Do you hide the fact that you’re a Tarot reader when you’re in the company of friends, family or co-workers?
Are you worried about what others may think of you if they knew you were totally into Tarot cards?
Your not alone! Most of us Tarot lovers have felt this way at some point and perhaps still do.
Join me (Kate), Rhonda Snow and David Dear in our latest podcast episode as we discuss this hot topic:
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Veronica Noir, my evil counterpart, is too busy lounging on a yacht in the Hawaiian Islands – surrounded by glistening boy-toys – to write today’s reading. So I’ve taken an old reading from a year ago and I’m totally recycling it. God, what would Veronica think? She hates people who recycle.
You are a multifaceted creature – never forget it! That is what The World is sayin’ to me today.
There are many different aspects to your personality and who you are, so don’t let yourself get pigeonholed into any silly “roles” or “personas” – the world is wide open!
Lets take a gander at this card, shall we? The naked lady in the center is dancing inside an ovally, egg shaped space – and if that’s not blatant vagina symbolism, well then I don’t know what is! And she grasps a phallic object in each hand (lucky bitch).
There is something wonderfully hermaphroditic about The World and its message is that you must be both receptive and active in order to truly be Queen (or King) of your surroundings.
Make a to-do list AND meditate. Let go of trying to control everything AND make a plan of action. Say YES to things that make you feel open and free (like a trip to Vegas!) and NO to things that make you want to crawl back in bed (like a friend’s boring baby-shower).
You get the idea! Open yourself to the world by opening up to all aspects of yourself without judgement.
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Guess what? YOU are psychic! How do I know? Well, because everyone is…..to one degree or another.
Like hearing or eyesight, we all have a “sixth sense” which is our intuition, or our “gut instincts”.
Some of us are more in touch with it than others and some of us may be more naturally intuitive. But we are all intuitive/psychic.
I know this is kind of like saying “everyone’s special in their own way”, but stay with me…
We are all capable of moving our bodies (unless your completely paralyzed) and yet only a few of us will become Olympic athletes. Some of us exercise regularly for health reasons, some of us sit on the couch all day watching Vampire Diaries and some of us may train relentlessly for a particular sport.
Psychic ability is the same kind of thing. We all have it but what we choose to do with it is up to us.
However, some of us just have more of a natural inclination or interest in psychic stuff. Chances are, if you’re reading this, you have what I call a “psychic personality.” Read on to see if this is you…
1) You’re at a crowded festival and find yourself fantasizing about:
a) Leaving early so you can curl up on your couch with a good book
b) Hoping up on stage for an impromptu performance. You LOVE being the center of attention!
c) You’re not fantasizing about anything. You’re just enjoying blending into the crowd, people watching and soaking it all in.
2) The phone rings and you know it’s your old high school boyfriend because:
a) You just have this “feeling” it’s him
b) You just ran into him yesterday and he said he’d call you today. Plus, you have caller ID.
c) You’ve been having tons of weird dreams about him lately
3) When you meet someone for the first time, you usually:
a) Get a pretty good sense of who they are as a person – your first impressions are rarely wrong
b) Notice the brands of clothing they’re wearing and the yellow stains on their teeth
c) Get a sudden image of them 20 years into the future – CEO of a financial institution, balding with a gut and getting a lap dance from an underage stripper while their wife stays at home with their two children.
4) You’re on vacation and the resort your staying at is offering 3 different workshops. The one that appeals most to you is:
a) Communicating with your Higher Self
b) Surfing
c) Painting from the Soul
Okay, great! Your done the first section on the quiz. Look at your answers – if you chose mostly a’s and c’s, you have what I call a “psychic personality” – you tend to be more introverted than extraverted, are fairly in touch with your intuition and feel drawn to learn more about it.
If you chose mostly b’s, you probably couldn’t care less about “intuition” or “psychic senses” and have no idea why you are even doing this lame quiz! Your psychic ability is more latent. You may chose to work with it later in life or not at all – and that’s okay.
