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The Power of Yes and No
Yes and no are words we learn when we are young. Yet, we sometimes fear using these words as adults.
Illustration of a woman meditating on a dock with visible aura.
What are the most magically powerful words in your vocabulary?
While every spiritual practice has sacred words and phrases, I believe the most magical words most of us know are words we learned very young and use daily. Those words are yes and no.
As children, we learn to say ‘yes, please’ and ‘no, thank you.’ At the same time, many of us also learned to hide our preferences and distrust our decisions. As a result, many adults are uncomfortable stating a preference or making a decision.
Yet, when we are clear about what we like and don’t like, what we want and don’t want, and what we will and won’t do, we are entirely in our power. When we refuse to make a decision or state a preference, we relinquish our power.
When we express our desires directly, some people may think we are abrasive and abrupt. Many of us were taught that it is inappropriate for people (especially women) to express opinions and desires.
What happens when we learn to trust our decisions and claim our desires?
When we actively commit to saying yes to what we want and no to what we don’t want, we become more creative and powerful. At that moment, we begin working with the Universe to create the life we want.
The StaarCon 5 Imagining of Pixie Arcana. Art and composition by Stacey Williams-Ng, backgrounds by Animix.
The StaarCorner
StaarCon 2024 AfterGlow
This Saturday, April 6, we have two lounge events! At 2 pm EDT, join Katrina Wynne in her 2024 Strength and Centeredness Lounge for a quarterly check-in. How is Strength playing a role in your year?
At 5 pm EDT join María Alviz Hernando for a workshop on tableau reading with the Oracle Belline.
StaarCon 5
We will have three headliners at StaarCon 5. I am excited to announce that I, Christiana Gaudet, will be your Friday headliner!
I am very curious and excited about the topic I am speaking on. The title of my presentation is The Universe Speaks in Verse: Exploring Connections Between Divination and Poetry.
I am becoming aware that poetry and divination have an inextricable connection. Many divination systems have historical ties to poetry, and Mother Shipton and Nostradamus prophesied in verse.
The connections between poetry and tarot specifically are significant. In this presentation, we will discover innovative ways to connect with tarot and spirit by unlocking our inner oracular poets.
I hope to see you at StaarCon 5, either in person or online.
StaarCon 5 scheduled speaker Christiana Gaudet.
Tarot cards and a pendulum.
Yes and No Questions with Tarot
Can we use tarot to answer yes/no questions?
Some tarotists believe it is better to rephrase questions rather than try to interpret tarot cards within the yes/no binary.
Some readers prefer to use a pendulum for yes/no questions.
Others have a specific spread or technique for yes/no answers.
Mary K. Greer has popularized an old Yes-No-Advice technique that involves the Wheel of Fortune and seven cards drawn at random. Several readers I know find this technique very effective.
Like most of my practice, my yes/no technique is more loosey-goosey.
I ask the question and pull some cards. It’s that simple.
I know that not every yes/no question will have a clear answer. But I also know the cards I pull will offer helpful information, whether or not they land on a clear yes or no.
I consider the context of the question and see how the cards I pull speak to it. Sometimes, I can see a clear yes or no. Other times, I will see aspects of the situation that will help my client understand what is going on or what they need to do, even if I cannot answer their question with a simple yes or no.
A picture from a tarot meetup at Panera Bread.
The Week in Review
It’s a new month! Get your April TarotScopes on YouTube and TikTok.
If you are near the Treasure Coast of Florida, join us for our monthly tarot meetup this coming Sunday at 4 pm at Panera Bread in Palm City.
You can catch the replay if you missed our April Fool’s edition of Global Tarot Circle.
From Around the Web
Mercury will be in retrograde through April 24. Here is what we need to know, according to The Cut.
You know I love Theresa Reed’s monthly astrological forecasts. Here is what The Tarot Lady has to say about April 2024.
Ethony has a Tarot Reader’s Guide to Mercury Retrograde, which includes a tarot spread.
A magical candle burning outdoors.
Making Magic
The yes/no binary offers us our simplest form of magic. What do you want to say yes to, and to what would you like to say no?
There is an easy way to use candle magic to welcome the things you want and dismiss the things you don’t.
