Tarot Tips: 25th Anniversary Issue!
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http://TarotSchool.com ISSN: 1529-0565 Vol. 12 #2 / February 1, 2020
In this Issue: - Welcome
- Tarot Tip: Measuring Readiness To Change With Pips Ace - Ten - Tarot School Aphorism - What's Gnu? - Diviner's Corner: Divining with Precious Stones and Crystals - Best Practices: The Business of Selling Guidance - Upcoming Events Welcome to a new issue of Tarot Tips!
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Where does the time go? Exactly 25 years ago, on February 1, 1995, The Tarot School was born! It has the Sun in Aquarius, a Pisces Moon and Taurus Rising. If you’re an astrologer and curious to know more, the official papers were filed in New York City (40º 43’ North 74º 00’ West) at 11:43 AM Eastern Standard Time. If you feel like sharing your insights, we’d love to hear from you so drop us an email at [email protected] (We are *not* trying to scam a free chart reading! Do this only if you really want to.) If you'd like to take a walk down memory lane with us, you'll find a bit of Tarot School history here: http://tarotschool.com/OurStory.html Here's some of what you'll find in this issue... What are we doing when we turn over a card? We are in search of solutions, guidance and insight. Insight in the New Oxford American Dictionary is defined as “The capacity to gain an accurate and deep intuitive understanding of a person or thing.” People ask questions to gain insight and guidance, but have you ever considered their readiness to make changes in their situation or life? This issue introduces the concept of using cards Ace through 10 as a scale for accessing the seeker’s readiness to change. Guest contributor Andrea Webb gives us some colorful insights in The Diviner’s Corner column on crystal divination, and the Best Practices for Professional Readers column explores the business of selling guidance solutions. And one more thing...
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MEASURING READINESS TO CHANGE
WITH PIPS ACE – TEN We know through experience that readings are a useful instrument, which help us confirm our choices and decisions, or point to possible changes. For example, “Should I continue on this path or should I change course?” Interestingly, in order for people to commit to change, even for the better, there has to be incentive for them. This becomes more evident when we think about why we need to reframe or rephrase questions and why we need to think about the stages of change in querent behaviors. In almost all situations, self-generated motivation is ideal for implementing change. The cards may indicate much needed changes for the querent to realize their desires. But many people are quite resistant to change, especially if those changes are drastic and viewed as difficult or not self-motivated. A useful method in assessing the readiness to make changes is using the 10 cards of the Minor Arcana, the Aces through Tens, as a rating scale in conjunction with the Transtheoretical Method of Change. The Aces would be the lowest on the scale, indicating a lack of readiness or intent to change, and the Tens would have the highest likelihood of successful change. The Transtheoretical Model of Change (TTM) developed by noted researchers, Carlo C. DiClemente and J. O. Prochaska (Prochaska & DiClemente, 1983; Prochaska, DiClemente, & Norcross, 1992) who compared the experiences of individuals who overcame their addictions on their own, with those requiring further treatment to understand why some people were capable of quitting on their own. It provided professionals with a way to understand their clients with addiction problems and motivate them to quit. Cards and Stages: Ace - 2 Pre-contemplation (Not Ready/No Intention) 3 - 4 Contemplation (Getting Ready/Intends to act) 5 - 6 Preparation (Ready/Intends to act immediately) 7 - 8 Action (Observable Change/Work in Progress) 9 – 10 Maintenance (Accomplished Change/Sustain) Suggested Ways to Use In A Reading • Separate the Ace through 10 of the suit that best represents the need or area of change. Here are some suggestions: Wands = actions/energy Swords = decisions/thoughts/anxieties Pentacles = physical body/diet/finances Cups = emotional state/relationships • Shuffle all 78 cards with the intention of discovering the current stage of readiness to change. Turn over cards until one of the numbered pips appears. Then incorporate the corresponding stage into the reading and add it to the interpretation of the surrounding cards. Example: Querent asked for guidance concerning a difficult relationship. The relationship had numerous starts/stops and the querent’s partner in question promised to change for the better. The querent wanted to know if there was a positive future for the relationship or if they were wasting their time. The querent admitted to being drawn back into the relationship because of the time invested in the partnership. The reading suggested the querent take some time to discover their own needs and goals for a healthy partnership. When asked about taking steps for themselves and their readiness to change, the 2 of Swords was drawn. This suggested the querent was at a fork in the road and had rarely considered their own needs, finding it difficult to do a self-assessment. Considering their own needs was not a foreign concept, but drawing a 2 at the time of the reading suggested a low probability of taking that path towards relationship success. If they had drawn the 8 of Wands, on the other hand, it would have indicated a commitment to taking the actions needed to support a mutually satisfying relationship. Tarot School Aphorism BONUS TIPS! If we can manage it, we plan to start sending out a short Bonus Tarot Tip on the 15th of the month (or thereabouts). That's the plan anyway. The length of the tip may vary dramatically, and the schedule may be be consistent or sporadic. We will post them on the archive page at tarotschool.com/Newsletter.html so if you're not sure if you missed one, you can check there. We hope you enjoy our mid-month visits! Diviner's Corner DIVINING WITH PRECIOUS STONES AND CRYSTALS by Andrea Webb What is it about crystals that make us so inordinately drawn to them? Is it the colour, the sheen, the magic or the splendour of them? I would say it’s all of the above, and that Mother Nature produces such a wealth of beauty for beauty’s sake. But that’s not all they are. I am a crystal healer and use these wonderful stones as part of my healing practice, but they can also be used for divination, and that’s what this is all about. Crystals