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On to February!
StaarCon 5 was fabulous. Now, on to a new month!
The words 'Thank You' written in sand at the shore.
Friends, if you were able to participate in StaarCon 5, I am grateful. What a fabulous time we had!
While the conference is over, the AfterGlow is underway! Ticketholders are watching replays of StaarCon 5 sessions. Even if you missed StaarCon 5, you can still buy a ticket and enjoy the AfterGlow all year!
Our first AfterGlow lounge sessions are as follows.
Thursday, January 30, Learn Lenormand in 90 Minutes with Brenda Elizabeth at 7:30 pm.
Saturday, February 8, The Year of the Hermit – Inner Presence Quarterly check-in with Katrina Wynne at 1 pm.
Saturday, February 8, Tarot Vibes: A Full Moon Prep Journey with Alyassia Taylor at 8 pm.
I have a few openings for in-person readings at the W Executive Group in West Palm Beach on Wednesday, February 5. This is by appointment only. Please call or text 561-655-1160 to schedule your in-person session with me in West Palm Beach.
Your regular Tarot Topics Weekly Newsletter will return next week with a brand-new column.
Watch my YouTube channel for some great new content this month, and schedule your appointment with me directly online or by calling or texting 561-655-1160.
The StaarCon 5 Imagining of Pixie Arcana. Art and composition by Stacey Williams-Ng, backgrounds by Animix.
Christiana holds the Queen of Wands at the library in West Palm Beach.
Get a Reading in West Palm Beach!
I have limited availability for appointments in West Palm Beach on Thursday, January 23rd, Monday, January 24th, and Tuesday, January 25th. These must be scheduled in advance and can’t be made online.
Please call now to schedule yours!
561-655-1160 / 866-99TAROT (866-998-2768)
The StaarCon 5 Major Arcana.
About Christiana Gaudet
Card and Craft, Inc.
Southeastern Tarot Artists and Readers, LLC.
Christiana Gaudet
770 SE Indian Street
Stuart, Florida 34997-5604
Locations in Port Saint Lucie, West Palm Beach, and Stuart, Florida!
Email cgaudet@cardandcraft.com
On the web www.christianagaudet.com
Online classes www.cardandcraftacademy.com
StaarCon information www.staarcon.com
YouTube @YourTarotFairyGodmother
Instagram @christianatarot @staarcon
TikTok @christianagaudettarot
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 are available almost everywhere!
Call toll free 866-99TAROT (866-998-2768)
For business or agent inquiries, call 772-301-0232
For appointments, call or text 561-655-1160
Schedule Appointments, Mentoring Sessions, or Purchase Gift Certificates Online!
Schedule your private reading or mentorship session, or purchase gift certificates at https://christiana-gaudet.as.me.
Agent inquiries are welcome.
Tarot Topics Newsletter
Volume 8 Issue 5
January 29, 2025
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See You at StaarCon 5!
StaarCon 5 is January 24-26, followed by a year-long AfterGlow. Join us!
Christiana stands on the StaarCon 5 red carpet.
StaarCon 5 begins at 9 am Friday morning. Registration at the hotel in West Palm Beach opens at 8 am.
We are beyond excited about this event, which is five years in the making.
Here are ways you can participate.
Join us virtually! You can get a general admission virtual ticket for just $10, which allows you to enjoy the evening events all three days and to attend all the live lounge sessions scheduled throughout the year. You can find the lounge events on the StaarCon website, which are scheduled on a calendar. Check back often as new events are added constantly throughout the year.
If you like, you can join us virtually for the full conference, for either one, two, or all three days. If you do, recordings of the sessions on your ticketed days will be available to you for a full year, as well as the lounge sessions.
Join us in person in West Palm Beach. Get your tickets in advance or at the door! Again, you can join us for one, two, or all three days.
Or, if you are local but don’t want to attend the conference, come shop in the Marketplace! The StaarCon 5 Marketplace features over thirty exhibitors, including tarot readers, mediums, an aura photographer, tarot decks, books, gifts, spiritual tools, crystals, and one-of-a-kind finds. The StaarCon 5 Marketplace is open Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, 10 am - 6 pm, and is free to attend.
