Will I have a baby soon?

People have different strengths and weaknesses.  I'm not good at looking at future health issues,   they just don't sing out to me.   Except for fertility.  Because of my own,  long ago but long lasting,  fertility issues,  I'm super sensitive to it. I have received lots of feedback about being accurate.  (I tried for 7 years in the 1990's to have a baby,  and nothing happened.  Only when I gave up on treatment and on the possibility of motherhood, on the 8th year,  did I conceive,  naturally.)

So if you are trying to conceive,  or wondering about it,  drop me a line,  and we'll see if we can conjure up the beautiful Inner Child World card,  or the positive Empress card (who is often shown pregnant!)

Should she stay or should she go?

A while ago I had a reading with a woman who was in an okay enough job,  but close to friends and family.  She went looking for more engaging work and found it!  She got the job offer of her dreams - but it would involve a huge move. What to do?

One thing I often say to people is that if you flip a coin to decide, it's not the coin that makes the decision,  but rather seeing how you feel as the coin lands. Are you relieved or disappointed?  While the coin was in the air,  did a secret desire/hope show itself?

My client was lucky,  in that the cards were crystal clear - sometimes they are not! She drew the Fool/ Empress/ World.  Can't get better than that.  They loved the new job,  saw only good things ahead.  I said it was a risk but her energy clearly was on the move. She just didn't want to disappoint those she was leaving.   

She agreed. She really wanted the job,  but also the safe way to move on.  She was in her early 30's,  hadn't found her special someone,  was getting bogged down in her day to day life. The move, away from New York City,  felt like a necessary challenge. Even her love cards got better.   We laughed at that,  and she took the job.

Empress

At every reading one or two cards will speak to you more strongly than the others.  Then I tell you that your home work after the reading is to search the web  - this blog,  my pintrest page, just google images and find a version of that card that speaks to you. Then keep it close - on your phone, printed out by your computer,  close to remind you of that energy and how to follow/preserve it better.

For example this is the traditional image from the Rider Waite tarot deck of the Empress

And these are a few of the images you can find on line

From the Tarot Deck of Luminaries

or

 

from Tarot Illuminati deck

All quite different images,  which might speak to you differently.

And this is the image I saw to today that really caught my eye.  I tell people that the Empress is often shown as pregnant,  she can give birth to new ideas,  new ventures,  new baby (always a very happy card to draw for those trying to get pregnant!)  And here she is,  an image that just spoke to me about what the card represents:

Lightseer’s Tarot by Chris-Anne Donnelly

One of the big things that has changed since I started reading tarot is how many new decks/images there are today.  There are an abundance of ideas and it's always good to have a look around and see which version speaks most clearly to you... 

Beauty

I had a reading a while ago for a young woman who was genuinely beautiful.  I don't mean sweet and nice,  but head turningly gorgeous.  Not an issue I've had to deal with in my own life.  But I could see,  while talking to her,  that it wasn't a total gift.  Of course,  certain things are easier,  when you are beautiful.  You are more memorable,  people give you advantages and gifts.  But people may also want things from you,  and you are not sure of their motives. And then,  people may fall in love with you... 

A very nice young man had strong feelings for her,  and she was feeling guilty because she didn't love him back. But I looked at her and said, you are not a doll on a shelf to be bought with the most love.  His feelings are his to deal with,  you don't have to reciprocate and you don't owe him anything other than a kind but firm no.  She looked at me surprised and then nodded,  sometimes she did feel like a doll that men yearned to own,  and it was hard to say no to what felt like genuine feelings on their part,  but weren't there on her side.   Just because some one offers you something, even if it something genuine,  you are not obligated to take it.  

Keep a Copy of your Significant Cards close by.

The Empress is one of my favorite cards,  glowing with possibilities,  fertile,  able to give birth to new ventures,  new life plans,  new babies.  So when people draw it, I often tell them to find the version of the card that they most like,  and use it as their phone wall paper,  or on their computer,  somewhere where they will see it often and be reminded of her energy. 

Of course,  I tell people to do this with other significant cards too,  I’m just using the Empress as an example here. When I was first learning the cards, there were far fewer options, but today there are so many amazing versions of each card, and some will definitely speak to you more than others.

So if you get a particularly significant card, look it up on Google Images or Pintrest.  Read my blog piece,  or anyone else’s blog piece about it,  and keep it close to you.  Let the energy feed you and you’ll get there quicker…

Tattoos

Whenever I read for someone with a tattoo, I always ask them what it means for them. I’m fascinated by tattoos, by the idea of putting something indelibly on your flesh and carrying it for the rest of your life.


One of the waiters at Kitchenette, a charming restaurant where I often do readings, had the 3 of swords tattooed on his arm, (I should have photographed it at the time!) and I said to him that’s a hard card to carry and he said it reminded him of a hard lesson and a mistake he won’t make again. Sometimes a way to let the pain go is to honor it… Personally I would rather have the Empress on my arm!

So I was thinking what would I get tattooed? I often think of getting ‘in the end, only kindness matters’ on the nape of my neck.

What would you get tattooed?

While looking for the best images, I came across
tattoosday, - lots of great images and stories there, and Check out my ink - less stories, but more images. (I like the ones with stories best)

The Empress rules

I’m far more drawn to the Empress than the High Priestess (which probably says far more about me than the cards!) I find her one of the easiest cards to interpret correctly, no matter where she falls.


The Empress is the earth mother – often in tarot cards she’s drawn as pregnant – and she is pregnant – with ideas, with creativity, with the very fundamentals of creation.


Of course, Mothers can smother as well as mother – so the Mother Goose aspect, too fretful, too concerned, not giving space, also works for her. Giving birth is also about letting go…

But like all women, when she’s good she’s very, very good. When people are worried about whether relationships or jobs will prosper, the Empress is a very good assurance. It tells you that you can have whatever you want from your new romance, new business, new creative venture, but that it’s still in utero, and needs time to gestate. Take baby steps and give it time to grow, and you’ll get what you want (and who doesn’t want to hear that in a reading!)