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A Wonderful Weekend
The newsletter this week is a recap of StaarCon 2022. What a delightful weekend it was!
StaarCon 2022, our first hybrid conference, is complete. The month-long AfterGlow is now in session, as people hang out in the lounges, get ready for scheduled live events, and watch replays of classes from StaarCon.
While not without technical challenges, StaarCon 2022 was an overwhelming success.
That success would not have been possible without each sponsor, each presenter, each vendor, and each attendee.
We are grateful to every one of you.
John and I are already hard at work planning StaarCon 2023! Watch for some exciting announcements coming soon.
Our regular Tarot Topics Weekly Newsletter will return next week.
Please check out our list of upcoming events, I hope to see you soon, either in person or online.
Readings with me are available by appointment, either in person in Palm City or on phone, Skype, FaceTime, Zoom or Messenger. Please do not hesitate to reach out to schedule. You can book directly on my website, or call or text me at 561-655-1160.
The StaarCorner: Enjoy the AfterGlow
The StaarCon AfterGlow lasts until February 22. You can watch recordings of all classes in your ticket level during that time. You can also meet with people in the lounges and attend the scheduled lounge events. The virtual exhibition hall remains open.
If you or someone you know wants tickets to the AfterGlow, they are available through February 15.
See Me in the Tampa Bay Area
I will be in the Tampa Bay Area February 17 through February 20. During this time, I will be available for house calls and psychic house parties. I will also be taking private appointments at my AirBnB in Wesley Chapel.
To reserve your time, please call or text 561-655-1160.
Your Tarot Friends are your Best Friends
Did you read my two-part series in the Cartomancer Magazine entitled “Your Tarot Friends Are Your Best Friends?”
There is nothing like a conference, a meetup, or an online study group, to remind us how wonderful it is to connect with people from around the world who speak our spiritual language.
When we gather with tarot friends, we have fun, we learn about ourselves, and about life, and we become better tarot readers.
Join us For a Members-Only Livestream on YouTube
On Thursday, January 27 ,7 pm to 8 pm ET, all members of my YouTube are invited to a special members-only class called “What We Know and How We Grow”.
If you are not able to join the livestream, you can watch the replay at your convenience. However, you must be a member of the channel to watch the livestream or the replay.
Bring your tarot cards, and your willingness to see how much you know about tarot, and how much you know about yourself. We will do a series of exercises designed to strengthen your tarot skills and foster personal growth and healing.
To join the livestream or watch the replay, Use this link.
Use this link for more information about membership.
The Week in Review
This week I was all about StaarCon!
From Around the Web
Looking for a great book to read, or a new tarot deck?
Check out the websites of a few of our StaarCon presenters and vendors.
Marieke Lexmond writes series of fantasy novels which use tarot to create a rich and exciting world. She is developing a tarot deck as part of the project.
SoulTopia is the home of presenter Michelle Welch, as well as a great place to shop both in person and online. If you are in Texas, check out one of their three brick and mortar locations.
Our headliner Sasha Graham has books and decks, events and classes!
StaarCon is grateful to the Cartomancer Magazine for their support of our event.
Remember to shop with our favorite publishers, who are sponsors of StaarCon.
Guidance on the Journey
We gather, both in person and online, to receive information, support, fellow and guidance. Some of us are professional instructors. Yet, we are all each other’s teachers. The tools we use, such as tarot, Lenormand, runes, and staves, are also our teachers.
Nature teaches us as well. We learn things from our dreams, and from our challenges.
The important thing is that we are always learning, and always growing.
Upcoming Events and Tours
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
Catch up on your missed Zoom webinars and more!
cardandcraftacademy.com
About Christiana Gaudet
Card and Craft, Inc.
Southeastern Tarot Artists and Readers, LLC.
Christiana Gaudet
3559 SW Corporate Parkway
Palm City, Florida 34990-8152
On the web www.christianagaudet.com
Online classeswww.cardandcraftacademy.com
StaarCon information www.staarcon.com
Private telephone, Skype, FaceTime and in person readings and instruction are available by appointment.
Tarot parties at your home or office are available throughout Florida.
Call or text toll free 866-99TAROT (866-998-2768)
Palm City 772-301-0232
or call or text 561-655-1160
for more information or to schedule your event.
Agent inquiries are welcome.
Tarot Topics Newsletter
Volume 5 Issue 4
January 26, 2022
Flexibility
If we do not bend, we will surely break. Sometimes we must adjust our attitude, our budget, our plans, or our expectations.
As we begin 2022, something that is on my mind quite a bit is the concept of flexibility.
There are so many ways being flexible is helpful.