1) You’ve made plans to go for a picnic with a friend. You get a strong feeling the day before that you should postpone the picnic and stay home instead. So of course you:
a) Dismiss this as silly paranoia and stick to your original plans – there is no logical reason why you shouldn’t go on the picnic!
b) Listen to your gut feeling and reschedule the picnic for next week
2) You have to choose between two fabulous job offers – waitressing at the Playboy mansion or being a human rights lawyer. How do you decide?
a) Draw up a list of pros and cons for each job and then phone your best friend and ask for her advice
b) Do some journalling, take lots of long walks, meditate and ask your higher self for guidance
3) You meet a really hot guy (or girl) through an online dating site. You get bad vibes right away, despite their good looks and charming personality. Do you:
a) Get mad at yourself and think “for heaven’s sake, this person has been nothing but nice to me, I’m such a terrible person for feeling this way”. Plus your really bored and lonely, and nobody’s perfect, right?
b) Enjoy some polite conversation but keep your distance, don’t give out any personal information and decline a second date. Sure they’re hot, but you don’t want to end up in pieces in their freezer!
Okay, tally up your answers.
If you got mostly a’s, this shows that you have strong intuition yet you don’t trust it. This is a common frustration for many “psychic personalities” and it renders your intuition almost useless.
The good news is, there’s plenty of things you can do to overcome this. Here are some helpful resources to check out:
How to Develop Your Intuition: Tips and Techniques
Interview with Dr.Cara Gubbins on Intuition
If you got mostly b’s, congratulations! Not only are you in-touch with your intuition, but you also trust it and are willing to act on it. That’s no small feat! You have the potential to be an Olypmic level psychic!
Over the years, I have noticed that those who are very connected to their intuition tend to have common personality traits. See below for my list. Of course, not every intuitive is going to have all of these traits, but these are just the one’s that I keep noticing.
♥ Avoids crowds but loves people-watching
♥ Prefers a quieter atmosphere most of the time
♥ Loves reading and collecting books
♥ Seems to need more sleep than the average person
♥ Is drawn to paranormal and new age topics like ghosts, astral travel, psychic development, energy healing, past lives, hypnosis, shamanism, etc….
♥ Prefers deep, intimate conversation to polite small talk
♥ Enjoys alone time
♥ Avoids violent movies and The News
In the comments below, please share your thoughts on this topic – can you relate to this list of characteristics? Are you an intuitive introvert? Or a psychic extravert? I would love to hear your take on this!
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Veronica Noir, The Daily Tarot Girl’s evil counterpart, is here to kick some sense into you with her uncompassionate style of Tarot reading. She usually writes these half-drunk, so take her advice with a grain of salt…or a tablespoon!
Today’s card is 4 of Pentacles and the message is clear: magic doesn’t happen in the comfort zone.
Yes, I know, the comfort zone is awesome. I love it too.
There is nothing I love more than snuggling on my couch, sipping spiked hot chocolate and watching The Vampire Diaries or some other silly show.
But does it make me feel ALIVE? No. Fuck no.
We all need to rest and recharge, I get it. That’s what the comfort zone is for. But don’t stay there forever – you weren’t meant to, for God’s sake!
It’s time for you to bust out from behind your wall and share your sparkly goodies with the world.
You hide yourself out of fear, you modest thing, you! But once you step out of your comfort zone, something amazing happens….your comfort zone gets bigger and bigger and bigger…..
Until suddenly you’re doing nude yoga at your local park and feeling totally cool with it.
In the comments below, tell me how you plan to step out of your comfort zone this weekend…
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Veronica is my evil twin/alter ego and she takes over my blog on Friday’s to impart her bitchy wisdom. When she isn’t Tarot reading, she’s seducing some buff young thing at the gym, penning sultry smut on her laptop and knocking back the martinis while laughing maniacally at some mediocre romantic comedy…
Today it’s time to turn inward…..and tune out any obnoxious voices that distract you and make you feel like total shit.
As boring as it sounds, spend a few minutes meditating. And notice what voices show up.
