BR to 10 Question a tarot reader "must" answer!

Hello beautiful people,

I hope you are doing well this mid-week :) We are close to go over to a next month and the autumn is here (spring in the southern hemisphere).
I saw a video by Ethony from youtube and she vloged about "10 questions a tarot reader must answer" and you can find her vlog here. I believe it was a blogpost by Left Hand Tarot and you can find it here. 


I find this interesting so I wanted to participate in this so here are my answers :)

1. Were you mentored, or were you self-taught?
- I am 100% self-taught; I bought my first deck early in my 20's. Before I had access to the internet, I had one book as reference - It was a plain no brand tarot deck and it were close to a Raider Waite deck. I didn't connect with it at all. Put it away and didn't touch a tarot for 10-15 years only because of one single reason: I thought that as long I didn’t learn much of this deck I couldn't learn tarot at all. I bought a new tarot deck November 2015 and it "exploded" - I went wow...From November 2015 to today, 24th August 2016, I have 15 tarot decks, 4 oracle decks and two homemade runes set :) Mama went a little bit nuts about tarot :) hahaha

I would love to have a mentor who can guide me. I sometime feel like I am a itsy bitsy lost, when I am getting close to something woo-woo I can't grab it ;)   

2. Are you a psychic or a Tarot reader?
- I am NOT a psychic like a medium, but I am someone who can read tarot with a strong gut feeling :)

3. Are your predictions accurate, and is accuracy important to you?
- My predictions are pretty accurate - some times they are spot on and other time they are way off. I believe that if they are not accurate right away, they can come through later.. Let’s say within a week, months of a year. Like I say to clients keep it mind that can happened. Like Ethony was talking about in the video, nobody is 100% accurate all the time in any profession..

4. Is there anything you can't predict in a reading?
Well, the cards can give a lot of answers, but there are few things I will not reveal for the client. If the spread is very, very dark and the outcome is not good, I will reshuffle and lay a new spread. The reason for that is I want to inspire people to take action in their lives.
Side note: The first time I heard the word tarot reader, I was a little girl - about 10-12 years old, my cousin lost one her friend in a car accident. This friend went to a tarot reader and he was told he will not see his 25th Birthday... and he died on his 25th Birthday. My first question that popped up in my head was why did tarot reader reveal this to the client? 

5. Do you use only Tarot, or are you multi-disciplinary?
- I use Runes, Lenormand, Oracle decks, pendulums, crystals or what the Mother Nature can give me. Next project is astrology, numerology, Reiki, My filosophy is that I want to know a little of everything instead of know everything of one topic.

6. Is the message in the cards, or in your head?
-  Both, the way I read cards I get an overlook over the cards and my intuition takes over.

7. Are you a priest or a fortune-teller?
- I have been on my Pagan/Wicca path for a little while, but I haven't taken the step 100% till now. Up till now I have been reading about it, some studying and watched TONS of YouTube videos and documentaries.

8. Are you a fixer or a looker?
-  I am a looker, I believe it is not my job to "fix" the client; the client is the star of their life so he/she must change whatever it is wrong in their life. All I can do is tell what the cards say and maybe tell those few options on what can be done and few options what will not happened if they don't change their life. We have free will and nothing is set in stone.

9. Do you read for free, or for fee?
- If I offer a reading it is for free (very close friends and family), but someone approach me for a reading I do it for a fee.

10. Is there anything you won't do in a reading?
- I believe this question is connected along the question 4. There a lot of thing I won't predict or do for a reading, I won't participate in hexing, vendettas, drama, I don't talk to the dead, answer the question when/how will I die, will I be rich and famous and so on and so on. I won't do reading for persons under the age of 18; I don't answer specific questions about health, finance or law because I am not a doctor, accountant or a lawyer.

