Tarot News blog has news and information of interest to the tarot community.
What Now?
Tarot helps us find next steps when we are unsure of the way ahead. A change of plans or a new opportunity can often make us feel uncertain.
What now? This is a question we ask ourselves in exasperation when we are overwhelmed and feel we cannot handle anything more, and something more presents itself.
This is also a question we ask ourselves in confusion when we are not sure what to do next.
We wondered what to do after the completion of a project, after a success, or after a failure.
We wonder what to do after something unexpected happens and upends our plans.
When have an idea for a new path in life, we wonder what to do first to move forward.
We often wish we could receive direct marching orders from a Higher Power. Sometimes, we feel inspired, as if we have received a spiritual calling. Yet, even then, we are often at a loss to know what to do to follow the calling.
Logic, prayer, meditation, and divination can help us find the wisdom we need to know what comes next, and what we need to do when we find ourselves asking, “What now?”What now? This is a question we ask ourselves in exasperation when we are overwhelmed and feel we cannot handle anything more, and something more presents itself.
This is also a question we ask ourselves in confusion when we are not sure what to do next.
We wondered what to do after the completion of a project, after a success, or after a failure.
We wonder what to do after something unexpected happens and upends our plans.
When have an idea for a new path in life, we wonder what to do first to move forward.
We often wish we could receive direct marching orders from a Higher Power. Sometimes, we feel inspired, as if we have received a spiritual calling. Yet, even then, we are often at a loss to know what to do to follow the calling.
Logic, prayer, meditation, and divination can help us find the wisdom we need to know what comes next, and what we need to do when we find ourselves asking, “What now?”
The StaarCorner
One of our StaarCon Mission Statements is to offer a wide variety of educational opportunities, and to teach a wide scope of topics. We are excited that Tabitha Dial will be joining us to offer a class in tea leaf reading, otherwise known as tasseomancy.
Tabitha is the author of the book, Creative Divination: Read Tea Leaves and Develop Your Personal Code.
We are excited to learn Tabitha’s modern approach to this ancient practice at StaarCon 2023.
Make plans to join us January 20 though 22 in person in West Palm Beach or online on Accelevents.
Tarot for a Next Step
When you find yourself asking “What now?” it is time to do a tarot reading.
You may decide to create a tarot spread for your situation, or you may simply ask a few questions and pull some cards. Here are some ideas to inspire you.
You can literally ask “What now?” and pull a card!
You can ask if there are other unexpected surprises on their way, and how best to prepare.
You can ask “What is my first step?” or “What is my next step?”
You can ask what you need to know about the way forward.
The Week in Review
Have you seen your July Tarotscopes on my YouTube channel yet? You can watch your sun sign, moon sign, and rising sign to get a forecast for the month.
If you missed the tarot class on YouTube last night, you can watch the replay.
I’ve started simulcasting my YouTube livestreams on my Instagram. You can catch me on either platform, but YouTube offers you a chance to see the cards in action on CardCam.
From Around the Web
Who has tarot readings? People of every walk of life, including this baseball player.
Finally, someone has said what I have been thinking about the dark side of TikTok tarot.
Though a product of the Middle Ages, modern tarot is striving to be inclusive. Cosmopolitan has compiled a list of tarot books for the LGBTQ+ community.
Guidance for the Journey
There are many tarot cards that can give you a clue that it is time to figure out your next step.
The Minor Arcana Twos, the Lovers, the Seven of Cups and the Four of Cups can say there are decisions to be made.
The Pages, Aces, the Fool, the Magician, and the Eight of Wands can suggest that a next step is needed.
The Six of Cups, the Hierophant, the Hermit, and Judgement may tell you that you need to rely on things you learned in the past to help you on your journey forward.
The Magician, the Pages, and the Eight of Pentacles may tell you that you need to learn something new in order to take a next step.
Perhaps one of the best uses of tarot divination is to find the inspiration, courage, and action steps to move forward on a new path.
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 (New!)
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 classes www.cardandcraftacademy.com
StaarCon information www.staarcon.com
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.
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 28
July 13, 2022
Interdependence
It is important to be independent. It is also important to understand the ways in which we are all connected.
You have probably heard the phrase, “no man is an island”. This phrase comes from poet and clergyman John Donne. He spoke these words in a sermon in 1642. All these year later, this phrase still feels important.
No one can exist all alone. No matter how self-sufficient a person is, we all need each other. We rely on farmers to grow our food. We rely on doctors to help us stay healthy. We rely on friends and family to help us in countless ways.