If you have questions about StaarCon, please text or call me at 561-655-1160. I am available for readings leading up to the conference and directly thereafter. Please don’t hesitate to call or text to schedule your session with me.
Your regular Tarot Topics Weekly Newsletter will return on Wednesday, February 5th. In the meantime, look for pictures and live streams from StaarCon 5 on social media, and communicate with me by text or phone at 561-655-1160.
The StaarCon 5 Imagining of Pixie Arcana. Art and composition by Stacey Williams-Ng, backgrounds by Animix.
Christiana holds the Queen of Wands at the library in West Palm Beach.
Get a Reading in West Palm Beach!
I have limited availability for appointments in West Palm Beach on Thursday, January 23rd, Monday, January 24th, and Tuesday, January 25th. These must be scheduled in advance and can’t be made online.
Please call now to schedule yours!
561-655-1160 / 866-99TAROT (866-998-2768)
The Delta Hotels by Marriott West Palm Beach.
About Christiana Gaudet
Card and Craft, Inc.
Southeastern Tarot Artists and Readers, LLC.
Christiana Gaudet
770 SE Indian Street
Stuart, Florida 34997-5604
Locations in Port Saint Lucie, West Palm Beach, and Stuart, Florida!
Email cgaudet@cardandcraft.com
On the web www.christianagaudet.com
Online classes www.cardandcraftacademy.com
StaarCon information www.staarcon.com
YouTube @YourTarotFairyGodmother
Instagram @christianatarot @staarcon
TikTok @christianagaudettarot
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 are available almost everywhere!
Call toll free 866-99TAROT (866-998-2768)
For business or agent inquiries, call 772-301-0232
For appointments, call or text 561-655-1160
Schedule Appointments, Mentoring Sessions, or Purchase Gift Certificates Online!
Schedule your private reading or mentorship session, or purchase gift certificates at https://christiana-gaudet.as.me.
Agent inquiries are welcome.
Tarot Topics Newsletter
Volume 8 Issue 4
January 22, 2025
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Good Fences
This week, inspired by Robert Frost's famous poem, we discuss why boundaries are important.
A stone wall in the woods.
Though I have many, one of my favorite Robert Frost poems is “Mending Wall.” Growing up in the Northeastern states, I know well the stone fences running through the woods and how easily nature conspires to break them down.
In the poem, Frost and his neighbor meet to repair the stone wall. The neighbor says, “Good fences make good neighbors.” Written in 1914, this poem uses the stone wall as a metaphor for boundaries.
The term ‘boundaries,’ which describes our ability to protect ourselves by setting limits, began in the 1990s. Books, blog posts, and podcasts that teach us to say no and set boundaries are proliferating, likely because we all need help learning not to feel guilty for having needs and desires.
But why do good fences make good neighbors? First, if we have a clear social contract with each other, our peaceful coexistence is assured. Maybe even more important is this.
If we are unable to say no and set boundaries with others, we are automatically at the mercy of others and have no control over our own destiny.
People might be disappointed when we say no, and that’s okay. However, if they are angry, belittling, or shaming us when we set boundaries, they give us a sign to make those boundaries even more restrictive.
Spending less time and energy on people who resist our boundaries gives us more time and energy to build deep and trusting relationships with people who honor and respect us as we do them.
The StaarCon 5 Imagining of Pixie Arcana. Art and composition by Stacey Williams-Ng, backgrounds by Animix.
The StaarCorner
This week, join Serena Fox and me in her lounge for the final lounge session of the StaarCon 2024 AfterGlow. We meet at 5:30 pm ET to discuss Tarot for the New Year.
Access to StaarCon 5 on Accelevents opens on January 17th at 9 am ET, and StaarCon 5 begins on Friday, January 24 at 9 am, doors open at 8 am.
We have such a good program for you!
The StaarCon 5 AfterGlow is also in the planning stages. We have some very exciting offerings in the works for you.
If you are local to West Palm Beach, you can visit the Marketplace and Psychic Fair for free 10-6 Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
For more information, feel free to contact me by phone at 561-655-1160.
I will look forward to seeing you at StaarCon5!
