Last weekend I performed a wedding in Toronto. (Yes, along with being a Tarot reader, in my other life I am a Metaphysical Minister and I have the happy vocation of marrying lovebirds.) I have recently moved outside of the city, but I’ve been coming back into town almost every weekend for weddings that I […]
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Navigating Grief when your job is to hold space for others
Grief is different than I imagined it would be. About six months ago we lost my Dad, and I feel worse now, or I feel MORE now, than I did then. Grief has become a more visceral thing. When my Dad was sick, I shifted into pure adrenaline mode. My family created a pattern of […]
Understanding yet another life/career lesson with Tarot
You’d think I would have learned by now. Back about six months ago I took a very minimal part time freelance admin job that I knew wasn’t right for me, and I knew wasn’t the best use of my energy and time. I did it because I wanted the extra income stream, and (a scared) […]
The Winter Solstice and the Return of the Light
Toronto is feeling very wintery these days. We were so lucky to have a long, gentle Autumn, some November and December days when we didn’t need our deep Winter parkas, but now it feels like we have settled into the season. It is funny to think that we don’t actually mark the official beginning of […]
Make the Most of Your Tarot Reading: Career
Last time, we talked about how to get the most out of your Love and Romance themed Tarot reading. If love is the number 1 topic that people come to see me about, can you guess what comes in second? I bet you can…yes, it’s career. You might have thought money, but really it goes deeper than […]
Happy Birthday to Me
It’s my birthday on Sunday (June 5). I have always loved my birthday. Deep in the heart of Gemini, at the time when the weather starts to really cooperate with us, just at the outset of summer holidays…when I was a kid, I took a certain pride in the fact that the two most significant […]
Friday the 13th is my Lucky Day
I love Friday the 13th. It’s always been a lucky day for me (that reminds me, pick up a lottery ticket today). I have a long history of loving the number 13 in general – I was born at 3:13pm, my sister was born at 11:13am (I think, but this may be family legend), which […]
Fearlessly Into the Shadows: Readers Studio Tarot Conference 2016
This year’s Readers Studio Tarot Conference stirred up a lot. We went deep. We went fearlessly into the shadows, faced our own demons, doubts and nightmares, and came out feeling blessed. Sound like a relaxing weekend away? That’s not the word I would choose…it was blissful, intensive, illuminating, draining, overwhelming and inspiring, and I can’t wait […]
2016: The Tarot Year of the Hermit
Happy New Year and welcome to 2016! In Tarot, each year is associated with a particular Major Arcana Tarot card. You can determine which card by doing some simple math (please don’t tune out now, I’m not a math fan either but hang in there): And the number 9 corresponds with the Major Arcana card, The […]
Learning Tarot: Meditation isn’t so easy when you have a cat
The other day, I was doing the homework for my Crystal Awakenings 102 class. This involved working with a particular crystal for one week, meditating with it, carrying it with me everywhere, and noting how it speaks to me. I was doing a meditation that involved lying on the floor on my back, holding the […]