All magic requires visualization. That is, seeing your results in your mind’s eye.
Using a candle helps with this.
Focus on the flame if you are doing candle magic to welcome something. As the flame grows, so shall whatever it is you are invoking.
Focus on the candle wax if you are using magic to dismiss or banish something. As the candle diminishes, so shall whatever you are banishing.
Your Personal Tarot Cards Members-only Livestream on YouTube April 28, 7pm.
Upcoming Events
Card and Craft Academy
Classes presented by Christiana are available right now at Card and Craft Academy!
Christiana’s Candle Magick
Christiana’s Eleven-Card Celtic Cross
Finding Meaning in the Minor Arcana
The Major Arcana, Magical and Mundane
Practical Tarot Techniques
Psychic Tarot
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
Tarot Beyond the Veil
Your Journey Through the Tarot Court
Tarot Stories, Trends, and Blends
Tarot Readings for Personalities and Relationships
Clarity in Every Tarot Card
Tarot Flow Workshop
Making Magick with Tarot
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
The Elemental Major Arcana
Minor Arcana Numbers, Elements, and Truth
Personal Healing with Tarot
Create and Interpret Custom Tarot Spreads
What the Court Cards Want You to Know
How Spirit Speaks Through Tarot
Catch up on your missed Zoom webinars and more!
Christiana Gaudet with Benbell Wen at StaarCon 2024.
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.
New! Schedule Appointments Online at acuity:scheduling!
Schedule online at https://christiana-gaudet.as.me.
Agent inquiries are welcome.
Tarot Topics Newsletter
Volume 7 Issue 14
April 3, 2024
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Reasons, Lessons, and What it All Means
Does everything happen for a reason?
Illustration of a silhouette meditating on top of the world.
Do you believe that everything happens for a reason?
I used to believe that, and I still do on some overarching spiritual level. Believing that nothing happens on our planet without serving a purpose brings comfort. Yet, telling a suffering person their tragedy happened for a reason offers little comfort.
People often use divination to find the spiritual reason for an illness, loss, or mishap. At the tarot table, I can often clearly see that the misfortune is serving some greater good. Yet, sometimes, it feels that bad stuff happens randomly and serves no one.
When we can’t find a spiritual reason that helps give us understanding in the face of difficulty, I turn to the wisdom of Viktor Frankl, who theorized that people can survive terrible things if they find meaning in their suffering.
This is an important point. We find comfort if we can find a spiritual reason for a tragedy. If no such reason can be found, we can find comfort by finding meaning in our suffering.
Sometimes, we consider that there are lessons to be found in the difficulties that arise. Whether or not we believe those lessons are intended for us by a Higher Power, we can find a bit of positivity in a dark time when we look for the lessons.
I worry that believing that everything happens for a reason without digging a bit deeper can cause us to forgo compassion for others. If we think that a tragedy is planned, executed, and condoned by a greater power, might we see less need to help those suffering?
Since the beginning of time, we have wondered how much of what happens is fate, how much is random, and how much is based on our actions. When we consider only the unwanted happenings in life, we can use this natural spiritual curiosity to frame our suffering and the suffering around us in ways that can help us heal and help us help others.
No matter what we believe about the difficulties we have endured, we can always find lessons and meaning that help us move forward.
The StaarCon 5 Imagining of Pixie Arcana. Art and composition by Stacey Williams-Ng, backgrounds by Animix.
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StaarCon 2024 AfterGlow
If you have had difficulty viewing Madam Adam’s Friday presentation recording, please try again. We got a fix from Accelevents!
Get ready for some great lounge events in April, including the following.
On Saturday, April 6, at 2 pm EDT, join Katrina Wynne in her 2024 Strength and Centeredness Lounge for a quarterly check-in. How is Strength, the card of 2024, playing a role in your year so far?
Later that day, join Marìa Alviz Hernando in The Sybil’s Tarot Lounge at 5 pm EDT for a session on Tableau Reading with the Oracle Belline.
On Sunday, April 21, join me in the Tea with Your Tarot Fairy Godmother Lounge at 2 pm EDT for a Court Card class.
On Tuesday, April 23 at 7:30 pm EDT, please join Brenda Elizabeth in Lady Lenormand’s Charmed Lounge for Lenormand and Tarot Mashup. Learn to combine these two systems to bring amazing insight and new depth to your readings.