New moon spread - 2nd of August 2016

  Hello lovlies, 

How are you guys, and I can't believe it is August already and the fall is almost here although we still have few sunny days before autumn storms comes :) All of the seasons has its charm, but my favorite is the fall. Nothing better to hear the storm outside with a good fire in the fireplace, candlelights and maybe you have a good cup of tea/coffe - or drink of your choice next to you.But hey let us enjoy late summer/early fall so far :)

I bring you the new moon reading today and the cards I use is the Book of shadows - So Below by Barbara Moore and the artwork is done by Sabrina Ariganello and Alessia Pastorello (copyrighted by Lo Scarabeo)

 

It is time to prioritze yourself! What do I want to do with my life? Where do I want to go? What is the right thing for me right now? You are not selfish if you think of yourself - Maybe it is time for you to start to think of yourself. Have you danced to other people's flute far too long? No one will thank you when you are gone anyway. Please remember that the most important person in your life is youself. Selfishness can also be a good thing! 

If you rather sink into the bath tub with candlelights, drink of your choice and a real good book than help friend of a friend that you haven't met because you are the only one that can  help? Don't feel bad if you would like to have quality time with yourself. Make yourself the star of your life.

 What you can do to get out of this funk? You have the tools and knowledge to do something about it - the question is: do you dare? I know it is more comfortable to stay in the situastion you are in because it is safe and this is what you know. You need to focus on what it is you want/need. It also might be fustrating on what to do first because it seems to be alot of work. Take the situation you are in and take it apart like an onion - layer by layer - ask yourself on each layer: do I want this in my life? Is this important to me? Does it serve me any good?

You might feel that there is few obsticles/clutter in the way. You have to let out some of the old that something new can come in. I can be you have found your dream job, but that means you have to leave your old job and move to another town/even another country... Are you willing to do these sacrifices? Are you in a realtionship with a person that gives you nothing - Are you in this relationship beacause you are afraid to hurt that other person, you are afraid to be on your own or you feel you owe the other person that? 

Like I said you need to be the star in your own life - you need and most defently deserve to be happy - for you to do so you need to stop to dancing after other people's flute.

If you have a friend that you feel it is a chore to to keep in touch and the friendship doesn't give you anything anymore - do the grown up way and say we have grown of apart and this friendship don't give us what we need anymore.. it is not your fault or my fault - it is what it is.

The advice for you is that you always have a choice and you have to do what makes you and your closest family happy. It is important to follow your heart.

you may have to take a decision about work - you have analyze pro's and cons, love matters - a new love or rebonding witha an old love, finances - please don't lose track even if you are head over heels in love, health issues - you will get the right person to help you wether it is the doctor, nurse or a healer or spirituality - you can benefit from working with the right person and please don't trust blindly on what is said and don't follow blindly.



Blesses

Susann

P.s
During this spread I have pointed out few situations, but I know that are more serious matters in this world than I have mentioned like domestic violence and such (Topics like these is way over my head). I haven't covered such topics because I don't know how I shall cover it 100 %.. All I can say is that my heart goes out for you, I hope you can manage to take the necessary steps to get out it and mostly that you succeed.

Summer Solstice - Litha tarot spread

Hello Lollipops :)

I lay down a summer solstice tarot spread and this is a general reading. This will apply for some of you and other will not connect with this at all or they may connect partly with the reading.

For this spread I use Cat's Eye Tarot

Things you should let go of in you life is wishing for the things you don't have or be careful on what you wish for. You will get what you wish if you are not specific. Karma can be a bitch in that way;) Let's say hypothetically that you want to better you life in the sense of transportation - You can make a spell, a mood board or pray to the univers about your wish. Suddenly you get a bicycle, but in your mind you wanted a car.
Another way to look at this is to be grateful on what you have, the grass on the other side is not so much greener as long you remember to water your side.

On the tings you need to keep close to you is to know that you are a practical and you know that is you are a trustworthy. You will reach your set goals if you do them in right order and don't have a hurry. You will have your wealth, security and you accomplishments.

You will see changes in your life and it can be big changes. Please pay attention to the little red flags that may pop up here and there. These can be enough warning for you to do the change you need to do - because it is better that you do the change instead of the change changes you, if you know what I mean. To stay a step ahead

You may come a cross to others that you do only what serves you and that may create some situations that is based on fear and in the end you lose you head - in these situations there are no winners. This comes back to the second card (page of Penatcles). You are practical person so you may lose a battle,but keep an eye on the goal and you can still win the war. If it don't serve you, take the high road and walk away.

