Tarot Card Reader Turns Skeptics Into Believers
Utah Tarot Card Reader Turns Skeptics Into Believers
Amid the chaos of a bustling coffee shop, Ella McNeil sits quietly at a booth against the wall with a laptop open and her belongings at her side. Customers stream in and out of the shop all day, but every so often one will sit down at the booth with McNeil and begin chatting. Eventually, McNeil pulls out a deck of animal tarot cards and begins shuffling them. Based on the client’s time, she lays out a number of them on the table. McNeil then uses the laid-out cards as a guide to explore the past, present and future of the client.
“Each card is a lesson that we can learn about the universe and ourselves,” McNeil said. “I feel like it’s my calling to help people and to help teach them life lessons.”
For about four months now, McNeil has been a fixture at the Coffee Pod coffee shop in Provo. McNeil offers her psychic and animal speak tarot card readings twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Her success is evident by her growing number of repeat clients and those who seek her services by the recommendations of friends.
“I have 100 percent faith in her,” said Danny Stewart, a humanities professor at Utah Valley University. “She has that rare ability to pull the veil aside and see past it from time to time.”
McNeil has been interested in alternative medicine since an early age, however, it wasn’t until her 20s that McNeil purchased her first deck of tarot cards and began giving readings. After 15 years of being a business manager for various companies, McNeil opted to read tarot cards professionally. There is a multitude of tarot cards with different themes, but McNeil chose a deck that uses the personality of 44 different animals because of its Native American origins.
“Every animal has its own unique personality just like people do,” McNeil said. “The reason I like this is because it translates to the human condition.”
A full tarot card reading includes nine card positions that represent various aspects of the client’s life, with the animal’s personality correlating to that specific aspect. For example, a bear represents introspection while a badger represents aggressiveness. Should a badger card be located in a position that represents the past, McNeil uses her intuition to discover what in the client’s past may have had an aggressive quality to it.
By the nature of the readings, many of the sessions involve intimate conversations and revealing personal information. Yet, McNeil’s sincere demeanor helps clients get the most out of the readings and provides advice for improving one’s life. For one client, McNeil accurately identified a negative personality trait that was impeding the success of the client in her chosen career path.
“I’m just opening up a light that’s already there and giving them hope,” McNeil said.
Kellie Wilson, a repeat client of McNeil’s, is confident in the significance of the readings.
“I think it’s more productive than going to a therapist,” Wilson said. “It just gives people some perspective and goals to work on.”
Undoubtedly some are skeptical of McNeil’s skills. However, many clients enthusiastically vouch for her.
“I give her a tremendous amount of accolades for what she does,” Stewart said. “She is able to help you through your life.”
Marnie Roberts, owner of the Coffee Pod, cites numerous comments on the Coffee Pod’s Facebook page as proof that McNeil has been influential in the life of her clients.
“It’s been nothing but positive, good feedback from people,” Roberts said. “I was definitely skeptical, but she changed my mind.”
As for McNeil, she welcomes skeptics.
“It makes me feel like a woman of integrity when I can do what I say I can do,” McNeil said. “Sometimes you have to believe in yourself when the people around you are telling you to do something different.”
Article source: heraldextra.com
Harry Potter Star’s Psychic Say’s More Books On The Horizon
In a recent article reported by digitalspy.com, Harry Potter star Evanna Lynch said there may be more Harry Potter books on the way – according to her Psychic Reader.
The actress, who plays Luna Lovegood in the big screen adaptations of the book series, revealed that her psychic has informed her that Potter author JK Rowling is hard at work on more books.
“I went to a psychic today,” Lynch told E! Online. “And the first thing she said was, ‘She’ll write more books’.”
Lynch went on to say that whenever she sees Rowling, the writer is hard at work.
Every time I see her she’s like, ‘Yeah, I’m writing’. I hope that she’s writing more [books]!”
In August, Lynch announced that she is planning to move to Hollywood in a bid to further her acting career.
New Yorker Consults Tarot Card Reader Consulted For Travel Advice
When New Yorker Jeffrey Moran wants expert advice on a business trip or even a simple daily commute to his next destination he doesn’t seek out a travel website or input the details into his GPS.
