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Page of Swords – Meaning

Feb 172012

The Page of Swords – Tarot Card Meaning

Here are some thoughts on the Page of Swords

Swords – mental function, thoughts, realm of ideas
Page – youthful, immature
The young man in the picture holds his sword to his chest, he is defensive and ready to attack if provoked
Bare landscape, harsh looking environment, windswept and sparse.

Here follow some ideas about the meaning of The Page of Swords Tarot Card.

I was given a deeper insight into this card whilst involved in a short lived virtual relationship recently. When I asked the cards questions about the relationship and its potential The Page of Swords Card appeared in nearly all of the readings symbolizing to the man in question. I wondered about this at the time…..

He and I conversed by email and got on very well using that medium, we then started talking by phone and again we got on brilliantly and yet there was a slightly harsh edge to his voice which made me wonder about him. He was also quite a lot younger than me, which would account for the Page part of the symbolism. Also highly intelligent, which would account for the Swords part….

We were at the stage when we were about to meet up in person and I was getting quite excited about the whole thing. Then……..I was doing a very complex and involved Tarot Reading which literally took me 7 hours to complete. In the middle of this intense period of concentration, he phoned me and I said I would phone him back when I had finished…….several hours later I returned his call. Only to be met with a less than enthusiastic response. I could understand why he would be pissed off and I apologized profusely and explained my situation but never heard a thing from him again.

From this I surmised that he was:

reactive
defensive
needy, touchy and sensitive
emotionally immature
quick to judge
had an easily bruised ego

So, through working with the cards and at the same time having an intense interpersonal experience I felt that I gained a very real sense of the Page of Swords energy.

Thank you dear Page of Swords. Really, I will be more thoughtful, considerate and careful next time!

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Email Tarot Reading – Where Next?

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Jan 212012

Intuitive and Email Tarot Reading – a look at the site over the last two years and wondering where next?

Well amazing! February 2012 marks the beginning of the third year of this site Intuitive and Email Tarot Reading…..

self reliance Email Tarot Reading Where Next?

From the Fairy Healing Cards by Doreen Virtue

I have met wonderful people over the past two years of Intuitive and Email Tarot Reading’s existence and have made some very good friends. Sometimes, when I lost my confidence and allowed myself to drift into self doubt – the support and encouragement of online friends was invaluable. I really don’t feel I would still be up and running without them.

Intuitive and Email Tarot Reading 2011

At the beginning of 2011 I started including Intuitive Impressions as part of my Email Tarot Readings. This move has proved invaluable, as these impressions add a deeper level of symbolic meaning to the whole reading.

I cannot tell you how gratifying it is to be able to help someone who is distressed and who reaches out to me. I consider it an honour when someone asks me for a reading and I always endeavour to do my utmost to help.

In June 2011 my beloved soul mate/friend/teacher passed over and it was almost impossible for me to give readings then and for about four months afterwards.

I began an Intuition Development Newsletter towards the end of the 2011 and so this is still in its infancy.

2012

I have always had a very good feeling about 2012 and yes, life certainly seems to be moving on a pace personally and collectively. Personally – I am moving from Ireland back to the UK and I feel a great sense of peace growing inside me. Collectively – there seems to be much turmoil and unrest in the world, while at the same time many people are waking up to the true beauty and power of their inner nature.

Intuitive and Email Tarot Reading in 2012

I have been wondering for a while, whether or not to add a Forum to Intuitive and Email Tarot Reading and I have decided that I will set this up in 2012. This would allow people to ask questions and interact with me and also with each other. It would seem like a good idea both for the site and for anyone interested in learning more about Tarot, Intuition and Spirituality. I will do this when I have moved back to the UK at the end of February.

I am particularly interested in helping other people to develop and use their own intuitive powers and I intend to continue doing this in 2012.

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The Ace of Cups – Meaning

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Jan 102012

`The Ace of Cups - Tarot Card Meaning`

In this post I will outline some meanings for the Ace of Cups Tarot Card

A new start in love

New love affair

Being offered love and friendship

The hand of friendship being extended

Beginning everything with love

Possibility of love

Seeing where love leads

My own feelings about the Ace of Cups Tarot Card

A great blessing is being bestowed, love is being offered. The emotions are being stirred and everything is possible. There is so much potential represented in the Ace of Cups Tarot Card.

How exciting and lovely it is when love is offered. The heart can be touched, if it is open enough to be touched that is.

In the Ace of Cups Card, the symbol of the bird above the cup seems to me to be giving a blessing. The circle with the cross reminds me of a communion wafer.

Ace of Cups – Symbolism

The bird represents a dove, the messenger of hope and peace. The cross represents the spirit reaching to earth and “crossing” through the human body/the physical plane. The horizontal line represents the physical, the earth, the material world. The circle represents the whole, universality and connection.

The Ace of Cups is saying that what is being offered through love is nothing less than divine.

The cup/the vessel/container of love can be a person, thing, situation, job, animal.

In the Ace of Cups Tarot Card, the cup itself is overflowing with liquid, which falls into and mingles with the waters below. To me this symbolizes;

The way the emotion of love connects you with everything and everyone else.

How love dissolves barriers and unites people.

How the emotions link you with the mysterious ebb and flow of life.

How the emotion of love can take you outside of your ego centred self.

Whose is the hand that is offering this gift of love? For in whatever way love comes to you, it is part of the One Source of Love. Love is calling for the small sense of self to dissolve into the whole.

The Ace of Cups is full of potential. What are you going to do with this precious gift that is being offered to you?

I hope you have enjoyed this post about the Ace of Cups Meaning.

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Death Card Tarot Interpretation 2

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Nov 222011

Very many thanks to Holly Marie Colino for writing this Guest Post for the site:

Death Card Tarot Interpretation

Death is inevitable. Once you are in a Death it has begun. You will not exodus from Death until your will has faced your inner demons and allowed them to release for good.

Are you willing?

Death can be a phase of numerous cycles. In order for anyone to change, even if the change is as objective as a new job you must mentally, physically, emotionally and spiritually adjust.

How long you are in the transition phase is up to you.

What areas within yourself and life internally and externally do you need to make corrective action?

What areas within yourself and life internally or externally do you need to revitalize before you make actions or decisions?

In order to draw Death, suspension or sacrifices within your life have taken place amongst consequences and contemplation. You have realized a need to let go.

Now you must address what lies within and what external factors caused the absence of fulfillment and presence of meaningless self-sacrifice.

Something needs to come to light. You know what that is. You can’t just change location, job, or relationship and expect new results until you release the inner demons or unlock what remains closed from fears within you. You carry the dark energy from fear and it travels along with you in all that you do.

Death is also provoking exposure.

“To rid the unwanted or the old, we do so to replace with the new”

The replacement means removal of the root causes of darkness that did not allow your highest self to come to light and ascend because it was blocked by insecurity, fear or denial.

This will create a freeze or a pause in your life. The action is happening but internally. Your thoughts, energy, emotions and feelings are shifting, releasing, cleansing and replacing.

The Death phase is dependent upon your will to overcome it. You will stay in transition until you are fully transmuted so you may enter the next phase of the life cycle.

Is now the time that I will attract what will serve my Highest Self while I am in this transition?

What does it mean to embrace a real change?

What do I need to do within myself to create healthy change that will bring me the results I desire?

Holly Marie Colino

The Death Card Tarot Interpretation was written for this site by Holly Marie Colino. You can read an earlier post about the Death Card here.

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Intuitive Tarot Reading Interview

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Nov 162011

Grateful thanks to Holly Marie Colino for doing this Intuitive Tarot Reading Interview - November 2011

Gillian Knebel: Perspectives on intuition and effective preparation for intuitive counsel

“Welcome to Intuitive impressions by Gillian Knebel. I was very intrigued to see a new original style of Tarot card reading by Ms. Gillian Knebel. She is the only Tarot reader that has yet to establish a website that offers these Intuitive Impressions. I was pleased to be able to interview and ask Ms. Knebel some valuable questions that pertain to Intuition. Gillian was kind enough to offer her time. “

How much time do you spend on one client to do an intuitive reading?

Usually it takes me an hour and a half. I have to spend time to clear myself of my own thoughts while tuning in to my sacred space. It takes much energy.

Describe your method to receive guidance for your clients concerns.

I first propose the question once I have reached the sacred space. I simply allow the unconscious to guide me on a journey along with inviting the Divine Spirit into the reading. Once I have finished the intuitive journey I draw tarot cards. The Tarot Spread or the numbers of cards I use depend on the nature of the client’s question. As almost always, the tarot cards synchronize with my journey information.

What do you conclude from the Tarot cards and how?

I have a great understanding of the cards after working with them for so many years. I now can look at them collectively and gather a main message. I can look at them as a whole and gather sentences. I often use the symbolism to gather meanings. I do get very strong feelings towards the cards while meditating upon them which helps to interpret the message they are sending. I have a strong ability for clairsentience, an inner knowing and guidance of feeling my way to the meaning of the message.

How have your Intuitive Abilities helped you along the way?

I feel that it takes care of me. I have become an eccentric. The ability has actually helped me with my eating. I simply know what and when to eat. I now can listen to my body and that intimacy has helped me to nurture my entire being. One really important achievement I have gained from my intuition is the mastery of knowing my divine path. I have achieved living in my truth rather than making decisions based on what others expect of me and not being happy with the outcomes.

What is your main goal to be obtained from establishing your website, Intuitive Impressions?

The immediate effect I wish to create is reducing the distress in other people’s lives. I want to help Humanity by being a conduit of intuitive inspiration. I also wish to empower Humanity and enlighten others about their Divine Self and own intuition.

What are a few things you would tell a client asking you about enlightenment of their eccentric self?

I see too many people giving away their personal power by relying on other sources incessantly for guidance. We all need help getting through problems but we must not forget that even the outside help is to support triggering the answers that always lie within us. It is important for people to trust in themselves for the answers.

One other vital factor for anyone using divination for guidance, is to propose their question with direct clarification of intent. It is important when you are giving or receiving a reading, to make sure there is a meeting of minds. You must make the intent clear so the guidance may also be clear.

If you would like an intuitive tarot reading from Gillian click here.

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Two Of Swords Tarot Card Interpretation

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Nov 072011

The Two of Swords Tarot Card Interpretation

My grateful thanks to Holly Marie Colino for this Guest Post, an excellent interpretation of the Two of Swords Tarot Card.

The Two of Swords

“Purified Judgment” Do I need to act now?
Could my decision include submission?
If I am avoiding, I am creating barriers. How? Why? Where?
Do I believe in myself enough to have calm assurance that I will be able to endure the unfolding events from my choices?
What do I need to tap into in order to have more Faith in my future?
Am I trying to rush my decisions rather than allowing them to unfold before or within me?
Have I entered my inaudible and sanctified corridors?