You need to giver the other your best side, give your partner romance, emotions, be sensitive, Put out your dirty laundry if you need to so both of you know where you stand in the relationship. Key words are trust, communication and honesty :)

You need to prioritize on what is important to you and if if you are sensitive to other people's needs and want it can pull in all kind of directions. with time and experience you will learn to use your intuitive side

Your lession in all of this is to spend your expensive time on those who matters to you and those who are close to you. We all have a limited lifetime on this earth so spend it wisely!

Blessed be,

Susann

Card of the day 19th of June 2016

You may be around something or some one who steal your energy, feed your fear, regret or sorrow. In the same way there have been opportunities that come and gone without you realized it, but all hope is not gone because you need to get "the ghost" up and into the light. Then they will disappear. Soon as you have all the knowledge then you will know what to do and it is easier to take a desicions you have to take.

Card of the 18th of June 2016

You need to know that the problem have been solved and you are set free. It may be something from your past. You have help in family/friends and know that knowledge is power. More you know, the more you can take a desicions based on your values and belief.

Card of the day 17th of June 2016

You will fall in love and it is more closer than you think. You will have the same family values and the same need for stability. It can be money that brings you together although you feel loyality to eacher. There is not free for confusion and it can be doubt, illusion or even caos.. it will be better with time. After the clouds and rain, the sun come through :)

Card of the day 16th of June 2016

You may feel isolated, you have doubt when it it comes to you finances - it can mean loss of an income, you have to wait for a bonus to come in. It may or may not get worse or at least it stays the same for a while longer. If you are experience finacial bad times and all the negativity that brings with it and it is now you will need/have to grab all you chances/opportunities to bette your situations. You don't have anything to lose on it.

Card of the day 15th of June 2016

We all have our "guilty pleasures" - myself included - and it can be a good time to go through a detox and get back in balance. It can be reduce your sugar intake, reduce/stop smoking or alcohol, get contol over a shopping addictions, over eating - no matter what the problem may be, time to get balanced.
To do it successfully it can be a great idea to get help who can held you countable so it is easier to stay on track. It can be a profentional help, a friend or a so-called a buddy system of some kind.
I think it is a good idea to have help so you don't lose focus on the goal of this detox because it is so easily to get destracted.

Card of the day 14th of June 2016

If you are in a time where the expectations towards you are too high and that can lead to confusion, doubt, conflicts and caos on your part - You need to create balance in your life.
A way to solve it may be to apply for an another job, another appartment/house or maybe move to another city - or if you want a really big change - another country.
If you have skyhigh expectations towards yourself you need to find something that get youself back in balance, maybe you need to get away for awhile, have fewer responsibility at work, time for letting you family know whats going on.
Hang in there - You can make it :)

Card of the day 13th of June 2016

You have been in a circle of thoughts that hasn't been helpful to you and know that circle has come to an end. You will go in a bette place with yourself and you will be able to transform yourself yet again and have the self confidence to do so. You are able to take care of your self both psychical and emotionally. The key is HOW you resolve the situation the problem/ sitauation.

Why it is important to have a tarot jounal!

Hello lovely faeries :)

Today I want write about why it is important to have a tarot journal, I wish someone told me this when I discovered tarot. But then again, I love to journal so why I didn't connect the dots to create a tarot journal is beyond me ;)

So, you may be sitting there with your very first tarot deck and a book of tarot..You have card spread on the table and now read the meaning of the card and perhaps flipping pages back and forth like crazy and confused.
We all have been there, so it is now the journal comes in handy.

It can be a cheap one or you can go all the way and spend some money on a more expensive one. Me? I took a four ring binder from my book shelf, bought couple packs of dividers and I use the papers from my old notepads and now I am ready to go.
I tried to have a notebook for this, but I could not decide how I would set it up.
I was setting up my binder at the same time i was witing this blog post and my binder grew and grew - I found out I was writing a lot of topics here...


This is how I set up mine:

1st divider - Tips & advice
I put in tips and advice I found on internet in general, pinterest, facebook, it's like a cheat sheet.


2nd divider -  Layout & spreads
In this divider I put the speads I find on Pinterest, books and those I create myself.