It can be hard to ask for help when we need it. It can be equally hard to know how to help someone who is obviously in need. Sometimes we feel shame when we need to ask for help. Sometimes we feel resentful when others need our precious time and energy.
Whether professionally or personally, we all help each other. We all need each other.
Our interdependence is woven throughout friendships, family units, communities, nations, and worldwide.
When we can appreciate the number of hands it took to allow us to eat a meal, or make a phone call, we understand the web of which we are a part.
On a more personal level, there can be joy in assisting those in need, and joy in working together to achieve common goals.
It is important to be independent. It is also important to understand and celebrate our interdependence.
The StaarCorner
We are happy to announce that Mark Horn, author of Tarot and the Gates of Light: A Kabbalistic Path to Liberation, will be a presenter at StaarCon 2023.
Mark Horn may be the only person who has taught at both the Jewish Theological Seminary and the Readers’ Studio International Tarot Conference.
Mark has been a life-long activist in the post-Stonewall LGBTQ movement. At Congregation B’nai Jeshurun he created a liturgy for an LGBTQ Pride ritual dinner, the Stonewall Seder. This liturgy has been used and adapted by congregations in the U.S., Europe, and Australia.
Mark has studied Kabbalah with academic, religious, and practical teachers of Kabbalah in organizations ranging from the highly respected to the highly unorthodox.
I met Mark for the first time last summer at The Maters of Tarot conference at Omega Institute. Having already read his book, I immediately asked him to present at StaarCon 2023. I am so glad he agreed to share his wisdom with us.
StaarCon 2023 will be January 20-22. Mark your calendar now! Tickets will be available soon.
Two Cards to Understand a Relationship
There are many times we struggle with a relationship, be that a family member, a friend, or a co-worker. Yet, we may also believe that this person is in our life for a reason. We may be interconnected, practically or spiritually, with a need to help one another.
You can use a simple two-card spread to help understand the current purpose of such a relationship. One you understand the purpose, you might find ways to work with the person more easily.
You can also do this reading for another person who is struggling with a relationship.
Let the first card show you the purpose for person A to be in person B’s life.
Let the second card show you the purpose for person B to be in person A’s life.
The Week in Review
Members of my YouTube channel enjoyed a class in Tarot Magic this past week. If you are a member and missed the livestream, you can watch the replay.
Everyone is invited to join us for Global Tarot Circle on YouTube Live tomorrow evening, Thursday, July 7, at 7 pm ET. We will share readings, and informal tarot study.
From Around the Web
Storytelling with tarot is a fabulous exercise. Here is a story made up by members of a group that studies the William Blake Tarot.
Did you know that StaarCon presenter Nancy Hendrickson and her partner, Erika Robinson, have started an exciting new podcast? Check out Conversations with Erika and Nancy.
Here is a fascinating article! Why Are Writers Particularly Drawn to Tarot?
Guidance on the Journey
The tarot card that is most often associated with sharing and helping is the Six of Pentacles. In this card we see a person who is prudently sharing their wealth with those who are less fortunate.
We associate this card with generosity and charity. We also associate this card with success, and the way success allows us to help others.
When we think about the wealth that is being shared in this card, we might consider that time and energy are also resources that can be shared. A gift of money is helpful, but so is a gift of time, or a gift of shared knowledge.
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
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 classes www.cardandcraftacademy.com
StaarCon information www.staarcon.com
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.
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 27
July 6, 2022
Hopes and Fears
Perhaps hopes and fears work together to help us achieve our goals.
Many traditional and modern tarot spreads have a position called ‘Hopes and Fears’. It is not one card for hopes and another for fears. Rather, it is a single card drawn at random to describe both hopes and fears at the same time.
For years I thought this was odd. How could hopes and fears occupy the same space?
Recently, the truth came to me. In a very real way, our hopes and fears are the same.
We hope that what we fear will not come to pass. We fear that what we hope will not come to pass.
We know that we cannot live life dictated by fear. Nor can we hang on to false hope. Yet, hope is often what gives us the courage to take next steps to fulfill our goals. Fear is also a motivator. Fear can hold us back, but fear can also move us forward. Sometimes our fear of losing spurs us on toward the win.
Perhaps hopes and fears are perfect partners, designed to give us every motivation to live the life we desire.
