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The Power Number Nine

It is the beginning of the ninth month, and we are talking about the power of the number nine.

The number nine in abstract colorful clouds.

September First marked the beginning of the ninth month. That is a fun coincidence for me because lately, I’ve been contemplating the significance of the number nine. In some spiritual belief systems, nine is considered the most powerful number because it is three times three, and three is a deeply meaningful number representing many sacred trinities.

In mathematics, nine is considered a magical number because the sum of the digits obtained by multiplying nine by any number will always reduce to nine.

The number nine is considered lucky in many cultures.

Nine is, of course, the number of months for human gestation.

In Norse mythology, the universe's structure is organized into nine distinct realms, including Asgard, the home of the deities.

In numerology, nine is the highest and final number, symbolizing completion. Those born with nine as a life path number are thought to be compassionate and charitable.

In many spiritual and magical rituals, a task is done nine times specifically. This is meant to add the vital energy of the number nine to the magical working.

How can you harness the energy of the number nine in your own life? There are endless ways. Say your affirmations nine times instead of only once. Put nine stems of flowers in a vase, or nine stones or nine shells in a dish, and let that be a blessing to your home. Wear a necklace with nine beads to give yourself the power of nine.

How will you bring the energy of nine into your life during this ninth month of September?

The StaarCon Fairy for 2024 by Ciro Marchetti.

The StaarCon Fairy for 2024 by Ciro Marchetti.

The StaarCorner

You may know Frank Kwiatkowski from his earlier StaarCon presentations. You might know him as my co-host on The StaarCast Variety Show (watch for an episode to drop soon). You might know him as the author of Rise and Shine: A Guide for Experiencing Your Midlife Awakening.

Frank's love for the Beatles is well-known, regardless of how you know him. His presentation on the connection between the Fab Four and tarot at StaarCon 2022 was a huge hit.

Frank’s presentation this January will be Famous Foursomes: A Celebration of the Elements!

In this presentation, Frank will lead a discussion of famous groups of four people in pop culture and find the elemental connections in each group.

Don’t miss this and all the other excellent presentations at StaarCon 2024.

A photograph of Frank Kwiatkowski and Dame Darcy at StaarCon 2024.
Closeup of tarot cards on a table.

The Tarot Nines

Six cards in the tarot deck are associated with the number nine. There are the four Nine cards in the Minor Arcana. There is the Hermit, which is card Nine in the Major Arcana. Finally, there is the Moon, which is card 18 and, therefore, numerologically associated with Nine.

It is an excellent exercise in tarot to group cards together according to a shared association and discover what similarities and differences you find within these cards.

When I look at all the Nine cards in tarot, one thing I find they have in common is a sense of personal experience, growth, exploration, and accountability. I see a similar theme with the Sevens. I like to think that the Nines are an evolution of the Sevens in our journey toward personal growth.

What do you see when you look at the tarot Nines as a group?

Illustration of women at a table reading tarot.

The Week in Review

It is a new month, so look for your TarotScopes on my YouTube channel and on TikTok.

Tonight, join us on my YouTube channel for Global Tarot Circle at 7 pm ET.
If you happen to be on or near the Treasure Coast of Florida, please join us this coming Sunday at Panera Bread in Palm City for our monthly tarot meetup at 4 pm.

From Around the Web

StaarCon presenter Marion Kirk recently shared a wonderful post about her tarot origin story. Read “Is Tarot My Wonderwall?”

Aerik Arkadian, my favorite new podcaster, has posted some great information about candle magick.

Theresa Reed, The Tarot Lady, talks about some very real concerns for the tarot community in her September Hit List.

Young woman reading tarot in her kitchen.

Creation and Divination

Something is interesting about the number nine in tarot. In numerology, nine is the highest and final digit and represents completion. In tarot, the cards do not end with nine but continue to ten. In tarot, the Tens can mean completion, although the story of each suit continues into the Court cards. In tarot, the Nines can speak to a fullness of being. The Nines may ask what you are full of right now. This is but one reason to learn the numerology of tarot, separate from any other tradition of numerology.
One of the most creative aspects of tarot, beyond the art of which it is made, is that it is all about storytelling. We use the numbers of tarot to show us the stories that exist within the deck itself. In readings, we use divination to tell us the stories of our lives. Writers use tarot for inspiration with character and plot development.

A creative tarot exercise I particularly enjoy is dividing the cards into suits and putting them into numerical order. Starting with the Ace, tell a story, using each card to progress the story until you conclude with the Ten. Use the four Court cards to add insight to the story in whatever way makes sense.