*Allow yourself to be influenced by Heavenly Justice and its balancing effect. Heavenly purity will assist you in liberating your mind of past conditioning causing indecision.

*Instead of staring into the Moon and its reflections, allow yourself to be open to the psychic energy in order to receive taciturn messages.

*Be honest if you are creating barriers or if you are avoiding, realize that those energies are not the true solution.

*You may want to avoid conventional means of guidance and allow the subtle motions of Gods energy to assist your Judgment.

*Allow and patiently be open to receiving pure ordered thoughts and tacit understanding.

*Cleanse your thoughts from the perplexity of your emotions while barring any physical senses which influence your clarity and ability to make divine Judgments.

“Balance the mind using purified intellect and intuition with trust”

Two of Swords

Thinking one way and feeling the opposite will create contradictions causing indecision. What is causing the inability to bring our thoughts into harmony?

Barriers that we establish often cause stalemates in situations.

Sometimes we need an objective mediator to create balance. Outside of our thoughts and emotions lies our psychic self and guidance from our Faith. In order to let go of the avoidance that our emotions and thoughts may be causing us we must purify ourselves from self- defeating controls in order to accept the truth and walk in it with trust. Again, you have choice.

The Two of Swords Tarot Card Interpretation was written for this site by Holly Marie Colino.

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Four Of Pentacles Tarot Interpretation

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Oct 312011

Four of Pentacles Tarot Interpretation

Grateful thanks to Holly Marie Colino for writing this Guest Post, an interpretation of the Four of Pentacles Tarot Card.

The Four of Pentacles

“Protecting the Self”

What am I keeping to myself that should be shared with others or in support of society?
Are my fears about safety, security and financial hardship rational?
Why do I hold these fears about security, safety and financial hardship and are they from past circumstances that I have let influence my emotions which are causing these limiting thoughts?
What bondages from the past can I free that no longer hold true to the reality of my situation in order to liberate myself from isolating emotions and feelings?
Is my ability to express my feelings blocking or supporting my social competence?
Do I need to consider my willingness to share my thoughts?
Why am I unwilling to share myself or my achievements with society?

Here is an example of why a client would draw the Four of Pentacles for a guidance card:

Client X feels socially oppressed. Client X claims they suffer from relationships that include receiving mixed messages, betrayal and deception. Client X did have 3 cases in their past in which deception was found to be true. Relationships within love, business, college, religion, family, friends, and so on are unclear to X. X has sent me a claim to receive guidance about deceiving relationships because X feels isolated and is lonely. X also claims that others hold ulterior motives and that is why X feels they have keep to themselves all the time. X claims they suffer from indecision. X also claims they are afraid to enroll in college because they feel they may get the “run around”.

Even if feelings occur naturally (subconscious) we still can’t state that emotions and feelings you have received are an effect from the party you are accusing. Critical thinking can be manipulated due to self -interest and self-motivation. Post-traumatic stress can cause one to perceive situations inaccurately. Post-traumatic stresses can trigger emotions from past situations that influence thoughts and feelings in the present. We now can say that one’s feelings and thoughts cannot be the judging factor of truth in their claims of another’s motives.

The Four of Pentacles as a result of drawn cards in your reading discloses preoccupations that involve potential threat to your security. In this case, X’s security is being challenged by dependence upon degrees of reliability, loyalty, truth, selflessness, and wholesomeness because the cause involves relationships. Relationships concern degrees of all the above traits. These traits open us to vulnerability which challenges our security.

The Four of Pentacles will also question your perception of security. X now holds on to negative beliefs and these beliefs degrade their convictions to pursue or follow through with opportunities concerning relationships. X is afraid that their security, safety and physical energies will be taken advantage of by others if they choose to join in or initiate commitment. X is now limiting their possibilities with their thoughts by assuming ill will.

Client X holds on to their feelings and thoughts from past situations while racing them over and over again irrationally. X is not addressing where their accountability has been an influence in creating their current dissatisfaction. This is causing X to not analyze their present relationships accurately and without bias. X does not accurately perceive present situations.

The effects of X’s assumptions have manifested disillusionment, avoidance, illusions, confusion and misdirection. Inadvertently this has caused X to be at an indecision concerning their educational path and what to major in and if they should approach online or on campus education. (Another life changing decision) X is now creating more isolation by avoiding the college classes he/she signed up for. X does not exhibit a strong conviction to pursue college education.

We can say that if one is being suppressed with the Four of Pentacles energy they may also be confused about their direction. X has been assuming outcomes. Your direction will not be clear if meaningful parts of yourself are not unleashed and you are not taking accountability while assessing situations objectively.

If X is not addressing all the facts, can X create a solution? X has not organized their thoughts, addressed all the facts and taken any accountability. X has judged opportunities with assumptions and bias. X has created their present claimed isolation, indecision and sense of loneliness.

This is connected to will and choice. What are you avoiding? Are you activating irrational beliefs? Why are you avoiding all the facts?

In Summary: The Four of Pentacles speaks straight forward.

In all Tarot cards you have a choice. You must take accountability for your actions to see Truth. Only looking at the spilt milk will cause stalemate and fallacy. You must look at yourself and ask why. You must question yourself and answer honestly. In any situation you choose to engage in or avoid, is your will making the decision? Has bias influenced your present critical thinking? You must also recognize that avoiding facing your role in an upsetting situation is causing you to hold on to negative emotions that affect your confidence and security which helps to create dissatisfying circumstances. Do you want clarity and a solution to your problem? Truth is the way to gain clarity so you may create a solution. You will also blind yourself to truth by avoiding all the facts. (Facts) Your actions are facts in many cases you are involved with. Take a good honest look at yourself. Get over the fact that humility is part of self- development and all humans suffice humility. Forgive yourself for any past situation in which you did not detect underlying motives, were at the mercy of another’s security (being a child) or absence of another honoring your partnership. Seeing what you want to see or brooding over past events will not give you Justice.

In this case the 4th and 3rd questions proposed above should be the first questions contemplated.

Note:

Root Chakra work should be a compliment to self- assessment concerning The Four of Pentacles. Our Root Chakra governs our harmony with areas of Trust, Security, Safety and Physical Energy.

The Four Of Pentacles Tarot Interpretation was written for this site by Holly Marie Colino.

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The Ten of Wands Tarot Card Interpretation

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Oct 192011

The Ten of Wands

Grateful thanks to Holly Marie Colino, for writing this Guest Post; a perceptive and concise interpretation of the Ten of Wands Tarot Card.

“Amass and Congregate”

*Collecting our experiences or goods and utilizing them for a cause for the future.

* Tying up loose ends.

* Energies coming together to serve and sacrifice for a common interest.

* Carrying our burdens with us for a goal which ensures a greater future.

An example of this energy could be preparing for a trial, a group of people working together on a community project outside their day jobs, a family preparing for a move, or attending college atop your job, family and other many responsibilities.

The Ten of Wands Tarot Card will always entail some oppression (pressure). This card does mean you will be bearing the loads and you will be left alone with bearing all the burdens; you will be the bearer of all the duties.

The Ten of Wands Tarot Card will ask you if you are burdening yourself with over extension. Oppression challenges us on an emotional level. Are we yielding to others or a stigma? Are we the cause of our burdens? How can I have a clear vision if I am shouldering too many burdens? Do I always have to shoulder another ones burdens? Can I say no? Are you too narrowly focused and overcommited to one cause?

The Ten of Wands Tarot Card asks you to take a re-stock of your current lifestyle. Assess your deficiencies and excess. Take time to reflect from your experiences and regroup your priorities. Here is a story that pertains to a client sufficing the Ten of Wands energy:

Client X is living alone and does not have any family or friends. X just moved into a new town. X enrolled in college. X needs to find work while in College. X meets a friend who turns out to be a stalker while X is in college burdened with loads of homework and the college has yet to give X an advisor. X is struggling to know where they stand in college due to no advisor. X is burdened with having to find the right path in their college education and is still trying to find work in between all of the other pressures. X is being burdened by other students for help on homework and by this stalker who bombards X’s boundaries with constant threatening and sexually harassing phone calls, texts, visits to X’s apartment late at night, popping up many times while at college or the store etc. During this entire time X has no emotional support.

The Four Of Pentacles Tarot Interpretation was written for this site by Holly Marie – you can connect with her on Facebook.

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Tarot Spread – The Six Directions

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Oct 042011

If you have ever visited this site before, you will know that I am always changing things around and finding new ways of doing things. So, a new spread…..

Here is a Tarot Spread based on the The Six Directions.

The six directions are North, South, East, West, Great Mother Earth and Great Spirit Sky.

I lay the cards out – one card for each direction. Now I hasten to add, this is my particular way of doing this and other people may have different ideas:

East, air, mental faculty. thought
South, fire, sexuality, passion, drive
West, water, emotions, feelings
North, earth, physicality, the body
Great Mother – connection to the Earth
Father Sky – connection to Great Spirit

The Six Directions Tarot Spread

Here is a practical example of the spread:

I have been wondering for a while, given the general economic situation, together with the fact that I like the idea, about bartering tarot readings. So with this idea in mind I drew the cards for the Six Directions:

1. Card on the right, East, air, mental faculties. thought

The Sun, bright ideas, optimistic thoughts, hopeful and promising ideas, thinking things will turn out well.

2. Card on the bottom, South, fire, sexuality, passion, drive

Six of Wands, victory won through passion, drive creating success, coming out on top with zeal and fire.

3. Card on the left, West, water, emotions, feelings

Queen of Pentacles, dealing with peoples feelings, grounded emotionally, well directed feelings, good use of emotions, kind feelings, sharing emotions.

4. Card on the top, North, earth, physicality, the body

Six of Cups, physical connection, sharing physical things, getting close through material objects, sharing precious things.

5. Card on the left, Great Mother – connection to the Earth

Three of Pentacles, learning about connection to the Earth, student of Mother Earth, apprenticeship to the Great Mother.

6. Card on the right, Father Sky – connection to Great Spirit

Six of Pentacles, dedicated service to Great Spirit, honouring Spirit with time, energy and material resources, many calls on time and energy from Great Spirit.

Conclusion

Bartering Tarot Readings would seem like a pretty good idea from all aspects of The Six Directions Tarot Spread!!

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The Magician – Developing Your Intuition

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Sep 032011

Developing Your Intuition With The Magician Tarot Card

Before I began to write this post, I chose today to work with the Tarot Card, The Magician, but on reflection, see that the card itself says a great deal about what is going on in my life, at present.