Instead he seeks out Tarot Card Reader Linda Lauren located in Mountainside New Jersey, uses a special deck of cards in conjunction with her clients’ itineraries.
As recently reported by nytimes .com, Jeffrey Moran craves more than ethereal guidance for his travels, and that is where Tarot Card Reader and Psychic Medium Linda Lauren comes in to help.
“I have a relationship with her, just like you would a counselor or a therapist,” said Mr. Moran, 44, a public relations chief for a wine and spirits company. “You can have the best travel agent and the best assistant and the best travel planner in the world, but if something is not right, it’s not right.”
Under the category of not right is traveling during a full moon (one will rise on Thursday) or when Mercury is in retrograde. More auspicious factors include certain dates, like Nov. 11 (or 11/11/11), which falls on Friday.
“It means angelic protection,” Ms. Lauren said. “It means alignment. It’s all about embracing a new vibration. Travel will be better.”
But what happens if a full moon coincides with a good date, as it might on Friday?
That’s fine, Ms. Lauren explained. A full moon creates an abundance of energy, so people tend to rush more; a full moon on 11/11/11 just requires a traveler to manage or harness the excess energy, she said.
The topic of travel has become more prevalent among clairvoyants, according to Rosemary the Celtic Lady, the founder of the American Association of Psychics. She said she counseled clients to exhale negative energy from travel stress “out of their body.” A psychic Web site also advertises a specific $45 reading for travel, saying that whether the client is “traveling on business or vacation, this reading will help you be better prepared.”
The types of queries that Ms. Lauren receives speak to larger anxieties. Commuters who are heading to the office encounter service cuts on bus and train lines. Travelers tolerate grueling business trips that they feel they cannot turn down because they fear losing their jobs.
“People are looking for any way to get control,” said Dale Thompson, a psychologist who flies about 150 times each year. “Now it’s a grand enterprise to fly anywhere. It’s just become so much more of a hassle.”
Psychologists say more patients are talking to them about travel stress. Bonnie Jacobson, a clinical psychologist, said that, in the current economy, her patients felt pressure to pack as much into a business trip as possible and never to tell their bosses the toll that endless travel had taken on their personal lives.
Mr. Moran identifies with these issues. He first consulted with Ms. Lauren in 2007 about whether to buy a condominium and started meeting with her regularly to talk about meditation. During one meeting in 2008, Ms. Lauren said, he seemed run-down; he was fighting off a sinus infection he had developed because he had been traveling for three straight weeks. They started talking about his travel schedule and have not stopped since.
Ms. Lauren, a fourth-generation psychic medium who said she took counseling classes in college, said that a quarter of her time in sessions was now spent on travel issues.
She typically scours travel itineraries for her clients to make sure they are choosing the best numerological times to travel, and she reads through a special deck of cards when they ask her about attending conventions.
On Wednesday, Mr. Moran traveled to Ms. Lauren’s office in Mountainside, N.J., as he does once every two months. Over the faint sound of chimes and the delicate scent of candles, Mr. Moran ran through some of his concerns: should he spend more time at his company’s Westchester County office, and are Mondays good travel days to head up there?
Ms. Lauren, who charges $100 for a half-hour session, consulted a calendar on her iPad and advised him to put off that decision because of all the planetary activity ahead.
Mr. Moran asked whether it was all right to drive with his partner to Florida on Jan. 13, a Friday.
Ms. Lauren said any fears about Friday the 13th were what her mother would call “stupid-stitions.” She then consulted her calendar and cards.
“I’m feeling you can go early on the 13th,” she said, adding that he might want to give himself two days to recuperate after the trip.
Sometimes, Ms. Lauren’s clients just need help with handling their daily commutes. Craig Rogers, the fitness and sales director for Gravity Fitness and Spa at Le Parker Meridien Hotel, said he originally consulted Ms. Lauren to help him communicate with his dead sister, who was profoundly mentally retarded. But he soon found himself talking with her about his 50-minute daily commute from Plainfield, N.J., to his job in Midtown.
Mr. Rogers has followed Ms. Lauren’s advice to meditate during his commute, using downloaded images from her Web site as visual aids.
“I see people just standing on a platform, just flipping out,” Mr. Rogers said. “You think people are going to be late for something magically wild. To me, you know, it’s just a delay.”