This is what some people call “self talk”.
When I did this I heard all kinds of silly chitter chatter like “you really shouldn’t sleep in past 11am”, “eating chocolate hazelnut hedgehogs for dinner is immature”, “leave those young men alone” and “you should be saving for your retirement.”
Where were these voices coming from?! Who were these jerks?
If I was in a room with people who said things like that I would start chucking beer bottles.
So as you observe your inner voices, don’t judge…but ask yourself this: “if a person I knew said this to my face, would I want to shank them?”
If the answer is yes, then why on earth is it okay for you to say that shit to yourself?
It’s not! So laugh at your judgy self-talk like it’s the funniest joke in the whole world.
In the comments below, tell me what crappy self talk your going to laugh at today….
What is your self-talk sayin’? Veronica to the rescue… Read More »
A couple of years ago I wrote a blog post about how to connect with your Tarot deck in three easy steps.
This article has proven to be the most popular article on my site, consistently getting the most views and comments – so I thought I would expand on the topic for those of you who are ready to take things a step further!
My favorite thing to do when I get a new deck (or if I am just feeling disconnected from an old deck) is to interview it. This sounds a little kooky at first, I know, but hear me out…
I like to think of my Tarot deck as a close friend – one who knows all my secrets and who gives fantastic advice when I need it most.
And like a close friend, I would never just dump all my problems on her and then walk away without asking how she’s doing or what’s new in her life. So why would I treat my Tarot deck that way?
Truth of the matter is, sometimes I start thinking of my Tarot deck as just a stack of paper and I forget to treat it like a good friend – and that’s when my readings go to shit.
When I asked my Crystal Visions Tarot deck “what is most important to you?” I got The Hermit, which I interpreted as meaning that meditation and deep contemplation were meaningful things for this deck.
When I asked the same deck “what can I do to ensure a good relationship?” I got the Six of Pentacles – a card about give and take and helping each other. I often see this card as being about being able to receive help from another, so this card could mean that gratiously receiving the help that this deck will give me is what will ensure a good relationship.
For example, you ask “what is your main mission in this world?” and you get The Devil. Good god! What does it mean?
Look at your cards in the most positive light possible. The Devil is all about addictions and having the opportunity to bring awareness into the cycle of addiction so that you can rise above it. So this could mean that your deck’s mission is to help you break out of destructive cycles in your life.
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Veronica is my evil twin and Tarot reader extraordinaire. She is here to extract the wisdom of the Tarot and inject it into your daily life….all while talking nasty and being a total bitch.
You know what? You don’t have to set any more fucking goals from now on.
You don’t have to become your “best self” or improve or aim higher.
Leave that shit to Tony Robbins.
You’re good just the way you are.
Do you feel a weight lifting off your shoulders now? Do you feel a little less exhausted?
That’s because goals and dreams can drag you down. Oh sure, at first they seem to lift you up – just like cocaine.
You feel all zippy when you paste together your vision board. You’re overcome by that heady assumption that the universe is your bitch and you can just order shit up like at a drive thru.
But then time passes and realization hits you – your vision board is nothing but a shit festival of broken dreams – a beautiful pictographic representation of all the things you’ve failed to achieve this year.
So give yourself a break! Enjoy the NOW. Scrap all your goal books and dreamboards and all other future-oriented crapolla. Your perfect as you are right now.
Your welcome.
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Happy New Year! I am really looking forward to 2015! I was actually feeling a bit blah about it until I did this reading…and it’s given me some hope and inspiration! So I hope it does the same for you 🙂
If you would like to see the spread I used, its right here.
Please feel free to add your own interpretation of this reading in the comments below…
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As 2014 comes to a close, I have been doing something weird….reading my own blog posts (and enjoying them!)
So I decided to round up my top 4 favorite Tarot articles and share them with you. These are the articles I had the most fun writing, so I hope you have just as much fun reading them 🙂
This post generated the most discussion and comments…
There is something that I occasionally hear people say that drives me batshit crazy. It is this: “I don’t charge for giving readings because being able to read is a gift so therefore I would never charge someone for it.”