3rd divider - 10th divider
I write down the meaning of the cards so I have them all in one place in case I misplace my book. Is it a lot a work? yes, but I want to do it since it helps me to understand the cards and remember the meaning of the cards
Here I put the meaning of lenormand, maya oracle cards, Doreen Virtue's Healing with the faeries Orcle deck, Shaman's Oracle

11th divider - Crystals
I have written down the meaning of some cystals that I have on my wishlist.

12th - 19th divider -
I don't  have anything in these tabs yet.

19th divider - Tarot spread diary I have a "tarot diary" about my readings, I am not showing this since I want keep this section private for private reasons.

20th divider - Misc
Under this divider I have alot of different stuff that doesn't go anywhere else. So far i only have a wishlist of tarot decks/oracle decks, crystals, incence, books and the goes on and on :)
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Couple of month ago I got another tarot journal, a smaller one since it can b a bit much to carry this big ass binder around. I never connected with it in the same way that I have done with the smaller notebook.

This is kind of "dear diary" kind of book towards tarot journal... In this I can be so personal or so little personal I want to be. In this book I write down the spread I use, What deck I use and I draw the spread. I sometimes write down the weekly 'tarotscope' from other YouTubers like Tarot by Arwen and New age hipster.

What I do is I write down the cards and the meaning of the cards. My intension with this is that I will write down keywords during the week and check in the end of the week how it went.

I find this very helpful because I can go back and see how my reading was and what I can improve if I have another /better conclusion of the reading I write down as a sidenote and with a different color.

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I also found out it would be great if I had a portable version of the binder so I created a smaller one. I took one of my midoris and I put in five booklets.
Book 1 has tips, advice, bits & bobs about how read the cards easiest way, routines when it comes to readings and such.
Book 2 have the meaning of the symbols, moon phases,
In my book 3 I have the meaning of the tarot cards, oracle cards
Book 4 contains tarot spreads and questions an all that jazz :)
The last book have all the info I gather about my business 'Tarot By Susann'



Blessed be
Susann

Quote of the day

Quote of the day

Forward is forward

Tcotd - 24-5-16

Tcotd - Nine of Cups
Good things is about to come. If you have a dream project at work you will be a part it. You are in a good place in your relationship and you will get a deeper understanding of each other. If you are single it is a perfect time to find love.
Your finances might improve, Your health is looking good/better. You are in a good place with your faith and beliefs. Trust yourself and dream big

Tcotd - 23-5-16

Ten of Wands
You may feel you have so many things on you plate and don't know where to start. It can be a heavy workload, a had place in your relationship, over-burdened when it comes to money, stress or you may feel your spirit have left you for a while - If you can - take a breake and do serious self-love. Come back with fresh eyes and fix what you can and lose what is not working for you. Maybe you need to prioritizeand don't foget that you will reach your goals.

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Tarot Tag

Hello my peeps :)

I realized that I had deleted this post few months ago while I was cleaning my blog drafts.. So, for a little summerize. These questions is from Avalon's Spiritual Odyssey
Please pay her a visit on her YouTube channel and if you are into Tarot and all that.. Worth the visit :)

Here is my answers to the questions

 

1. What initially drew you to Tarot and how old were you?
- When I was a young girl a cousin of mine had a friend who had visited a tarot reader and I don't know the reading was, but I was told that the tarot reader said to this man at the end: you will not see your 25th birthday. This man died in a car crash on this 25th birthday. I remember that I thought: wow, how exciting... (I felt bad about the man who lost his life), can she see that from the cards? What else can she see? I want to learn to do that.
- I have always been drawn to the unknown, mysthical things, occult if you like.

2. When did you acquire your first personal tarot deck?
- The first time I got my first tarot deck when I was 22-ish. It was just ordinary no-brand tarot deck that came along the book "Tarot" by Jane Lyle.

3.Are you a fan of the RWS or Thoth Systems?
- To be completely honest? RWS. I have never owned a Thoth deck, but it is on my wish list. I do not do readings with RWS very well for some strange reasons. But when I bought the Sharman-Caselli deck it finally clicked. I have found my go-to-deck.