The StaarCorner
For StaarCon 2023, we are scheduling our Friday sessions a bit differently than we have done before. On Friday we will offer four intensive sessions, two in the morning and two in the afternoon. Attendees will choose one intensive to attend in the morning, and one to attend in the afternoon. Recordings for all sessions will be available during the AfterGlow.
Just prior to the opening ceremony we will have a sound bath with Jenny Stafford of Resonant Sound Healing. Jenny has studied, practiced, and taught multiple healing modalities for the last twenty-five years. She is also a passionate tarotist.
Jenny will guide us in using the healing frequencies of the sound bath in conjunction with specific tarot cards to set our intentions for our time at StaarCon.
After the sound bath we will have a short opening ceremony. The official events of the day will end with a Tarot Improv session led by Mitchell Osborn.
The tiki bar will be open for evening festivities for in-person attendees. Online attendees can gather in the Accelevents lounge for some after-hours social time before the four tracks of session begin Saturday morning.
Tickets will be available soon. You will be able to purchase tickets for single days, two days, or all three days of StaarCon 2023.
Interpreting Hopes and Fears
In my eleven-card Celtic Cross, Hopes and Fears is the penultimate card in the spread, Card 10. You may use a different sort of Celtic Cross, or a different sort of spread, that also has a Hopes and Fears position. You may also want to try a single-card reading for Hopes and Fears.
The question is, how do you interpret a card that is pulled to talk about both hopes and fears?
The key is entirely in the context of the card that is drawn.
Look at the card. What does it represent? Does it speak to something you have, something you want, something you actually hope for, or something you actually fear?
Think about your feelings about the card, and your relationship to those feelings. How does this speak to what is going on in your life?
When you look at a card from the perspective of hopes and fears, it can give a great deal of advice. A card drawn this way can help you understand your goals and reach them. A card drawn this way can help you mitigate your problems. A card drawn this way can help you acknowledge and verbalize your worries.
The Hopes and Fears card is truly a card of healing and attainment.
The Week in Review
I had a fabulous time on my Tampa Bay Area Tarot Tour this week! Thank you to everyone who had readings and hosted parties.
I will return to my regular schedule of livestreams on my YouTube channel in the coming week.
Tomorrow evening, Thursday, at 7 pm, all members of my channel are invited to join me for a free class on tarot magic!
From Around the Web
I was so honored that a card I pulled during a livestream inspired this great blogpost on LibraDoesTarot.com.
The Tarot Blog Hop for the Summer Solstice is well worth a read. Start with Joy Vernon, and follow the links to see what all six bloggers had to say.
Here is a new song inspired by tarot!
Join Us for Class Tonight
Tonight, Wednesday, June 29, at 7 pm ET, you can join us for a class called “What the Court Cards Want You to Know”. In this class we will learn all the different ways to interpret and work with the sixteen Court cards of tarot. That is, the Kings, Queens, Knights, and Pages. These cards are often considered the most difficult in the deck because they are so versatile.
You can attend the class on Zoom or in person in Palm City. Get your ticket and join us tonight!
Guidance on the Journey
“I need you to tell me that my worst fears will never come to pass in my lifetime”.
That is a request that a tarot reading cannot always fulfill.
Sometimes the cards can be very reassuring. In those cases, we can be very comfortable relieving our clients, or ourselves, of those dire worries.
Sometimes, though, the cards cannot confirm that the things we fear will not happen.
Divinatory tarot is powerful. Divinatory tarot has the power to help in every circumstance.
When tarot cannot assure us that we will not have to meet a challenge that we fear, tarot can do something even better.
Tarot has the power to help us find our strength, and our courage. Whatever life may bring us, tarot has the ability to help us meet each challenge, and each joy, the best way possible.
The key is in the questions we ask of the cards. Sometimes the best question is not, “Will this feared thing happen?” Sometimes the best question is, “If this thing should happen, what can help me handle it?”
By helping us know we will be able to handle any challenge, tarot can turn our fears into hope.
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
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 classes www.cardandcraftacademy.com
StaarCon information www.staarcon.com
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.
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 26
June 29, 2022
The Awkward Number Five
It is impossible to achieve success without take a leap of faith and courage.
This week our newsletter is Volume 5, Issue 25. I thought it would be fun to discuss the energy of the number 5 in honor of that milestone.
Five, in tarot, is an awkward number. To make friends with the Five cards we need a lot of nuanced thinking, and a lot of faith and courage.
When Five is your personality number, you might be social and fun-loving, but you could also be very changeable.