have energy and each different type of crystal is slightly or dramatically different from all others. Some words we may use to describe this energy are grounding, clearing, softening, calming, expanding or strengthening, and this is how they are used in healing. But as far as divination is concerned, yes you can certainly tune in to sense the energy of the crystal, but let’s take this in another direction and look at the interplay between colour and crystal. RED represents action, passion, growth, physical, survival, and courage. It is practical, grounded and empowering, but it can also be angry, insecure, destructive, stubborn, bullying, shaming and guilt- inducing. Some examples of red crystals are red jasper, red garnet, ruby and red calcite. Each of these crystals has a grounding quality, but their energies are very different from each other. ORANGE is joyous, sociable, warm-hearted, excited, optimistic, expansive and fiery, but also opportunistic, overbearing, pessimistic, self-indulgent and grieving. Carnelian, fire opal, orange calcite and sunstone are some orange crystals you may come across. Generally, they have a warming aspect, but again, their energies are very different from each other. YELLOW is happy, sunny, uplifting, discerning, wise, tolerant and inquisitive, but also relates to unhealthy attachment, turmoil, cowardice, stupidity, impatience and sarcasm. Crystals with yellow tones are yellow jasper, tiger’s eye, citrine, amber and sulphur. These crystals are so different in energy from each other that there is no particular aspect that they all have in common. GREEN symbolises nature, balance, healing, generosity, harmony, unity and growth, However, it can also indicate imbalance, jealousy, resentfulness, frustration, scarcity and envy. Moss agate, aventurine, malachite, moldavite, jade and fluorite are green crystals, and there are all sorts of energies within them. Again, from an energetic point of view, they have nothing in common. BLUE represents knowledge, wisdom, truth, integrity and calm. It is sedating, still, tranquil and expressive, but it can also be ignorant, superstitious, frigid, deceitful and moody. Blue lace agate, sodalite and blue calcite have a calming energy, whereas among other things, lapis lazuli and hawkseye are protective, and celestite and azurite can link us with the angels, and are therefore expanding. VIOLET is peaceful, selfless, psychic, mystical, creative, respectful and limitless, but also arrogant, delusional, self-important and ruthless. Violet or purple crystals such as amethyst and sugilite have a protective quality. Fluorite and charoite are able to ground higher energies, but they should not be considered as grounding crystals in the same way as red jasper for example. Lepidolite is beautiful and softening. We can’t complete this list without looking at pink, black and ‘white’ crystals. Overall, PINK is a softer version of red and is soft and friendly, but also relates to universal love and compassion. Too much can indicate immaturity and impetuousness. Pink crystals are generally about love, and the best-loved pink crystal is rose quartz, which relates to harmony and self-love, whereas morganite is divine love and rhodocrosite will assist with opening your heart. BLACK represents hidden riches and an esoteric knowledge. It is mysterious and profound, but also negative, depressive, empty and regressive. Black obsidian, black tourmaline and shungite all have grounding abilities. However, black obsidian is a very profound crystal and energetically can get to parts other crystals cannot reach. Both black tourmaline and shungite are fantastic in dealing with electromagnetic smog, with shungite having other amazing properties in addition to this. WHITE is light, open, pure, clean and expansive, but also starchy, sterile and empty. A couple of ‘white’ crystals are clear quartz and selenite. Clear quartz is the master crystal and can be found all over the world. Think in terms of clarity and strengthening when using it. Selenite on the other hand is very angelic and cleansing. Overall, if a client has held their crystal for a short while and then hands it back to you to divine from, you can probably pick up a sense of the client from their residual energy. But you may also find the various words associated with the colours a great help in determining what your client needs or is going through. About Andrea: Andrea Webb is a healer, specialising in crystals and colour, based in Salisbury, UK. She travels around Southern England with her crystals promoting her therapies and workshops. You can find her at www.andrea-webb.com and https://www.facebook.com/AndreaWebbsHealingCentre/. We’d love your suggestion or submissions for this column! If you have an idea or would love to contribute, please contact us at [email protected]. Best Practices for Professional Readers THE BUSINESS OF SELLING GUIDANCE By Gina Thies www.tarotadvisor.com / www.facebook.com/tarotreaders www.tarotcoupling.com / www.oraclesoup.org Often practitioners of spiritual or soul-based business struggle with selling. Pricing, fees or acceptance of money still causes some to cringe. But no sole proprietor or small business owner can be successful very long without selling services. The first step in selling is to know your offerings very well and know how to best position them. Features are nice but what people will buy are benefits and results. Think of it as selling not only advice but solutions. A key component is to know the different types of clients you work with, or will potentially work with, and be able to identify their needs and how you can meet those needs. In each interaction with a current client, look for an opportunity to build on the contact. The opportunity may come in the form of a referral or positioning new services based on other needs you may uncover. When you build confidence in what you do and who you are, your clients will appreciate you and have no trouble paying what your services are worth. After all, we all like to be valued, and when it comes to your business, there is no better form of appreciation than being paid well. Resource: A common hurdle divination professions often face is having the confidence to raise their rates or to charge what they feel they deserve, as opposed to what they think clients will pay. Stop Undervaluing Yourself and Get Paid What You're Worth is an excellent blog post by Stephanie O'Brien. Do yourself a favor and read it. https://ducttapemarketing.com/get-paid-your-worth/ Forest Hills, New York
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