StaarCon 5
StaarCon 5 will feature three headlining presentations, one on each conference day. I am very excited to introduce our Sunday headliner to you.
Siddharth Ramakrishnan, PhD is a neuroscientist, artist, and educator. His research spans developmental biology, neuroendocrinology, and neuroethics. A Fellow of the UCLA Art|Sci Center, his collaborations with artists have led to exhibitions and documentaries that blend the worlds of art and science.
An avid Tarot reader, he designed and created the NeuroTarot deck, based on the Major Arcana of tarot and infused with neuroscience. Siddarth’s book, "The Neuroscience of Tarot," will be published this year with Llewelyn Worldwide.
Make your plan to attend StaarCon 5 in person in West Palm Beach or online on Accelevents on January 24, 25, and 26, 2025.
StaarCon 5 scheduled speaker Siddharth Ramakrishnan.
A woman gets ready to perform a tarot reading.
Processing with Tarot
There are many ways to use tarot to process difficult situations and reprocess trauma.
When we are dealing with an immediate hurt or disappointment, here is a way to use tarot to help us find meaning, reasons, and lessons.
The first question to ask the cards is, “If there is a great spiritual reason for this, what is that reason?”
Pull a card or a few cards and sit with it momentarily. This is a good time to journal with the cards.
If you can’t find the reason, move on to another question, such as, “What can I learn from this?” or “How can I find meaning in this?”
There can be times when all you can do is hang on and wait for the dust to settle. In these moments, questions such as “What do I do right now?” can be a helpful part of the process.
Strategy Session Members-only Livestream on YouTube.
The Week in Review
Members of my YouTube channel are invited to a Members-only livestream tomorrow evening, Thursday, March 28, at 7 p.m. EDT. We will discuss strategy and tarot and do some readings.
From Around the Web
Easter is this week. Here are some tarot spreads for the season.
From New Age Hipster, a Resurrection Tarot Spread.
From Kate May, an Easter Tarot Spread.
Finally, an Easter Egg Spread from Helen Howell on Zanna Starr’s Tarot Notes.
A weatherwane.
Making Magic
Sometimes, the thing we need most is a sense of direction. We may know we need a change or a solution, but we don’t know what that will be or where it will come from.
Most magic is based on identifying something that we need to bring into or remove from our lives. What do we do when we know we need something but don’t know what it is?
I have a simple magical meditation for you.
Picture a weathervane in your mind. In your mind, see Spirit turning the weathervane to point you in the right direction.
I have a weathervane Christmas tree ornament that I decided to keep with me all year long. It reminds me that even when I don’t know where to put my energy or what to ask for, I can always manifest a push in the right direction.
Your Personal Tarot Cards Members-only Livestream on YouTube April 28, 7pm.
Upcoming Events
Card and Craft Academy
Classes presented by Christiana are available right now at Card and Craft Academy!
Christiana’s Candle Magick
Christiana’s Eleven-Card Celtic Cross
Finding Meaning in the Minor Arcana
The Major Arcana, Magical and Mundane
Practical Tarot Techniques
Psychic Tarot
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
Tarot Beyond the Veil
Your Journey Through the Tarot Court
Tarot Stories, Trends, and Blends
Tarot Readings for Personalities and Relationships
Clarity in Every Tarot Card
Tarot Flow Workshop
Making Magick with Tarot
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
The Elemental Major Arcana
Minor Arcana Numbers, Elements, and Truth
Personal Healing with Tarot
Create and Interpret Custom Tarot Spreads
What the Court Cards Want You to Know
How Spirit Speaks Through Tarot
Catch up on your missed Zoom webinars and more!
Christiana Gaudet with her grandson.
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.
New! Schedule Appointments Online at acuity:scheduling!
Schedule online at https://christiana-gaudet.as.me.
Agent inquiries are welcome.
Tarot Topics Newsletter
Volume 7 Issue 13
March 27, 2024
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What Seeds Are You Planting?
It's a new season! What do you want to create for yourself?
A woman blowing dandelion seeds.
Did you do anything special to celebrate the equinox yesterday?