Not every psychic has seen a sharp increase in travel-related issues, however. Stephen Robinson, the executive director and founder of the Holistic Studies Institute of New York, said travel questions made up only about 10 percent of his readings.
“What they are particularly concerned about is safety with travel,” Mr. Robinson said. “They always ask the question, ‘Is the plane going to crash?’ I’ve never seen a person’s plane crash, and I’ve been right every time. What I see are mostly inconveniences.”
A Psychic Reading by Phone or in person by an Accurate Psychic Reader is an excellent way to gain valuable insight into your travel habits and future, allowing you to better optimize your busy life!
Tarot Card Reader Fights City Ban In Court
Tarot Card Reader Rachel Adams
Rachel Adams wants to use the talent she believes she was born to share.
Adams, a mother of two who recently moved to Alexandria with her husband, has opened a fortunetelling business on Jackson Street Extension, Readings by Faith, where she hopes to use her psychic, fortunetelling and Tarot card-reading abilities.
There’s just one problem. Fortunetelling is forbidden in the city’s code of ordinances.
Section 15-127 of the city code deems it unlawful “for any person to engage in the business or practice of palmistry, card reading, astrology, fortunetelling, phrenology, mediums or activities of a similar nature within the city, regardless of whether a fee is charged directly or indirectly, or whether the services are rendered without a charge.”
Louisiana Revised Statute 4:7 allows municipalities to “regulate and restrict” fortunetellers and also says the ordinances can be enforced by fines up to $500 or 12 months in prison.
Adams and her husband moved to Alexandria in July, and she contacted the parish’s sales and use tax office about obtaining a business permit. That’s when she was told that kind of business wasn’t allowed, and she was cited by the Alexandria Police Department on Aug. 1 for violating the fortunetelling ordinance.
Adams, in turn, retained Alexandria attorney Tommy Davenport to represent her, and she sued the city to stop it from enforcing its ordinance.
Davenport said the case is pretty simple. Reading Tarot cards and telling fortunes are part of Adams’ religion, and the city enforcing its ordinance is suppressing her ability to practice her religion, he said.
“The government is not free to declare certain beliefs illegal, and the city has made it a criminal act to believe in and practice her psychic beliefs,” Davenport said.
Adams considers herself a fifth-generation psychic, and she said she was born with the ability. Her family members say she first began showing psychic signs at the age of 2, but Adams’ first memories of her abilities date back to when she was 7 years old.
My gift is to be able to help people,” she said. “People who are struggling or have lost their faith, I help them to find their faith. I was born with this for a reason.”
Adams was living in Lafayette with her husband and two children, working in her grandmother’s fortunetelling business. However, her husband, whose family owned a fortunetelling business near the South Traffic Circle in Alexandria until Hurricane Gustav destroyed the business, wanted to get closer to his hometown, so the Adamses relocated.
Billy Nungesser, president of Plaquemines Parish, sent an email to Alexandria Mayor Jacques M. Roy on July 14 asking that city officials work with Adams to allow her to open her business so that she could move with her family to Alexandria.
“Ms. Adams seems to be a person who dedicates her life to her work and family,” Nungesser wrote. “She has already found a house she would like to purchase but is unable to do so if she can not open and operate her business.
“I am reaching out to you today to ask if there is any opportunity for Ms. Adams to receive a license to operate a psychic reading business in the Alexandria area.”
City Attorney Chuck Johnson said Nungesser’s email was the first time city officials had heard about Adams or her plans to open a business in the city. When she was prevented from proceeding as she planned, Johnson said, Adams’ first move should have been trying to get the ordinance amended, rather than suing the city.
“Mr. Davenport could have simply asked the City Council to amend or repeal the city ordinance to allow this form of free enterprise, instead of filing a lawsuit — which the taxpayers now have to pay to defend,” Johnson said.
“The charge of any lawyer is to obtain the lawful resolution sought by the client in the most efficient manner possible, consistent with the code of professional conduct. Davenport should have consulted his ‘psychic’ client as to the easiest way to get the result the client desired — council action.”
District 5 Councilman Chuck Fowler, who represents the district where Adams’ office is located, said he wasn’t aware of the issue and wished it would have been brought before the council instead of the courts.