Save Time Skip the Line
StaarCon 5 ticket holders attending in person can send a selfie to jgaudet@staarcon.com to be printed on their identification badge. Be sure to send it from the email address you signed up with. Please include your name as you want it to appear on your badge. This year, you can include a “handle” to be printed under your name. You can use your nickname, social media ID, or anything else you might want to say.
A photograph of the Delta Hotel by Marriott where StaarCon 5 will take place.
Closeup of a woman’s hand hovering over a tarot card.
Our Boundaries as Diviners
Most of us who read for others, either professionally or casually, have a set of ethics we follow. The thing is that each reader has unique ethical commitments. A set of agreed-upon ethics for diviners has never been established and should never be.
While our practices and experiences may be similar, each diviner is an individual with specific needs, concerns, and considerations. We must each feel free to create a personal or professional practice that works for us.
No two readers or two reading practices will ever be exactly the same. We become the best readers we can be by feeling comfortable with our practices and ethical boundaries.
Beyond ethics, there are boundaries around what we enjoy and want to do. Just because we can do something does not mean we are duty-bound. We find much more joy and success when we pare down our practice to the aspects of divination and connection we enjoy the most. If you want to read for people, you can choose the times, places, and ways to do that. Don’t let anyone shame you or wheedle you into doing a reading you don’t want to do.
A person studies tarot at their computer.
The Week in Review
I will continue to do my regularly scheduled livestream readings on YouTube in this week leading up to StaarCon 5.
Join me on Thursday at noon to discuss this newsletter and request readings inspired by the topic.
On Friday at noon, we have the Friday Weekly Wrap-up, where we do cards for the week that was.
On Saturday at 12:30, we have Your Saturday Psychic Sampler, where you can ask specific questions.
On Monday at 9:30 am, join me for cards to begin your week.
From Around the Web
Aerik Arkadian shines the Spotlight on Lisa Papez in advance of her appearance at StaarCon 5.
Pluto has been in the news recently since it moved from Capricorn to Aquarius. StaarCon 5 presenter and volunteer Mary Ellen Collins shared a brilliant post about Pluto and its meaning in our charts.
Here is an old blog post from StaarCon 5 intensive presenter Marion Kirk that speaks to this week’s topic. Read The Power of No.
Global Tarot Circle on YouTube Live - February 5th @ 7 pm.
Upcoming Events
Weekly YouTube Events
Monday 9:30 am: Your 3-Card Weekly Reading
Thursday Noon: Tarot Topics Newsletter Recap
Friday Noon: Your Friday Weekly Wrap-up
Saturday 12:30 pm: Saturday Psychic Sampler
Card and Craft Academy
Card and Craft Academy is closed.
Look for Christiana’s new and improved academy soon! Until then, Christiana is offering personal mentorship classes in person and online.
Existing students of Card and Craft Academy will be offered a similar course in the new location as soon as the course becomes available. Students who take advantage of the offer to access the new course will also receive a coupon for a free month of our new all-access subscription when the full site is available.
If you are a Card and Craft Academy student, your invitation will be mailed to the email address you used to log in to the old account. If your address changes, you can contact Christiana to recover your account.
Christiana Gaudet testing out the red carpet for StaarCon 5.
About Christiana Gaudet
Card and Craft, Inc.
Southeastern Tarot Artists and Readers, LLC.
Christiana Gaudet
770 SE Indian Street
Stuart, Florida 34997-5604
Locations in Port Saint Lucie, West Palm Beach, and Stuart, Florida!
Email cgaudet@cardandcraft.com
On the web www.christianagaudet.com
Online classes www.cardandcraftacademy.com
StaarCon information www.staarcon.com
YouTube @YourTarotFairyGodmother
Instagram @christianatarot @staarcon
TikTok @christianagaudettarot
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 are available almost everywhere!
Call toll free 866-99TAROT (866-998-2768)
For business or agent inquiries, call 772-301-0232
For appointments, call or text 561-655-1160
Schedule Appointments, Mentoring Sessions, or Purchase Gift Certificates Online!
Schedule your private reading or mentorship session, or purchase gift certificates at https://christiana-gaudet.as.me.
