Learning Tarot- The Empress

Key 3

Number 3

The Empress is the third card in the Major Arcana. She represents fertility, abundance, nurturing, and happiness to come.  She can service the earth and humankind from her chair, she is the Earth Mother. She brings peaceful lives, and comfort.

Reveresed,  she is quite uncomfortable.  Almost earthbound, her scepter is of no use, it is of no power.  The lesson is one of poverty or lack of security.

Learning Tarot- The High Priestess

The High Priestess-Gilded Tarot

Key 2

Number 2

The pillars in the picture with the High Priestess are named Boas and Joachin. She represents fertility and is often depicted with a pomegranate, a fruit consisting of edible seeds, the absolute symbolism of fertility.  She also represents the unseen, intuition, and holds the Torah of Divine Law (in the traditional depiction), which is contains truth, and is half hidden, half visible to us. She knows things we do not.  The High Priestess is like a "third eye" and with her, you can know more than you normally would.  She knows the answer(s) to your questions.

Reversed, she can be deceitful, cunning, and delve out inaccurate information.  Information may be delayed, wrong, or, with the Torah dropping away from her, she loses truth altogether. What you see may not be what you get.

Learning Tarot- The Magician

Kat Black-Golden Tarot

The Magician reminds us we have the ability to create our own reality, make our ideas come true. Notice the elements of the minor arcana are present: cup, sword, wand, pentacle. He is represented by the number 1 and his key number is 1.

Reversed, The Magician has a problem. All of his tools fall off of the table. So while you have the tools to do what you need to, you aren't using them right or to the best of your ability, you can do better. The wand upside down can indicate improper use of power.

Learning Tarot- Card 0, The Fool

Rider Waite Tarot Deck

The Fool-  The first card of the major arcana, The Fool is at the beginning of the journey.  He is striking out on a new path, the world before him, he is, as of yet, unawares of the possible dangers and pitfalls ahead. He is enthusiastic, carefree, and uninhibited. He is card number 0, key number 0.

Reveresed- Be cautious of fool-hearty choices, impulsiveness, and wrecklessness.

Learning Tarot

Before I get into the actual cards and their meanings, I want to give some basic background that will help in understanding tarot cards. It's important to remember that no two people will read tarot the same way or even divine the same meaning. Reading tarot is largely intuitive, look at the card, study what's in it (thrones, pets, other objects) and piece it together with the other cards in the reading, the question, the querant, and the situation.

• There are 78 cards in a standard tarot deck
• These 78 cards are broken down into the major arcana and minor arcana
• "Arcana" means, "profound secret"
• The major arcana consists of 22 cards that represent archetypes, or personalities of individuals
• The major arcana are numbered, or "keyed" 0-21, beginning with the Fool and ending with the world
• A major arcana card always trumps a minor arcana card
• The minor arcana consists of 56 cards divided into four suits
• The four suits of the minor arcana are: Wands, Cups, Swords, Pentacles
• Each of these four suits are also numbered ace through ten and additionally have four "court cards", King, Queen, Knight, and Page
• The minor arcana represent themes in life
• Wands represent confidence, action, risk-taking, movement, and enthusiasm.
• Cups represent inner states, feelings, emotions, spiritual experiences, and relationship patterns
• Swords represent reason, thought, intellect, ethical principals, justice and truth
• Pentacles represent practical and material matters, security, as well as prosperity.
• Each suit represents an element: Wands = Fire; Cups = Water; Swords= Air; Pentacles = Earth
• Ace cards always represent a positive force and the theme of the suit.
• The number ten card is like the world, it is the completion card, it is everything found
• The King is a mautre, wise, resposible man. He is strong, assertive, and direct. Think masculine all the way
• The Queen is also mature but is the feminine side to the King.  She embodies an inward focus, she is relaxed, and is more concerned with enjoying the world around her than final results.
• The Knight is a fool-hardy person, young, immature, not grown in the ways of the world.  Emotional extremes and excess are his downfalls but he is also sincere and full of energy.
• The Page is like a playful tot. Whatever suit he's in, he acts out those qualities with abandoment and joy, not a care in the world as to consequences.  He represents adventure and possibilities, all the excitement of a child's dreams.