On a physical level, being able to move the body is healthy and healing. When people tell me they do not do yoga because they are not flexible, I have a very specific answer for them. If you are not flexible, you need yoga more than ever!
Flexibility is not limited to the physical, however. We need to be flexible in our thinking. We need to be flexible in our ability to adjust to changing times and circumstances.
There is an adage about flexibility. If you cannot bend, you will surely break.
The more we can adjust to changes and flow with the energy that is present, the happier and more productive we will be.
This does not mean that we should abandon adherence to loyalty, principles, and dedication. It does mean that when circumstances change, we must change with them. The more easily we do that, the better we do.
The StaarCorner
This is the last newsletter before StaarCon 2022! And the last episode of StaarCast before StaarCon features my conversation with presenter Katrina Wynne.
Watch the video or listen in wherever you catch your podcasts.
Check out the program for StaarCon.
You can enjoy StaarCon from the comfort of your home. The Accelevents Event Management Platform makes it feel like you are there, together, experiencing the conference with your friends old and new. Get you ticket and join us this weekend. If you have any questions about StaarCon, do not hesitate to call or text me at 561-655-1160.
See Me in the Tampa Bay Area
I will be in the Tampa Bay Area February 17 through February 20. During this time, I will be available for house calls and psychic house parties. I will also be taking private appointments at my AirBnB in Wesley Chapel.
To reserve your time, please call or text 561-655-1160.
Find Your Flexibility with Tarot
Sometimes, when life demands that we be flexible, we resist. Or we cannot figure out the right way to respond. When this happens, tarot can help.
Simply ask the cards, “What is my best response to this?”
Pull a few cards and see what information comes to you.
Whether you need to adjust an attitude, a budget, an expectation, or a plan, tarot can help.
Join us For a Members-Only Livestream on YouTube
On Thursday, January 27 ,7 pm to 8 pm ET, all members of my YouTube are invited to a special members-only class called “What We Know and How We Grow”.
If you are not able to join the livestream, you can watch the replay at your convenience. However, you must be a member of the channel to watch the livestream or the replay.
Bring your tarot cards, and your willingness to see how much you know about tarot, and how much you know about yourself. We will do a series of exercises designed to strengthen your tarot skills and foster personal growth and healing.
To join the livestream or watch the replay, Use this link.
Use this link for more information about membership.
The Week in Review
Did you catch my YouTube class, “The Tarot Journey for Beginners”? Watch the replay and get excited or reignited for your tarot journey.
Please follow my new TikTok @christianagaudettarot, and my Instagram @christianatarot.
For a full list of my links, check out my Linktree!
From Around the Web
Do you do yoga with YouTube? One of my favorite yoga channels is Yoga with Kassandra.
I am really looking forward to learning about The Food Healing Oracle Deck at StaarCon. Did you know they have a YouTube channel? Check it out to get a sneak peek before the conference.
Here is some great information. Read “Emotional Flexibility is the Key to Well-Being”.
Guidance on the Journey
Which tarot cards ask us to be flexible? Certainly, the Fool might tell us to expect the unexpected and run with it. The Tower warns us that we will have to endure something that will shake things up. Temperance tells us to find our balance, and to find solutions to our problems. The Hanged Man reminds us that if we cannot change our circumstance, we must change our attitude. The Wheel of Fortune reminds us that we must ride through the ups and downs of life.
Can you think of other tarot cards that speak of flexibility?
Upcoming Events and Tours
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
Catch up on your missed Zoom webinars and more!
cardandcraftacademy.com
About Christiana Gaudet
Card and Craft, Inc.
Southeastern Tarot Artists and Readers, LLC.
Christiana Gaudet
3559 SW Corporate Parkway
Palm City, Florida 34990-8152
On the web www.christianagaudet.com
Online classeswww.cardandcraftacademy.com
StaarCon information www.staarcon.com
Private telephone, Skype, FaceTime and in person readings and instruction are available by appointment.
Tarot parties at your home or office are available throughout Florida.
Call or text toll free 866-99TAROT (866-998-2768)
Palm City 772-301-0232
or call or text 561-655-1160
for more information or to schedule your event.
Agent inquiries are welcome.
Tarot Topics Newsletter
Volume 5 Issue 3
January 19, 2022
Make It Better
We are always seeking improvement. When things are not going well, we want quick solutions. Tarot can help!
Sometimes an old song just sticks in your brain. This happened to me the other day with “Hey Jude”, by the Beatles. (Perhaps I was anticipating Frank Kwiatkowski’s StaarCon presentation about tarot and the Beatles).
The line I was stuck on was the repeating phrase “make it better”.
I remember being a child and having my mother kiss my scraped knee to “make it better”, and then doing the same with my own children.