Ummm….what the f*ck?!
Here is one of my favorite things to do with my Tarot cards…
Do you ever wonder what your “higher self” is trying to tell you? Well guess what? Messing around with your Tarot cards is one of the best ways to find out!
Here’s a simple script to help you communicate with your higher self via your Tarot cards.
This post was so much fun to write, as I got to take a trip down memory lane…
Let’s get personal. Did you know that each card in your Tarot deck symbolizes a particular event, person, place or thing in your life?
This is my simple, 3 step process for connecting to your Tarot deck and your life.
Writing this series has been the most fun of all, even if hardly anyone comments on these posts (I know your reading them. Google analytics doesn’t lie!). Warning: my evil twin Veronica helped me with this one…
The Knights are my FAVORITE court cards to hop into bed with! Why? Because they are essentially alpha males in training. They have all the vigor and sexual energy required of a hero in a steamy romance novel, but lack the overbearing bossiness of the Kings.
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Veronica shows you how to say “NO” the right way & how to deal with toxic family members. Veronica is my evil twin/alter ego and instead of her usual Friday Tarot reading, she is taking a break over the holidays to help you solve some of your biggest problems….agony aunt style! She has taken the best questions from the comment thread of last weeks post and will now attempt to dish out some sassy advice. Enjoy!
Veronica: My dear Chani, it sounds like other people simply don’t believe you when you say “no”. How horrid! You only need to say “no” once. After that, how people respond is their problem. Don’t feel like you have to keep saying it. No response at all is still a response. So don’t huff and puff yourself out of breath saying “no” repeatedly and defending yourself.
But here is the real issue: do you believe yourself when you say no? If you feel like you might be swayed to cave in, then your fortress is shaky and that creates stress.
When saying “no” is not enough: If you feel you aren’t being heard then it helps to give a detailed and offensive reason for why your saying no. Make it shocking, upsetting and freaky – this guarantees that you won’t get harassed any further.
I remember a time many years ago when a co-worker asked me to run some bullshit 24 hour marathon to raise money for cancer research. Since I don’t like cancer, marathons or missing out on my beauty sleep, I said “NO!”
But then she was all like “but it’s for cancer research….don’t you want to save lives?” Then I knew I had to bring out the big guns. I launched into this whole explanation about how I think cancer fundraising is pointless due to an Illuminati conspiracy to repress cancer cures so that big pharma companies can keep raking in money from sick people. She was so weirded out by this she never brought it up again.
Good luck Chani – remember, you don’t need to give a reason for your “no”, but you might if you want people to shut the fuck up and stop asking.
xoxo
Veronica
Veronica: Russel, I am so glad you asked! A few years back, I worked with a guy I couldn’t stand. He embodied all the characteristics I despise in a person – hardworking, loyal, polite – you get the picture! I felt I would explode with rage when I sat in the same room as him and his smug little grin.
In order to stop myself from attacking him wild animal style during a staff meeting, I employed this handy dandy tactic, which worked wonders….
I thought of ONE thing I liked about him. It was really hard to do. He was just such a dick.
But despite being a dick, he did seem to have good intentions. Even if those good intentions lead to irritating the fuck out of me.
Then I thought of ONE MORE thing I liked about him. And well, it was tough. But then I realized that despite all his fatal flaws, he wasn’t a complete sociopath – there did seem to be some humanity left in him. And that was nice.
I would do this little practice each day before work. Within one week everything changed. He stopped saying jerky things. I stopped getting annoyed. He no longer bothered me quite as much. We never became friends or anything – he still pissed me off, but he didn’t get under my skin anymore.
So try this on your toxic, jerk face family member: think of one or two things you really like about them. Focus on those things as you start the day. You can even take it one step further and let them know what you like about them – this softens people and puts them in a good mood. I never did this, but you can if you want.
Good luck, Russel – this is easier than you think!
xoxo
Veronica
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