Tarot Tips: The Best Book You’ll Ever Read on the Tarot!
Published: Sat, 03/01/14
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![]() Vol. 6 #3 / March 1, 2014
In this Issue: - Welcome
- Tarot Tip: Create Your Tarot Journal - Best Book You'll Ever Read on the Tarot!
- Tarot School Aphorism
- What's Gnu?
- Tarot Card Showcase: Justice
- 7 Minutes with...
- An Open Call for Performers
- Best Practices: For Entertainment Purposes Only: Legal Disclaimers for Readers
- Featured Tarot Blog: Toni Allen's Tarot Blog
- Upcoming Events
Welcome to a new issue of Tarot Tips!
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Meanwhile, back on the ranch...
There are times when we are our own best authority, and
others when some outside counsel is just what we need.
This month's issue takes a look at both sides of this coin.
Heads...
We're pleased to welcome Kathleen Meadows as a new
guest contributor to Tarot Tips. You'll hear from her
from time to time. Her Tarot Tip offers some great
suggestions on starting or expanding a personal tarot
journal.
Tails...
Justice is our Showcase Card, and the Best Practices
column addresses the issue of using a disclaimer for
your reading practice. Good counsel.
There are lots more goodies, including a new blog,
Tarot Aphorism, 7-Minutes With... interviews, and
a special announcement from Wald. Enjoy! And one more thing... Do you have a practical tip, spread or technique you'd
like to share with Tarot Tips readers? To submit an
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in the archives at http://tarotschool.com/Newsletter.html
for an idea of length, and to see what topics have already
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-- we'd be happy to consider it for a future issue!
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CREATE YOUR TAROT JOURNAL - THE BEST BOOK
YOU'LL EVER READ ON THE TAROT!
by Kathleen Meadows
Whether you are just learning the tarot or have been
working with it for a while and want to explore it more
deeply, you'll benefit from creating your own tarot
journal. It will be the best book you've ever read
on the tarot!
The following are a few suggestions for sections in
your journal. Remember to date your entries and jot
down briefly what is going on in your life. Don't
make the project too laborious. This shouldn't become
one of your chores!
1. Take 3 Major Arcana cards and lay them out past,
present and future. Tell yourself the story that these
three cards are pointing to about your life.
2. Find a body posture that evokes the card/s you
are studying that day. Imitate the character in the
picture. For the Magician stand with one arm up
(holding a wand of some kind) and the other pointed
down. For the World, stand with one leg behind the
other, and arms out. Write your feelings and body
sensations while doing the tarot poses in your
journal.
3. Ask the Card/s of the day questions about itself.
Mix the cards and turn them over as if for a reading,
but instead of the usual questions, speak directly to
the cards.
For example:
Answering these questions in your journal will add more
depth to what has been provided in the divinatory
meanings.
4. Begin a section in your journal titled, "Tarot
Images" and collect images from magazines, newspapers,
flyers, and photographs that remind you of a tarot
card. Note the connections you made between these
personally collected images and the tarot card
meanings.
5. Record any dreams about the tarot. Dreaming an
image that looks like a card, doing readings or anticipating
a reading. These dreams reflect how the tarot is being
integrated into your unconscious mind.
About the Author:
Kathleen Meadows has a Master's degree in the
Psychology of Religion and has been reading the Tarot
for 37 years and teaching it for more than 20 years.
You can read more of Kathleen's articles and view her
teaching videos at http://www.tarotbykathleen.com.
Tarot School Aphorism ![]() Exclusive Access Program
Wald has created a special course of
graduate studies for students of tarot
who want to go very deep. Because of
its intensity, he is accepting only a few
students into an intimate one-on-one
mentoring program.
If this program interests you, email
Wald at [email protected], and he
will set up an appointment to speak with
you about it.
Tarot Card Showcase
In this section we will feature tidbits on a specific tarot card. While there are many systems and decks to choose from in
the world of tarot, here we use the Universal Waite Tarot
images and symbols.
Copyright 1992 U.S Games.
![]() Traditional Meanings:
Balance, decision, compensation, fair
exchange. Negotiation, arbitration,
facilitating a compromise.
Take responsibility for your actions.
Accept the consequences of your decisions.
Find the right response to a provocation.
See clearly. Weigh the evidence.
Accept no excuses. Legal matters. Name: Justice - not law, not order, not even-handedness
or fairness, not retribution or the righting of wrongs.
Key Number: 11 (Major #12) - the central path and
symbolic linchpin of the Qabalistic Tree of Life.
Hebrew Letter: Lamed - ox goad, prod, the maintainer
of the straight and narrow way, the sting of the imperative
to follow that way.
Function: Work - the ceaseless effort and steady
intention to maintain and travel the high wire of the
middle way.
Astrological Attribution: Libra - the balance.
Perfect alignment without tilt, waver or exaggeration.
Imagery: The Red Robe is a symbol of the power, passion and
intensity of Mars.
The Green Cape is the color of Venus, ruler of Libra.
On the green trim of the robe are leaf designs, symbol
of Life and The Empress, Key III, whose color is green
and whose function is the creation of living forms.
The Gold Scales are a reference to Libra, symbol of
perfect balance, one half of the meaning of Justice.
The Sword is the blade of absolute discrimination that
cuts away the excessive and unnecessary. This is the
other half of the meaning of Justice.
The Gold Crown is a symbol of the divine origin of the
power of Justice.