Then, organize your suits, counting down from King to Ace. Tell a story for each suit in this way. See the King and Queen as Mother and Father God, see the Knight and Page as we, their human children. Begin your story with the Ten representing the situation into which your character is born. Tell their story, card by card, and let the Ace give your story its conclusion.

Looking at the Minor Arcana of tarot in this way, we learn a great deal about the cards, the stories they can tell, and the numbers that influence those stories.

Upcoming Events

Christiana doing readings on YouTube from her studio.

About Christiana Gaudet

Card and Craft, Inc.
Southeastern Tarot Artists and Readers, LLC.

Christiana Gaudet

3559 SW Corporate Parkway
Palm City, Florida 34990-8152

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


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 available almost everywhere!

Call toll free 866-99TAROT (866-998-2768)
Palm City 772-301-0232 x102
or call or text 561-655-1160
for more information or to schedule your event.
Schedule online at cardandcraft.10to8.com.

Agent inquiries are welcome.

Tarot Topics Newsletter
Volume 6 Issue 36
September 6, 2023

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Thank Your Younger Self

This week we are talking about holding our younger self in gratitude.

Every day, I see memes asking us to advise our younger selves. What would you want your younger self to know? What do you wish someone had told you when you were younger? These questions can be light-hearted and thought-provoking.

Something I have never seen is a prompt about what you are grateful for in your younger self. What did you do when you were younger that has served you well over the years? What did you do that put you on a good path? Was there something that seemed like a mistake then but turned out to create a golden opportunity?

If you could go back and thank your younger self for something, what would it be?

Viewing our past through a lens of gratitude changes things. So often, we hang on to past regrets. We look at our younger selves and wish we had done things differently.

When we hold our young selves with gratitude, we automatically hold our young selves with compassion.

That compassionate, grateful vision of the journey that brought us here is a gift to the present and future self.

The StaarCon Fairy for 2024 by Ciro Marchetti.

The StaarCon Fairy for 2024 by Ciro Marchetti.

The StaarCorner

Amy Forman might be entertaining at an upscale corporate party or family celebration on any given weekend. Sometimes, she is hired to read tarot. Sometimes, she makes balloon animals. Occasionally, she performs as a belly dancer, hoop dancer, or mermaid. Sometimes, she offers lip print readings.

Lip print reading is a fascinating new divination technique uniquely suited to the party environment.

At StaarCon 2024, Amy will offer a two-part Friday Intensive entitled The Art of Reading Lip Prints. You will spend the first session learning the technique and the second session practicing and seeing how it works. Whether you join in person or online, you can learn this simple, easy, and fascinating divination technique.

Woman about to pull cards from a tarot deck.

A Tarot Spread for Regret and Gratitude

Is there something in your past that is hard for you to process? Is there a decision you made years ago that proved to be unwise?

It is unlikely that any adult would answer these questions negatively. We all have regrets.

The question is, can we find gratitude as we reprocess the past to heal and get closure?

Here is a tarot spread to help you do that.

Let Card One represent the situation you regret.

Let Card Two represent your actions in that situation.

Let Card Three represent the reason for your actions.

Let Card Four represent the regrettable outcome of that situation.

Let Card Five show you something good that came from that situation.

A beach landscape.

The Week in Review

This weekend is Labor Day in the United States. My family and I wish everyone a happy and safe holiday. I am available throughout the holiday weekend for sessions. You can use my website to book directly or call or text 561-655-1160.

I was excited and honored to be the second-ever guest on Aerik Arkadian’s new series, Music, Myth & Magic. Read the post and watch the video!

In this interview, you will learn how I found my voice, what the movie Spinal Tap has to do with my favorite tarot spread, and what a ‘free toast reading’ is.

You can watch the replay if you are a member of my YouTube channel and missed last night’s members-only livestream.

From Around the Web

I was excited to see this blogpost from StaarCon presenter María Alviz Hernando. María has shared something that I think we all know but never talk about. Jewelry is magic.

Marieke Lexmond presented at StaarCon in 2022 and 2023. She is the author of a tarot-inspired fiction series called The Madigan Chronicles. Enjoy this fascinating interview with her.

Do you know how to calculate your tarot birth card? Your Tango can help you figure it out!

A woman at an outdoor table with her laptop and notebook.

Creation and Divination

Here is a way to create a simple oracle based on your own life so far. The process of creation will be insightful and healing. The oracle you make will be as unique as you are.