4. What type of Tarot reader are you?
- I am a type of a reader who try to inspire with my readings. I don't say something that can be disturbing to  others, like the reader who told her client that he would not be older than 25. I will not ever do that because it is disrespectful toward the client.

5. Do you use Tarot for Pathworking, Meditation, Manifestation etc
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6. Do you do Daily Draws
- Sometimes I get in a roll where I do daily draws for a week or two, then I don't do for a while. It goes in circles.

7. Do you utilize a Tarot Journal and if so what are the benefits of a Tarot journal in you opinion?
- Yes, I have started to do a tarot journal. It helps me to see where I need to get better and when I flip back I can see the spread with new eyes and also give myself a better reading than the first one. When I do that I will write in a side note. I also write my daily draws (when I do them), but I often forget to check end of the day/week.

8. Would you consider yourself a Tarot collector or do you stay true to one or two decks only.
- I see myself a tarot collector. There are so many beautiful decks, but I do buy a deck every once awhile.

9. How do you bond with a deck?
- When I get a deck I study them and admire them to pieces without laying any spreads..I don't work with them at all. Then I put them away till they are calling me. Take my Grimoire deck for instance, I had it since January and it hasn't called me yet.. it may or it may not.

10. Do you cleans, bless, empower etc your decks?
- I haven't done that with my cards yet. 

11. Do you adhere to any tarot superstitions
-   I don't remove cards from my decks because I believe they are in the deck for a reason and I do read the if they come out reversed.

12. Do you integrate Significator cards into you readings?
- I usually don't do that, but if the client prefer that I will leave that in.

13. Do you prefer to use spreads or do you read free form?
-  I use spreads because I am not good at free form my readings.

14. What is your Tarot Birth card?
- My Tarot Birth card is the Devil

15. What is your favorite Tarot card
- It was difficult because I don't have only one favorite. I love the Strength, the Hermit, nine of cups and the ten of cups. I finds it strange since "my cards" are the Pentacles.

16.What deck are you currently working with a present? 
- I am now working with Chrysalis Tarot deck

17. What is your favorite Tarot deck in this moment in time
- In this time I love the Sharman-Caselli.

18. What is your least favorite Tarot deck
- The Grimoire Tarot deck and that is because they haven't called me yet.

19. What is your cheekiest deck
- I don't have a cheeky tarot deck.

20. Do you own any self published decks
- The tarot decks that I can think of is Doreen Virtue's Angels Tarot deck and healing with Faeries oracle Deck

21. What is your Tarot pet peeve?
- That has to be when I tell people that I do, they want a reading right there and then... especially if I not ready or prepared for it. 
- Especially when people expect a free readings from strangers (okay, I do free readings close family and close friends).

22. Do you believe that you can give yourself an accurate reading on a matter your are heavily invested in?
- Yes and no. I find it very difficult to give myself an accurate reading period. I have no problems to that to other people. Three card spread I can do, when it comes to bigger spreads like the Celtic Cross or the 6 months spreads - no

23. Have you studied Numerology, Kabbalah, Astrology as part of you Tarot studies?
- I have been reading about that without really study the topics, but I will do it some time in the future

24. What are your opinions on Tarot and divination
- 

25. Have you ever lost or damaged a Tarot deck?
- Yes, I was starting to lose few cards from my very first deck, then I started to punch holes and put them in my filofaxes :)
- My most recent deck.. I have misplaced three cards from  my Chrysalis Tarot Deck

26. Have you ever inspired another to want to learn Tarot
- I have a bestie who find this very interesting, but don't want to invest in a deck... Her Birthday is coming up in August ;)

27. Do you use Tarot in conjunction with any other esoteric/divinatory tools
- I do use pendeleums and I do runes

28. What is a personally Tarot No No, something that crosses the boundaries of your personal code of Ethics?
-I have few code of ethics:

• I don't read for anyone who is under the age of 18
• I am NOT a psychic so I can't communicate with those who has crossed over.
• I don't predict the future
• I do not answer specific questions about matters of the law, financial issues or health queries.
• I don't read on behalf of someone else that is not aware of it.
• If I do face-to face reading I expect the client NOT to be under the influence of alcohol/pills/other drugs
• If I feel a person is more up for an arguement than a reading, I'll stop the process and give back the money - My life and my time is too valuable so I want to give reading for those who want a reading and guidence.