In the same way perhaps, synchronicity has brought you to this page today, to learn something from the Magician Card about your intuition, your life and your journey at this time?

The Magician – Developing Your Intuition

Take out Notepad or a piece of paper and jot down the first things that comes to you, in response to my questions. Please trust yourself, don’t judge what comes.

Take a few deep breaths and slow right down, take a long look at the picture of the tarot card below. Then answer the following questions:

What is the Card saying just to you?

What do the symbols mean to you?

Does anything jump out at you from the picture?

If yes, do you know why?

What message has The Magician Tarot Card to give you today?

Have you anything to ask the card?

If yes, do so now and wait for the answer.

I did the exercise and wrote down what I received, on my Impressions Page.

If you would like to share what you received from The Magician, please do so in the comments box below.

I trust you will find this Developing Your Intuition Exercise interesting, helpful and enlightening.

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Psychic Medium/Intuition And Psychic Abilities

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Jul 282011

Listen to blog talk radio episode from Wednesday July 27 where international Psychic Medium Lisa Williams takes people on a journey of self discovery showing you how to tap into your Intuition and Psychic abilities.

Listen to internet radio with Lisa Williams Medium on Blog Talk Radio

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Intuitive Tarot Readings/How They Work

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Jul 252011

I am going to write a little about how intuitive readings work, from my own experience. Other Intuitives will have different experiences/ways of working and so will describe things differently.

In my opinion, the main difference between an Intuitive Tarot Reading and an ‘ordinary’ (not that any reading can be ordinary!) Tarot Reading, is that the reader draws their tarot interpretation, directly from their intuition, rather than from a set meaning, learned from a book or other outside source.

Take for example, the Ace of Swords Card in the outcome position of a tarot spread.

Here is a set meaning of the Ace of Swords Tarot Card:

Focus, force, clarity, insight, intensity. The appearance of this card in a reading is like drawing the sword from the stone. The card is saying that you do have, the intelligence, strength and foresight to be able to tackle and deal successfully with whatever life is throwing your way.

So, in the outcome position of a tarot spread the Ace of Swords card, would indicate that the Querent (person asking the question) will have the strength and wherewithal to handle the situation at hand. It probably will not be easy, but the Querent will deal with the situation successfully in the long run.

Reading the Card Intuitively

This is only an example to give you an idea of what I am describing.

Looking at the Ace of Swords Card, the reader senses a feeling of unease, they see the sword wobbling slightly where it stands and see someone other than the Querent, attempting to pick it up. So, using their intuition the reader interprets the Ace of Swords Card slightly differently, from the set meaning: That the Querent may be fearful and have difficulty in accessing the power and strength needed, to make a success of the situation. Being forewarned of this tendency, gives the Querent the opportunity to face their fears and exercise caution, especially with regard to giving their power away.

Speaking as someone who began by giving Tarot Readings strictly from the set meanings of the cards. Over time and with experience, I have now gained the self confidence to use the intuitive approach.

I hope this has given you some understanding of Intuitive Tarot Readings and how they work.

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Developing Intuition – Tarot And Creativity

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Jul 192011

Developing Intuition – Tarot And Creativity

Intuition and Creativity – there is something magical about them, they never cease to amaze and delight me. I love to develop and use these faculties within myself and encourage others to develop and use them too.

Developing Intuition -Tarot

When I first began to learn Tarot, I memorized the meanings of the cards by heart and then stuck rigidly to these meanings, as I interpreted the cards. I also used to adhere to two specific layouts, each time I did a reading (either the Celtic Cross or the Egyptian Five Card Spread). Many many readings later, with increased confidence, the rigidly defined meanings and spreads have slipped into the background, to be replaced by spontaneous interpretation. Often I dispense with the cards altogether. Sometimes, I will just flip one card, sometimes a few cards – whatever feels right at the time. In my case, it is experience that has given me the confidence to be flexible, spontaneous and trust my intuition.

Developing Intuition – Creativity

Similarly, when I began to compose music, I wrote each note down separately, checking and rechecking that the music sounded OK as I went along. It was a tedious and laborious process. Many songs and much music later, I now improvise a melody and layer other melodies on top of the first one. Still, every time, I am delighted and surprised how this method works and that a piece of music seems to emerge, almost of its own volition, through this improvisational process.

A Developing Intuition Exercise For You To Do

With this in mind, I invite you to look at The Empress Card below and let your intuition guide you. Let the Empress teach you about your own creativity and show you how best to develop and use it. Ask her to show/teach/speak to you now, as you slow your breathing, concentrate and absorb the meaning of the card. Jot down what comes to you, so that you can refer to it later. I will write my ideas down on the Impressions page, if you want to look at what I have written, please wait until you have done this exercise yourself. I hope that you will learn something new.

I hope you have enjoyed this post about Developing Intuition – Tarot And Creativity.

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Tarot Reading – Benefits Of Email Readings

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Jul 042011

Tarot Reading – Benefits Of Email Readings

I have a strong preference for giving readings by email – rather than by phone, chat, video or a face to face – having practiced these various methods. I am writing this blog post to outline a few of Benefits Of Email Readings.

The Querant’s Perspective

When you receive a tarot reading by email, you receive valuable information, that can be referred back to at any time. There are often many levels to a reading, which cannot all be perceived immediately. So, unless a reading is recorded in some way, vital pieces of wisdom and guidance, both for the present and future, could be missed. It’s just not possible to absorb all the information at immediately.

Other ways of receiving a reading.

Often a phone or chat reading is priced by the minute and can prove quite expensive (when I used to give phone and chat readings on tarot lines, I was acutely aware of the charges mounting up as the minutes ticked by).

Why I prefer to give readings by email:

I prefer giving readings by email, as I communicate more effectively through the written rather than spoken word. Also, I can take my time over a reading, without the external pressure of a client’s need for an on the spot answer. I need to be quiet and undisturbed in order to meditate deeply whilst giving a reading. I find that adding pictures of the cards, also helps to clarify the interpretation for the client.

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Tarot Card Interpretation – The Seven Of Wands

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May 272011

I am very grateful for the perceptive insights into this card, given in this Guest Post, by Holly Marie Colino.

The Seven Of Wands – Tarot Card Interpretation

“Valor, Self Reliance, Cogitation”

This does not mean to castigate your opposition but to expose yourself with purpose and bravery. What does personal courage mean to you? Personal courage is what it sounds, personal. That is you standing in a confident and sure footed position for yourself with courage and purpose. The Seven of Wands has you standing in your truth in order to sustain your divine values, boundaries, worth and beliefs for causes that are personal or for the greater good of humanity in which you stand. This represents a brave individual with willingness to take the undesired position, as a lone entity against all opposition, for an honorable cause.

“Alone by being opposed to the group”

Alternatively this can mean that the opposition you face is within in you. The meaning of the Seven of Wands can challenge your coping ability to emotionally persevere with moral integrity. This card can speak of spiritual inner battles.

“Spirit within the inner self as your only ally”

The test is to seek how we can pull from our inner reserves and hold faith to persevere. The Seven of Wands suggests that we use diplomacy and tact to get through a conflict (consider the sea of opinions). How can we effectively get our point across and respect the views of others? Is this asking you to face your inner battles, the ones that are not serving your divine spirit? Is there any inner “demon” holding you back from your Highest Self that must be faced with honesty? The Seven of Wands could be telling you that you are up against your own thoughts and emotional bondages that are imprisoning.

Ask yourself if this really means for you to apply the energy of the Seven of Wands to your internal self. If this be the case you must consider initiating yourself in any potential conflicts. Ask yourself what issues can I just let go and do I always need to make my point in a situation and be right. What potential or current conflicts are really worth the time and energy? In each demeanor of the Seven of Wands (inner or outer opposition) you have a choice. All cards in the tarot present you with a choice.

Tarot Card Meaning - The Seven of Wands – was written by Holly Marie Colino.

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The Star Tarot Card

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May 042011

I am delighted and grateful, that Holly Marie Colino has written a Guest Post for this site, about The Star Tarot Card.

The Star Tarot Card.

The Star Tarot Card symbolizes that you are liberated from false securities. After the death of a situation or a towering event you learn that what your intuition said was no good, must be discerned and complimented with critical thinking. You also may have noticed that allowing yourself to yield to external pressures or stigmas has gotten you into situations where your true self could not be honored and unleashed.

This causes acceptance of what you have created and gives new insights into your development.

New hope and personal power supports you to move authentically. Passionate energy resonates within you from the valor you displayed in getting through the trials. You now have hope for manifesting your desires.
This is a time to reinvent yourself and your life. You are the energy that radiates and magnetizes what you can attain. Why not rejuvenate your entire core being? The Star Tarot Card is symbolic of physical, emotional, mental and spiritual cleansing.

The energy of the Star Tarot Card tells you that you now have enough time to evaluate yourself and accept your truth in order to manifest harmony.

Inspiration of Desire – The Star Tarot Card

The Star Tarot Card does give us hope because we know we are now liberated from chaos which manifested from false securities and oppression. This means you are now able to attract opportunities and act on them. You are no longer imprisoned or oppressed to the point of an inability to initiate actions to achieve or nurture what you desire. Here are a few things you must consider:

Do my beliefs support my desires?

What choices can nurture my desires?

Are my behaviors facilitating my desires or blocking them?

Can I accept myself so I may accept the right decisions in order to prevent oppressing and meaningless situations?

Remember; you do not want to create an oppressing future or another decision that will be another false security.

The Star Tarot Card is really telling you that you must utilize the past and contemplate what situations were false securities and oppressing and why. What were you trying to be and who you honestly are.

A real process of ascension is liberating because you are releasing the falsehood within your true self and loving yourself enough to accept your truth and live by your truth. Living in your truth will influence choices that nurture and empower yourself in order to create a life that brings you happiness and lasting security.

The Star Tarot Card was written by Holly Marie Colino.

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Developing Intuition – Practice and Ritual

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Mar 282011

I share here a few things that are helping me to develop my intuition.

Developing Intuition

1) Sitting in a particular place on a daily basis to meditate. I practice a number of different meditations, one of which concentrates on activating and balancing the Chakras.

2) Visualizing my Pineal Gland bathed in Violet Light and seeing Golden Light streaming down into it to awaken it. The Pineal Gland is shaped rather like a pine cone, so I imagine the shape and sense it coming to life.

3) Using a mental ritual – I travel in my imagination to a sacred spot to receive intuitive impressions. When I have received the impressions and written them down, I return in my imagination, to my usual surroundings and to normal waking consciousness.

4) Doing the above practices on a regular basis. I believe it is the repetition and reinforcement that trains the brain.

5) Receiving feedback about the accuracy of the Intuitive Impressions. This is very important, as it gives me confidence that I am not just making things up.