In the northern hemisphere, spring has begun. The southern hemisphere is welcoming autumn.
The equinox is a time to contemplate balance.
The vernal equinox is also a time to consider what we want to bring to life in the coming months.
As gardeners and farmers plant flowers and vegetables they will harvest in summer and fall, the fertile energy around us invites us to plan metaphoric seeds—to take the first steps toward what we want to see grow in our lives.
Sometimes, that first step is as simple as an idea or an inspiration. Sometimes, the seed is planted with a conversation or a commitment to study.
We plant metaphoric seeds for our future throughout the year. We must always nurture our goals.
Yet, the energy at this time of year offers extra support as we work to nurture our dreams and make them real. Every culture has rituals that involve seeds as metaphors for wishes and desires. We can set our intentions and, if we want, perform rituals to help those metaphoric seeds grow.
We often plant seeds unintentionally. Whatever we do, think, and say today can be a seed that sprouts tomorrow. We must answer a question to ensure we are planting the right seeds. Is what I want for my future the logical conclusion of what I am doing today?
The StaarCon 5 Imagining of Pixie Arcana. Art and composition by Stacey Williams-Ng, backgrounds by Animix.
The StaarCorner
StaarCon 2024 AfterGlow
If you were having trouble viewing Madam Adam’s Friday presentation, the bug is now fixed, and the video is playable, so check it out!
On Monday, March 25, at 7:00 pm EDT, join Mary Ellen Collins in her Tarot Plus lounge for
Cards, Stars, and Casting Under the Libra Moon. You will use techniques from her intensive to work with your cards and other oracles.
StaarCon 5
We are excited that our new hotel, the Delta by Marriott, has a spacious conference area where we can spend time together when we are not in sessions. There are areas to talk, do readings, hang out, and even dance or do yoga if the mood strikes! StaarCon will occupy the entire conference center, allowing us to utilize the space for fun, fellowship, and learning.
The updated StaarCon website will be online shortly. Are you interested in being a presenter, either in person or virtually, at StaarCon 5? Let’s talk!
StaarCon attendees and presenters enjoying some time together at StaarCon 2024.
Hands are shuffling a tarot deck.
Spring with the Aces and Twos
It is so interesting to me that even after decades of tarot study, I learn new things from others, and new inspiration about tarot still finds me.
I was thinking about the vernal equinox and how its themes connect to tarot. Certainly, many cards discuss balance. But what about the seed-planting aspect of the season?
Of course, the Aces of tarot are seeds. Each of the four Aces discusses the essence of its element. At this time of year, the Aces invite us to begin some new journey with each element.
When considering the Minor Arcana, we know that the Twos follow the Aces. The Twos offer insight into finding balance in our lives.
I have spent almost forty springs with tarot. Yet it was not until this spring that I realized that the first two cards of each Minor Arcana suit perfectly represent the energy of the vernal equinox.
With the Aces, we plant seeds. With the Twos, we find balance.
A podcaster’s workstation showing the microphone in the foreground.
The Week in Review
I was thrilled to be a guest on Dark Fringe Radio! You can watch the interview on YouTube, or find it wherever you get your podcasts.
If you missed our Equinox Gathering on YouTube last night, you can watch the replay.
From Around the Web
It is amazing how often student newspapers run articles about tarot! Here is a recent one from Miami.
I always celebrate the beginning of spring with the same poem. I fell in love with E.E. Cummings when I was a freshman in high school and never seemed to outgrow him. I am excited to share my favorite spring poem with you.
I found a great tarot spread on Medium.com for Tending Your Spiritual Garden.
Hands are watering seedlings.
Making Magic
Many traditions enchant seeds to grow herbs for magical cooking and healing. Sometimes, the magical seeds we plant at this time of year can be actual seeds planted in soil, not just metaphors.
When we plant something in a pot or the ground, we can set our intention for the plant. We can also tie a personal intention to the plant. For example, if you plant an herb that you plan to cook with, your intention may be that the plant grows well and strong and that the food prepared with the herb may increase luck or health for those who consume it.
At the same time, you can also have an intention that as the plant grows, so might your career, confidence, or skill.