29. If you could give one piece of Tarot advice to another, perhaps a beginner, what would it be?
- Put off time to learn the cards like you would studying for a class/test or schedule it like it is a job. practice! practice! practice! If you thinking you would like to do this for a living, treat this like a job and apologize for it when you want money for the job because you don't run a charity!




Blessed be

Susann :)

Review of the Sharman-Caselli Tarot Deck

Hello lovelies,

It seems to be another sleepless night so I can review one of my tarot decks and today it is Sharman-Caselli deck. I must say that this deck have blown my mind in ways I can not describe. I have learned so much the last two to three weeks than I have the last four months.

I had tried to learn tarot fo a long time and about 1999-2001 I bought my first deck together with a book "tarot" by Jane Lyle. I tried and tried - and "failed" and I felt nothing would stick and I became confused and angry at myself because I "couldn't" learn the tarot. So I sadly gave up and I hadn't touched a tarot deck for 10 years or so. What I should have done is to buy another deck, but I didn't have enough knowledge about tarot because I had one thought in my head and that was if I didn't learn from deck I won't learn from another deck. THAT IS SO WRONG! I know that now, but I didn't knew it then.

When I bought the sharman-Caselli deck I thought it was a nice deck and it came in a sturdy box which contain the 78 card deck and the little white book. Ok.. so, the book are a little book , but still it is one of the better ones I have seen. First of all it gives you an introduction and then it goes into the minor arcana. Along with the minor arcana they give you what element is where..Cups are water, wands are fire, pentacles are earth and the swords are air. In this book they give you the meaning of every card + they give few clues on what the symols on the cards means.

Let us see a card and I picked Eight of pentacles.. this man is in his workshop making pentacles and
he have eight of them. It represent work and he takes pride in his work. He is concentrated and has an eye for details or he is not afraid to take on a new project or task. There are no clouds on the sky (clouds can mean confusion, not knowing, thoughts - depends on what neighbour cards). The trees are not moving so there is no wind. Wind often represent energy and it depends if you have the wind with you or against you. The trees can represent shelter, regeneration, strength. For me the trees also represent roots, knowledge, visdom. So, for me the eight of pentacles represent a good day for business.
At the bottom of every card there is a theme and for the eight of pentacles it is learning new skills.

The Major arcana is represented the same way as the minors, it gives you five or so pointers of meanning + a theme at the bottom of each card. Like the card number 9 - the Hermit (or like I like to call him, Gandalf.. :) ) and the hermit's theme is patience and prudence.
After the majors there a spread at the end and kudos to Sharman and Caselli for not choosing the celtic cross, like 95% of the other authors do.
Sharman chose the 5 cards horseshoe spread which they show you an example a reading for Cathrine. Like the other little books there is 6 note pages where you can write your notes.

One of things I didn't like at first was overused with the yellow and orange. There is not numbers at the majors.. I can't put my fingers on what I didn't like about it and I was thinking I would give this a new home, so I put on my shelf and I forgot about them for a while.

For a month or so I took the deck held it in my hand while I took a quick meditation and my thought was: it's time! So I started to do 3 card readnings for myself, started to trust my instict and intuition (refused open the books like I always do). I also put the deck back in order and did the same with the Rider Waite Smith Tarot deck and for the fist time in my life I compared each card. I noticed that I got more out of Sharman-Caselli. So I have been working non-stop with this deck for two to three weeks now and it became my go to deck.

One of the things I like about this deck is how detailed the cards is and it has alot more symbols so you really could find your meaning of these.
Yes, I still think it is a lot of yellow/orange in this deck, but I feel spring and summer - I will work with these till the fall and see where I am and choose my decks for autumn/winter:)



Blessed be,
Susann

Tarotscope for 28th og March - 3rd of April 2016

Hello lovelies,

I hope you all had a wonderful and peaceful Easter. I have been thinking a lot on my blog and I don't want to let this one be another blog fail. So I decided to have a weekly tarotscope and a challenge for myself... a 78 days challenge (or a card a day if you like). I will be gone most of April, but it should be no problem to post a card a day or do the weekly tarotscope :)


Tarotscope this week, the 28th og March - 3rd of April

Main energy this week: Four of cups
You may feel a bit down and you need little time for yourself. You may be in a confusing time.

