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Tarot Topics
Christiana's Weekly Newsletter
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Confidence
Whether you are looking for a job, playing golf, dating or playing music, sometimes confidence is one of the most important qualities to have. There is no way to describe what confidence looks like, or what lack of confidence looks like, but we can all spot it a mile away.
Often, confidence is born of knowledge, study and experience. We are confident because we know what we are doing. The lesson there is simple. If you want to be confident, do your homework.
If we are going to grow and expand, sometimes we will have to stretch a little and do new things. Then, we don’t have the experience to help boost our confidence. When that happens you simply need to have confidence in yourself.
The funny thing about confidence is it is self-perpetuating. The more confident you are, the more successful you will be. The more successful you are, the more confident you will be.
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Three Ways to Read Tarot with Confidence
Whether you are an aspiring tarot professional or simply an eager enthusiast, you want to feel confident when you lay your cards on the table. Here are three things to help you build your confidence as a tarot reader.
1. Study the cards.
The more you know the cards, the more you can simply and easily speak of them when they come up in a reading. By saying the name of the card and giving a basic interpretation you start the process of the reading, and get the energy flowing.
On a more practical level, your knowledge of the cards will give you confidence when you interpret the cards.
2. Listen to Your Intuition.
Within reason, say what you think, feel and see. The more you can trust your inner knowing, the more confident you will be. If you truly believe that tarot reading is a sacred process that accesses wisdom from a higher source, you should be free to read with confidence.
3. Keep your expectations open.
When you go to the cards, for yourself or for another, be open to how the cards will work, and how they will answer your questions. The more open you are, the more information you will receive, and the more confident you will be.
Confidence is important in tarot reading. Without confidence, we often feel anxious. When we are anxious it is hard to tune in to our intuition. The more confident we are in our knowledge of the cards and our understanding of the process, the more value we will find in our work with the tarot.
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The Week in Review
This week on my Dark Forest blog I wrote a post for Father’s Day. Read “Three Ways to be a Great Dad.”
On my personal blog, Tarot Trends, I reviewed Ambika Devi’s new book, “Lilith.”
On my Tarot Topics Community Blog, I answered another question about tarot. Read the post and watch the video about what I wish I had known when I first became a tarot professional.
Did you get a chance to catch me on Tarot Dactyl’s “There’s a Rock for That” a few weeks ago? If not, you can listen in archive!
From Around the Web
I am not always a fan of the articles on SpiritScience.net. Often they seem to have a bit more spirit than science. However, I know a few people who might find these tips for sensitive people helpful.
Fiona Benjamin has written a really poignant post about coming out of the tarot closet.
From Alison Cross, a short piece about “Tarot in Art.” I am always fascinated to see how tarot is, and has been, represented in art and culture.
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Confidence Tarot Spread
So many tarot cards advise us to be confident in ourselves and in our abilities. The Sun is perhaps the ultimate card of confidence, but the King of Wands, Nine of Pentacles and Six of Wands also suggest an air of confidence, or reasons to be confident.
This tarot spread is about nurturing inner confidence. Performing this spread will help you find ways to be more confident in yourself, whatever you do.
The spread is three cards in a row.
Card one will show a skill, ability or strength that you have, and need to have more confidence in.
Card two will show you something you need to believe about yourself in order to be confident.
Card three will advise you of something to think about or do when you need a boost of confidence.
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What’s Up at the Psychic Café?
Christiana’s Psychic Café is my weekly webcast. It airs on the Para Encounters Network, each Sunday at 9 pm Eastern. Then the webcasts are archived and available on my YouTube channel.
For up-to-date information about Christiana’s Psychic Café, visit our Show Info page and like us on Facebook!
This past Sunday, June 15, we enjoyed an encore presentation of my conversation with Arwen Lynch. Very quickly after the original taping of that show, Arwen became a host of her own show, “You Never Know with Arwen,” which also airs on the Para Encounters Network.
Arwen is a no-holds-barred truth-teller and joy seeker. She is an author, a tarot reader, and president of the American Tarot Association. If you don’t know Arwen, you should.
This coming Sunday, June 22nd, we’ll rebroadcast a show with another top-notch tarotist. This week we will feature our show with the Tarot Lady, Theresa Reed.
You will love our discussion of tarot business, tarot reading, tarot reader horror stories and advice for metaphysical entrepreneurs.
The show closes with a 1980s video of a Dadaist event in New Haven, Connecticut, and a video of String Band performing a Dadaist song.