Make a list of the important things that have happened in your life, both pleasant and unpleasant. Then, make a list of things that you have learned from those events. Make a list of your regrets and your gratitudes.

Get a pack of index cards.

Write one item for your lists on each card. Or, if you are artistic, draw a symbol or simple image to represent each item.

Once your cards are complete, use them as a personal oracle. You can draw a card for insight or to answer questions.

Upcoming Events

Christiana with TK at the 2019 Holiday Open House.

About Christiana Gaudet

Card and Craft, Inc.
Southeastern Tarot Artists and Readers, LLC.

Christiana Gaudet

3559 SW Corporate Parkway
Palm City, Florida 34990-8152

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


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 available almost everywhere!

Call toll free 866-99TAROT (866-998-2768)
Palm City 772-301-0232 x102
or call or text 561-655-1160
for more information or to schedule your event.
Schedule online at cardandcraft.10to8.com.

Agent inquiries are welcome.

Tarot Topics Newsletter
Volume 6 Issue 35
August 30, 2023

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What Might Have Been

How we process our regret from the past makes a difference for our present and our future. That's what this week's newsletter is about.

My mother often recited a verse in response to expressions of regret about the past.

For of all sad words of tongue or pen,

The saddest are these: 'It might have been!’

I hear her voice in my head saying these words at the tarot table when helping clients process their past regrets. I never say these words aloud to my clients. That would not be any more helpful to them than it was to me all those years ago.

What fascinates me is how often our regrets are intensified by the firm belief that if one thing had been different, some other important thing would have turned out so much better.

The movie The Butterfly Effect handily refutes the notion that a single different choice would always create a better outcome.

We can use tarot to challenge our beliefs about past regrets and gain a new perspective. For example, if someone blames their in-laws for their failed marriage, a tarot reading could reveal a different truth. Hearing that new truth could allow health and closure.

A funny thing happened when I Googled the origin of this verse my mother often repeated. I was thrilled to find a delightful story along with the source.

According to Wikipedia, the verse is from a poem written in 1856 called “Maud Muller.” The poem is about two young people from different stations in life who, despite a great attraction, don’t become a couple. Instead, each endure unhappy marriages. The poem's premise is that they would have been happier if they had chosen one another.

A younger contemporary of the poet wrote a parody sequel where the couple got together and lived unhappily ever after. The closing line of this poem is witty satire.

More sad are these we daily see:

‘It is but hadn’t ought to be.’

This poem and its sequel parody perfectly illustrate how we struggle to get closure to the past because of the stories we tell ourselves. We cast ourselves as the villain rather than giving ourselves grace. We forget that we always did our best with what we had. We imagine things would be so much better if a different decision had been made.

Common sense, spiritual wisdom, and divination often combine to point the way back to obvious truths. It's impossible to know for sure what events would have followed a different decision or if that outcome would have been better than what occurred. Treating ourselves with grace and understanding, rather than shame and guilt, helps us process the past and move forward.

Perhaps the most important thing is to try to view our entire past, both good and bad, as leading us toward a brighter future. This enables us to live with acceptance rather than regret. Then we can focus on what is, and what will be, rather than what we think might have been.

The StaarCon Fairy for 2024 by Ciro Marchetti.

The StaarCorner

StaarCon 2024 is from January 19 through January 21. You can join us for one, two, or all three days. You can join us in person or online. All ticket holders can access the 365-day AfterGlow on the Accelevents platform.

When we plan to attend a conference, either in person or virtually, we think about what we will eat. If you attend online, have your favorite meals and snacks at home and log into the Tiki Bar lounge to dine with your conference friends.

If you are joining us in person, your StaarCon ticket gets you a twenty percent discount at all the hotel bars and restaurants. If you are in town Thursday night, join Mitchell Osborn for a dinner excursion to Rosemary Square in downtown West Palm Beach.

On Saturday and Sunday, you will notice that the StaarCon agenda does not include designated lunch breaks. Because we have 365 days to watch recordings of presentations and because we had so many presenters excited to join us, we have scheduled full days of presentations. If you join us online, you can take a lunch break in the lounge or eat during a presentation. If you are joining in person, you can plan your lunch breaks around the presentations that interest you most.

We are excited to bring you a full schedule of exciting presenters over the three-day conference and the 365-day AfterGlow. Get your tickets now, and plan to join us at StaarCon 2024.

