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Not all tarot decks are made equalYou've seen this at Barnes and Noble or your local metaphysical shop.
You walk in, see shelves upon shelves of beautifully decorated cards, and instantly feel overwhelmed. One deck is the original Rider-Waite Smith system but this other one is based off of Voodoo and Hoodoo? But Google has each version of the Devil the same way, even though it looks TOTALLY different? How am I supposed to read these decks in the same way?! From my experience, a lot of tarot readers shun decks before of this reason. If it's not a familiar system, they don't want anything to do with it. I find this absolutely insane. If you break it down, there's an incredibly simple way to go along with the Fool's journey in tarot, even if the deck you're using isn't in a popular system. Not only that, but you learn so much more from a deck just by sitting down, recognizing the differences, and digging deep into the decks themselves. I'm going to show you three easy ways that you can break down a deck's imagery of the Major Arcana and use the differences to improve your tarot reading craft:
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We are our own worst critics. We constantly compare ourselves to others.
We hide the negative things we feel about ourselves so that we seem perfect to the world around us. However, the parts of ourselves that we choose to ignore often are our downfall in relationships, at work, and when trying to accomplish our goals. Shadow Work fixes this issue.
We all know the image:
Woman in a turban with tapestries, crystals, and ridiculously long nails pulls the Death card in a reading, prophesying the death of a heroine or hero with music swelling in the background. Images like these give the "scary cards" of tarot a really bad name. These misunderstood, yet definitely scary-looking, cards give so much depth and meaning to a reading that you should be HAPPY to see them come up. It's time to bust some more tarot myths: scary card style!
Today, we're going over how tarot cards and readings can help you visualize your career and goals.
Subscribe to the channel for more videos about tarot, magic, and all sort of magical goodies! Have you ever been in love or raised by someone that makes your life a living hell? I have, and it really takes a toll. I was raised with a toxic, flip-floppy parent. One moment I felt supported and loved and the next everything I did was wrong. It was emotionally and mentally abusive. Every day was a battle between their expectations and my own self-worth. I was in a relationship with someone who didn't love me. I was a place holder; they only held me or spent time with me because he couldn't be with the woman he loved. The partnership was filled with mind games, knowing that the man I loved was imagining I had a different face. I'd wake up in the morning wondering:
Love fucking sucks sometimes.
You meet someone, fall head over heels, and then get crushed. Move on to the next person and guess what - it happens all over again! Why me? Am I a horrible person? Am I never going to find my soulmate or be happy? What do I do?! Some people wake up with the sun, do an hour of yoga and meditation, bathe with chamomile flowers and eucalyptus, and announce their goddess identity to the universe.
I'm definitely not one of those people. I wake up to a soon-to-be one year old poking my face, rushing out the house with messy hair, and a whole mess of chaos for my day. Waking up slow and easy like the goddess within me would love to do sounds like heaven. There's definitely a way to do that, even when you're off the rails like me.
When I first started reading tarot, I didn't know what the hell I was doing.
I got a deck from my roommate, the Enchanted World Tarot, and just was dumbstruck. What does all this crap mean? There's a meditation DVD and book?! But how do I meditate the right way? Why are there swords stabbing this man?! I didn't understand the cards at ALL. But once I started reading intuitively - using my mind to read tarot and NOT a guidebook - all the meanings and insights started flooding in. Now that I'm a master tarot reader, I've created a quick start guide for others to read with their instincts - not Google! Psychic scammed grad student out of 2.5k to lift family curse - New York Post
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Ever since my daughter started having a steady bedtime routine, my husband and I would take her to the library on campus and pick a few books. Some were well received while others were thrown or ripped up. It happens.
This last trip to the library, I decided to take a moment away from baby and find some books I'd like to read. One that stood out was Witchcraft on a Shoestring: Practicing the Craft With Breaking Your Budget by Deborah Blake. Here's my take on it. You sat down and read/watched/went through a tarot reading with an intuitive coach.
You got to the root of your problems. Maybe you even got some steps to start taking to change your life! You walk out into the world once more and...what now?
I'm in love with all different types of music. And I'm in love with tarot cards. Who says we can't enjoy the best of both worlds.
Here's my list of theme songs for the Major Arcana!
As apart of International Tarot Day, I'm joining a blog hop! We're covering every card in the tarot deck, going over how amazing they are, and more!
What's your card? The Ten of Cups! So let's get started:
Say you know fifteen people. You invite them over for dinner so everyone sits at the table. You set out candles, the best china, Jill Scott's singing about family in the background; you brought out the works. While everyone's eating, every person is talking at the same time. Just jabbering away.
How much of that entire dinner conversation did you pick up? Maybe the couple people sitting next to you but Bobby and Jill all the way down on the other side didn't hear anything. Just like you couldn't hear them. Sometimes when you go in for a tarot reading, there's an expectation of what you can ask. There's a belief that you can ask any question and get time and date answers and nothing can change them.
That's just not the case. One process of tarot reading is to sit and answer a list of questions in a spread, put the cards in a specific layout, and there's a completed reading.
Through my years of reading tarot and oracle cards, I've found a method for finding questions that get to the source of the problem for clients, finding the answer, and providing steps on how to get there is much more effective. One of the most confusing religions I've ever come across was Scientology. You always hear about actors like Tom Cruise being Scientologists but they're generally regarded as nut jobs.
I took things into my own hands and did some research on the religion. This week for the 30 Days of Witchcraft challenge, I'm going to explain a little bit about Scientology and why it doesn't really mesh with me. Let's get started!
Baby's in bed and (finally) asleep.
Shower's taken and teeth are brushed. Tea is freshly brewed, chakras balanced for the day I'm zen and prepared; writing time! I go to sit down at my laptop and...nothing. Wait a minute; I thought we were doing a deity worship series? Why are we going over Christianity when this is about witchcraft?
Fascinatingly, this is a branch of Christian witchcraft and different practices. Since it's a potential spiritual path for you to explore, I've done some research on how it works. Here's my findings: This week on the 30 Days of Witchcraft challenge, I have to write in a magical script.
This should be fun; I've never written any actual spell work in a script before! As a student, there's a certain level of responsibility you are forced to accept, no matter where you come from.
The world is much different than high school; everything falls on you to make a decision and not fuck up. There's a million people you can ask for advice, but where do you even start? Moving from the East into the West, we're covering Asatru today for the Introduction to Deity Worship series.
This Norse-based religion has deep historical roots and rich practices. So let's dive into the fun stuff! I remember when I first realized I was in a toxic relationship. The kind of relationship where you know your partner isn't good for you, they don't want you, but you're still stuck emotionally.
I remember wanting someone to talk to and give advice as to what I could do. Everyone around me could understand slightly but there's always that communication barrier. A person could never truly understand what I was going through; they weren't living with what I was feeling. I wanted to see what my life would be like without this man and if I truly deserved better. I wanted to know if I'd ever fall for a best friend like I did with him. And I wanted to know if I ever was cut out for love at all. Part of this wonderful 30 Days of Witchcraft challenge is to research a path that I don't know about but I'm interested.
I'm honestly not interested in a specific path religiously, but I have always loved Buddhism. I enjoyed learning about it in school so I'm going to share some findings! Let's learn together! Have you ever had a sinking, sickening feeling?
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