Watch the show on PEN Sunday night, or find it next week on YouTube!
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Learning Tarot: Two of Cups
 In the Two of Cups we see a partnership. This can be a friendship, a love relationship, or even a heart-centered business partnership.
Key words for the Two of Cups are “perfect love” and “perfect partnership.”
The Two of Cups can be about being a good partner to oneself. This card can indicate self-esteem, or, when ill-dignified, issues with self-esteem.
In the Rider Waite Smith (RWS) image, we see the caduceus, a symbol of healing. From this symbol we understand that this card can speak of the healing power of love.
Typically, the number two in tarot can indicate partnership, duality, balance and choices. The suit of Cups, of course, is related to the element of Water, and therefore love and emotion.
It is easy to look at the Two of Cups and see it as a card of romantic partnership. This card could predict a relationship for a single person, or describe a happy romantic relationship.
Sometimes the Two of Cups might indicate the need to find a balance in a relationship. This card could also predict a reunion, or suggest that a decision must be made within a relationship.
Next week we will continue our journey through the element of Water and the suit of Cups with the Three of Cups.
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Christiana's Trip to Connecticut Update
I will be in Connecticut from August 8th to August 24th. I have very few party timeslots still available, but I am keeping a waiting list. There will also be a few opportunities for in-person private readings.
If you would like to schedule a psychic party, house call or private appointment, please email or call me at 561-655-1160.
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Your One-Card Weekly Reading
 Your One-Card Weekly Reading is the Ace of Swords. This is a particularly good card to receive during Mercury retrograde, when wires can easily get crossed and communication can quickly break down.
The Ace of Swords is a reminder to do the right thing, and to do things the right way.
The Ace of Swords asks you to check in with yourself and know what is true and right for you.
The Ace of Swords tells you to be honest in all your dealings.
The Ace of Swords advises you to speak your truth when you need to.
This week, trust yourself, and listen to your inner truth. Act with integrity in all things. Take the time to discover what is really true, rather than what you believe to be true, or are told is true.
The Ace of Swords tells us that the truth is there, and the right way is clear. We only have to seek it.
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Upcoming Events
Wednesday, June 18, 7 pm
Free Webinar
Global Tarot Circle
Spend an hour with the tarot! Join us with your computer, tablet or smartphone, or simply call in on the phone. We’ll share fellowship, readings, and plenty of information about tarot. Everyone is welcome and it is absolutely free.
For more information, visit the event listing on the Tarot Circle website.
Sunday, June 22, 9 pm
Christiana’s Psychic Café
We will enjoy an encore presentation of our episode featuring Theresa Reed. Theresa Reed, aka “The Tarot Lady,” is a well-known tarot professional with a unique style and stellar reputation. Find out why when you watch this insightful interview!
Visit Christiana’s Psychic Café on Facebook for more information.
Wednesday, June 25, 7 pm
Free Webinar
The Four Elements and the Major Arcana
The four elements of life are Earth, Air, Fire and Water. They each have metaphysical properties as well as physical properties.
The four elements correlate with the four suits of the Minor Arcana of the tarot. They also correlate with individual cards of the Major Arcana.
The term “Major Arcana” means “Greater Secrets.” The twenty-two cards of the Major Arcana contain the most spiritual messages and lessons of the tarot, and tell the story of our journey through life.
When we learn the elemental associations for each of the Major Arcana cards, we have a clear way to understand these important cards.
This 75 minute webinar will help the tarot student more fully understand the four elements. It will provide a deeper way to comprehend each of the Major Arcana cards. The student will be able to more fully interpret the Major Arcana cards, whether reading for yourself or others.
For Log-in information, visit the event listing on the Continuing Education website.
Sunday, June 29, 9 pm
Christiana’s Psychic Café
Join us as we present our show featuring Jennifer Sieck, first recorded on August 18, 2013. Jenny is a smart, grounded, spiritual tarot reader, with creative and healing gifts, as well as psychic gifts.
Many of you know Robin Renee. You might not know she is involved in a side project called the Mutant Mountain Boys, which she describes as "bluegrass meets Devo." The show closes with a short interview with Robin, and a video of the Mutant Mountain Boys.
For more information, visit Christiana’s Psychic Café on Facebook.
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Private readings and instruction are available by appointment.
Tarot parties at your home or office are available throughout Florida. Call 561-655-1160 for more information or to schedule your event.
Agent inquiries are welcome.
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In tarot, Four is a number of stability. In the airy, mental suit of Swords, that stability appears in the form of retreat.
