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Tarot Card Meditations Are A Great Way To Enhance Your Mood And Focus Your Will

Cassy — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:22:13 +0000

We all have days where we don’t feel like we are on top of our game or putting our best foot forward. Life can be challenging, even for the most optimistic people. One way to help you stay focused is to use the tarot deck. Simply select a card that best fits your needs and carry it around with you for the day. When you are feeling like you are losing your focus or drifting into a negative attitude, simply pull out your tarot card for the day and reflect on its meaning. Tarot cards can be used to remind us of the energy you want to acquire or the goals you have set and want to achieve. Everything around us is energy. Your thoughts and words are energy as well. To meditate on a selected card helps you to define the energy you want. Think of these cards as packets of energy infused with your desire. It’s sort of like carrying a lucky penny around, except you get to swap out the cards for whatever theme you need.

A good example would be The Chariot. If you are challenged at work, not feeling quite like you are achieving your goals, or not receiving that promotion you’ve been wanting, take a moment in the morning to meditate and reflect on the theme of The Chariot. The Charioteer knows exactly what he wants, and he knows the power of his will to get what he wants. His hands are on the reigns, he is in the driver’s seat, and he is confident that he will achieve his goals. He also knows that Spirit guides him in all things to help him maneuver around any obstacle, and he is protected by divine light. The Chariot is a success card. Think about the meaning of the card, feel the energy of the concept, and let that energy become a part of your own thought patterns whenever you need them to be.

After you have finished your morning reflection, tuck the card into a wallet, pocket, or purse, and carry it with you so that you can reflect on the energy of the card at any time you may feel like your hope is wavering. It’s a simple technique, easy to apply, and it helps to focus your will and your mind.

As always, have fun with your tarot practices, and enjoy the path.

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Tradition And The Voice Of Your Soul

Cassy — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:38:57 +0000

Traditional meanings of symbols can be helpful, but I must caution beginners not to fall victim to adhering to tradition too strictly. Tradition can be a stumbling block for even the most seasoned tarot card readers. If you let traditional meanings rule your tarot card reading, you ignore your intuition. This is not what tarot card reading is truly about. Tarot cards are a way to open the channels to your own spirit and intuition. And since your spirit is unique to you, it is important that you first understand the language of your soul before starting any psychic journey. Once this language is firmly established, then it is easier for you to move forward into tools for divining.

Enjoy The Path.

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Some helpful ways to become friendlier with the court cards in your tarot deck is to handle your cards often. Draw out the court cards and study them. Really look at the images and try to determine what they are saying to you. Each time you study the tarot court cards, write down anything that immediately comes to mind. Writing helps you to learn and remember faster and better. In writing out your thoughts, you are expanding your awareness and growing your level of self-confidence. Open yourself to trust.

A New Perspective On The Tarot Court Cards

Cassy — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:36:48 +0000

I think every tarot card reader has been frustrated by the appearance of court cards in a tarot spread. Some tarot card readers refuse to use them at all. I have also at times been frustrated. In fact, I used to hate seeing the court cards. That was until I realized that sometimes you just have to throw tradition out the window and see the court cards in the tarot deck from a different perspective. I think the biggest problem with the tarot court cards is the fact that there are too many books out there expressing too many different meanings for the court cards. This card means a dark haired woman is going to enter your life, that card means an authority figure sweeps into your life and offers you assistance. This card means that you need to look at these personality traits in yourself, or that card means you need to use the personality traits of that particular tarot card to move things forward again. On an on it goes. The harder you try, the worse it seems to get.

As frustrating as they are, the tarot court cards can offer you important information. So, don’t be too hasty to ignore them. Before you toss your tarot court cards into the trash can, let me offer you one vital bit of truth. Relax. That’s the first key. This isn’t a test. Tarot card reading is all about how Spirit speaks to you through symbolism. It’s important to remember that symbols mean different things to different people. Sometimes the traditional meanings do not fit into your personal interpretation of symbolism. And sometimes the traditional meanings of the tarot cards do not fit into the way Spirit speaks to you personally. I’ll even take that a step farther and say that sometimes the traditional meanings of the tarot court cards don’t fit into a particular tarot spread in a way that will answer the client’s question. If you don’t start looking at the court cards from a fresh angle and allow them to speak to you in new ways, your reading may go drastically askew. Now that you know this, you can look at the tarot court cards in a whole new way. But before we become so bold as to call this your way, you must learn to trust what Spirit is telling you.

And as always, enjoy the path.

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Spirit Often Speaks Through Symbols

Cassy — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 13:29:03 +0000

Symbols are an important part of every culture on the planet. We are surrounded by symbols. We interpret many of those symbols without even realizing we are doing so. But when it comes to divining the symbolic meanings of the tarot deck, we can become lost in the confusion of tradition and deeper esoteric knowledge. What a particular symbol means to a religious scholar and what the same image evokes in the average person can be vastly different. As I’ve stated in previous articles, the key to reading the tarot is to develop your own intuitive cues by way of meditating on the symbols, images, colors, and numbers. One has to be brave to depart from tradition and trust their own instinct. But that is precisely what psychic development is all about: learning to trust your own higher wisdom.

Have you ever had a dream that made you feel like some higher power was trying to tell you something? That is a sure sign that your Higher Self is indeed trying to communicate wisdom to you. But how do you interpret a dream that seems so kooky and unnatural? Some dreams are disjointed and make no sense at all. But these same dreams can be filled with strange people, numbers, colors, and symbols. It is how you interpret those symbols, colors, and numbers that help you realize your psychic potential. You may reach for a dream dictionary and look up the key words to these symbols and colors, but those definitions may not match the way your Higher Self chooses to communicate ideas to you. In fact, those definitions can be way off base.

So, what can you do to find answers? You begin a journey that helps you determine what symbols mean to you personally. For example, what do you think of when you see a coin in a dream? Most likely, you will say money. But what if this coin doesn’t fit within the monetary system where you live? What if this coin looks like something from another era? What if the coin has an odd, bright color on it? Is it the coin your Higher Self wants you to focus on, or the color? It can be either, or both. It can be a blending of the two meanings, which make up a whole new meaning.

Keep a journal of ideas and dreams so that you can log your thoughts and perceptions of what colors and symbols mean to you. Soon you will realize that you are on the path to self-discovery.

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