Because of the threat of criminal prosecution, Davenport said, a time factor prevented him from approaching the council. Instead, he attempted to block the city from enforcing the ordinance.
During his research, Davenport said, he discovered four cases from across the country that ruled in favor of psychics being able to practice a religion. He provided those cases to the city’s attorneys, he said, and two hours later the criminal charges against Adams were dropped.
Davenport is hoping that’s a positive sign for Adams’ case, and he expects that Johnson will either instruct the council to overturn its ordinance or he will get a favorable ruling in federal court.
Adams, too, believes she will win her case and eventually be able to practice her craft in Alexandria.
“I do really believe this is going to go in my favor,” she said.
It’s not about money for Adams, though she does charge a nominal fee for her services. Instead, she said, it’s about serving people who are in need and look to her for help — whether that’s with financial issues, relationship troubles or other needs.
“I help to give them their strength,” Adams said. “I help them to find their courage again. It all comes back to their faith in God.”
Source thetowntalk.com
5 Best Tarot Reading iPhone Apps
Are you searching for the top iPhone Tarot Reading apps available? Here is our list of the Top 5 iPhone and iPad Tarot Card Reading applications which may give you mysteriously accurate predictions about love, health and wealth.
Many people feel that Tarot Card Readings by phone or in person can give them an insight into the future or help them understand certain aspects of their life. So with that said, here is our list of our picks for the Top 5 Tarot Reading Apps.
Tarot App
Tarot by Nuclear Elements is one of the best tarot applications. Available for $1.99 through the iTunes App Store this app has many different reading styles including a spin cycle which moves the cards fast giving you the opportunity to stop it with a tap. This easy to use tarot app is ideal for experts and beginners. With 78 cards including their meanings you will be able to use more spread choices including Basic 3-Card; Basic 5-Card, Between Extremes, Celtic Cross, Creative Process, One-Card, One Major Arcana, Psychological, Relationship and Shadow Truth.
Learn Tarot App
Learn Tarot by MoodWorks is a great way to learn how to read tarot cards with a simple reference guide. Priced at £2.49 at the App Store, this app will help you with the use of a Tarot deck. With information and details on the meanings for every one of the 78 cards, you will learn how to interpret in different situations with the option to learn a card a day. There are over 300 pages of explanations for 78 cards and 4 situations of each.
Tarot Pro App
Tarot Pro by Nuclear Elements is an updated version of the first app mentioned for $2.99 at the App Store. This has almost everything you need to do a professional reading. You can now switch between gorgeous renderings of the Rider-Waite Deck and the Marseilles Deck with 78 cards in each. Available on the iPhone and iPad and iPod Touch, this application allows you to enter questions and save spreads like a journal for you to monitor. There are 10 insightful spreads to choose from, including the classic Celtic Cross. Also containing a deck spinning option you will find this application has great features for you to use.
E Tarot Pro App
E Tarot Pro by Phemka is available for $3.99 through the iTunes App Store. To use as a mobile fortuneteller this app gives you a true interpretation of the draw. In every game, texts are different according to the chosen theme, whether it is love, money or work. There are original and clear texts by Emanuela, Astrologer and Tarologer with four different games.
Daily Tarot Reading App
Daily Tarot Reading by Nefas Bilisim Elektronik is available for $0.99 at the App Store. This application will help you predict a daily tarot card reading with clear instructions on dos and don’ts. Obtain predictions on job, love and environment with a simple explanation of what the tarot means and according to the tarot how your days going on. Using this application can be an addictive way to give you the enhance look and feel of the tarots.
In addition to our list there are many other Tarot Card Reading Apps available for the iPhone and iPad, along with new apps becoming available every month, to give you entertainment and education on the world of Tarot Card Readings; however, for an Accurate Tarot Card Reading consider calling a professional Tarot Card Reader by phone who specializes in Tarot.
Tarot Reading Book Release: “Tarot: A Witch’s Journey”
Tarot Reading Book Release: “Tarot: A Witch’s Journey” was recently released, written by Tarot Card Reader and Author Amythyst Raine.
Recently an Author’s Corner Questions & Answer session was performed with Author Amythyst Raine about her new book “Tarot: A Witch’s Journey”.
