundation, you will probably, like many other tarot enthusiasts, find lots of different methods of exploring and diving deeper into the cards. And sometimes one method can be applied in several different ways! Yeah! For example, I love…
Your Spirit Guides Reading will help identify one or more of your guides, give advice for working with them, express messages they wish to share, and, in some cases, identify blocks that are keeping you from hearing or interacting with your guide or guides.
As I lost myself in the beauty of her voice and the loveliness of the song, a meditation based on the tarot appeared—like Athena from Zeus’s head—fully formed in my mind.
If you know my work, you know that I love to blend tarot and meditation. I also like to blend scent (via candles, incense, or essential oils) with meditation. Using all three together creates a powerful trifecta, a triple-charged transformative experience.
Since realizing that every curse was akin to an act of magic, I’ve tried to ground the energy, giving it back to Mama Earth, who can neutralize it or send it where it would be appropriate and useful. It’s a slow process to develop this habit, but when I do it, I can really feel the energy shift. It does feel good not to send destructive energy into the lives of my fellow people. And driving has become a bit less stressful.
Once upon a time there was a mysterious goddess, or perhaps a witch-it’s not quite clear which, who lived on an island in the middle of Lake Tegid. It is said that knowing the name of something gives
one power over it. That might be because knowing a thing’s name reveals its nature. Well, the name of this goddess, or witch, is Cerridwen. Knowing that is not likely to give you any power over her.
Nor will it help you understand her nature. The name Cerridwen means someone who is fair and beloved. However, there are some who say her original name was really Cyrridfen, which means a hooked,
crooked old woman. …
Shall we get right into it? How do you feel about reversals? Do you read them? If so, how? Do you have seventy-eight other interpretations that you use? Do you have a system that you apply to or a modification for the upright meanings? Do you not use them? Why? What do you do when one comes up upside down? Because no matter how careful you are, they somehow manage to get mixed up all the time.
It seems that people have fairly strong opinions about reversals. Years ago, when the American Tarot Association used to certify readers, I went through the certification process. That process included creating and using your own reversed meanings. I did so, of course, because I used to be an annoying over-achiever. But I never liked using reversals.
We’ve all done readings that go along very well until suddenly your brain freezes and no
words are coming out of your mouth. If you’re reading for someone else, this can be awkward or embarrassing. Even worse, it may cause you to lose confidence yourself or create a disconnect between
you and your reading mojo. Luckily there a lot of techniques that can help you overcome just such a moment. And, as is the way of Universe, these methods may become some of your favorite tools for
accessing intuitive, divine wisdom, whether or not you’re feeling stuck.
Before we get into some of these practices, I want to mention a different experience of being stuck. In an
"http://www.llewellyn.com/journal/article/1844?utm_source=llewellynjournal&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=llewellynjournal">earlier article I wrote about the importance of community and
provided some sources for you to connect with various aspects of the tarot community either online or in your local area. When I was working on this article, I got a stuck (a bit of writer’s block).
I turned to the tarot community and found tons of support. In particular, Amy Lamash, creator of
the Tarot Calendar (found at http://www.tarotcalendar.com/) shared some of her own ideas with me and said to
share them with you.
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