I find that developing intuition is very compelling, its like a journey into a very interesting and beautiful country. The practice and ritual really seem to help.

I hope you will find some of the above ideas useful on your own journey. You could play with the ideas and improvise to find the way that suits you. Everyone is unique.

Here is a useful link to more detailed information about the Pineal Gland.

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The Tower Card Message For Today

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Mar 162011

The image on this card is a very powerful and disturbing one, it pulls no punches. The Tower Card message for today seems to me, to be very relevant, both for individuals and also for the collective.

The base of something; whether it be a relationship, an economy, an endeavour, or the motivation of a group of people, has of necessity to be built on solid and firm foundations.

The Tower Card symbolizes the catastrophes, strokes of fortune, and unexpected events that appear seemingly out of the blue, to test these foundations to the limits.

What foundations is our society built upon? Are they going to stand this testing time?

What foundations are our lives built upon?

In my own life, I can feel that the foundations my own ‘tower’ rests upon, are very rocky and the masonry is starting to fall about my ears.

Is there anything shaky in your life that needs your immediate attention to prevent a collapse?

How do we personally and collectively build a life and a society on firm foundations?

The Tower card message for today cannot be ignored, it will not go away. Does the edifice have to crumble completely, before something stronger and more durable is built up to replace it? Or can we, by heeding the very obvious warning signs, act swiftly and expediently, to rebuild our respective towers before their total collapse?

Please leave a comment below, because I would love to know your views and opinions.

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Intuitive Readings By Gillian

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Mar 092011

According to my sister Gemini is prominent in my Astrological Chart. One of the ways this manifests in my life is that I am always doing things differently, changing my ideas and changing things around……so as of yesterday May 21 since I wrote this post I changed the title of my site yet again…..to Intuitive and Email Tarot Reading…….not to confuse anyone least of all myself!!

The name of this site is changing from Email Tarot Reading to Intuitive Readings by Gillian, for two reasons:

1) I now rely more on my intuitive impressions rather than on the Tarot Cards in my readings.

2) I am giving phone readings as well as email readings from this site.

Also, I like change and enjoy changing things around, so the name of the site is a good place to start.

Pineal Gland Activation Meditation

The Pineal Gland is the part of the brain linked to the Third Eye, which controls intuition/psychic ability/inner sight. If you would like to find out more about the Pineal Gland, here is a link to a page that gives comprehensive information on the Pineal Gland and its function.

I have been doing daily meditations to activate my Pineal Gland since November and this practice has made a considerable difference to my intuitive abilities. As a result ‘Intuitive Readings By Gillian’ seems the more appropriate title to use now.

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Tarot Card – The Lovers

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Feb 132011

In this post I invite you to take a good look at the Lovers Card in order engage in its symbolism and meaning.

I am hoping that the Lovers Card will be able to give you insight into this important area of your life. So that, as well as learning about the card, you will learn about yourself and your relationship to love.

Below are a few questions, they are only meant as suggestions, there is no need to follow them rigidly. Let the card speak directly to you, so that whatever you perceive is meaningful for you. Do your best to disregard any preconceptions or other people’s interpretations of this Tarot Card.

So, without more ado, breathe deeply and as you look at this Tarot Card; see, hear and feel what the card is saying just to you (you can open Notepad and write down what you perceive and if you wish, please share your perceptions in the comments box below, then we will all benefit.)

1) What do the two figures mean to you?

2) What is the woman saying to you?

3) What is the man saying to you?

4) What blessing is the Angel giving you?

5) What does the Mountain between the two figures represent to you?

6) What do the trees mean to you?

7) What is the Snake saying to you?

Is the Lovers Card saying anything else to you ?

I am reminded as I write this of the beautiful line from the poem Desiderata:

‘Neither be cynical about love, for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is perennial as the grass’.

In doing the above exercise myself (see Impressions Page) I noticed three things I hadn’t seen before – the Mountain, the Snake and the Clouds beneath the Angel. The message I received from The Lovers Tarot Card, was very revealing too.

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Email Tarot Reading – Year One

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Feb 012011

One Year Anniversary For Email Tarot Reading

I began this Email Tarot Reading site on January 29th, 2010 and of course gave myself a reading to see how it was going to go. The outcome card of the five card spread, was one of my favourite cards - The Six of Cups. I did a couple of extra spreads over the course of a few days, to confirm the reading and this card appeared each time.

Take a look at the card for a few moments and consider what it means to you. Also have a think about what it might mean in relation to Email Tarot Readings.

To me the Six of Cups speaks of trust, sharing and friendship – there is also something beautifully innocent about the picture on the card itself – giving and receiving gifts between friends, the intimacies shared between friends – openhearted, accepting, allowing, trusting, forgiving.

Now, I wouldn’t say this site has been a huge financial success in its first year, but it has certaintly brought me riches in other ways. For, over the course of the year, I have had the great honour of being trusted by people who have shared their problems with me. In return I have done my best to shine light and bring positive energy through my readings. I have been contacted by people from all over the world and some of these people have become my friends. I feel as though my own world has been enlarged and enriched as a result. I had no idea that this would happen when I started out.

The outcome card I have drawn for this next year of Email Tarot Reading, is one of my all time favourite cards – The High Priestess – which augers well both for my own developing intuition and for the intuition of the people who visit this site. For, as much as I like to give readings and help people with their problems, I would love others to use and trust their own intuitive abilities too. Hopefully, we will all become wiser and more in touch with our inner knowing over the course of the coming year.

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Tarot – Intuition – Crystal Ball

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Jan 182011

Developing The Intuition – Tarot – Intuition – Crystal Ball

I have been talking at length in these blogs, about developing the intuition and can happily relate, that by practising what I preach, my own intuition has developed dramatically over the last couple of months!

I put this down to a few of things:

1) Practising communication with my animals and listening to their replies. This involves being quiet, going into the Alpha Meditative State and sensing what the animal is saying to me.

2) Being asked some difficult questions on the phone and rather than relying solely on the Tarot for my answers, also basing my interpretations on the pictures in my mind’s eye (also words and feelings).

3) Receiving positive feedback on my intuitive impressions and hence trusting what I see and feel.

4) Incorporating the use of a Crystal Ball into my Tarot Readings.

I was given a Crystal Ball a few years ago, which has been languishing in a box up until recently, now that I am incorporating it in my readings, a whole new dimension is opening up. Its very exciting.

Tarot Readings aside, I think its so important to develop the intuition, for successful navigation of life. It gives inner power. Outer forces can no longer deceive, for when the inner senses are open, it is possible to perceive the truth of a situation, whatever is being stated on the outside. Being intuitive has therefore not only a psychic, but also a practical, social and political function, which can be especially useful as part of the decision making process.

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The Hierophant – Developing Your Intuition

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Dec 122010

Anyone can learn to give tarot readings, it is merely a matter of memorizing the meaning of the cards. The more highly developed your intuition, the more insightful and accurate your readings will be.

If you want to develop your intuition – ‘Ask and you will be given to you’. The very act of asking for this facility to develop within yourself, will open the door for you. Practice will bring your gift to fruition.

I feel passionate about encouraging others to develop and use their own intuition. That’s why I write so much about it in this blog. In my opinion, many of us and I speak most definitely for myself here, have been brought up in a culture, that has stunted the development of their innate intuitive guidance system. Thank goodness, the tide is turning now, as more and more people become aware of and access their intuitive faculties.

“Listen to your inner voice, it is the most important guide for you on this planet.” – Guruji

Intuition Exercise Focusing On The Hierophant Card

Breathe slowly and deeply until you feel relaxed. Imagine that you have roots growing down from your feet into the ground beneath you. You feel centred, firm and strong. Look at this card, let it speak directly to you. Disregard anything you have read about this card in books, or that others have told you.

Questions

What stands out about the card to you?

What is the message from the card?

What is the figure saying to you?

How does the card make you feel?

Anything else you notice or pick up?

If you would like to share what you receive, write it down in the comments box below. I am going to do this exercise right now and I will write what I receive on the Impressions Page. Don’t look at my ideas, or any one else’s ideas, till you have done the exercise for yourself. There is no right or wrong.

Bring your attention fully back into normal waking consciousness, before you go about the rest of your day.

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Developing Intuition – Gaining Confidence

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Dec 052010

Having an intuitive feeling/impression about something is one thing, acting on it is another. Acting upon the promptings of inner guidance, brings your intuition out into the material world, where you can judge its veracity, by the results you receive. You are not going to be right all of the time, you will learn from your mistakes, as much as from your successes. Giving Tarot Readings and receiving feedback is one very good way to gain confidence in your abilites.

Developing Intuition – Three Simple Exercises

Practice these exercises with a friend. Their feedback will help you to trust your intuition and build confidence in your own abilities. Try not to judge, it doesn’t matter whether you are right or wrong.

First of all ground yourself – breathe deeply till you feel relaxed, then imagine that you are growing roots out and down from your feet into the earth. Ask your intuition to guide and help you.

Exercise One

Using sheets/pieces of different coloured paper. Ask your friend to concentrate on one colour at a time, while you write down the colour you sense that your friend is seeing. Both of you can note down the colours, so that you can compare your results after a few goes. Then change places.

Exercise Two

Follow the same format that I described in Exercise One, using playing cards. First work with the suits, then when you are more experienced work with the numbers on the cards.

Exercise Three

Imagine a very small version of yourself coming up and out of the top of your head and going into the top of your friend’s head and down into one of their feet. Gradually let this small version of yourself explore the whole inside of their body, noting the places that feel stiff, painful, blocked etc and noting any other impressions that you receive. When you have finished, bring the small version of yourself up and out of their head and back inside your own head. Thank your intuition, thank your partner, come back fully into your body. Write down your impressions and then share them with your friend and receive their feedback. Then change places.

I hope you enjoy and practice these exercises, designed for developing your intuition and that by doing them, you will gain confidence in your own inherent intuitive abilities.

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Tarot Reading For Pets

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Nov 162010

This is a personal account, that you may well find interesting and informative.

I have been giving Tarot Readings to humans for quite some while now, but it was only in the last few weeks that I started giving readings to Animals. My cat to be precise.

This happened by way of learning Animal Communication, from Pea Horsley of Animal Thoughts. I originally contacted Pea, when I asked her to write an article on Animal Communication, for a Newsletter on another site of mine. I later asked for her help communicating with Vlad, a cat of mine who was dying. After the whole experience, I decided that I really needed to learn how to do this myself and organized an Animal Communication Workshop with Pea, here in West Cork.

