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! 

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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

Soulmates

I was reading an article about a new TV show called Soulmates and it reminded me of many conversations I've had.

People often come to tarot readings to ask about love.  But some people want more than that,  some people want Soul Mates.   I and warn them,  soulmates is not what you think it is,  soulmates teach you a soul life lesson.  It can be a great lesson in trust and affection and faith.  Or it can be a devastating or difficult lesson -  how we fool ourselves, how to see ourselves with true clarity.  

Soulmates connect on a soul level,  but if you are not in touch with your soul's desires,  or if you are actively going against your soul's desires,  then meeting a soulmate can be a difficult life lesson.

I read for so many bright,  attractive,  funny women who tell me there are few men out there (pre covid,  when it was easier to meet them)  And then one day I did a reading for a bright,  sensitive funny man who told me that there are no women out there. And I said,  no,  you're wrong,  I could introduce you to plenty (I have worked at a dating agency,  and once a matchmaker,  always a matchmaker)  But he said,  I'm a middle school teacher on a fixed income of $65,000,  and I knew that many of my bright funny women wanted a man who at least earnt six figures,  and maybe even high six figures,  and would not want to meet him.  

A man earning high six figures (or a woman with a model face and figure) is not a soul mate.  They are fantasy.  And that fantasy can be dangerous.  It can stop you from connecting with love because they don't look like what you expected,  or earn what you would like.  Sometimes your soulmate comes into your life to teach you that you are on the wrong path,  but in the learning of the lesson,  they leave...   

So ask for love,  ask for connection.  But don't ask for fantasies and don't ask for perfection,  because even if you get it,  it may be what you want,  but it won't be what you need... 

Finding A Way

I recently did a reading where a woman sadly noted to me that all her plans of what to do during  her enforced Covid slowdown were not coming to fruition.  She was not setting up her new blog, not reading all the articles she wanted to,  not exercising daily.  Despite the slowdown she was still feeling stressed. 

I know we often have high ideals for ourselves,  but this is a really tough time for a lot of us,  and it's easy  lose initiative.  I reminded her of her strengths and then suggested writing lists and just going through them.  I'm a great list gal,  if it's on my list it will get done, Perhaps not on the first day,  but certainly by the end of the week! 

I also recommended a book that I had read a long time ago but still works for me - Julia Cameron's,  The Artist's Way. 

I found this book when it first came out - I just realized that was in 1992!  But it was huge then and is still helpful now.  So if you are feeling a bit stuck,  It's a book I'm happy to recommend. 

Should I let someone listen in on my reading?

When I do my readings IRL - in real life - people often bring someone - close friend, sibling, parent, lover, to hear the readings with them or to take turns and listen to each other's readings. 

A reading can be a lot of information, and having someone to mull it over with afterwards can be really helpful. And then they also get to see the magic of the cards for each other, as each one gets specific cards that make sense just for them! So if you are considering having a reading with a friend, it can be great to have another pair of ears.  

In the time of Covid,  it has happened less, but a recent reading she was at home in her studio apartment,  so her partner being present was unavoidable.  I told them both that they needed at least an hour a day apart,  and they should go for walks separately to give each other some psychic space.  They both agreed that that was a good idea.  

I also warn people, readings can be very intimate events so make sure they are someone you want to share your secrets with!  Her reading was all about work,  the relationship was good,  even after the intense togetherness! 

Love Kernels

I did a reading a while ago (but still in time of Covid) and a woman was telling me about her relationship with a man who she was not living with and due to the current circumstances could not see.  He would respond to her every third or fourth text,  never initiate but never say no either.  

And I said,  you are living on Love Kernels,  from Crazy Ex Girlfriend.  She didn't know it,  so I sent her this:



Later she wrote to me and said you are so right!  My god I thought I was the only one and here's a whole song about it.  

She's not the only one...