Where are you from?
I was born in Gardena California on September 24, 1957. My parents went back to Mitchell, South Dakota, three months after I was born, for my grandfather’s funeral. They stayed, and this is where I was raised. I’ve spent the last twenty-two years here in Fremont, Nebraska, about forty miles northwest of Omaha, raising a family of seven children.
Tell us your latest news?
I’ll be at Next Millennium in Omaha, Nebraska, in April, May, and June for book signings. I’ll also be giving tarot readings. I’ll be posting more information on this, including dates/times at my Facebook author page. You can also find this information at my website, The Witch’s Corner: ladyamythyst.webs.com
When and why did you begin writing?
I’ve been writing since I started my first journal when I was 12-years-old. I was inspired by Anne Frank, and I wanted to record my life and times in order to relish everything and to forget nothing.
When did you first consider yourself a writer?
It finally dawned on me that I was a writer when I stood in the middle of my kitchen staring at a check in my hand that I had received for a short story I submitted to a magazine in Colorado. This was in the early/mid 1990s, when I was still in the process of having babies and running a very busy household. The idea that someone would actually pay me for something that I had written was mind-blowing.
What inspired you to write your first book?
I believe that it was the enlightenment and love of my spiritual path that inspired me to write my first book. The path of the pagan is so inspiring and so misunderstood by so many. I decided to write this book after a very dear high school friend, someone I thought I would be friends with the rest of my life, ended our friendship when I finally revealed to her that I collect tarot cards.
There was dead silence on the other end of the phone, and then in a very small voice she said, “That’s very dark.”
Well, no, divination and the tarot are not dark at all. The tarot is such an inspiring tool, not only for divination, but to venture into your psyche through meditation and magick. I wanted people to know this. I wanted people to understand the process of divination, how it works, when it can actually be useful in unexpected ways, and how enlightening life’s journey can be with it.
I realized that the way to do this was through a book.
Do you have a specific writing style?
I’ve been told by readers that my style is very ‘chatty and natural’. Basically, I write pretty much the way I speak– well, for the most part. The formality of style depends on who I’m writing for, what the subject needs in order to be understood; and how entranced, inspired, or magickal I feel.
How did you come up with the title?
For my last book, “Tarot: A Witch’s Journey”, it was really pretty easy…I’m a professional tarot reader, it’s been a long round-a-bout route getting to where I am today, and I’m a witch. There ya’ go!
Are experiences based on someone you know, or events in your own life?
The experiences in my book are all real events from my life and the people/circumstances that I’ve encountered over years of professionally reading the tarot for the public. You meet all different kinds of people seeking answers to life’s questions, and their expectations of the tarot reader and a psychic reading are very diverse and sometimes unexpected.
In my book I’ve actually included real tarot readings I’ve done for clients, publishing them anonymously of course, to give an idea of exactly how this process works and what the end results will be like.
What books have most influenced your life most?
When I was a teen-ager, the book that most touched me and influenced me was, “The Diary of Anne Frank”. I was twelve years old the first time I read it, and I just naturally assumed it would have a happy ending…it didn’t. I was stunned. I re-read it then without the haze of innocence to shade the harsh reality.
Years later I discovered another ‘Anne’…Anne Morrow Lindbergh and her series of diaries and letters. Again, there was a tragedy included in the author’s life and these books, the kidnapping and murder of her infant son in 1932. But this time I got to read past the tragedy to see how the author learned to live with her sorrow and to rebuild her life. Anne’s books contained very poignant insights on life and how we cope so as to be able to live.
If you had to choose, which writer would you consider a mentor?
Definitely Anne Morrow Lindbergh. I lent a friend one of Anne’s books once, and when my friend had finished reading it, her amazed response was, “This lady is pure thought.” I also greatly admire Ann Moura, as well as Ly de Angeles and her beautiful literary style.
What book are you reading now? I’m doing research now for my third book, “The Book of Magick” (working title), so my reading consists of books on topics relating to my research; books on crystals, stones, correspondences, animals, herbs, and such.
What are your current projects?