Tony Roma's Restuarant at the Hilton Palm Beach Airport Hotel.
Woman about to pull cards from a tarot deck.

Processing the Past with Tarot

Many popular tarot spreads have a position for the past. For example, the three-card spread Past, Present, Future has a card that speaks to the querent’s past as its first position.

Many larger spreads have positions like recent past, foundation, unresolved issues, etc. Although we often think of divination in terms of future prediction, divination can be equally helpful in understanding the past.

Sometimes we formulate specific questions about the past. Sometimes we have questions about what really happened to which no living being has the answer. Then, tarot can help fill in the blanks and give us an idea of what happened or why something happened.

Sometimes we wonder if the decision we made was the right decision. We can use the cards to determine what might have happened in different scenarios. This often leads us to the understanding that what happened was the best thing that could have happened.

When we see a past position in a tarot spread, there are options about how to interpret the card that falls within it. Is the past five minutes ago or five years? A good rule to remember is that whatever appears in the spread will be pertinent to the current moment. That means whatever the past card references is still important or influential now.

Science is only beginning to understand the amount of trauma each person experiences and the effect that trauma has on our well-being. Tarot is a great tool to help us understand and process our past trauma so that we can nurture our best lives possible.

Close-up of tarot cards.

The Week in Review

Did you know that you can become a member of my YouTube channel? There are three levels of membership, each with perks. One perk is that each month we have a members-only livestream. This month our livestream topic is Hard Truths. We will look at ourselves, at divination, and at tarot cards with a critical and compassionate eye. If you are already a member, join us on Tuesday, August 29, at 7 pm ET, or watch the replay. If you are not yet a member, consider joining in time to catch the livestream.

When I was doing a Google search to find pertinent links to share involving tarot and looking to the past, the first item was a blogpost from 2014, written by me. Please enjoy Three Tarot Cards That Help Us Look to the Past.

From Around the Web

I found a great post from Tarot Parlor. This is a detailed and easy-to-understand how-to that will help you use tarot to learn about your past lives.

Simply Tarot offers a great nine-card Past, Present, Future tarot spread. You can learn to perform the spread or use the link to let the site perform the reading for you.

Mercury goes retrograde in Virgo this week. Here is what NYLON wants you to know about that.

Illustration of woman looking at the planets.

Creation and Divination

Storytelling is a creative, dramatic art. Interestingly, Pamela Colman Smith, the artist of the world’s most popular tarot images, was a professional storyteller.

Using tarot cards to tell stories, whether in divination or as a creative prompt, is an exercise that quickly helps us become great tarot readers.

We are all storytellers, even if we do not actively engage in creative performance or divination.

We are all storytellers because we all keep a running autobiographical narrative in our heads.

The problem is that we need to acknowledge that the way we tell our stories is a choice and a perception rather than a set of immovable facts.

Who is the villain, and who is the hero? What was the motivation? What really happened? Every day, we make choices about how we tell the stories of our past, how we understand our present, and how we see our future possibilities.

This means that we each have a god-like power to change how we perceive our past, control some of the energies around us each day, and create the future we want.

What gives us this power?

This power comes to us when we recognize that how we tell our stories influences our well-being, experiences, relationships, and success.

Upcoming Events

Christiana with Pamela Phillips.

About Christiana Gaudet

Card and Craft, Inc.
Southeastern Tarot Artists and Readers, LLC.

Christiana Gaudet

3559 SW Corporate Parkway
Palm City, Florida 34990-8152

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


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 available almost everywhere!

Call toll free 866-99TAROT (866-998-2768)
Palm City 772-301-0232 x102
or call or text 561-655-1160
for more information or to schedule your event.
Schedule online at cardandcraft.10to8.com.

Agent inquiries are welcome.

Tarot Topics Newsletter
Volume 6 Issue 34
August 23, 2023

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Look for the Glimmers!

A glimmer is the opposite of a trigger. A glimmer gives us hope and joy when we need it. This week, we are looking for the glimmers!

I have learned a new word usage that I really like and want to share with you. We are all familiar with the concept of mental health triggers. Triggers are words, topics, thoughts, and images that can stimulate an unpleasant emotional reaction.

A glimmer is the opposite of a trigger. In this modern slang usage, a glimmer is something that stimulates a positive, hopeful, joyful emotional reaction.

A glimmer can be something that reminds you of a good thing that happened in the past. A glimmer can be something that feels uplifting for you in the moment.

We look for trigger warnings to avoid exposing ourselves to something that could hurt us or slow our healing.

