As we begin a new year, we like to have clear vision for the months ahead. We like to have an expectation of what is coming. We like to have goals. We sometimes make resolutions about changes we want to make in our lives. The new year inspires us to begin new things, find new ways, and seek greater clarity.

Over this past year it feels as though clarity has been hard to find because we have all been facing new and unknown things. That makes our dedication to seeking clear truth, thought, and vision even more vital.

We need to be clear about our intentions as we move forward into a new year. We need to be clear about our skills and resources as we work to create our stability. Maybe most importantly, we need to be clear about what we know and what we trust.

Perhaps the most important aspect of clarity is the ability to see oneself clearly. So often we see ourselves through a lens of low confidence. Sometimes our understanding of ourselves is distorted by expectations, either our own or of those around us.

Meditation, divination and self-reflection are some of the best ways to find our own personal clarity. From there, it is easier to make sense of the world.

The StaarCorner

Our last podcast of 2020 was a blast! I was all set to interview Amie Mouser, who is our podcast producer and also a presenter at StaarCon. She shared with us a clear agenda for her exciting presentation, which is about using the power and cycles of the moon in manifestation work.

Then she turned the tables on me and asked me some questions about my Preconference Intensive, Operational Tarot. Make sure you check out Moon Manifestation and Tarot Operation with Amie Mouser. You can watch it on YouTube, or listen wherever you get your podcasts.

StaarCon is this month, so get your tickets now!

Countdown to StaarCon

It’s hard to believe that, after all these months of planning, StaarCon will happen this month. Making the pivot to an online conference for our first event has been challenging, but I think you will find the result is amazing. We are offering four tracks of classes, five discussion groups, three tarot art performances, a full-scale psychic fair and exhibition hall, and more.

We have more than thirty presenters ready to inform, enlighten and inspire you.

If you have questions about StaarCon, please call or text me at 561-655-1160, or email me.

It is time to get your tickets for this amazing event. Remember that all classes will be recorded, and you will have thirty days to view them after the event.

StaarCon begins on January 22 and ends on January 24. Please plan to join us!

Clarity about Clarifying Cards in a Tarot Reading

In tarot, there is a practice of using a clarifying card. The problem is that a lot of readers do not have clarity on what this means and how to use it.

In a tarot reading, each card clarifies other cards that appear in the same spread. What does that mean? It means the way we interpret every card can be modified and understood when we take into account the cards that surround it.

Why, then, would we need a specified clarifying card? The answer is, we often don’t. Often the card that is designated as a clarifier offers very little clarity.

There are times, however, when a clarifying card is worth its weight in gold.

I feel the best use of such a card is as follows.

Do not use a clarifying card by rote. Only draw one if it is needed.

When do you need a clarifier? You need a clarifier when a particular card has you stumped. What you need to do is either formulate a question about that card, or simply ask, “What are you trying to tell me?” and pull a card in answer. That card should clarify the meaning of the troublesome card for you.

For more information about clarifying cards, and other ways to use them, read this blogpost I wrote about the topic a few years ago.

The Week in Review

This week my blogpost is a reflection on some things I learned in 2020.

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From Around the Web

Not only is it a new year, it is a new month. Symbolic Living has your tarotscopes!

Susan Miller has your astrology forecast.

Theresa Reed’s Hit List comes out at the beginning of every month. It is always a great read.

Cards for Your Consideration

Which tarot card speaks most about our search for clarity? Since we very often use tarot in that search, we might find a way to let each of the seventy-eight cards speak to us of clarity.

One of my favorite cards to speak of the eternal search for truth and clarity is the High Priestess.

In a reading, the High Priestess can speak of many things. She is the card of perfection, balance, wisdom, intuition, and the subconscious. We say that she travels beyond the veil and knows the secrets of life and death.

That she is a keeper of such knowledge makes her a source of truth.

Very often her message to us that that we can only find the truth we seek by searching within ourselves.

When the High Priestess appears, she may be beckoning you to sit in silence and look within to find your inner visions, and to seek your inner truth. It is in that process that we find clarity.

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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 (New)

Tarot Topics Newsletter
Volume 4 Issue 1
January 6, 2021