Thoughts for a New Year

I have to say I'm happy to say good bye to 2021.  And to 2020.  Here's to 2022.  May it be better for all of us!

I saw a show,  and the villain cursed us at the end with the threat of Covid ("Soon there will be a time where you won't be able to shake hands with anyone..." ) and we all loudly booed him from behind our masks!  

Here's my meditation for the New Year - 

Let's show our strength and be kind to one another... 

End of Year

Certain seasons are busier than others for me. Both the end and beginning of cycles bring people to the Tarot,  questioning what has happened,  how it will resolve,  what will occur next.

If you have some questions you want to explore,  I'm booked till the new year,  but still have some openings in January.  

If I don't speak to you before,  I hope you have a good festive season,  see your loved ones and if possible,  avoid crowded places.  

Wishing you all the best and a Happy New Year,

warmly,

Liat

Growing old disgracefully

 I just did a reading where I referenced this poem - in the context of what to wear when working from home...

I looked it up and Jenny Joseph was actually 29 when she wrote it,  in the late 1960's in the UK. 

Still brings me joy. 

When I am an old woman I shall wear purple

With a red hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me.
And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves
And satin sandals, and say we've no money for butter.
I shall sit down on the pavement when I'm tired
And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells
And run my stick along the public railings
And make up for the sobriety of my youth.
I shall go out in my slippers in the rain
And pick flowers in other people's gardens
And learn to spit.

You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat
And eat three pounds of sausages at a go
Or only bread and pickle for a week
And hoard pens and pencils and beermats and things in boxes.

But now we must have clothes that keep us dry
And pay our rent and not swear in the street
And set a good example for the children.
We must have friends to dinner and read the papers.

But maybe I ought to practice a little now?
So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised
When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple.

Jenny Joseph

Making Choices

At different ages we come to realizations that a door has closed.  At 11 we can be a ballerina or a brain surgeon,  but by 21 one of those options is no more.  I speak to a lot of people in their mid twenties,  who get two very different job options - and each one will open a new door,  but not taking the other,  closes one.  And they can become paralyzed with a sense of options closing.

Recently I had a reading with a woman who jokingly spoke of her 'mid life crisis' but that's exactly where she was at - suddenly aware at 52 that there were things she could never do now,  and perhaps she should throw everything up in the air and let it land where it would,  get a new job,  new husband,  send the kids off to college and make a run for it.

The cards see the options but they can't see forever.  They can't see that a choice you make now will be the right one 20 years down the track.  But they can show you where the struggle is,  and the reading is an hour where all we talk about is you - your energy,  your choices,  your options.   The 52 year old woman agreed that changing jobs was the easiest option to enact,  as she still laughs a lot with her husband,  and really liked the kids.  

The 26 year old saw that she couldn't have both paths.  She had to chose or the choice would be made for her,  and she might get neither.  I gave her the old adage - heads you take a) and tails you take b).  Now as the coin flips through the air,  which side do you hope it lands on?  And she said that was really helpful.   She felt much better about taking Job A,  and letting option B go for the time being... 

Tarot Readings

In Sydney,  during our 2021 lockdown,  the government tried to be compassionate and let single people create a 'bubble' where they could nominate one person and that person only,  to be in their bubble and they could visit with one another.  

I immediately thought of a rom com where two people who don't know each other very well nominate each other for lack of anyone else and then have to struggle through these strange times together.  Because I'm an optimist,  it would have a happy ending (if you want to write this,  the idea is yours,  I give it away freely!) 

It's been a strange,  long time here during the Sydney lockdown.  One of my shining lights is that I have still been doing tarot readings,  all of them virtual,  for people all over the world - I've learnt the time differences from Sydney to Dubai,  Montana (just love the phrase 'mountain time') and Switzerland. And of course,  in New York and up and down the US east coast,  where the majority of my clients live.  

All my readings are on line - all you need is to have access or own your own deck of tarot cards.  For me,  the magic is in the shuffling,  so I need you to shuffle the cards for a good length of time, till they feel like they are yours.  If you don't have a deck,  I recommend the Rider Waite Radiant.  As soon as you have a deck,  contact me - email,  whatsap, facebook or text - I've let go of my US phone,  so you need to text my Aussie phone - +61 477 043 555 and we'll set up a time for your reading! 

Looking forward to hearing from you! 

.   

Sticking through it, alone

I want to say that I appreciate how difficult and strange this past Covid year has been.  Tough for couples who have to work on top of each other,  or families and the sudden,  relentless closeness.  

But it's been especially hard for those living alone - a sort of solitary confinement in comfort,  but with terrible isolation.  I've had a few people say to me that this year has been a kind of a blessing - forcing them to the early retirement they secretly really wanted,  or giving them space with their family that they had lost. But no one single and living alone has said that to me.  

And my readings recently have not been about work,  in this strained economy, people seem to be finding jobs with relative ease.  But there have have plenty of readings about relationships,  as meeting new people has become more fraught than ever, and on line romances take on a weird,  unreal bloom.  

So if you are finding living alone,  working on zoom,  to be a burden,  I want you to know that others share that burden,  you are not alone there.  And for my US clients,  especially those in NYC,  the coming warmer weather and the expansion of the vaccination program,  has made people feel far more hopeful.  There is an energy up tick and a warm tide of optimism.  So hang in there!  The end is in sight... 

New Year, New Energy

I know it's arbitrary,  that it's just one day following the next,  but I really hope this new year brings us some new energy.

I wish for all of us health, happiness and connectivity. 

January is usually a busy month for me, and I'm grateful to have inquiries from people who haven't read with me before,  as well as hearing from my regulars. 

I am doing all my readings virtually now.   You can have the reading from the comfort and privacy of your own space.  A reading takes about an hour and costs $120, payable via PayPal.   

I always start with a 'cold reading'  where I don't know your story,  and just tell you what the cards tell me.   That takes about seven minutes.  Then I ask you for feedback and we start with questions.  A reading usually has three questions,  but I can do more if we talk fast! 

For me,  the magic in the reading comes from the shuffling of the cards.  So I need you to have access to a deck - you can borrow one or buy one.  Then you shuffle it and I tell you how to lay it out.  We start with a Celtic cross and go on from there.  

If you need to buy a deck,  I'll pay it for you and our first reading will be $100.  

I look forward to hearing from you,  

warmly,  

Liat

Tribeca Tarot Reader