tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9138924506913086292026-01-01T12:46:09.572-07:00Exploring mysteries and truth through the lens of tarot, and more...xhollysuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01798315871679731971noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-913892450691308629.post-10282731714576107712013-02-25T17:39:00.002-07:002013-02-25T18:07:23.802-07:00

We're sitting on our back lawn, smoking, and my sister, da'Renegade Mama (dRM), heaves a sigh. "I don't know why I do this!  I'm at the 11th hour again with my homework, and now I'm dreading doing it because I'll have to pull an all-nighter to get it done.  It doesn't make any sense because I LOVE what I'm studying!  Everything I read for school, every paper I write, every

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Have you bought a deck of cards and studied the meanings relentlessly, only to feel completely overwhelmed and lost when trying to read them?  Are you frustrated that giving readings to your friends consists of looking up meanings in the Little White Book that came with your deck?  Do you struggle to experience any intuition while staring at a spread of cards, or feel unable to tie all

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I'm hesitating a little to write this post, mostly because it feels incredibly personal, and I think that the comparisons I make in it may feel too strong for some people.  Please bear with me as I share my real feelings and experiences. :) Some of you may know this already - though many of my online readers probably don't - but I *HATE* doing tarot card readings. I love tarot.  But I

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A friend of mine initiated a Facebook discussion about "sin" the other day.  I initially ignored the post, but today when I saw 73 comments on it, I was intrigued.  What were people saying about sin? This particular friend of mine was raised LDS (Mormon), as I was, and recently decided to end her participation with the religion (as I did almost seven years ago).  I was curious to

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It's August 3, 2012, and I'm sitting at High Vibes Coffee & Crystals in Orem, UT, where I volunteer/trade working hours at the shop in exchange for meeting Reiki and Tarot clientele, and training in Reiki through Lisa Ross-Walker.  Troy Walker, the owner of the shop, and I, are having a little chat as I relieve him on his shift - something we do almost every day for 30 minutes or so. &

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For an explanation of this Spiritual Memoirblog series, see THIS post. Radiant Rider Waite deck Tarot Card: The Hermit Card number 9 of the Major Arcana of the tarot.  (See pics in this post from various decks) My Interpretations of the Card "Sometimes the path is to stand outside in the cold and hold up our light, unwavering and unafraid..." Aha!  Ask and ye shall

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I decided to post outside of my usual tarot spiritual memoirs today, to mix it up a little.  Fun?  Fun! I have lived both highly disciplined, and completely undisciplined periods of my life.  I've had times where I worked three jobs, or worked full-time while attending school full-time and volunteering.  I've run two marathons, and competed in 5 sprint triathlons and one

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For an explanation of this Spiritual Memoir blog series, see THIS post. Radiant Rider Waite deck Tarot Card: Four of Swords (See pics in this post from various decks) My Interpretations of the Card "Rest in the stillness of the Divine, by silencing thoughts and words." Isn't tarot so weird?  Last time I wrote on the five, six and seven of swords, and today I pull the

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I had to jump on the meme bandwagon ... voila!

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For an explanation of this Spiritual Memoirblog series, see THIS post. Tarot Cards: Five, Six and Seven of Swords (See pics in this post from various decks) My Interpretations of the Cards "Your thoughts and words can easily flip-flop you between victim and abuser." Tonight I drew my first swords card of this memoir blog series, the six of swords.  I started to write a blog

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Instead of doing a spiritual memoir tonight, I wanted to write a blog documenting how tarot works.  If you want to know how I got started into tarot, you can see THIS post. I get asked this question a lot: how does it work?  How do the right cards come up to match my situation/feelings? The basic premise of tarot lies in the Law of Attraction.  For any of you who have studied the

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For an explanation of this Spiritual Memoirblog series, see THIS post. Tarot Card: Three of Cups (see pics in this post from various decks) Radiant Rider Waite deck My Interpretations of the Card "Time to celebrate with the girls" I pulled this card and almost giggled with glee ... it feels like these last few posts have been kind of heavy, and I was so ready for a happier,