Making something better can mean a lot of different things. We always strive to do better, and to be better. When someone is sick, we hope they get better soon. When someone dies, we believe they are in a better place.
We try to do a lot of hard things to get better over time, like diet, exercise, self-study, therapy, and going to school. When we are troubled, we look for short-term fixes to make us feel better right away.
The search for a quick fix can lead to addictions, spiritual bypassing, and other things that make the problem worse. Yet, the desire for comfort, immediate action, and soothing is not wrong.
We all need to have a go-to list of things we can do to make ourselves feel better when something is troubling us. Sometimes it is a simple as a cup of tea, a phone call to a friend, a walk in the woods, a few yoga poses, or listening to a favorite song.
Our divination tools, like tarot, can give us an idea of how to make ourselves feel better, or how to improve a situation. Performing a reading or having a reading with a trusted professional can often make us feel better in the moment and give us an action plan to create lasting improvement over time.
We also want to make the world better. We pray, send energy, donate time and money to worthy causes, and hope we are doing our part. We have to remember that many small things can add up to something meaningful, that will indeed make things better.
The StaarCorner
StaarCon is just days away! Learn about some of our StaarCon 2022 presenters by enjoying our podcast, StaarCast. My recent conversation with Amy Zerner and Monte Farber was so much fun! I could not help fangirling just a little. They have been part of my tarot journey since the very beginning.
Learn about their journey by watching the video on YouTube, or listening wherever you get your podcasts. Get a ticket to StaarCon, and learn even more. You can attend online or in person!
See Me in the Tampa Bay Area
I will be in the Tampa Bay Area February 17 through February 21. During this time, I will be available for house calls and psychic house parties. I will also be taking private appointments at my AirBnB in Wesley Chapel.
To reserve your time, please call or text 561-655-1160.
Help or Hinder Tarot Spread
Here is a great two-card tarot spread to help you see if a particular action will make something better, or not. This is also a great exercise in reading cards in context.
When you have something you are considering, you may ask if this action will help you, or hinder you. Sometimes an action might be beneficial and a hinderance at the same time! Other times the action may have no effect at all. Simple pull one card for “help” and another for “hinder” and see what you see.
The Week in Review
Did you catch Global Tarot Circle on Thursday? We meet on YouTube once a month to share readings and tarot information. You can watch the replay if you missed it!
Please follow my new TikTok @christianagaudettarot, and my Instagram @christianatarot.
For a full list of my links, check out my Linktree!
From Around the Web
Here is a smart new blogpost from StaarCon 2022 presenter Mary Ellen Collins.
Amy Zerner’s website shows us her couture and jewelry offerings. Wouldn’t it be amazing to wear these to a tarot conference, or anywhere at all?
Vicki Santell will be presenting at StaarCon 2022. Learn a little more about her on her website.
Guidance on the Journey
Temperance, Major Arcana 14, is one of my favorite cards. In most Temperance images, we can see an angel mixing, or blending something.
In science, a liquid mixture of a minor component and a major component is called ‘a solution’. (One might say that tarot is comprised of a minor component and a major component as well, thinking of the Major and Minor Arcanas.)
A solution is also something that solves a problem and makes us feel better.
We see that Temperance is creating a liquid solution. Temperance can also help us create solutions in our lives.
When you have a problem that you do not know how to solve, imagine being the character in the Temperance image. You might even mimic the body movement of Temperance by standing on one food and using your hands to pour imaginary liquid from cup to cup. Breathe, and allow yourself to feel what it is like to become Temperance.
When you become Temperance, you can imagine and discover the solutions that bring improvement, and make you feel better.
Upcoming Events and Tours
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
Catch up on your missed Zoom webinars and more!
cardandcraftacademy.com
About Christiana Gaudet
Card and Craft, Inc.
Southeastern Tarot Artists and Readers, LLC.
Christiana Gaudet
3559 SW Corporate Parkway
Palm City, Florida 34990-8152
On the web www.christianagaudet.com
Online classeswww.cardandcraftacademy.com
StaarCon information www.staarcon.com
Private telephone, Skype, FaceTime and in person readings and instruction are available by appointment.
Tarot parties at your home or office are available throughout Florida.
Call or text toll free 866-99TAROT (866-998-2768)
Palm City 772-301-0232
or call or text 561-655-1160
for more information or to schedule your event.
Agent inquiries are welcome.
Tarot Topics Newsletter
Volume 5 Issue 2
January 12, 2022
Small Steps
Let us begin the year with New Year's intentions, rather than resolutions.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
As we step into a new year, we think about the year ahead, and what we would like to change, release, do, and accomplish. Often, this process is called making a “New Year’s Resolution”.