I recently finished my second book, “The Gray Witch’s Grimoire”, and have it under submission with a publisher at this time. This book deals exclusively with magick from the perspective of the gray witch, which might rattle a few chains. I believe the modern witch of today, greatly influenced by a mostly Christian society, has lost site of the true wise-woman of ancient times. This book includes information on not only magick that falls in the shady area of witchcraft, taking advantage of a darker and often misunderstood energy, but it also deals with touchy Wiccan subjects, such as self-initiation.
I intend to write a companion book to “The Gray Witch’s Grimoire” sometime in the very near future, most likely a study guide..
Right now, as I’ve said, I’m working on “The Book of Magick”, which attempts to gather correspondences for all types of magick, from a variety of paths, to make it easier for the magickal practitioner to coordinate their spell work and gather the items they need to make their magick a reality.
What is one entity that you feel supported you outside of family members?
The Mother Goddess…it’s the strength, resolution, and peace I find as a practicing witch and member of my coven that inspires me.
Do you see writing as a career?
I have a feeling that very few writers, except those who’s novels are destined for movies, can depend on a writing career as their sole income. As a free-lance writer, with no other source of income, you will also run into issues and concerns such as health insurance and retirement plans.
If you had to do it all over again, would you change anything in your latest book?
Overall– no. I think my editor, Starr Price, did an amazing job at creating a wonderful book from my piles and piles of manuscript pages, coordinating all the information I presented into a magickal experience. I think an artist or writer would never stop tweaking their work if someone didn’t gently take it from their hands and say, “Okay, it’s done now.”
Who designed the cover?
The cover for “Tarot: A Witch’s Journey” was designed by Starr Price. I had no idea what she was going to do. She phoned me one day, saying that the cover was finished and she wanted me on the line when I looked at it for the first time for feedback– it blew me away! My girls were behind me squealing in delight. I can’t tell you how many comments and compliments I’ve received about the cover to this book. I tell these people I take no credit for this, it was all Starr Price’s artistic talent and magickal muse.
What advice would you give aspiring writers?
I’d tell them to keep writing, keep writing, keep writing. It’s so easy to come up with a million ideas that you never put down on paper. Don’t just dream about being a writer, but actually do it. This requires determination, discipline, and perseverance, but the rewards are worth it in the end.
“Tarot: A Witch’s Journey” Book Summary.
This unassuming deck of cards, adorned with archetypal images that span the ages, has been the subject of much controversy, mystery, and intrigue over the centuries. They are rumored to have originated in Egypt over 5000 years ago, used in the mid 15th century to play card games, and finally adapted as a divinatory tool in the 17th century.
There is still an aura of mystery surrounding the tarot that intrigues us yet today. This book will give detailed insight and information about the tarot, reading the cards, spreads, magical workings, astrology, numerology, and even the use of the tarot to solve criminal cases. This book is compilation of theory and practice together with real experiences I have encountered throughout my many years as a professional psychic and reader.
“Tarot: A Witch’s Journey” is now available for purchase on Barnes & Noble and Amazon.com: Click Here to View on Amazon
Psychic Books: Confessions of a Tarot Reader’
You most likely know her name from years of food writing, or maybe as the EMT whose memoir, “Ambulance Girl,” was the basis for a movie staring Kathy Bates. But Ridgefield resident Jane Stern is also a fourth-generation tarot reader.
She has a new book coming out in June, “Confessions of a Tarot Reader: Practical Advice from This Realm and Beyond.”
What might you expect from this book? That depends on what you’re looking for and on your perspective on tarot cards.
I think similar advice could be presented in several different ways, but until you come across the advice you need in the way you need to hear it, it may not take root with you. Maybe this book will be the conduit that speaks to you.
In 22 chapters and under 200 pages, Stern walks the reader through the major arcana of the tarot deck. There are 78 cards in a full tarot deck but, Stern points out, the 22 major arcana of cards are “the heart of the tarot.”
She takes the reader on a journey, following the Fool through the deck. Along the way, she illustrates the significance of each card with examples from clients for whom she has done readings.
It makes for a readable type of self-help book — if you see yourself in one or more of the circumstances described in the book, you may get some insight on how to move forward.
Stern describes herself as a “clean reader,” meaning she is not a witch or medium. She’s not a “party psychic.” In the book, she comes across more as a counselor or advisor who uses the tarot deck as a tool to address her client’s issues.