Agent inquiries are welcome.
Tarot Topics Newsletter
Volume 8 Issue 3
January 15, 2025
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Lessons in Optimism
I choose to be optimistic about the year ahead, and I choose optimism as a practice. Here's why.
Whoops! I goofed. Looking for this week’s newsletter?
Read Good Fences for January 15th.
A woman with a pink umbrella jumps with optimism, against a grey building.
While many are entering this new year with some trepidation, I am actively optimistic. Although I don’t think false hope is helpful in any situation, I do not believe optimism is ever false hope. So, what is the difference between false hope and optimism?
False hope happens when we refuse to see and accept difficult circumstances. False hope keeps us from making good plans in the face of tragedy. False hope leads to anger and regret. False hope is based on denial.
Optimism, on the other hand, is a practice. With optimism, we can prepare for the worst and hope for the best.
One of the best lessons in optimism I ever had was from my mother, just after she received a devastating medical diagnosis. Here is what she told me. She wanted to live to be able to travel and have fun, and she looked forward to dancing at her young grandchildren’s weddings. But if she didn’t live, that would mean she would be with God and with my father, who had passed just two years earlier. Either way, she was fine.
I do not think I have ever seen a human, before or since, process a life-changing diagnosis with such optimism. In truth, it reminded me of the last scene and closing song of the Monty Python movie Life of Brian, where we are comically and sacrilegiously encouraged to “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life.”
In retrospect, I learned a lot from my mother that day. I learned that we can fight for what we want, accept that we might not get it, and be okay with whatever happens.
What helped my mother in the face of her impending mortality was her spiritual faith. I have seen spiritual faith bring healing, peace, and joy, and I have seen spiritual faith bring torment and oppression. The outcome of faith depends on how your spirituality is expressed and the dogma you choose to accept. If your faith helps you be realistically optimistic, your faith is helpful. If your faith discourages you from optimism or encourages spiritual bypassing, your faith is likely doing you more harm than good.
Realistic optimism and positive thinking allow us to live the best way possible. My mother proved that we can be optimistic even in dire situations and that realism and optimism should co-exist.
My mother died two decades ago. Yet, her lessons in optimism guide me now. This is another reason to be optimistic, as it proves our lasting positive impact on those around us, even long after we leave.
The StaarCon 5 Imagining of Pixie Arcana. Art and composition by Stacey Williams-Ng, backgrounds by Animix.
The StaarCorner
The final lounge event of the StaarCon 2024 AfterGlow will be on Thursday, January 16, at 5:30 pm, with Serena Fox and me in Serena’s lounge.
Access to StaarCon 5 online begins on January 17th at 9 am. On Sunday, January 19th, join me in the StaarCon 5 Meeting Room Lounge for a pre-conference chat!
Brenda Elizabeth will teach “Learn Lenormand in 90 Minutes” on Thursday, January 30, at 7:30 p.m. ET, our first StaarCon 5 AfterGlow event.
Please remember that all StaarCon 5 ticketholders will be able to access the lounge events all year long!
StaarCon 5 begins Friday, January 24, at 9 am. The Marketplace and Psychic Fair opens to the public at 10 am. We are excited to bring you some of the best presenters for our conference and some of the best exhibitors for the Marketplace.
The conference requires a ticket, and the Marketplace is free to attend.
We are happy to announce that Hattie Parker will be a presenter at the conference and an exhibitor at the Marketplace. Have an aura photo taken and interpreted by Hattie in the Marketplace, and learn about High Vibe Mastery in her presentation!
StaarCon 5 is planning over fifty presentations with some of the world’s most beloved teachers. That is why the AfterGlow is so essential. We have three days to interact and learn from one another in real-time. Then, we have a year to watch the recordings and absorb the information.
Get your StaarCon 5 tickets now!
A photograph of StaarCon 5 presenter and exhibitor Hattie Parker.
A tarot reading is conducted.
When Tarot Should Not Be Optimistic
I love to say that there are no bad cards in tarot. The Tower can be just as helpful as the Ten of Cups. Yet, the interpretation of the cards comes from us, not from the cards themselves.