This has become somewhat of a joke, because so often, by the end of the first month, our resolutions have already come undone.
What happens if we instead set New Year’s Intentions, and practice New Year Manifestation?
If we can turn our spiritual energy toward the visualization of what we want to achieve, we enlist the power of the universe to help us.
We must remember, too, that our journey is a series of small steps rather than one huge leap. We must be patient with ourselves, and the with universe.
If we can take a first small step, and then another, and another, we can achieve our goals. If we can visual the outcome, and be lighthearted on the journey, the universe will be our co-creator.
The StaarCorner
StaarCon is just a few weeks away. You can attend in person at the DoubleTree Executive Meeting Center in Palm Beach Gardens. Or you can join us from anywhere in the world on the Accelevents Event Management Platform.
This is a truly hybrid event which offers the opportunity for all ticketholders to view and review recorded classes during our thirty-day “AfterGlow” on Accelevents.
One of the things I am excited for at StaarCon is our Saturday evening entertainment. We have some original tarot-themed theater pieces, including a play entitled “Inherit This” by our own David Victor.
David’s play, “It’s in the Cards” was a huge hit at StaarCon 2021.
Whether you choose to join us in person or online, you are sure to have a weekend full of insight, fellowship, fun, and growth, and a month-long exploration of the topics you love most.
Tarot Intentions
Which tarot card, or cards, represents your intentions for yourself for 2022?
Find that card, or cards. Snap a picture. Consider the way the energy of the card(s) you have chosen can help you manifest your desires.
Use that picture as your home screen or print it out and put it where you can see it regularly.
Every time you look at that card, or those cards, remind yourself of your intention. Let tarot help you manifest your desires in 2022!
The Week in Review
As the year ended, I added another blogpost on my website. Check out my thoughts about the questions we ask tarot!
I have created tarotscope videos for January 2022 for each zodiac sign. Find your sun, your moon, and your rising tarotscope on my YouTube channel.
I am also doing a video for each of the Twelve Days of Christmas, which began December 25 and will end January 6. Since January 6 is the day of Epiphany, each video includes card pulls to create ‘Tarot Epiphanies’.
From Around the Web
At StaarCon, Katrina Wynne will explore 2022 as the Year of the Lovers. Read her blogpost about this topic.
Here is a great year ahead tarot reading.
StaarCon presenter John Hijatt interviewed StaarCon presenter Nancy Hendrickson on his podcast, Gifts of the Wyrd. This is a conversation you don’t want to miss!
Guidance on the Journey
‘Guidance on the Journey’ will be a new column in the weekly newsletter. Look to this column each week for tips on divination, new decks and tools, card interpretation and professional development.
As we begin this year together and consider the first small steps of a big journey, let us think about the small steps it takes to become a better tarot reader, for ourselves and for others.
One important small step we can take is to focus on the Four Elements. That is, Earth, Air, Fire, and Water.
In tarot, astrology, and many magical and spiritual traditions, the Four Elements of Life are cornerstones.
When we understand the metaphysical properties of the Four Elements, we more easily understand and remember each of the seventy-eight tarot cards, and each sign of the zodiac.
When you understand the elements present in your birth chart, as well as the ones that are missing, you more easily understand yourself.
A practice of self-healing is made simpler if we use the concepts of elemental balance to maintain our well-being.
In this first week of the year, dedicate yourself to a more complete understanding of the metaphysical aspects of the Four Elements, and how that relates to tarot, and to healing.
Among the many resources available, my book Tarot Tour Guide: Tarot, The Four Elements and Your Spiritual Journey is a great place to begin.
An easy elemental exploration is simply to do an internet search on the metaphysical properties of the Four Elements and compile a list of keywords and concepts for each element.
Then, look at your sun sign, your rising sign, and your moon sign, and see which elements are present for you. How does this help you understand yourself?
Now, look at the elemental associations for the four suits of tarot, and for each of the Major Arcana cards. How does this help you understand the cards?
Upcoming Events and Tours
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
Catch up on your missed Zoom webinars and more!
cardandcraftacademy.com
About Christiana Gaudet
Card and Craft, Inc.
Christiana Gaudet
3559 SW Corporate Parkway
Palm City, Florida 34990-8152
On the web www.christianagaudet.com
Online classeswww.cardandcraftacademy.com
StaarCon information www.staarcon.com
Private telephone, Skype, FaceTime and in person readings and instruction are available by appointment.
Tarot parties at your home or office are available throughout Florida.
Call or text toll free 866-99TAROT (866-998-2768)
Palm City 772-301-0232
or call or text 561-655-1160
for more information or to schedule your event.
Agent inquiries are welcome.
Tarot Topics Newsletter
Volume 5 Issue 1
January 5, 2022