This is what Pea says about Animal Communication:

“I believe we are all ‘gifted’ and able to communicate with animals, because we are all intuitive. Animal communication is simply intuitive communication with animals. As children we were more open to all forms of communication rather than simply relying on the spoken word and we were more truthfully in touch with our heart and able to express ourselves using all our senses – intuition. As adults we can tap back into this way of being and heighten our sensitivity once more.

So in effect, communicating with animals is another way of using and developing our inherent intuitive faculties. Not so very dissimilar to doing Tarot Readings.

Another cat of mine Ginge, is very ill with Cancer and I asked Pea to communicate with him for me, because I was not certain that what I was picking up was correct. (Ginge is on palliative care prescribed by the Veterinarian)

I also drew a few cards for him, before her communication (about five weeks ago) see below.

The card on the left the Five of Swords, was in answer to; ‘How are you feeling physically now, Ginge?’ I interpret this as; ‘Defeated, reaching the end, in pain, leaving, ready to go’.

The second card on the right the Six of Wands, was in answer to; ‘How are you feeling about moving into Spirit, Ginge?’. I took that to mean; ‘Really, very good’, Victory no less!

Pea told me later, what she had received from Ginge in her communication with him:

Physically he said he was in very bad shape and in a lot of pain and at that point, he wanted to ascend in five days time, during the Disseminating Moon.

Pea told me, that he felt very good about moving into Spirit and for me not to worry about him. He smiled as he said he was going to; ‘Join the Cats’ and be ‘King of the Cats’.

On the day of the Disseminating Moon, Pea talked to him again and he said he didn’t want to leave that day, because it was too cloudy. So as I write this, we are waiting till the next Disseminating Moon, on the 25th November, to see if he wishes to Ascend then.

Meanwhile, I have been giving him lots of attention and healing and he seems much more contented in himself, he has come out of his ‘Misery Box’ (a cardboard box in the spare room) and is being sociable and purring a lot.

These were the cards I drew for him a few days ago:

The left card the Two of Swords was drawn in response to my question; ‘How are you feeling within yourself now, Ginge?’ My interpretation of the card; ‘Still in pain, waiting, going within, being patient and I thought, undecided about leaving. However the other card, the Five of Swords drawn in response to the question; ‘Do you want to leave on the 25th still Ginge?’ I take as a definite ‘yes’ to still wanting to Ascend then.

My next question on the same day; ‘Is there anything that would make you want to stay, Ginge?’

I interpret the King of Wands to mean; ‘ If I was the King here’. (The other cats often overshadow him and he has had several experiences, when he has been relegated to very much second place). The Lovers Card I interpret as; ‘If you really and truly love me and if I feel truly loved.’

Since then, I am giving Ginge lots of healing, spending much time with him, loving him as much as I can, treating him like a King and calling him King Ginge!

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Moving On After A Breakup – 10 Simple Steps

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Nov 102010

Sometimes, despite our best efforts relationships do end and sometimes, not as amicably as we would like. Here follow some simple practical things you can do, to cleanse yourself of the emotions and feelings associated with the person in question. This will help to heal you, free you from the past relationship and allow you to move on.

Moving On After A Breakup – 10 Simple Steps

1) Burn relevant photos or objects which hold memories of the person.

2) Write down all feelings of frustration, anger, hurt, fear etc and burn the paper (or bury or flush away). Repeat as many times as is necessary.

3) Imagine that any psychic connections between you and the other person are cut. Imagine yourself literally severing chords/cutting connections between you.

4) Ask for help from whoever you feel connected to (Angels/God/Great Spirit/Ascended Master)

5 When you are ready forgive the other person.

6) Affirm – ‘Divine Love and Light flow through me whenever I think of……’

7) Clear out any clutter from your house/room.

Clean and if necessary redecorate your house/room.

9) Surround yourself with inspiring pictures, books and plants.

10) Sprinkle Holy Water or Lavender Water in your rooms, light candles, play beautiful music.

I hope you have found the above - 10 simple steps for moving on after a breakup -helpful.

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The Death Card – Some Interpretations

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Oct 282010

I am writing about The Death Card when it appears in a spread, as I have had occasion to contemplate this card and what it represents, in my own life recently.

When I give a reading and this card appears, depending on its position in the spread, I counsel the Querent to be aware of a major transformation occurring/going to occur in their life. The death of one thing/the end of a way of being in the world. The ending making way for a fresh new life and a new beginning. This end is inevitable and necessary, much like winter paving the way for spring. Without this death/ending there is no room for new birth and new growth.

Now, I am very aware that humans (speaking for myself here) are creatures of habit and that we can get used to something/someone in our lives, even if that someone or something is difficult or painful to bear. So, often its not an easy thing to accept, when a situation changes drastically, or a person leaves our lives. Major readjustment is needed, also and often a period of grieving for what has been lost.

In my case, I drew the Death Card in the outcome position, when I asked the cards about a sick cat’s health and the likelihood of his recovery. However, I couldn’t accept this card as symbolizing a physical death, I didn’t want to know. It made me wonder, how often I give people readings and they don’t want to hear what I am saying? Who wants to be told bad news, no matter how positively written. I certainly don’t!

Nevertheless, when interpreting the Death Card in a reading I stress that the death referred to is a transition to another condition. For, depending on the question and the other cards in the spread, this death could refer to the ending of a relationship, to the ending of a job/situation, the ending of a way of being in the world, the necessity of making a break…or as in my cat’s case the physical ending of a life.

In my own case, the impending death of my cat has since been confirmed, both by the Veterinarian and by an Animal Communicator. If you are not aware of the possibility of communicating with animals you might find what I am saying here a bit strange. No stranger than Tarot Readings really….another way of being intuitive, another way to bypass the rational mind and receive relevant and pertinent information to help in our lives. (I am waiting now till my cat tells me when he wants to go).

It is impossible to circumvent or sidestep Death. The old has at some point, to give way to the new, this is part and parcel of the cycle of life.

This is interesting:

I was having difficulty scanning in the Death Card, though I have had no trouble doing this in the past. I thought my printer was malfunctioning – the ghost in the machine it seems. I have been doing some scanning since and having no problems at all.

The following picture is of the Death Card and is the same picture as the one above, but translated into something else during the scanning process. It looks like some sort of bird to me. What do you think? Symbolic of the trans-formative nature of death maybe?

If you have any insights or thoughts about The Death Card and its meaning, please add a comment below and help all of us gain greater depth of understanding.

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Tarot Card Reading – The Basics

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Sep 142010

1) What is The Tarot?
The Tarot is a deck made up of 78 colorful cards. The Tarot deck is divided into a) Major Arcana and b) Minor Arcana and it contains 22 symbolic cards and 56 suit cards – wands, swords, cups, and pentacles.

The Major Arcana consists of: the Magician, the High Priestess, the Empress, the Emperor, the Hierophant, the Lovers, the Chariot, Strength, the Hermit, the Wheel of Fortune, Justice, the Hanged Man, Death, Temperance, the Devil, the Tower, the Star, the Moon, the Sun, Judgment and the World.

The Minor Arcana (the suits) consists of the aces, twos, threes, fours, fives, sixes, sevens, eights, nines, tens, pages, knights, queens, and kings of Wands, Swords, Cups and Pentacles.

The word “Tarot” comes from the Italian word “Tarocchi,” a card game originally termed “carte datrionfi” – “cards with trumps.” It has been theorized that the name was shortened from “Tarocchi” to “Taro” and evolved over time into the French “Tarot”. From a purely historical perspective, there is evidence to suggest that the cards came into being in the Northern Italian Courts, during the mid -15th century. People with more esoteric leanings maintain that the cards have their roots in the ancient mysteries of Egypt and the mythical city of Atlantis. Here is an interesting Tarot History Site.

2) What Is a Tarot Reading?
Basically speaking; a Tarot Reading is given by a Tarot Reader to a Querent (a person asking for a reading). The cards are laid out by the Reader in a variety of different layouts (or spreads). Meanings are asigned to the cards themselves and their placement within the spread influences the interpretation of the individual cards and the meaning of the cards taken as a whole. A Tarot Reading can be used as a form of divination and is often given with the assumption that the cards can give insight into current and possible future situations. The Tarot can also be used to give direction and guidance.

3) What Isn’t A Tarot Reading?
A Tarot Reading is not evil nor a scam, it is not magic and you do not have to be a witch or a psychic to give a reading!

4) Are The Tarot Cards Magic?
Virtually no one who has any knowledge or experience with Tarot Cards believes that the cards themselves are magic. This is a superstition. Tarot cards aren’t magic. They are cardboard!

5) How Do Tarot Readings Work?
The Tarot is part of the living sea of energy in which everything and everyone is connected. When you ask the Tarot a question you link up to all that is. The pictures on the cards are expressions of the life forces that are moving through you, at any given point in time. The Tarot Cards are symbolic pictures of the influences within your life. The Tarot can also be seen as a living picture book that changes every time we read it. It can help us to decide on the most suitable course of action; when to move and when to wait, or when to look in another direction entirely. Also it can show hidden agendas and solutions we may have previously overlooked. The Tarot does not take away our free will or our ability to make the best choices for ourselves and it certainly doesn’t predict a fixed unchanging future. We have free will and are always able to change the path we are on. A Tarot Reading gives us information – it does not live our lives for us.

6) Do You Have to be Psychic to read Tarot?
Anyone can read the Tarot cards, it’s just a matter of memorizing some basic meanings and getting used to the different cards in the deck. I personally, believe that everyone has psychic abilities that are latent and are for the most part left uncultivated. Reading the Tarot can help wake up dormant intuitive and psychic powers.

7) What Is the Tarot Best Used For?
The Tarot can be used for divination and prediction, it can also be used to also offer insight, direction and guidance. The future is not fixed or fated, it changes with experience, with knowledge and through choice. A Tarot reading can assist you in making these choices, it cannot make them for you.

How Accurate Are Tarot Readings?
Very talented and experienced readers have high accuracy, others will have accuracy rates that vary. Tarot cards in themselves are accurate, but if the person reading them does not interpret them to fit the querent, then the reading will not be accurate, even if the cards are. There are certain conditions that need to be met when giving and receiving a Tarot Reading. When all the conditions are met properly, the accuracy/outcome of a tarot reading can be very good.

9) What Conditions Determine A Good Tarot Reading?
The Reader
Your Question
Your preparation/attitude
The Tarot Reader’s Preparation/attitude

10) How To Find A Good Tarot Reader?
Seek someone with knowledge and a good reputation. You can ask friends and relatives to
recommend a good tarot reader, if you know they have sought this kind of advice in the past.
Alternatively, if looking online, seek out someone you feel comfortable with and resonate with and read the testimonials that have been given about their readings. Ask Spirit / God / Higher Self (whatever name you feel comfortable with) to guide you to the right reader.