The recent YouTube Short I shared was that tarot should never be interpreted to predict a happy outcome for a brand-new relationship. The cards might give a hard no or a maybe, but never a yes for happily ever after.
This took me a long time to learn. There are certainly cards that are optimistic for love and romance. Yet, those cards can reflect the new relationship energy as easily as they can make a happy prediction, and it is impossible to tell the difference between new relationship energy and lasting love, in the cards and in life.
Why is this?
It has to do with the magic of love itself. Something so magical is never entirely predictable. Beyond that, love cannot grow based on expectations and predictions. Love grows based on compatibility and choices. The cards can help us assess compatibility and make good choices. But if we believe there is some spiritual force holding us together, we won’t do the necessary work that will keep us together. And if a reader tells us that the Two of Cups that appeared a month into our relationship means that we are meant to be together, we may be confused and upset if that relationship ends a week later.
Global Tarot Circle on YouTube Live - January 8th @ 7 pm.
The Week in Review
Join us on YouTube Live for Global Tarot Circle at 7 pm ET tonight. This will be January's only evening livestream gathering as we prepare for and attend StaarCon 5.
I have uploaded a conversation between Amy Forman and me about some of the woes of working tarot parties.
I am challenging myself to make YouTube Shorts. Given that I like to use many words, the challenge is the 60-second time limit. But enjoy this one, and keep your eye out for more!
From Around the Web
I was delighted to see this article from Country and Town House about a tarot exhibition scheduled for London at the end of the month. It is exciting to see the rich culture of tarot being celebrated by academia.
The Wild Hunt shared a story about another exhibit in the UK that explores the history of divination.
I found this article from the New York Post about StaarCon 5 headliner Cardsy B!
Colorful question marks.
What Should We Do in 2025?
This is the space where, for the past year, we have been discussing magic and how to use it in our practical lives. The previous year, this was a spot to celebrate and encourage creativity.
Over the years, we have done one-card readings in this spot. We have also explored all seventy-eight cards of the tarot and the thirty-six cards of the Petit Lenormand.
What would you like to see in this spot for 2025? Please send me an email and let me know!
Look for the first edition after StaarCon!
Christiana Gaudet is a Featured Presenter at StaarCon 5 on Friday, January 24th.
Upcoming Events
Weekly YouTube Events
Monday 9:30 am: Your 3-Card Weekly Reading
Thursday Noon: Tarot Topics Newsletter Recap
Friday Noon: Your Friday Weekly Wrap-up
Saturday 12:30 pm: Saturday Psychic Sampler
Card and Craft Academy
Card and Craft Academy is closed.
Look for Christiana’s new and improved academy soon! Until then, Christiana is offering personal mentorship classes in person and online.
Existing students of Card and Craft Academy will be offered a similar course in the new location as soon as the course becomes available. Students who take advantage of the offer to access the new course will also receive a coupon for a free month of our new all-access subscription when the full site is available.
If you are a Card and Craft Academy student, your invitation will be mailed to the email address you used to log in to the old account. If your address changes, you can contact Christiana to recover your account.
Christiana Gaudet and Mary K Greer at StaarCon 2023.
About Christiana Gaudet
Card and Craft, Inc.
Southeastern Tarot Artists and Readers, LLC.
Christiana Gaudet
770 SE Indian Street
Stuart, Florida 34997-5604
Locations in Port Saint Lucie, West Palm Beach, and Stuart, Florida!
Email cgaudet@cardandcraft.com
On the web www.christianagaudet.com
Online classes www.cardandcraftacademy.com
StaarCon information www.staarcon.com
YouTube @YourTarotFairyGodmother
Instagram @christianatarot @staarcon
TikTok @christianagaudettarot
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 are available almost everywhere!
Call toll free 866-99TAROT (866-998-2768)
For business or agent inquiries, call 772-301-0232
For appointments, call or text 561-655-1160
Schedule Appointments, Mentoring Sessions, or Purchase Gift Certificates Online!
Schedule your private reading or mentorship session, or purchase gift certificates at https://christiana-gaudet.as.me.
Agent inquiries are welcome.
Tarot Topics Newsletter
Volume 8 Issue 2
January 8, 2025
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