With Stern as the guide, what may be to some a mysterious, otherworldly, possibly dangerous thing to do becomes more of a practical approach to facing up to the reality of one’s own life. As with any adviser, some clients follow the advice from their readings, some do not.
Each chapter begins with a quote from a different source. The sources range from literary figures to psychoanalysts, political figures, playwrights and religious texts.
Some will bring a smile to your face — all have some connection to aspects of a particular card being discussed.
A touch of mystery is also found at the beginning of each chapter. The chapters open with the illustration of a card from a particular tarot deck Stern favors. The richly saturated hues and moody lighting of each image convey a touch of mystery throughout the pages.
This book does not equip a neophyte to go into business as a tarot reader, but does shine some light on the possible meanings of the major arcana cards as they may turn up in a reading.
It educates the reader about the tarot deck, and it may provide advice the reader needs in the way they need to receive it. Whatever draws the reader in, he or she will find an interesting read.
Source newstimes.com
Psychic Talks End of the World Predictions
A Salt Lake City Psychic Reader has recently talked with the local news about the true meaning of Psychic end of the world predictions.
The Salt Lake City Utah Psychic Reader Tarot by Tracey has revealed the following about end of the world predictions.
During their video interview with the Psychic Reader Tarot by Tracey, she revealed that there will be no end of the world using numerology and Tarot Cards. Tracey tells ABC 4 her predictions show the end of the world is not coming May 21, 2011. Tarot cards, and numerology both showed 2011 would be a year more of prosperiety and growth rather than destruction.
Tarot by Tracey’s School of Medium Arts and Predictive Sciences has been showing people in Salt Lake City their futures professionally for over 25 years. Tracey said there are many ways to predict what may lie ahead including tarot card readings, palm reading, numerology, etc. and she does them all.
Psychic in Massachusetts Gives Peek Into Future
The brick storefront near the corner of Centre and Trafford streets has housed many small businesses over the years: a flower shop, an insurance company and a building contractor, to name a few.
Nowadays, the soft sound of Tarot Cards being shuffled, the murmur of voices and the scent of incense fill the room.
“People usually come here searching for something. Sometimes just the right answer, sometimes guidance on where to go next.
Sometimes it’s just someone to talk to. Other times it’s just for fun,” said Cate Lynch, who earlier this year opened Psychic Spirit in the building with the big picture window.
Using various techniques, Lynch offers people windows into their own futures. She reads palms, looks into a crystal ball and, most often, uses tarot cards. She gives readings in person and over the phone.
In addition, she and fellow tarot card reader Julie Rose Grigalunas offer tarot classes.
“I think all of us have that intuitive ability to see, if we just stop and think about it,” said Lynch, 55, who has practiced as a psychic for nearly 30 years. “And I think psychics or people who claim to be psychics are people who are just better in tune with what’s going on.”
People of all ages walk through her door, often seeking answers to similar questions: Will I find a job? Will I lose my house? Will my lost love return?
“It really is for entertainment purposes, but I don’t shun anybody that thinks they can get something else out of it. I feel like if you come in here, you should leave feeling better. I don’t want anybody to go out the door feeling, ‘Oh, my god, that was awful.’
“Any psychic that says, ‘I’m always right,’ that’s not so,” Lynch said, shaking her head. “I could be wrong. That’s where the ethics come in, where you can say, ‘Well, this is what I see.’ The basic thing, ethically, is just be honest with people.”
She reminds clients that they have free will and the opportunity to make changes in their lives.
“Sometimes forewarned is forearmed,” she said of the insights that might be gleaned from a tarot card reading. “Sometimes people come in and they’re so distraught, and when they leave the solution is so simple. …Now you have a few more answers or a few more thoughts to play with. You can go out there and start to see what you can do to go about fixing it.”
She advises her clients and students to “listen to your gut instincts. Listen to your feelings. Listen to what other people are saying. Sometimes they say things, but their body language will show a whole different story. The whole key to psychic ability is listening.
“The world is just needing answers. I think we play a key role sometimes in some of those answers.”
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Tarot Card Reader Releases New Book
A Maine Tarot Reader Jeanne Fiorini, who has been performing readings for over 20 years in South Portland has recently released a new book.