If you are not a gardener, you can try some seed magic by eating seeds. Get a handful of your favorite seedy snacks and eat them individually. As you do, focus on what you are working to grow in your life. As you ingest the seeds, picture that growth happening to and around you.
Strategy Session Members-only Livestream on YouTube Thursday March 28, 7pm.
Upcoming Events
Card and Craft Academy
Classes presented by Christiana are available right now at Card and Craft Academy!
Christiana’s Candle Magick
Christiana’s Eleven-Card Celtic Cross
Finding Meaning in the Minor Arcana
The Major Arcana, Magical and Mundane
Practical Tarot Techniques
Psychic Tarot
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
Tarot Beyond the Veil
Your Journey Through the Tarot Court
Tarot Stories, Trends, and Blends
Tarot Readings for Personalities and Relationships
Clarity in Every Tarot Card
Tarot Flow Workshop
Making Magick with Tarot
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
The Elemental Major Arcana
Minor Arcana Numbers, Elements, and Truth
Personal Healing with Tarot
Create and Interpret Custom Tarot Spreads
What the Court Cards Want You to Know
How Spirit Speaks Through Tarot
Catch up on your missed Zoom webinars and more!
Christiana Gaudet at StaarCon 2023 with Dame Darcy and Frank Kwiatkowski.
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.
New! Schedule Appointments Online at acuity:scheduling!
Schedule online at https://christiana-gaudet.as.me.
Agent inquiries are welcome.
Tarot Topics Newsletter
Volume 7 Issue 12
March 20, 2024
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Do You Feel Lucky?
What is luck, really? This week, inspired by Saint Patrick's Day and the Vernal Equinox, we are discussing luck and how to create it.
Abstracting pating of a young woman's face with a four-leaf clover.
This Sunday is Saint Patrick’s Day, and Tuesday is the vernal equinox. When I lived in New Haven, Connecticut, the Saint Patrick’s Day Parade was always an unofficial celebration of spring for my friends and me.
Thinking about Saint Patrick’s Day got me thinking about luck. Luck is such an interesting concept. We often define luck as an outcome of chance rather than strategy, skill, or smart choices.
We also think of luck as an energy around us.
Spiritually or superstitiously, many of us work to invoke good luck and avoid actions that we fear may bring bad luck.
We talk about luck a lot in our daily lives. “Getting lucky” implies something very specific. When someone is considering an ill-advised risk, we try to discourage them by asking if they feel lucky. The implication is that without luck, they have no chance of success.
I am not a very superstitious person. I put much more faith in skill, action, and the grace of a Higher Power than in luck. I usually credit a lucky break to hard work, magic, and prayers answered rather than actual luck.
Yet, I often notice that some people seem to get many lucky breaks while others seem to have the worst luck. When I consider that, I see something else. Some people perceive themselves as lucky, even though they are enduring misfortunes. Other people consider themselves unlucky, even though they have many blessings.
Over time, individuals who have experienced hardships but remain grateful for the blessings in their lives tend to attract more good fortune than those who focus solely on their difficulties. Feeling lucky (even in the face of difficulty) can bring better luck in the long run.
Many traditions have practices meant to bring luck. You can buy a ‘Fast Luck’ candle at any botanica. The clover symbolized luck even before it became associated with Saint Patrick.
Perhaps luck truly is a specific energy we can invoke for ourselves and others rather than a superpower a few people receive at birth.
We tap into that energy when we wish good luck to one another, even in situations where the outcome is more influenced by skill than chance. Have you ever wondered what would happen if we wished ourselves good luck every day, even in situations where we already consider ourselves to be lucky? This could be an intriguing experiment to undertake at the start of this new season!
The StaarCon 2024 AfterGlow. Fairy for 2024 by Ciro Marchetti.
The StaarCorner
StaarCon 2024 AfterGlow
Join Brenda Elizabeth in Charmed by Lady Lenormand Lounge tonight, Wednesday, at 7:30 pm to learn how to use tarot, Lenormand, and oracle cards to connect with your pets in spirit.
On Sunday, March 17, at 2 pm, join Hattie Parker in her Vibe 432 Lounge to experience the oracle card system she has created.
A replacement recording of the third segment of Mary Ellen Collins’ Tarot Plus intensive, Cards and Crystals, is now available for viewing. Find it in Friday’s Regular Sessions.