11) How To Prepare For A Reading?
The tarot is indeed a powerful tool to use for guidance. You must always remember however, that its effectiveness is determined by several components: So, before you ask for your reading sit peacefully for a little while adopting an attitude of trust, openness and love. When you feel completely settled within yourself ask the Tarot your question…

12) How To Ask The Tarot A Question?
This is a very important component of receiving a good and satisfying reading and its not something to rush into. How you ask the question and how you word it affects the answer that the cards are able to give to you. You should put a lot of consideration into this.. You will want to ask the cards something that will give you insight into your problem or situation. The Tarot can provide guidance about relationships and projects. So ask how best to accomplish what you want rather than if you will accomplish it.

Consult the Tarot as if you were asking the advice of a good friend
Try to ask a specific question or ask about a particular area of your life

13) How Can I Trust What A Tarot Reading Tells Me?
Once you have received your answers from the Tarot, sit with them for a little while. Watch how the answers affect you both physically, mentally and emotionall. Have an open mind as you mull over the messages from the cards and see how they relate to your own life. You may need to think about the answers you receive for a few days before you can really understand what the reading is saying to you. I personally, will always urge you to follow your own intuition. So if the reading seems to counteract what you feel at a deep level, then I would urge you to listen to what your intuition is telling you, over and above the messages that you have received from the cards.

14) How To Use The Guidance Received From A Tarot Reading?
Look at the pictures on the cards that have been drawn for you, as well as working with the
interpretation that has been given to you in words. The pictoral messages have the ability to bypass the logical mind and can work in a very direct way upon your understanding. Put the reading somewhere where you can refer to it frequently. Let the ideas seep into your mind. Look at the reading last thing at night and let the messages from the cards speak to you as you sleep. Ask for further clarification on the reading from your dreams. As a result you may well wake up feeling inspired, with fresh insight, new ideas and with a deep knowing of the direction you need to take in your life.

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Tarot Guidance

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Aug 042010

The Tarot is pre-eminent as a guidance tool. The symbolic meanings of the cards, are always pertinent, no matter what the question. Tarot Guidance can often give you a fresh perspective and throw light upon the challenges, dilemmas and obstacles you face. This can be very helpful indeed.

The Tarot can sometimes show the shift required to facilitate the external change that is hoped for. At the very least, seeing external events in a different light makes difficult times easier to bear.

Its true for me and I think that you, dear reader, may well have also experienced this in your life: What seems at one moment to be a dreadful calamity, can be seen in hindsight or in a new light, to be an opportunity, a blessing in disguise and sometimes even a fresh new start.

The Tarot helps navigate through the turbulent and calm waters, showing the internal and external factors that are at play. The past influences and possible future outcomes. I say ‘possible’ because in my opinion, especially in the light of the advances in science in the field of Quantum Physics. The future is one of probabiliy/possibility. The choices and attitudes taken in the present moment, determine which possible future become reality.

In my opinion, this is the value of Tarot Guidance. Rather than predicting the future, it can help you to understand past influences and use the raw materials of your present circumstances to create your future.

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The Four of Cups – Developing Your Intuition

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Jul 142010

When I give readings nowadays, I ask people to give me their impressions of some of the cards that I pick for them, before I offer my own interpretations. This does several things; it gives the person asking for the reading direct insight into their situation and it also and very importantly, leaves the power in their hands. These personal impressions of the cards give me a fresh look at the cards’ meaning and a new perspective on the question that I am being asked.

Sometimes I think that a reader (certainly this is true for me) can have set meanings for the cards fixed in their minds. In one way this is good, as it enables the reader to gather the information from the symbols rapidly and deliver a helpful reading. On the other hand, having fixed meanings for the cards brings a certain rigidity to the interpretation .

So I offer the following exercise: If you are not familiar with the cards you will learn something about them from doing this. If you are familiar with the cards, this will give you fresh insight and a new perspective. Sometimes gaining a new perspective doesn’t take much at all – simply a step to one side.

Look at this card for a few minutes, without preconceptions and with an open mind. Open notepad or write on a piece of paper and jot down the impressions that you receive from this card.

How do you feel when you look at the card? What do the symbols say to you? How would it feel to be the man in the card? Put yourself into the picture for a few minutes; feel the grass, the air, the tree trunk against your back. What are the cups made of and what is inside them? Are you aware of the other cup that is being offered? What does it contain?

Please feel free to leave your impressions as a comment below this post. I am going to do this right now too and I will leave mine on my Impressions Page. Don’t be tempted to look at mine till you have done the exercise yourself.

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The Devil Card – Some Interpretations

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Jun 072010

Here are some interpretations of The Devil Card that I find helpful:

Major challenge; a situation or person that you face in your life that epitomizes your deepest fears.

Negativity – your own dark side. Dealing with your own fears, dark secrets and unresolved issues, as they appear and surface in your daily life.

The illusory nature of matter. The lovers that appear to be chained to the rock of matter in the picture, are not really chained at all, they can walk free any time they choose. Though the Devil looms over them and seems to control them, if you look closely this is not in fact the case. Its a bit like the dream scenario and you may be familiar with this one…. You are being chased by a fearsome beast, you are terrified; but when you have the courage to turn and confront this horror, the beast turns out to be a great friend and helper.

The opposite of love. A relationship based in control and manipulation. When sex is used to manipulate and control. When real love is missing from a relationship

Fear, hatred, envy, greed. These seeming monsters, can be dissolved in an instant by the power of love.

Recognizing the dark side within yourself. Rather than pointing the finger at the darkness in others, acknowledging the darkness within yourself.

Instead of bemoaning a situation or individual who is causing you much difficulty, anguish and pain. Try seeing them in a different light; as your teacher, your personal life trainer, your coach. Putting you through your paces in order that you do your very best and win at the game of life.

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Tarot Card Readings – How They Work

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Jun 052010

I offer some insights into how Tarot Card Readings work:

In my opinion, we humans each with our unique name, family, history and social setting, tend to believe the illusion that we are separate from one another. Yet in truth we are all part of the boundless self in which all things are one, we are all connected.

When I am asked for a reading its like being dialled up through the ethers and a conscious connection is made between myself and the person asking for the reading.

I attended an Animal Communication course recently which further expanded my understanding of the oneness and connection between us all. As the workshop leader said; ‘If you heard what was going on in the thoughts of every animal you passed in the street, your mind would be bombarded by their thoughts and feelings continuously. Its necessary therefore to concentrate your mind and energy on one individual to receive their communications’.

Likewise, it is necessary for me to be connected to someone in order to be able to give them a reading. This happens simply and easily when I am asked for one, even by someone half way around the world.

For me there is a definite process involved in giving a reading and this process has three separate stages.

1) Tuning In

It is of the utmost importance to be in the right space within myself to give the Reading. I meditate and ask for help from Great Spirit and then concentrate my mind and energies upon the person who has requested the reading.

2) Dealing The Cards

I have several different packs of cards and use whichever pack I feel drawn to, though usually I use the Rider Waite pack, which is like a reliable old friend to me. I hold the person’s question in my mind and use my intuition to draw cards from the pack, into whichever spread seems appropriate for the reading.

3) Interpretation

The Tarot Cards speak a symbolic language that is understood by my intuition. My logical mind gathers and sorts this intuitive information into concepts, these I then convert into words and I am then able to communicate the information to the person asking for the Tarot Reading.

To me, the process of giving a reading is sacred and I feel honoured to be able to give readings to others, especially when they are experiencing difficulty or doubt in their lives.

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Tarot Spread – Creating Your Own

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Apr 082010

Creating Your Own Tarot Spread

Once you have become familiar with the Tarot Cards themselves and a few of the layouts / spreads that are available, its time to find your own Tarot Spread and your own unique way of working.

Its how the symbols speak to you and how you interpret them that matters and this comes with practice. For myself, every time I work with the cards they give me a bit more information, or I see something in a different light and learn a little extra about their symbolism. When I started out reading Tarot I adhered very rigidly to the rules.

I have been made aware of two differnt methods of Tarot Reading lately: One method uses no set spreads at all and the other has a methodical, almost mathematical way of determining the meaning of the cards.

For myself, I need a middle way between these two extremes – a defined meaning for each card and a few set ways of laying them out. With a great deal of room to improvise and grow in between.

With practice, you will gain the confidence to experiment with different Tarot Spreads and determine your own unique way of working with the cards.

You enter the forest at the darkest point, where there is no path. Where there is a way or a path, it is someone else’s path. You are not on your own path. If you follow someone else’s way, you are not going to realize your potential.” ~ Joseph Campbell

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Best And Worst Tarot Readings

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Apr 012010

I have consulted Tarot readers many times in the past. Not so often nowadays, as I consult my own cards instead, on a regular basis. Its great to be able to do this. Here follow a few examples of the best and worst readings I have had.

Once, I was given a reading by a well known psychic, who said something to me, at which I must have pulled a bit of a face. He responded with; ‘I’m telling you this’ in a very authoritarian sort of tone, which put me off completely. What he foretold didn’t come to pass anyway!!

One of the best readings I ever had, was in Selby, North Yorkshire, UK. I went into the reader’s house and was struck by the piles of washing everywhere and that the place was down at heal to put it mildly. However, her reading was incredible and something I thought an impossibility at the time, turned out to be very true. So, as the old saying goes; ’you can’t judge a book by its cover’.

The most life changing reading I ever had, was given to me by my brother-in-law. He wasn’t a relative at the time of my reading, in fact my sister had only just met him. One thing that he said to me, amongst all the others, that really stuck home and has stayed with me ever since was: ‘Don’t be so negative’. He may not have used exactly those words, but he said it in such a way that I could take it on board. If it had been said in a very authoritarian way, you can be sure I would have disregarded it! He also said to me ‘You will be teaching people to live from the heart’. That’s lovely don’t you think and something I have endeavoured to do, ever since he said those words to me.

Those three readings and especially the last one, influence the way I give readings today.

Have you ever found that one small sentence or even a few words, can stand out a mile from all the other words that have been uttered and effect your life profoundly for good or for ill?

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Relationship Questions – Ask The Tarot

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Mar 302010

Sometimes in life, its difficult to figure out what is going on within a relationship. You don’t know quite how the other partner is feeling, can’t get to grips with what you are sensing yourself, you are unsure about where the relationship is heading and sometimes you are even wondering, if its for the best to stay together.

For, love and relationships have the potential to be one of the most fulfilling areas of our lives. Yet they can also be agonizing places, full of sadness and confusion.

This is where the Tarot can come in and be extremely helpful, as indeed I have found it to be in my own life.

Here are a few examples of questions that you can ask the Tarot.