The Blue Stone in the crown is the third eye that
cannot be deceived, fooled, or influenced by anything
whatever.
The Square Brooch with the Red Center is the
harmonious joining of Sulphur (Red) and Salt (White),
of Active and Passive, of Energy and Matter. It binds
the cape of Venus to the robe of Mars.
The Grey Pillars are the two pillars of the Tree of
Life, with Severity and its Sword on the left and Mercy
and its Scales on the right. Twin pillars in tarot are
always a symbol of the rite of initiation, separating
innocence from knowledge, apprentice from initiate.
The Purple Veil is the color of equilibrium established
between the extremes, which are symbolized here by the
colors red and blue.
The Throne is cubic in form and grey in color. This
form and color combine to symbolize the authority of
spirit manifesting as the form of whatever power sits
on it.
The Step connects abstract Justice Above with manifest
Justice Below.
![]() One great question, one great answer!
Wald asks interesting questions of interesting people in the tarot community, and Ruth Ann creates 7-minute
content-rich videos for you to enjoy. RECENT RELEASES:
Sheilaa Hite / Mary K. Greer / Nancy Antenucci
Caitlín Matthews / Kooch Daniels / Victor Daniels
Jeannette Roth / Rachel Pollack
COMING SOON:
Theresa Reed / Carolyn Cushing / Katrina Wynne and more!
See the videos at http://tarotschool.com/7-minutes.html
![]() Open Call for Performers!
What? A short entertaining act that is Tarot related.
It can be a tarot idea, concept, song, poem, dance, etc.
that is as short as 4 minutes or as long as 10 minutes.
In the past few years, these acts have ranged from an
English gentlewoman reading her letter aloud to Mr.
Waite, a group of folks singing a song about the Moon,
a dancer moving from the Two of the Swords as an
initiation of becoming the High Priestess, a main
vocalist with two backup singers presenting their own
song about the craziness of being a tarot reader as a
job. It doesn't need to be funny or clever...heart felt
works.
Where and When? The Readers Studio, April 26, 2014
during the Readers Studio Saturday Night Feast.
Who? You and as many people as you want to involve
that would love to express some tarot idea, concept or
imagery. We are looking for entertainment...not teaching
so think outside the box!
Why? Because playing is good for the soul and all of us
will be in the mood to play by Saturday night!
How? Contact Nucc (Nancy Antenucci) at [email protected]
if you are even considering it. All acts need to be pre approved.
Nucc will also be checking in with each act closer to the time of
Readers Studio. Deadline is March 15!
A few ideas for scenes/acts:
*A lively dialogue between Tarot and Lenormand...
one person is Tarot, the other is Lenormand.
*One card and how the Body, the Spirit and the Mind
would respond (a person for the Mind, for the Body and
for the Spirit)
*Lip Synching to a Song that is totally Tarot such as
"We are the Champions" for The Chariot card
(the 2014 year card)
*Be like an Aunt Clara figure from Bewitched and give
spells to overcome insecurities in reading for another
*A fun interaction that would involve each table
represented by one card
*A couple talking about their love affair - the Queen
of Wands and the King of Swords
*Someone playing a mentalist (with fixed people in the
audience playing along)
This beautiful image is the Art card from the Tarot of
the Zirkus Magi, Doug Thornsjo www.ducksoup.me THE READERS STUDIO
April 25 - 27, 2014 LaGuardia Marriott Hotel, New York Best Practices for Professional Readers
FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY:
LEGAL DISCLAIMERS FOR READERS
By Gina Thies
During a recent appearance as a guest on 'It's In The
Cards' (www.paraencountersnetwork.com) a listener
asked how I felt about having to use the disclaimer
"for entertainment purposes only" as a professional reader.
The topic of this disclaimer comes up every now and then.
It seems most troublesome to many readers who strive to
eliminate certain stereotypes that unfortunately comes
"with the territory," so to speak.
I am comfortable with clearly defining what I provide
to customers at the time they get a reading. I know that
what I do in terms of helping people gain perspective on
life issues is a serious matter for me and my clients, even
though I cannot claim any professional licensures.
The use of this disclaimer and other similar statements
may actually be required in some areas when it comes to
"psychic" services or fortune-telling. Most of these fall
under consumer protection regulations outlined by the
Federal Trade Commission (FTC). They are usually pretty
straightforward and have language that can be used as
they are written. Some readers prefer to outline their own
versions of their obligations and their client's rights.
These notices also serve to protect the business owner or
service provider from legal actions for damages.
The mission of the FTC is to prevent deceptive or unfair
business practices, especially when it comes to making
claims about a product or service that claims to do
something that it cannot. They protect all consumers.
Most importantly, advertisers must have evidence to
back up their claims or risk getting into trouble with
the law.
It is important to remember that, although you take
your tarot consultations very seriously, if you are not
licensed to counsel or provide therapy, you need to
state this clearly to those you serve, or else consider
using "for entertainment purposes only" when you
charge for your services.
The best thing to do is to define in writing your terms
of service and let the consumer know up front that you
are not a licensed professional. One great way to do
this is to have the disclaimer in writing on your website
or blog where clients would go to purchase a reading
or service from you, and make it clear what they are
agreeing to by making a purchase from you. For legal
questions on divination services in your area, talk to a
qualified attorney.
Featured Tarot Blog TONI ALLEN TAROT BLOG Toni Allen brings over 30 years of experience with
tarot to the web with an intriguing blog that talks
about her books and a new ways of looking at the
symbolism of tarot.
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