Riding Emotional Storms

I wanted to write about the emotional turmoil I experience as a medium. The term is quite literal at times, and then there are times when there is no medium or middle ground but rather the overwhelming emotions of pain, fear, anger or frustration that come from other people - the living and the dead. When there is no logical reason for you feeling what you are feeling, consider what you are feeling may be an outside influence much akin to wind- just because you don't know where it comes from, just because you can't see it, doesn't mean it can't knock you down.

It can be unsettling. I do believe a lot of what artists mistake as depression is actually an intuitiveness that causes them to feel and think other's pain. Their empathy and intelligence can work against them when toyed with by those of uncontrollable emotional output. Jealous or envious fans/critics; inappropriate friend's and relatives criticisms: what most people are oblivious to, the gifted can be overwhelmed by.

Then there are spirits who decide to stay after a reading. All it takes is someone leaving something behind and that's it - you've got a new house ghost. I truly believe house ghosts communicate with each other as well. The longer a ghost resides in a house, the bolder they tend to get. My theory is if you have ghosts, make sure you have guests. Make certain as many people witness your invisible people as possible; that way they can't call you crazy.

Peace. Blessed be.

Working It Out Spread from The Dreamer's Tarot explained

The Dreamer's Tarot by Barbara Moore and Heidi Darras offers some interesting insight to people who are open to hear what they most likely will not expect. I never touch the cards while doing Tarot for people, because my energy is very strong.  I get each person to do the spread.  The left side is the card handler and the right the other person in their relationship; the bridging or adjoining cards in the middle explain how to connect the two personalities so that they can understand one another better.

The cards on the left are normally accepted as personality traits by the cardholder, the cards in the middle cause some pondering.  The cards on the right I wait to explain until after the other person gets a chance to do their card shuffling and layout.  Once again, this person usually agrees with the cards on the left.  After I read the bridging cards I explain the cards on the right. 

This is how they see each other - not how the people see themselves.  It is by explaining how they see the other in relation to what is important to them as revealed by the cards, that the two begin to see from the eyes of one another and realize they may have been underestimating, under-appreciating, and misunderstanding one another"s intentions, feelings, and motivations. 

The Cards Choose You

There are hundreds of different Tarot Cards out there on the market right now to choose from.  If you are new to the fortune telling thing, you may wonder what difference it makes what style deck you pick. Logically one could argue that the only difference from deck to deck is the pictures on the cards or the spreads in the accompanying books.  It's all made up anyway, some suggest.  Well, I am telling you that's wrong.

The cards themselves, as anyone who tries different decks soon realizes, have different "personalities." This is because the artist who made them put their energy into the cards.  Some do it intentionally; others transfer part of their own personality into the card design accidentally just by focusing upon what they are doing. You may notice certain pattern layouts have different undercurrents to their meanings. Some are bold and adventurous, while others serious and grim.

Your personality dictates what deck you buy.  Go with the one(s) you are instinctively drawn to.  For me, mt next three bucket list Tarot purchases will be: The Illuaminati Tarot by Casey Duhamel; Egyptian Tarot by Silvana Alasia; and the Mystic Faerie Tarot by Linda Ravenscroft.