What would happen if we started to look for glimmers? What are the signs of hope around us? What can you see, hear, find, or think about that could give you a momentary sense of joy?

What are things that reliably bring you cheer?

For me, looking for glimmers is a spiritual practice. I believe that the Universe sends us all sorts of signs. Sometimes we want to interpret those signs as a specific piece of advice. I worry that we often interpret these signs based on our fears and desires. We think hope is about getting what we want and avoiding what we don’t want.

I think it can be helpful to find the glimmers of joy and embrace the energy of hope without tightly defining what the realization of that hope might look like. The more that our glimmers allow us not only to hope but also to trust, the more uplifted we can be.

The StaarCon Fairy for 2024 by Ciro Marchetti.

The StaarCorner

StaarCon 2024 is excited to welcome some of the most well-known and well-loved teachers and creators to share their wisdom with us. We are also happy to discover those who are new to our international community with something great to share.

Teri Salomoni is a member of our Treasure Coast Tarot Meetup. She is a fifth-generation Strega and tarot card reader. She leads local ghost tours in Stuart, Florida. Her presentation “Strega Strategies” at StaarCon 2023 was inspiring and enlightening. We are so excited that Teri has agreed to join us in 2024, and we cannot wait to learn more from her!

Which Tarot Cards Speak of Hope?

While we can find hope in any tarot card and any tarot reading, some cards specifically offer a hopeful message. Some cards, like the Star and the Nine of Cups, are obviously hopeful.

Many other cards can be interpreted in a hopeful way, depending on the context in which they appear.

Here are three tarot cards not typically associated with hope that can sometimes surprise you with a hopeful message.

The Four of Pentacles is often associated with selfishness and miserly behavior. Yet, the Four of Pentacles offers a hopeful message when it can be interpreted to encourage healthy boundaries and good self-care.

The Moon is traditionally a card of mystery, treachery, and hidden enemies. Yet, it is also a card that encourages our psychic development and spiritual growth.

The Seven of Pentacles in the Waite-Smith Tarot is associated with the Irish Potato Famine. Yet, it can also be an admonition to tend your garden with care in anticipation of a harvest.

When we look at these three cards, we can understand that many, most, or all tarot cards can speak of hope in some way. As an exercise, pull a card at random. No matter what the card is, find a way to see a hopeful message for yourself within it.

The Week in Review

Tonight on my YouTube channel I will teach a free livestream tarot class. The class is Tarot Spread Techniques. Join us, or watch the replay, and learn great ways to create, perform, and interpret tarot spreads.

From Around the Web

Listen to a radio show about tarot in Connecticut from Connecticut Public Radio. You may know that I got my start as a tarot reader in Connecticut!

Back in 2014, James Ricklef shared a three-card tarot spread for finding hope. This spread is a perfect fit for our topic this week.

I am so excited to see that so many new people are coming to tarot meetups and joining tarot groups. If you are new to tarot and looking for a tarot resource, Joan Bunning’s Learning the Tarot website is amazing!

Creation and Divination

When we look for hopeful signs and joyful reminders in our day-to-day lives, we will undoubtedly find them. We can also find these signs within our tarot decks.

Use your creativity to ask questions and interpret cards to give you the glimmer you need. This requires advanced tarot skills because of the specific context of the question.

For example, suppose you asked for something that would give you a sense of joy, and you received the Three of Swords. How can you interpret the Three of Swords in a way that gives you a joyful moment? You might place the sorrow of the Three of Swords in the past and find joy in the healing you have accomplished. You might see the swords in the image as hard truths you are embracing and find joy in your capacity.

What if you receive a card typically associated with joy or happiness? That can also be challenging because a card with the keyword ‘joy’ will not bring a moment of joy simply because of its keyword. You must dive more deeply into the card to find a specific joyful message for yourself.

This exercise utilizes your creativity and strengthens your tarot skills as you find glimmers within your tarot deck.

Upcoming Events

About Christiana Gaudet

Card and Craft, Inc.
Southeastern Tarot Artists and Readers, LLC.

Christiana Gaudet

3559 SW Corporate Parkway
Palm City, Florida 34990-8152

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


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 available almost everywhere!

Call toll free 866-99TAROT (866-998-2768)
Palm City 772-301-0232 x102
or call or text 561-655-1160
for more information or to schedule your event.
Schedule online at cardandcraft.10to8.com.

Agent inquiries are welcome.

Tarot Topics Newsletter
Volume 6 Issue 33
August 16, 2023

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