These are only meant as guidelines, you can of course ask your own questions, there is no need to follow these ideas rigidly:

Where is my relationship with (—) heading in the next (–) months?

How does (—) feel about me now?

What can be done to improve my relationship with (—)?

What is the greatest potential in this relationship?

What can I learn from what is happening in this relationship now?

Is it possible to have a long term committed relationship with (—)?

The Process

I have found that the best way for me to answer your questions, especially with love and relationship issues, is through an email tarot conversation.

How this works;

You ask the cards your questions and I email you the Tarot’s answers and then receive your feedback on what the cards have said to you. As I do this, further insights come to me and we discover together, what is going on within your relationship, where it is heading and the options open to you.

This process is almost like that of a face to face reading, with the added bonus, that you have the words and pictures to keep and refer to, any time you want.

When answering relationship questions I include, if appropriate, a relationship spread with the reading. This outlines the underlying dynamics within a relationship and can be very helpful and enlightening.

I work with the idea, that the future is one of endless possibility and that it is how you deal with the present, that determines your future.

It was a great relief, when a trusted spiritual teacher said to me, not so long ago: ‘You can transcend your Astrological Chart’.

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Developing Your Intuition – Three Simple Exercises

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Mar 202010

Here follow three simple exercises to help you develop your intuition.

These can be done on your own, without any expense or special preparation. As with everything in life, developing your intuition takes practice, so keep going even if nothing much seems to be happening to begin with.

Each individual has a unique way of receiving intuitive impressions, so see which way your intuition is speaking to you. Is it through a feeling, a hunch, a bodily sensation, an image, a knowing, or words that you hear in your head?

1) Imagine what will be in your post box when you open it each day. Guess the number of total items by asking yourself ’What mail do I have in my mail box today?’ Don’t attach any importance as to whether you are right or wrong. On a sheet of paper, note down in one column the number you come up with and then in another column, the amount of mail that actually arrives.

2) When your phone or mobile rings, imagine who it is before you answer it. Ask yourself ‘Who is calling me now?’ Again its useful to note down the results of this exercise, with a time and date too.

3) Have a pack of ordinary playing cards placed face down in front of you. Take one card from the pack and keeping it face down, close your eyes and imagine what colour it is, either red or black. Continue this process with the other cards in the pack and note down your answers.

When you have done this exercise for a while and achieved a measure of success, you can proceed to guessing the numbers on the cards. Again note down your answers and the numbers of the cards themselves, to see if some sort of pattern emerges and how you are progressing.

Have fun with developing your intuition, take these exercises lightly and do them often. You will soon begin to trust your hunches and feelings and discover that your intuition, is an invaluable asset in all aspects of daily life.

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Tarot Cards – Improving A Relationship

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Mar 092010

In the above spread, I give an example of how I go about answering a question. I will go through the tarot cards with you to show how this works.

The question I was asked: ‘What can I do to improve my relationship with Simon?‘ This question comes from a reading that I gave recently, I’m using the spread with permission and the name has been changed.

The card on the bottom left signifies the current situation.

This card is the Hanged Man, which turns up regularly when I’m asked for a reading. Its often right at the centre of a general spread, or as in this position, the situation, in the five card spread.

This is an uncomfortable position to be in no matter how centred you are within yourself. Its all about uncertainty, waiting in limbo and suspension, waiting for things to move forward to some sort of conclusion and for some solidity and certainty to come into a situation. The uncertainty can make us anxious and unsure of ourselves, as matters and outcomes often seem to be in the hands of others and way beyond our influence and control. Its hardly any wonder then, that people ask for readings when they feel like this…

The card at the top right, the cause of the situation and in this spread its the Nine Of Pentacles the card that is associated with feeling successful and having made a success out of something. As though the pieces of the jigsaw have fitted together in a way that is pleasing and the outcome is satisfying – its about enjoying the fruits of achievement. The feeling of success and attainment.

In this spread this is the feeling and the desire and cause of the situation, a successful relationship, feeling a sense of fulfillment and the attainment of a successful relationship. This that has not yet been achieved, because its still up in the air, as signified by the current situation – the Hanged Man.

The Card of the top left is the point of interest and in this spread it is the World Card. This card is also associated with success. Building a success with all that the elements available in a given situation ie physical, mental, emotional and spiritual attributes, talents and experiences. Bringing all these together to create success.

So there is much positive content and potential in this particular relationship, which can be and is being used to build a strong and satisfying one.

Card on the bottom right, the way forward or advice card, in this case it is the Page of Swords. This is not a particularly comfortable card as it deals with the sense of being up against the world, as though things aren’t going quite right, which brings on feelings of anger, impatience and irritability. In a relationship this would be rubbing each other up the wrong way, loose tempers and tongues, getting angry before thinking things through.

So, as this card comes in the advice section and way forward, addressing these dynamics within the relationship, is the way to improve it. Seeking out ways to work through difficulties without resorting to anger, frustration and ill will. Finding out why one or both of the partners is getting angry and seeing what can be done about it. There may, for example, be outside pressures which make one of the partners give off stream to the other one. The underlying irritations need to be brought to the surface and addressed calmly. This is a young card, so much learning of maturity and wisdom is to be gained from doing the above.

The card at the top is the Outcome card, in this case the card is the King of Cups. This card signifies a man who is sociable and well rounded, at ease with himself and life in general. It also signifies a situation that has been resolved. The card has a general feeling of well being and satisfaction associated with it.

Conclusion

The whole reading augers well for improvement in the situation and for the attainment of the successful and well rounded relationship, that the Querent is seeking.

(I like to use a Fairy Healing Card, as part of the five card spread too, to give some positive healing advice from the Fairy Realm)

Fairy Healing Card

Miracle Healing

Your thoughts and prayers about the situation have been answered, give up struggling with your thoughts and getting twisted up with your emotions. Trust in the positive outcome that you so desire. Feel and know that the situation is being taken care of perfectly.

‘In truth everything and everyone including myself is healed right now. I focus on this truth instead of the illusion of fear’

(Doreen Virtue, Healing with the Fairies)

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Tarot Readings – Mirroring Our Lives

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Mar 062010

Since I started this email tarot reading site I have had the pleasure of meeting and working with many wonderful people. It is a privilege to be able to give tarot readings and help people with the issues that they face in their lives.

One of the greatest things I feel that I can do with my readings, is give people insight into what is happening in their lives, which allows them greater freedom, to make enlightened choices.

Science, most especially Quantum Physics, is discovering what mystics have known for eons, that everything is connected. The rational and analytical way of perceiving the world that we have been taught for so long, is gradually being replaced by a new world view.

For myself, working with the Tarot teaches me about the connection between all things on a very practical level. When someone asks me for a reading, I connect with them through my intuition and through the physical medium of the cards. This connection is made instantly and works beyond time and space. It allows both me and the person asking for the reading, to touch and be touched by Divine Guidance / the Muse / Higher Self / Energy / the Ethers / Great Spirit / the Angels (whatever name you feel comfortable calling it).

The cards are a mirror to what is going on in our lives, at given a point in time. The influences that have shaped us, including our thought patterns and emotional tendancies are depicted clearly in the cards. The cards also show where these tendancies will lead us. The exciting and empowering part of all this is, that if we don’t like what we see in the mirror of the Tarot, we can do something about it.

The teachings of The Law of Attraction, Abraham Hicks and many others, show us that how we think, feel and envisage in the present, influences how life will manifest for us in the future. Using the Tarot as a mirror to our present situation, we are given the insight and oppotunity, to be able to take the small steps and make the necessary changes, to create the giant leap into the future that we so desire.

The Tarot acts as a bridge between worlds, showing that we can be masters of our destiny, not just the victims of an unyielding fate. The more I work with the Tarot, the more in awe I become of it.

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Intuition – Developing Your Intuition

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Feb 282010

I had no idea I was intuitive, until in a dance class one day, the teacher said to me ‘You are the most intuitive member of this class’. I was quite shocked, it was something I’d never thought about. I knew that my mother was considered very intuitive, but this was made light of. My (then) husband could sniff the wind to find an address – pretty impressive I thought. My own intuition – I’d never even considered it.

So intuition has crept up on me so to speak and little by little more and more each day, I trust what it has to tell me. I would counsel you to do the same, listening to the hunch, the feeling, the knowing, the image; everyone has their own way to connect with their intuition. I love the idea of the still small voice. My mother says that if she doesn’t listen to that voice (which is often drowned out by much louder voices) things don’t turn out well for her.

I love to give email tarot readings to people, to help them on their way with their issues and problems. Also, in creating this site, I would like to encourage people to develop their own innate skills, to learn to trust themselves and their intuitive powers. Otherwise other people, peer pressure, the media, religion, dogma and all those other outside authorities, hold the guiding reins of our lives.

So here’s a simple exercise.

I would like you to breathe deep as you look at this picture of the tarot card, The Star and see what impressions come to you. These impressions may come to you in the form of feelings, words, images, symbols or as a knowing. Write down what you receive. This will only take you a few minutes. You can post your impressions as a comment if you like. There are no wrong or right answers, only deeper levels of understanding.

I will do the same and post my impressions on the Intuitive Impressions page. Take a look at mine too, if you like.

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Love And Relationship Advice

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Feb 192010

Why do people seek love and relationship advice from the Tarot?

The Tarot is for many, including me, an impartial source of comfort, insight and wisdom. This impartiality is important, for often family members and friends can offer us advice, but it is coloured by their perception of our situation. Their well meaning words can seem annoying or down right interfering, even if offered with the best will in the world.

The Tarot gives love and relationship advice and simple and profound insight into this complicated area of life.

Love and relationship issues can sometimes overwhelm us with conflicting emotions. At such times, its difficult to keep our heads above water, as we struggle with desires, needs and expectations. Its sometimes impossible to see clearly – wondering how the other person is feeling about us, whether what we are feeling is delusional, where the relationship is going?

Synchronicity And The Tarot

Maybe it seems arbitrary and illogical to you, that a pack of cards can give love and relationship advice? Yet the Tarot works within the world of synchronicity, where nothing happens just ‘by chance’ and all things are connected.

This is especially true in the area of love and relationships, where seeming ‘coincidences’ happen all the time - I have experienced this to be very true in my life. How about you?

The Language Of The Tarot

When you ask for the advice of the Tarot, the symbols on the cards and the way that they are arranged in the Tarot Spread, are messages to you from your Higher Self (The part of you that is infinite, wise and all-knowing). The cards deliver the messages to you, in the Tarot’s symbolic language of pictures. The Tarot reader interprets these symbols into everyday words that you can understand.