The new Tarot Book is titled “Tarot Spreads and Layouts” and is focused on the teaching of the Tarot craft. Tarot Reader Jeanne Fiorini is also the founder of Tarot Works which is a Main based company which devotes itself to teaching Tarot Card Reading and spreading the knowledge of the craft.
Interviewed by keepmecurrent.com, Tarot Reader Jeanne Fiorini gives a Question and Answer session with the paper.
Q: How did you get interested in tarot reading? How long did it take you to master the reading?
A: I like to say that the Tarot is like the board game “Othello” in that it takes “a minute to learn and a lifetime to master.” A person can learn the basic tenets of the Tarot system in a few months; to really have a working knowledge of the system takes longer. But something that is true about the Tarot, and what drew me to the system in the first place, is that useful information can be had -whether you’re a beginner or an advanced student – if you’re using effective methods. The new “Tarot Spreads and Layouts” book is chocked full of effective methods!Q: How accurate is a tarot reading? Can it really predict the future?
A: The “telling the future” aspect of Tarot is part of the misinformation that swirls around the deck and how it is used. The Tarot is nothing more than an extension of our own consciousness. There is nothing magical or mystical or otherworldly about it. The cards themselves are nothing more than pieces of paper with pictures on them. But in the same way that a straw helps us draw water from a glass, the Tarot allows us to access parts of consciousness of which we are not necessarily aware.
The quantum reality of the 21st century is the fact that the world – and our experience of it – is in a constant state of flux and change. We no longer have the luxury (or the curse) of a future that is written in stone. Using the Tarot can help clarify current situations, confirm a person’s intuitive thoughts and knowing, validate a person’s self-awareness, support a person in the attainment of goals and other matters of personal development, as yes, can put forth a “most-likely outcome.” But these projected outcomes are more about percentages and “waves of probability” than fortune telling, and shouldn’t be taken as absolute truths in any way, shape, or form.Q: On your website, tarotworks.com, the catchphrase of TarotWorks is “Tarot as a tool for authentic living.” What does that mean?
A: The best use of the Tarot helps people become creatively involved in their own unfolding process: to build a future of their own making, to become the hero in their own story, to manifest a life in which they can be fully invested and true to themselves. This doesn’t mean that we can have everything that we want, but it does mean that we can use all available tools and abilities to be as fully present in our life as possible. Working with the Tarot can help us accomplish this by expanding our conscious awareness, allowing us to see our options more clearly, and by validating thoughts and feelings thereby giving voice to our hopes, dreams, and visions for the future.Q: You do tarot readings through telephone calls and Skype sessions. How do this differ than in person readings?
A: The Internet has changed the face of many businesses and this includes Tarot reading. Many of my clients live out-of-state, which makes face-to-face readings impossible. With telephone readings, it used to be the case that the client was not able to get a visual impression of the cards. But now with Skype technology that problem is erased. So, if a client in Minnesota- or Sweden-wants an in-person session, if we can work out the time zones we can make it happen! People don’t need to share the same physical space in order for a Tarot reading to work. The energy and information of the reading happens without physical proximity being an issue- another example of quantum principles in action. The science of the 21st century supports what metaphysical systems throughout the ages have consistently displayed: that the universe and everything in it exists within a web of physical and energetic connections. The Tarot is simply one way to access our intrinsic connections to other parts of the web of life.Q: Who is the target audience for your book and what do you hope readers take from reading it?
A: The new book is exactly what the title indicates: a user’s guide for beginning and intermediate students of the Tarot. There are many, many books available about Tarot card meanings, but there are very few good books containing simple and effective methods for using the cards. Each year millions of people buy Tarot card decks and companion books, and are left with the question, “Now what do I do? How do I get helpful and useful information from these cards?” This would be like buying a generator with a complete description of all the component parts but not being given any directions for how to hook it up. My book is the one to read after learning some basic Tarot card meanings.
For any Maine Tarot Card Reading enthusiasts, Tarot Reader Jeanne Fiorini will be performing a presentation at the Maine Mall Borders bookstore on March 15 at 7 pm. The presentation will be an interactive discussion of the major points of the book, and will take real-life questions from the audience to demonstrate some of the simple cards methods described therein. Copies of the book will be available for purchase and for signing.