The number Five is associated with Mercury, so we can see the importance of communication and social connections, but also the possibility for tricky behavior.
If you are seeing multiple Fives around you, interpret this as a head-up for changes that can lead you to success. Look for opportunities around you.
When we look at the numbered cards in the Minor Arcana of tarot, we can see that Four cards can indicate stability, while the Six cards can indicate success. Here we see the way that Five cards, and the number Five in general, can be troublesome.
To get to the place of success, we must leave the comfort zone of Four. Five is where we are on our way to success but have not quite made it. We are no longer in the comfort zone, and not yet successful.
In that place of Five we must be comfortable with being uncomfortable, knowing that our success is coming, and is worth our hard work and sacrifice. We must believe in ourselves, and in our journey. We must see the future, and work toward it, without the structure we have known in the past.
It is probably impossible to become successful without passing through that awkward phase. Whatever your goal is, know that you must sometimes leave comfort behind, and live in a space that feels unstable, on your way to success.
See Me in the Tampa Bay Area This Week
There is still time to get a private reading, house call, or group session with me in the Greater Tampa Bay Area this Thursday through Sunday.
Make sure you join us at Panera Bread in Lutz at 3 pm on Sunday for a tarot meetup, too!
If you have questions, or want to schedule something, please call or text 561-655-1160.
The StaarCorner
We are excited to welcome Tikashi Denour Lacoste to StaarCon 2023. I have known Tikashi for several years online and on the telephone. I am looking forward to meeting her for the first time in person in January.
Tikashi is a Certified Crystal Healer and a graduate of the Debra Silverman School of Astrology. She has studied contemporary and medieval astrology with Bernadette Brady and Darrellyn Gunzberg.
Tikashi is a natural intuitive, as well as a tarotist. She combines all her skills in her work with clients. We are thrilled that she will be sharing her knowledge with us at StaarCon 2023.
Four, Five, Six Tarot Spread
Here is a three-card reading that can give insight on your way to success. It is extra auspicious if you get a Four card in the first position, a Five card in the second position, or a Six card in the Third position.
Card One: What you need to give up or move away from in order to succeed.
Card Two: What you need to know while you are working toward your success.
Card Three: What your success could look like.
The Week in Review
Did you catch our Summer Solstice event on YouTube yesterday? You can watch the replay if you missed it. I have also shared a new rant for you!
Remember that all our members are invited to join us for a members-only class on tarot magic on June 30th!
From Around the Web
Here is a Summer Solstice Tarot Spread from The Seasonal Soul.
Here are some tarot rituals for the summer solstice from Tarot Parlor.
Here is your astrological forecast for the summer solstice from Well and Good.
What the Court Cards Want You to Know
On Wednesday, June 29, 7 pm to 9 pm, join us for a hybrid tarot class about the tarot Court cards. You can attend in Person in Palm City or online on Zoom.
The sixteen Court cards, typically called Pages, Knights, Queens and Kings, can be some of the most confusing cards in the tarot deck.
This is because these cards are very versatile. They can reference the people around you. They can also reference parts of yourself. They can behave like any other tarot card and offer advice, comment, and prediction.
In this two-hour class you will learn easy ways to understand and work with these sixteen cards.
You can join us in person or online. Every student will receive access to a recording of the class. Visit EventBrite to purchase your ticket.
The class will be available at cardandcraftacademy.com after July 8th.
Guidance on the Journey
Major Arcana 5, the Hierophant, teaches us some important lessons about nuance and critical thinking. These lessons are necessary when we are going through ‘5 phases.’ That is, when we are going through a time of discomfort on our way to eventual success.
The Hierophant represents spiritual leadership, doctrine, and dogma. We know that spiritual study and mentorship are important. But we also know that dogma can be limiting, and mentors can become abusive.
It is so tempting to try to make something either fully good, or fully bad, fully helpful, or fully unhelpful.
Nuanced thinking requires us to be able to hold space for the idea that something, or someone, can offer things that are positive and necessary along with things that are difficult and troublesome.
As humans, we all have that mix within us, but have little patience and understanding for that mix outside of ourselves.
One of the lessons of the number 5, and the 5 cards in tarot, is to find the blessings in the difficulties, and tolerate the difficulties in the blessings. We also need to know when the difficulties should not be tolerated, even if that means sacrificing the blessings.
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
Minor Arcana Numbers, Elements, and Truth
Create and Interpret Custom Tarot Spreads
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 classes www.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 25
June 22, 2022