Do Your Expectations Set You Up for Failure?

As we age, we become (hopefully) more self-aware. This includes awareness of ourselves and others. We learn what we like in a person and what we cannot stand.  We learn that the person that chews with their mouth wide open on the first date just will not lead to a second date. But do we set our expectations so high, so out of reach, so beyond reality, that we doom ourselves to failure?


Sometimes we may need to evaluate that question and find out if it is part of the problem in why we remain single.  This is not the equivelant to settling. It is looking realistically at where we are in our own lives and what we therefore can expect from and in others.  Do not lessen your standards, but write them down and size them up with the chance of reality, with the chance of you actualizing them. Perhaps instead of lessening our standards, we simply need to readjust them,


Be mindfull to have a list of what is acceptable and what is not, ie: rude behavior is not okay, good manners are, but also be aware of the limits you place on who you could meet the longer your list of "must haves" is.

Placing Limits on Your Happiness

Everyday I encounter individuals who tell me they can never be happy unless they have a, b, c, and d in their lives. It is my goal to explain that one first has to find happiness with one's self and that a, b, c, and d are merely enhancements to the happiness one already has.

If you keep telling yourself you will not be happy until you reach a certain weight, obtain a certain job, find the "perfect match", you are placing limits on your happiness and it is little wonder you are not happy or content with your life. Now, discontent can serve its' purpose, as a catalyst to take decisive, positive action that leads to one obtaining what they want in their lives. But all too often, the reverse is true and there is an unhealthy fixation on what one has to have to be happy. With that mindset, it is not likely you will be happy, no matter what comes into your life, nor that you will even recognize the gifts you've wanted when they present themselves to you.

Do not put conditions on your happiness. Rather, focus on ways to bring more happiness into your life.

Name Change

Hi Readers!

While I'm still Judith Kreindel (Universe didn't change me overnight LOL), I have chosen a new name on LivePerson and you may see it here too. The new name is "The Lady of the Mists" and I can be found here:
http://www.liveperson.com/the-lady-of-the-mists

I was just feeling the need for a real shake-up change. I hope it rings as spiritually true with you as it does with me.

God/Goddess Bless!
Mahalo!

Mindfullness

Mindfullness is a state of being where  you are acutely aware of all that happens to you, each experience, as well as those around you. Practicing mindfulness is quite simple and can improve your life, your inner peace, and your relationships with others. (Relationships meaning connections with others, be they lovers or co-workers or acquaintances.)

Living with a spirit of mindfulness means you do take time to breathe through your nose and exhale through your mouth. You take in all of that which is around you and with this breathing, you are able to shut out the negative energy that may be present, may have hijacked your mood, and may be affecting you physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.

See, with a mindful approach to life, you do not block out the negative, you learn a new way to approach it. You learn how to approach those around you to lessen conflict and tension and build bridges for healthy, conducive exchanges. In doing so, you pass some of this mindfulness on to the other who notices your behavior, and in doing so, you have given them a gift.

Try living mindfully today, aware of sights, sounds, smells, textures, people, and places around you. It will lighten your load of stress and it will help those around you "suddenly" calm down also.

Get With the Real World...

Hi fellow readers! I want to warn you beforehand that the following post is going to be much more harsh and "real" than I usually am.


Most people want too much without wanting to put in the efffort. That's the absolute, 100% truth. "I want to find someone who really loves and cares for me and that I can marry and be happy with the rest of my life."  There are so many problems with this statement that I'm not sure where to begin but it is almost always certainly followed or preceeded by, "I've been through so  many relationships, given so much, and always get used!" Now, to be sure, sometimes this is true. But it cannot always be true in all of your relationships. Did you expect too much out of the gate? Did you expect things from a person who wasn't capable of giving them? (Did you size this person up and evaluate what they're really capable of?) Did you have unrealistic and needy expectations from/of this person? I can almost guarantee you, the answer is "yes". You know, the saying, "You have to kiss a lot of frogs to find your prince" is true. There are many, many people out there but few we are compatible with.