What will help you: Queen of swords
You are organised so you will find a way to get out of your rut.

What might be your obstacle: Knight of Swords
You will do your best to get out this bad mood, but not dealing with the consequences that come along with it. and you don't deal with the consequences things may a bit longer.

Know that with time it will be better and all you have to do is be patient and no rush it. 

Questions you may have when you start with tarot..

I found these questions on a Norwegian website and also I had someone ask me similar questions, so I wanted to answer them because I am sure someone may wonders on these questions.

1) How do you teach yourself to read tarot?
- There no right or wrong answer this question, but there are few tips you can do to make it a bit easier. Here is a tip I picked up by Arwen Lynch, who is tarot by Arwen on youtube

•  You could shuffle the cards and draw one card and look at it and put it away for now and go on with your day and pay attentions to the details throughout the day, when the evening comes you can take the card again and read the meaning of the card from the booklet that came along the tarot deck or if you bought/borrowed a more indepted book you can read the meaning.
• If you meditate, you can draw a card meditate over it or you can put it under your pillow and sleep on it.
• you can have a tarot journal (this is a blogpost I plan to do) and write YOUR description of the card. Your description is not necessarily same as mine and the other way around. A great tip is when you have a description from a card and please stick with it because you have a one description one day and another one the next day, it makes learning a bit harder and more difficult + it gives you more work (I have been there and done that )

2) Is it wrong to learn tarot by reading books?
- No! If you learn better that way so why not and you can read several books so you can see different authors interpretations and you can find your own.

3) Should I cleanse my cards before I use them?
- yes, I would recommend you to do so because I believe the tarot deck has your energy and you have the energy from the tarot deck. 

How you cleanse your deck is up to you, you can meditate while you shuffling, you can have a crystal stone or pendeleum (if you are into crystals) on top of your deck. you can energize your cards by sunlight and/or moonlight. There are many ways you can do this topic if you take a google search :) 

Another question is when to cleanse the decks and you would know when to cleanse them, but a few tips will be

• When you get a new/used deck (espesially if you have a used deck because it may have previous owners energy to them)
• When you accidental drop the deck or few of the cards on the floor
• If you had a reading and you had a "difficult" client
• If you have a lot of negative energy in your life
• If you haven't used them in a awhile
• If you had a draining tarot reading
• if you just want to reconnect with your cards

4) How do I know if a card is positive/negative if all of the cards is the same way?
- As the time goes by and you learn the meaning of these cards, you will know the cards energy. 

5) How do I know when I use my intuistion or if this is only wish thinking?
Like the answer above so 

6) Is it possible too hung up in these cards?
-I don't believe so since you are aware of this question.

7) No one understand why I do tarot and like I am not normal.
- I can relate to you on this, there is not many people who know that I can read tarot. The reason is because I don't want to answer why I do it, I don't want to feel I have to justify it. I told someone in my early twenties what I do, this a****le of a person told me that he had a sister-in-law and she did a tarot read once and she "lost her marbles". She had to have serious psychic help for years after that. The bitch in me almost came out said :"maybe she became nuts long before she picked up the tarot deck". Let say I didn't believe his story at all :)

8) Is it bad luck to do a tarot reading on yourself?
No, When you stating out with a tarot deck you need to practice and you need to get to know the cards + the cards have to get to know you. You don't starting out being great at tarot reading two seconds after picking up the deck ;)

9) Is it bad luck if my cards lands on the floor?
Bad luck, no, but you do need cleanse them all over again ;)

10) How does tarot works, since all I do is to draw radoms cards?
This is not a science, but there something special with the spiritual aura with these cards. It may be that the card drawing is just random or if you believe there is nothing like random things in this life.

11) Is it a bad thing to do a tarot reading on their selves too often
- No, the only thing that comes to my mind is that if you do to often the messages can be a bit confusing. An advice is to wait few days before you do the next reading, Not a must, but an advice.
A thumb rule can be that you don't do a tarot read on the same question before there have been a change in the situation.