StaarCon 5
One of the things we are excited about for StaarCon 5 is that we will have a 2,200-square-foot exhibition hall. Exhibitors and readers will be together in that space, which we will call the StaarCon Marketplace. Members of the public are welcome to explore the Marketplace, shop, and have readings on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. People coming just for the Marketplace will not need to pay an entrance fee.
StaarCon 5 will occur in West Palm Beach on January 24, 25, and 26, 2025. Please email me if you would like to exhibit in the StaarCon Marketplace!
Hattie Parker doing aura readings at StaarCon 2024.
Tarot cards with a focus on the Wheel of Fortune.
Lucky Cards
Which specific tarot card speaks about luck for you? And how might we speak of luck in a reading?
Major Arcana 10, the Wheel of Fortune, is the most prominent representation of luck. The Wheel of Fortune can speak about gambling, amongst many things. I often see the well-dignified Wheel of Fortune as a sign that luck is with you and the ill-dignified Wheel of Fortune as a sign that it is not a good time to take a risk.
When well-dignified, the Fool can also suggest that luck will be with you, even as you make a risky move.
Many cards predict positive outcomes, even though few speak specifically about luck.
In a tarot reading, we can sometimes perceive a general energy of positive flow that may be what we call ‘luck.’ We get a sense that everything is falling into place and things are moving in the right direction. Sometimes, we see the opposite of that. The cards may show conflict and chaos rather than flow and forward motion.
When we see difficult cards, we generally do not interpret them as saying we should wait for our luck to change. Instead, we use the cards to find solutions and strategies for making the necessary changes.
Yet, while reading, we will feel whether the energy flows or feels stuck. Perhaps this is how the energy of luck presents itself in a tarot reading.
When we feel that stuck energy, we can use tarot magic to encourage better luck by activating the Wheel of Fortune to bring the necessary flow.
Equinox Gathering March 19 YouTube Livestream.
The Week in Review
Join us tomorrow, Thursday, at 7 pm ET, for a free live-stream tarot class on YouTube about contradictory cards. How do you handle a tarot reading when the cards don’t make sense? This class will help!
I am back at the Mandel Public Library in West Palm Beach on Saturday, March 16, for a free all-level tarot class. Join me there at noon.
Tuesday, March 19, is the vernal equinox. We will gather for a live-stream celebration on YouTube at 7 pm ET. I hope you can join us!
From Around the Web
Time magazine has an interesting history of Saint Patrick.
Why are four-leaf clovers lucky?
Here are some ways to celebrate the vernal equinox, also known as Ostara.
A young woman burns a candle and palo santo for luck.
Making Magic
If luck is an energy we can invoke, how and when should we do that?
Before a big event, some magic for luck can ensure things run smoothly. When things are going badly, luck magic can help turn things around.
We can do luck magic every day to help protect us.
Every culture has its ways of invoking luck.
There are symbols we can wear and prayers we can say. There are plants, stones, and colors associated that are said to bring luck.
I like to burn a green candle for luck. I put the Wheel of Fortune tarot card next to the candle. This has been a simple and effective way to create good fortune. Try it and see what happens!
Christiana teaches at the Mandel Public Library in West Palm Beach March 16.
Upcoming Events
Card and Craft Academy
Classes presented by Christiana are available right now at Card and Craft Academy!
Christiana’s Candle Magick
Christiana’s Eleven-Card Celtic Cross
Finding Meaning in the Minor Arcana
The Major Arcana, Magical and Mundane
Practical Tarot Techniques
Psychic Tarot
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
Tarot Beyond the Veil
Your Journey Through the Tarot Court
Tarot Stories, Trends, and Blends
Tarot Readings for Personalities and Relationships
Clarity in Every Tarot Card
Tarot Flow Workshop
Making Magick with Tarot
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
The Elemental Major Arcana
Minor Arcana Numbers, Elements, and Truth
Personal Healing with Tarot
Create and Interpret Custom Tarot Spreads
What the Court Cards Want You to Know
How Spirit Speaks Through Tarot
Catch up on your missed Zoom webinars and more!
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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
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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.
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Tarot Topics Newsletter
Volume 7 Issue 11
March 13, 2024
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