As well as giving clear insight and wisdom, the Tarot offers guidance as to the best way forward in any given situation. It is then up to the querent (the person asking for the reading) as to what they then do, with the advice they have been given.

Email Tarot Readings

In my own readings I use the Rider Waite Tarot for a general reading and to answer specific questions. Such as: ‘What is he feeling towards me now?’ ‘What will be the outcome of this situation?’ ‘Will he come back to me?’ etc. I then use Angel, Fairy and Animal cards, for healing and affirmations.

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How Can You Develop Your Psychic Abilities?

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Feb 162010

I’m writing here about a simple, inexpensive way of developing your psychic abilities. Everyone has these abilities at birth, there is nothing special or mysterious about them. However, culture, expectation and social conditioning, have for the most part robbed people of these natural skills.

So, if you are interested in regaining a helpful part of yourself, here is something you can use, to begin to work your psychic muscles.

To help you to develop your psychic skills, you can simply and easily make yourself a Sand Disk. This is a low cost alternative to a crystal ball. You can then develop your psychic skills at home, any time you wish. This does take practice.

How A Sand Disk Works

Looking at a Sand Disk is a bit like staring into a crystal ball or looking at tea or coffee grounds. As you look at the random patterns in the sand, they gradually take on recognizeable forms. With practice, the pictures gain clarity and whole scenes and landscapes can be discerned. Enlightening information can be obtained using this method. This art is called scrying.

Make a habit of regular practice and you will find that your ability gradually improves. The use of ritual is down to personal preference. If it helps you to centre, concentrate and dedicate your practice to a higher power, then by all means use some sort of ritual, to begin and end you practice sessions.

In a semi dark room, practice gazing not staring at the Sand Disk, light a few candles if you wish, or have a small lamp alight in a corner. Practice looking at the disc for about 15 minutes to start with and gradually increase the length of your sessions, by five minutes each time. Breathing deeply, try not to blink too much, see what appears on the surface of the disc.

After a few attempts you will see cloud covering the surface of the disc and then images will appear through the cloud. You can ask specific questions and you will receive answers in picture form. I must repeat this does take practice, don’t be put off if you don’t see anything for a few sessions.

How To Make The Sand Disk

To make a Sand Disc, simply draw a circle about the size of a dinner plate onto a piece of thick card. Spread glue over the surface of the circle and then sprinkle sand over the glue. Remove any excess sand by shaking. Its that simple! There you have a Sand Disc. You will see that the sand has made beautiful, haphazard patterns, perfect for scrying.

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Asking The Tarot Your Question

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Feb 072010

When you ask the Tarot a question, you are putting your trust in Divine Guidance and asking Great Spirit, Higher Self, God (whatever the words are that you feel comfortable with) to throw light upon the challenges you are facing. You are sending your thoughts out into the ethers in the trust that they will be answered.

We are all connected and in truth there is no separation and even time is an illusion. Ask your question in the knowledge that what you are doing is sacred.

Breathe deeply and ask your mind to phrase your question in the best way possible. Still your thoughts, quiet your emotions and ask your question from a deep place of peace and trust within yourself.

Often the area of love and relationships causes suffering and dilemma, as we wrestle with thoughts and feelings, tossed around in a sea of emotion, seemingly out of control. Yet, paradoxically, this is an area of life that has huge potential for our learning our growth.

When you receive an answer from the Tarot, know that your question has been answered by a Higher Power. The Tarot reader acts as an intermediary, using intuition and experience, to interpret the symbolic language for you.

The cards at the top of this post are from the Rider Waite Pack laid out in Egyptian Spread. I use these to answer your questions.

Card 1 on the bottom left, signifies the situation/problem at present.

Card 2 on the top right, signifies the cause of the situation/problem

Card 3 on the top left, signifies a point of interest/something to consider

Card 4 on the bottom right, signifies advice/something to consider

Card 5 at the top signifies, the outcome of the situation

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The Queen Of Cups – Developing The Intuition

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Feb 062010

I think its true when its said that you teach what you most want to learn.

I had an inspiration last night – to awaken your intuition, dear reader as well as mine, with a simple exercise to do right now. My last post was about developing ones intuition and I suggested an exercise, but I realize how easy it is to put something off till tomorrow and not ever get round to doing it.

What I would like you to do, is bring up Notepad on one side of your screen and have the picture of the Queen of Cups on the other side of your screen.

Breathe deeply as you look at the picture and note down any impressions that come to you. Let the impressions flow, don’t edit them. You may hear some words, see things move in the picture, have a feeling about the card or ideas may come to you. Whatever way your intuition speaks to you is the right way for you.

Do that right now. Then leave me a comment to let me know how you got on. I think you will find this to be a very interesting and enlightening exercise and it will only take a few moments of your time.

I’m going to do this too, I will leave my impressions on a separate page.

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How To Develop Your Intuition

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Feb 032010

Everyone is intuitive, in some this facility is fully developed, in others its hardly functioning, like a muscle that has atrophied through lack of use.

Even though some people appear to be naturally gifted, everyone can learn to develop their intuition. Like everything else in life, all it takes is practise

Are you aware of your intuition and how it speaks to you? Take a minute to think before answering.

Does it speak to you through feelings, bodily sensations, ‘ knowing’, or maybe a combination of all these things?

Its important to be quiet enough to listen to your intuition. Meditation helps to still the mind, so that you can hear what the still small voice has to say to you.

Simple Steps To Help You Develop Your Intuition

Devote a period of time on a regular basis to developing your intuition. This doesn’t have to be a very long period, just a regular practice.

1) Sit comfortably somewhere that you won’t be disturbed and concentrate your mind on your breath – watch it moving in and out of your body. Relax more and more each time you breathe out. Letting thoughts come and go, not struggling just being with your breath.

2) Ask your intuition a question and wait quietly to see or feel what answer comes to you. Begin with a simple question, something that it will be easy for you to act upon or verify. Nothing much may seem to happen, or the answer may seem vague. This is fine.

3) Keep a journal of these sessions; write down what you asked, the answer you received and how the intuitive impression came to you. By this I mean; does it come through a sound, a sight, a colour, a feeling, a knowing etc. It doesn’t matter how vague the answer appears to be, because with practice the impressions will become stronger.

4) Alternatively or additionally if you have a pack of Tarot Cards, ask your question and then pick a card from the pack. What does the card say to you? What does it mean to you? Do the colours and images appear to move and change? Whatever impressions come to you from the cards, write them down, don’t edit the feelings and images you receive, just let the impressions flow.

5) Below what you have written, leave a space, so that you can note down later what happened to you in your daily life. For example, you asked your intuition ‘Should I contact Mary today’ and the response was ‘yes’ and you contacted Mary as a result. Note down what happened and how you felt about what happened, as a result of listening to and acting upon your intuition.

6) Thank your intuition for the guidance and wisdom it has imparted to you. Return to the room, your bodily sensations and your daily life.

Its through acting on these promptings and noticing the results, that you will begin to trust your intuition to guide you in the decisions that you have to make, every day of your life.

As Albert Einstein once said, “Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions.”

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The Tarot And The River Of Life

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Jan 302010

In explaining how a tarot reading works and why a reading can be so helpful, I sometimes use the analogy or the river of life.

Remember the old adage; ‘Row row row your boat gently down the stream, merrily merrily merrily merrily life is but a dream’.

A Tarot Reading can be likened to a snapshot, that shows you exactly where you are on the river of your life. The cards indicate your progress along the river; how far you have come, how the current is flowing, how near the bank you are and how fast or slow you are paddling. The cards also indicate the conditions you have already passed through and give you a glimpse of the obstacles yet to come.

The river goes on till it reaches the ocean, there is no stopping it. There will be quiet times when you can relax, watch the stars and paddle your feet over the side. There will be other times when the current is strong and your strength very weak and you feel that you can’t keep afloat.

The Tarot allows you to see things just beyond the next bend in the river. It can show you how to reposition yourself in the water’s flow and gives you the option to change the length of your stroke, to better be able to deal with whatever lies ahead. It also allows you to see the waters you have gone through in a new light, conserve your strength when necessary and celebrate the whole journey and flow that is life itself.

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The Process Of Giving A Reading

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Jan 252010

For me (Gillian) there is a very definite process involved in the process of giving a reading and this process has three separate stages, which I will describe below:

1) Tuning In

It is of the utmost importance to be in the right space within myself to give a Tarot Reading. I have a beautiful room where I meditate to become quiet and centred. I ask for help from Great Spirit and then concentrate my mind and energies upon the person who has requested a reading from me.

2) Dealing The Cards

I have several different packs of cards and use whichever pack I feel drawn to. I often use a selection of packs to give an email reading and will lay the spreads out one on top of the other, separating each spread with a piece of silk.

I use a number of different spreads in my email tarot readings: I like to start by giving a general spread with the Rider Waite Tarot and then pick out other cards from my Angel, Fairy, Egyptian and Animal Packs. I use a five card spread, to answer a specific question and find this extremely accurate.

3) Interpretation

The Tarot Cards speak a symbolic language that is understood by the intuition. My logical mind gathers and sorts the intuitive information into concepts, which are then converted into another symbolic language – that of words, to be communicated in writing to the person asking for the Tarot Reading.

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Reading back over this post written when I first set up this site over 18 months ago, I have changed my style of giving a reading somewhat. The three step process remains the same, but now I go on an inner Journey (a Shamanic practice) to ask my question and then lay out about four or five cards still asking the same question. I interpret the cards in the light of the symbolism and information I have received on my inner Journey. I find this a fascinating, informative and enlightening way of giving a reading.

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Tarot Readings – How They Work

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Jan 232010

To the logical mind it doesn’t make any sense at all, that a Tarot Reading done at a distance, for a person who I will never ever meet, could possibly have any veracity or merit to it at all.

To the mystical mind, to the right brain that knows that all things are connected, of course an Email Tarot Reading is going to be spot on, full of wisdom and very helpful for the person who requested it.

Everything in the Universe is connected, each human connected up one to another, each influencing one another, every moment of the time .

When I give a reading I’m made very much aware of this connection. The pictures on the Tarot Cards are like symbols picked out of the ethers, messages from one mind to another, to be deciphered and communicated from one to another for guidance.

There are some fascinating scientific studies in the field of Quantum Physics, coming to light nowadays. These show that when two subatomic particles are separated even by huge distances, there is instant communication between them. Tarot, Telepathy and other such non physical forms of communication fit easily into the Quantum view of the world we live in.

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The Ace of Cups - Tarot Card Meaning

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My own feelings about the Ace of Cups Tarot Card

A great blessing is being bestowed, love is being offered. The emotions are being stirred and everything is possible. There is so much potential represented in the Ace of Cups Tarot Card.

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