12) Is it possible to use a deck that had a previous owner?
-Yes, just cleanse them and get to know them. Back in good and really old days, you are not supposed to buy youself a tarot deck. They are supposed to be given to you like a present.
  13) What does all the symbols on the tarot cards mean?
- The symbols means somthing, like clouds can mean confusions, rain can mean cleansing, cities can mean community, scale mean equality

14) Shall I put the cards back in order after I done a reading?
-That is entirely up to you. Me? I do put them back randomly and do couple of shufflings - do my shuffling routine when I am ready to use them again.


Like I said earlier in this blog post, there is no right or wrong answers, This/these tarot deck(s) you have - You do what you want with them because it is your decks and you do it you way.

Review Angel Card Tarot by Doreen Virtue & Radleigh Valentine

Hello Tarot angels and I hope you have a wonderful and peaceful weekend

I want to do a review of one of the decks I got in the mail few days ago and that is Angel Tarot Cards by Doreen Virtue who is a an American author and a "folk psychology motivational speaker". She is the founder of Angel Therapy, a type of New Age therapy based "on the premise that communicating with angels is the key to healing (from wikipedia) and Radleigh Valentine is a professional intuitive, speaker, author, spiritual advisor, and a recovering Certified Public Accountant (from radleighvalentine.com). The artwork is done by Steve A. Roberts who is an international fantasy artist. 

This tarot deck comes in a beautiful solid and durable box. Usually it come with a little booklet where it contains few words of the cards and often the booklet has several languages. BUT what Doreen and Radleigh have done is to include a guidebook on 135 pages. In this book they give you tips how to energize your cards, they give you a spread called the celtic cross and how you read it, as well as meaning of this card.

I found a clip of an interview with Doreen and Radleigh on YouTube that I will include in the end of this blog post. In that clip Doreen was explaining why she wanted to create a new tarot deck, she found herself uncomfortable with some of the cards so she removed them ended up with a deck with nine cards an that was one of the reasons she wanted to create a tarot deck was positive, up lifting with beautiful art.

I haven't felt any uncomfort with curtain cards or suits, but I do feel uncomfort towards a complete deck. I will write a blog post on this on a later time.

What she also did was rename some of the cards she was uncomfortable like for instance card number 0 - the fool has been renamed the dreamer, number 5 - the hierophant has been renamed to unity, the number 12 - The hanged man is awakening in Doreen's deck, the number 13 - Death has morphed into release, card 14 - Temperance is now balance, Tarot number 15 has become Ego and the judgement card has become renewal.

This deck of tarot also have different colour, like the major arcane has a deep purple color. The suit of

Earth (The Penticles) is green, like the earth and nature is green. The Penicles is often about finance and money and many associate that with the color green. The suit of Air (the Wands) have a dark bluish color.......... The suit of Water (the Cups) has an ocean blue colour and the last suit of Fire (the Swords) has a red color and what I connect with that is power, courage, fight for what you want, hang in there and you will get through it.

For those who don't have one of Doreen's decks, I can tell you that this is a bad ass deck! It is HUGE

cards. I can't shuffle all of them one go and I have medium to large hands for a woman. It reminds me of oracle cards. One other thing that I noticed is that the sides of these cards has this silver shine to it and it go so well with this deck. The picture on the right is the Sharman-Caselli Tarot deck (a review of this deck will be posted next few days) which is a more or less a stadard size of a tarot deck.

Each card has a written meaning that can be at help especially if you are a beginner at tarot and every card in the major arcana has an arch angel. Arch Angel Michael is presented two or three cards like the card number 21 - The World - in the major arcana is the same artwork that is on the back of the cards. Every time I spend time these angel cards I find something new and I learn something new. I have noticed I grab this deck more than other deck I own. 

I will end this post with Doreen Virtue and Radleigh Valentine and before I start rambling about all kind of things that hasn't nothing to with this blog post.

Blessed be,

Susann

P.S.. DISCLAIMER: I have bought this tarot with my own money or I don't get paid to post this review!