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Thanks for being here lovely blog.

Card of the day was The Lovers. Connect and communicate.

Have a lovely day and enjoy your last day of 2012.

I have found that doing spreads for questions really helps me connect to my Tarot and my questions specific focus. I was wondering about the new year and what it will hold for me and created the Yule Wreath Spread. I went to the san Francisco Tarot Cafe and shared it there. Here is the Spread and what cards I received.

First separate your deck into two piles. One pile is Major Arcana and the other is Minor Arcana.

Next mix up the pile of Minor Arcana and pull 4 cards, face down, and lay them out clockwise, first card at 12, second card at 3, third card at 6, and fourth card at 10 position. Set that stack to the side.

Pick up the stack of Major Arcana and shuffle. Pull one card, face down, to help you through out the year and place it in the center of the spread.

Turn over each quarter one at a time and figure out what will be important in that time of the year. After that, turn over the center card to see which Major will help you through your quarters.

I did mine and this is what I received:

First Card/First Quarter of the Year: 4 of Cups

New opportunities are within reach if you choose to take them. You don’t have to if they are not right for you.

Second Card/Second Quarter of the Year: Queen of Wands

You will be busy but things will be going well. You will be living your passions and leading others to keep the fires burning.

Third Card/Third Quarter of the Year: Knight of Swords

Charging forcefully may get things done but make sure it is what you want to accomplish.

Fourth Card/Fourth Quarter of the Year: Page of Pentacles

Getting grounded is the key. Make sure you are in a space to be ready to group and change.

The Major Arcana is: Empress

Using your skills of growth and fertility to feed the year, you will grow as you go through the quarters. You have the strength and the Goddess is with you on this new journey.

Not a bad reading and very balanced. So I will be working on many projects in the new year and seeing where it leads me.

Happy Yule to you!

Shadow work is very difficult. Many of us try to avoid it because we like to pretend that we don’t have dark sides. Samhain is a time to look past the masks and the veils to see ourselves. It is time to spend in contemplation. We each take our own paths to get to that place where we can get past our own personal facades and get to the soul of the matter – the parts of ourselves we need to work on and make better. For each of us this can be a personal journey.

I generally turn to the cards because it makes it easier and I can’t ignore what is in front of me. This year I will be doing my 9 card spread as I do every year when I want to look at my shadow self. And I am going to share my layout with you here.

Rose Red’s Shadow Spread:

First card: where I am at = what’s going on currently for or with myself.

Second card: current situation – what things are coming up currently that I am dealing with.

Third card: What’s coming up – that will help with the situation.

Fourth card: (under the first card) – things I am ignoring about where I am at. This is the shadow of the first card.

Fifth card (shadow of the 2nd card): Things not being acknowledged about the current situation.

Sixth card (Shadow of the third card): what wont help with the situation.

Seventh Card (above the first): Things to remember about where you’re at – something positive to keep in mind when going thru your shadow side.

Eighth Card (above the 2nd card): Something positive about the situation you may be ignoring.

Ninth Card (above the 3rd card): Something to help deal with all that you’re dealing with.

While this seems like a very simplistic layout, this spread can give depth to dealing with your shadow material. Always remember: that you only go as deep as you allow yourself and while this can be used for a ‘lighter’ reading, you can hone it down using only major arcana cards to build this reading. Using bigger-picture cards means dealing with bigger-picture issues. Alternatively, you can just use the minors (or a specific minor suite) to deliver a less dramatic dip into your shadow side.

Now hop on over to Jaymi Elford’s post! Happy Samhain and exploring your own Shadow side.

I look at Mabon as the beginning of my favorite time of the year, Autumn. It shows us the harvest of our work as well as the glory of the summer’s end with the beauty of the fall leaves. We transform from the bright light of summer to the golden light of fall.

As we go out into the world, we go through the “Interesting Years” where we try new things and begin to find out who we are and what is really important to us.  We find our own paths and leave our parental homes to find out own places.  We grow and change our viewpoints as we discover our personal goals that feeds our souls.

I find that when I get stuck in this process I do personal readings.  Here is my Transformation Reading to find my own goals and get back on my Transformative path of life:

The first card is where I am at.

The second card is my goal or path to follow.

The third card is my resources.

The fourth card is the people who can help if I let them.

The fifth card is the hidden gift that will help me grow if I let it in.

