Unfolding
We think of our life experiences in a linear way. Time is a line, and our feelings and experiences are categorized along that timeline.
What happens when we think of time as something that unfolds, revealing new possibilities with each step?
When we look at everything that has happened to lead us to where we are today, we can clearly see that we were never walking a straight line. One thing leads to another in curves, and layers, and mysteries.
When we think of our own personal growth, the same is true. We are each unfolding as we move toward healing and enlightenment. When something unfolds, we can see its true size, and its true nature.
When I was a child, my mother taught me some simple origami. I loved folding the smooth, brightly colored paper to make unlikely animals and objects. Many years later, I taught my own daughter.
What strikes me is that in origami, sometimes you must make a fold, and then unfold it, to make a crease that will create a shape later in the process. That seems like a metaphor for the things that happen in life that leave a mark upon us. Sometimes what seems like an unnecessary step that marks us today will be exactly what we need to help us create what we wanted all along.
The StaarCorner
Brenda Elizabeth, also known as Lady Lenormand, will present an intensive on Friday morning at StaarCon called Introduction to Lenormand. In four 45-minute sessions, Brenda will take you through the entire process of learning to work with the Petit Lenormand cards.
Like tarot, Lenormand cards are a specific system of card divination. While tarot works in metaphors, Lenormand speaks in more literal terms.
With only thirty-six cards in the deck, Lenormand is read in pairs or groupings of cards. A full Lenormand reading, called a grand tableau, uses all the cards in the deck.
If you would like to learn to use Lenormand cards, or if you would like to increase your skill, consider attending StaarCon’s Friday sessions, either in person in West Palm Beach, or online!
Tickets are available now for StaarCon 2023, January 20-22.
Unfolding a Tarot Card
Obviously, you should never actually literally fold a tarot card!
Yet, our relationship with each card unfolds over time. How we perceive and understand each card can change from reading to reading, and from year to year.
Likewise, when we perform a tarot reading, the information unfolds over the course of a reading. Each card can mean more than one thing within a single reading. Combinations of cards can add greater information. You can draw more cards throughout the course of the reading to provide more information and answer the questions that arise.
When we think about tarot knowledge and tarot reading as something that unfolds, we give ourselves the opportunity to dive deeply into tarot understanding over time, and to get the most information possible from a single tarot reading.
The Week in Review
If you are a member of my YouTube channel, did you catch our Members Only Livestream on Monday? If not, you can watch the replay.
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From Around the Web
There is now a Princess Diana tarot deck!
To this day, the game of tarot is played in France. Here is how to play!
Try the Unfolding Lotus Tarot Spread.
Guidance on the Journey
When we divine with tarot or other tools, we often want to know what will happen in the future. Sometimes we fear the answer. Sometimes unpracticed or unethical professionals will tell us firmly that something will or will not happen.
Predictions are a part of life, not only in divination, but in finance, weather, medicine, fashion, and fads.
Yet, if time is always unfolding, and life rarely moves in a straight line, we must remember that predictions are only possibilities. Some serve as warnings and allow us to make corrections to create a better outcome. Others serve as encouragement, giving us the inspiration to work toward our goals.
Sometimes the best divinations give us ideas and insights rather than clear predictions. Sometimes the best advice we can get from our divination is to trust that the universe, and our lives, will unfold in the best ways possible.
Upcoming Events
Card and Craft Academy
Classes presented by Christiana are available right now at Card and Craft Academy!
Christiana’s Eleven-Card Celtic Cross
Finding Meaning in the Minor Arcana
The Major Arcana, Magical and Mundane
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
Your Journey Through the Tarot Court
Tarot Stories, Trends, and Blends
Tarot Readings for Personalities and Relationships
Fearless Wisdom Tarot Workshop
Tarot Keywords and Interpretations Workshop
Tarot Spreads Tools and Techniques Workshop
Tarot for Magic and Mediumship
Tarot Communication for Clarity and Depth
Weaving the Tarot Reading Story
Minor Arcana Numbers, Elements, and Truth
Create and Interpret Custom Tarot Spreads
What the Court Cards Want You to Know
Catch up on your missed Zoom webinars and more!
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About Christiana Gaudet
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Tarot Topics Newsletter
Volume 5 Issue 33
August 17, 2022