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 For an explanation of this Spiritual Memoirblog series, see THIS post. Radiant Rider Waite Tarot Tarot Card: Nine of Wands (see pics in this post from various decks) My Interpretations of the Card "When creation cages the creator" I totally pick these cards at random - and I found it really interesting to get the nine of wands right after the four of wands.  Because I see

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For an explanation of this Spiritual Memoirblog series, see THIS post.  Radiant Rider Waite Tarot  Tarot Card:  Four of Wands (See pics in this post from various decks) My Interpretations of the Card "The first-fruits of independently mastering one's creative power" Ahhh...the first victory of the wands suit - it isn't total fulfillment or seeing something through to

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For an explanation of this Spiritual Memoir  blog series see THIS post. Radiant Rider Waite Deck Tarot Card: Eight of Cups (See pics in this post from various decks)  My Interpretations of the Card "I seek love without boundaries, and freedom from codependency" A lonely traveler walks away in the night from his eight shiny, stacked chalices.  Why does he

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For an explanation of this Spiritual Memoir  blog series see THIS post. Radiant Rider-Waite Tarot Tarot Card: Queen of Cups (See pics in this post from various decks) My Interpretations of the Card "Come to me and accept my unconditional love" The Queen of Cups sits on her throne - not a seat in a lavish castle, but a stone throne on the shore.  Queen energy is

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For an explanation of this Spiritual Memoir  blog series see THIS post. Radiant Rider Waite Deck Tarot Card: Ace of Pentacles (See pics in this post from various decks) My Interpretations of the Card "Here is a possibility to have what you seek ... but that has been stamped with what you truly need." An ace card indicates the presentation of a possibility, and

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Radiant Rider Waite Deck For an explanation of this Spiritual Memoir  blog series see THIS post. Tarot Card: The Moon Card 18 of the Major Arcana.  See pics in this post (from different decks). My Interpretations of the Card "Into the forbidden unknown" Because the Moon card is in the Major Arcana of the Tarot, it represents a stage in the Hero's/Fool's Journey.  

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I've been doing some automatic writing again.  For those who don't know what that is, THIS post has an intro explaining it.  I was told today by someone I was talking to (via automatic writing - so like a Spirit Guide) that automatic writing is good for me (and for most people), because it gets me not only clearly spelling out and thinking about what's going on with me, but

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It's been two months since I posted.  Whew, time kinda flies (but also kinda stands still).  I think about posting a lot, but generally don't for the same reason over and over ... I feel performance anxiety.  People really liked my last entry, I say to myself, what if this next one is dumb, or sounds whiny or isn't well thought-out?!?!?  And so I don't post. I don't regret it

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When I was about 12, I complained to my mom about a class or teacher or something, and she told me the following story: When your big sister was in AP History, she struggled a lot.  And one day I walked into her room and saw that she'd hung a banner on her wall that said "WAR ON HISTORY."  Instead of complaining or giving up, she decided she'd fight to get an A in that class, and you

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Following is a transcript of an automatic writing session that I did around Jan 25.  I didn't write down the exact date, and I don't remember it.  But anyway... For those unfamiliar with the term "Automatic Writing", it's a method of revelation/divination that basically entails sitting down and writing what comes to your mind.  For some people it works like a journal, and for

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The other day I was writing a quick message to an old, dear friend of mine, just catching him up on the going-ons of my life.  I wrote something, which seemed natural at the time, but when I reviewed the note later, this statement jumped out at me as pretty interesting; I wrote: "I have been happier in my life, but I've never felt more *at peace* in my life. It's a very interesting thing."

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I'm not intentionally trying to post a lot of religious or controversial posts - but simply what's on my mind.  (And naturally, as I search for Truth - or as Gandhi called it "Experiment with Truth" - I cannot help but question sensitive topics.)  The Orwellian double-think that pervades much of contemporary culture is such a virulent pandemic that I sometimes cannot help but erupt into

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This is the content of an email I sent to a friend of mine about how I came to declare Hinduism as my religion: After leaving the LDS church, I decided to kind of informally make a list of everything I felt sure about, as far as spiritual beliefs go.  Here's a general summary of what I came up with after some soul-searching, reading a lot of books, and checking out some

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