Here is the reading I did this Mabon for this layout, using the Druid Craft deck:

1) Queen of Swords- Strong, independent woman, you have many ideas in your head and much you want to do.

2)Magician- You are working on being a leader and trying to get the tools at your disposal to be of the best possible use to you.

3)The 6 of Wands- You have many friends and people you can call on once you put your intentions out into the world. You just need to sound the call.

4)5 of Wands-There are friends who will remind you about the details which you may be overlooking because you are too focused on the big picture. They can hep you get grounded if you listen but may distract you as well. Keep that in mind when you ask for their councel.

5)Cernunnos-You have grand ideas and must fertilize them for them to flourish. Your gift is the power to feed their growth as you wish. You must take responsiblity if you follow this path.

So over all this says to me that I can transform the ideas and dreams into solid plans with the help of friends and good colleagues.  I can do what needs to be done to make dreams reality as long as I feed the dreams and not give up when things get hard.

I hope this simple spread can help you find your goals and transform them from dreams to reality.

Now hop on over to  Kareena Narwani blog for more on the Mabon Tarot Blog Hop journey.

While in the middle of Reader’s Studio 2012,  am fortunate to see all the wonderful people who add to the Fire that is Tarot. We have readers, teachers, mentors, deck creators, book writers, game creators and publishers to mention just a few. All these people inspire us in small and large ways. We share our insights, love and experiences with Tarot in our lives.

My thought was ‘What do I contribute to Tarot and my Tarot community?”  It was not clear at first because when you are sitting with the likes of Rachel Pollack and Mary K Greer, you sometimes forget what you as a person actually add to the conversation. I realized that I am enthusiastic about learning new ways of using Tarot and sharing it with my community back home.  I will be meeting with my Tarot MeetUp group back home and sharing all that I am seeing and learning at this event as well as how my readings will have grown because of the master classes I am taking here. My community will grow with all the new people I meet as well as the old friends I connect with at Reader’s Studio.  I also realized that I get inspired but my Tarot Family as I call them to create spreads that reflect what I have learned.

So how do I tend the Fire to All?  I try to create new Tarot spreads that can be used by any one.  And I have a new one for this TBH for Beltane.

BELTANE SPREAD:

Card 1: Match- What ignites your passion?

Card 2: Kindling- What burns in your soul to keep that passion going?

Card 3: The Flame- What do you need to do to manifest that passion?

Card 4: The Smoke- How do you return that energy to the world to create the next cycle?

Here is the sample reading I did using these cards:

Card 1: My Match – King of Swords-Making plans helps to create the patterns I need to do the things I love.

Card 2: My Kindling – Ace of Cups- My ideas flow as I feed them. When I let them grow, I get a better return on them.

Card 3: My Flame- V-Hierophant – I need to be a teacher and share my love of tarot with others. I can share my ideas and encourage others to explore their interests in the cards. By doing so I can create more community.

Card 4: My Smoke- XXI- The World- My next step is to keep doing outreach and sharing as well as teaching. The best thing for me to do is share, share , share. I have my own ideas that others may respond well to and I need to get over my fear and just share them. It is a good time to try.

So there you have it. It is now time to join  TABI Tarot and see what they are sharing as they are Tending to the Fire of Tarot themselves. Happy Beltane!

Wheel of Fortune is turning round. Be aware that things are constantly changing and what is bad today will be better tomorrow.

It is time to look at your spiritual path. Are you following your calling? When will you start? It is time to find your guiding light. You know the next step. Take it.

I see the potential of all the things I will be taking in from RS12. I know I will be building my spiritual connects with others and hopefully getting to share insights as well.

What do we need to learn today? It is the day of reflection and rest. What can the High Priest share with me today? Patience, joy discipline and understanding are all lessons we can get refresher courses in when out in the world.

I am also looking forward to all the classes from Reader’s Studio.  We have 3 amazing male teachers, James Wanless, Shaun Nacol and James Wells. Each with their own amazing gifts to share with the group at large. I am looking forward to see how this will play out.  And of course I get to hang with Innowen and Andrew. I am looking forward to also sharing the products and books with the people who attend. We have some great stuff. And I think I get to see The Tarot Lady, Theresa Reed as well as the lovely Thalassa. So many amazing teachers in one place.  I know there will be more people I am looking forward to seeing but I will be excited to be surprised with who will be there. (I think I will see Mary K Greer, Rachel Pollack, and Robert M Place=-) )