Feng Shue Tarot Reading

The Feng Shue Tarot Deck
created by Peter Paul Connolly and Eilleen Connolly

Welcome back to my 
"All in the Cards" blog.  
Last night I was part of a bachelorette party and met 8 women.  Each person unique and searching for different things.  Some were not searching for me or for my message, but were open to the idea of Tarot Readings and AngelCard Readings.

Every Tarot Reader and Oracle/Angel Card Reader takes a unique approach.  Some are more comfortable delving into the darker inner workings of the mind and psychy.  I personally like to have a Lighter and Brighter, more encouraging manner as I read for my querents.  I observe that many people are reluctant to WISH and to ASK for what they are wanting.  I infuse my readings with an urgency for the querent to seek to use their inner strengths in combination with the Law of Attraction, in order to achieve their desires.

This morning, after having read so many other people, I sat to practice with my newest deck- the Feng Shue Tarot.  The major difference in this deck from Traditional Tarot Decks is that the Minor Arcana (which are divided into four suits, much like regular playing cards), are based on Mythical Creatures such as the Red Phoenix and the Green Dragon.  There is also the White Tiger and the Black Tortoise.  For example, the White Tiger in Feng Shue correlates to SWORDS in the Traditional Tarot.  Swords signal sharpness of wit, thought and even aggression.

Below is my reading:

What does my spread tell me about my current situation?

• How can we interpret this reading?
• Is there more than one interpretation?
• How much do we depend on the direct meanings of the cards vs the implied meanings?
• Where do we inject personal self-knowledge as we attempt to interpret the message?

BREAKING IT DOWN

The first two cards out of the deck are the two center cards that form a cross.  In this case, I layed out the (reversed, which means the card came out upside down) of the GREEN DRAGON KNIGHT.  the second card out, crosses the first card, representing a challenge.  In this case, THE STAR.

I have highlighted the STAR card here as it is a major Arcana...thereby representing a major life situation or major life learning. THE STAR means a destined and blessed situation.  When the STAR appears, good fortune is certainly shining upon the receiver of this card!  For me...the CHALLENGE is the Good fortune.  The KNIGHT card that came out first indicates my impatience with a current life situation.  We can divine from this that I am struggling under a challenging life situation, lacking in patience to get beyond it...and the greatest challenge is that I be able to see that what appears as a "not so good" situation", is actually a blessing in disguise!

The next MAJOR arcana card is THE MOON, seen here:

THE MOON in this reading appears in the position (to the right of center) that indicates an influence in my past...and not the recent past but further back.  The guidebook for this deck truly explains the meaning of this lovely card in such eloquent terms.  To summarize it's meaning in this position, is simply to recognize that in the past I developed my Intuition.  THE MOON is the sign of the creative types who delve into the dark places and mystical consciousness...the ones who experiment with psychedelic drugs and then create master works of art, literature and music.  The Moon Walkers are the Jim Morrisons and Edgar Allen Poe's of the world.

Prominently noted in the OUTCOME placement, is the TOWER...THE TOWER REVERSED.  Very iunteresting.  Here is a photo of the Tower upright so you can have a better look at the illustrations:

TOWER is a major arcana.  Many people feel fearful when the TOWER is in their spread.  The TOWER is a symbol that what was built is now unstable and needs to be broken down...and in the future placement, it would indicate that this is coming...in the future.  So let's explore what my TOWER means for me as it was reversed.  With a card like the TOWER, reverse or upright mean something similar.  LET KARMA take it's course...it will do as it wishes.  Don;t try to hold something together that is meant to disintegrate.

The reversed WHITE TIGER THREE alongside my reversed TOWER suggests that I need to improve my outlook as I stand to make the situation worse with my "stinkin thinkin".  Good advice...and advice I will take.

THE SPREAD

This Spread (layout), is called a 5-card spread.  It can be enhanced with several additional positions and thus becoming what is called the CELTIC SPREAD.  I love the Celtic Spread because it casts a wider view and you can elaborate more with clients (Querents).  For the Bachelorette last night I did a 5 card for each woman with several ANGEL CARDS to offer direct answers to questions or advice on how to heal, help themselves or improve their situation.

LETS GET ANGEL ADVICE....on my reading.

AUTHORITY.  This card is from the INDIGO ANGEL DECK by Doreen Virtue.

A simple message.  I completely get this message.  The situation I am struggling with is that I was fired by a Bully of an authority figure.  It was the second job loss for me in a matter of less than a year.  I am struggling to believe that I am worthy of a GREAT JOB.  I have a real DISLIKE of people in AUTHORITY right now.  As I gaze upon the image of this card, I am DEEPLY moved by the humility of the Angel who is staring upwards...up through the beam of light. He is a powerful being himself, right?  He is a powerful Angel with wings!  But look how he stares upward to the Caster of the Light and is modest and humble and receives the Light.

I want to be like this Angel.  And I can.

I hope you found this "walk through" a reading to be helpful in your own learning process.  If you want a private reading with me, you can reach me via my facebook page:

www.facebook.com/angelstreeofwisdomtarot

~namaste

Lilac

Warm Welcome

Blogs are amazing! 
Back in my school days (graduated high school in 1992), we had no computers in schools...no internet...no cell phones and no Facebook.  Blogs did not exist.  Those of us who were writers, healers and sharers of any kind, had to use other methods to get the message out.

 

I was friendly but distant in school...preoccupied with deeper existential thoughts.  I always saw myself as "on the outside" of all the cliques...never actually fitting in.  My friendships were often one on one.  Remarkably, in the tenth grade, my high school participated in a revolutionary project where they surveyed the whole school (9th grade through 12th grade).  The survey asked kids to name a person in school who they could turn to- to talk to, get advice from and who they found supportive when in times of trouble.  They chose the top ten nominees and named them "Natural Helpers".  These Natural Helpers were assigned to work alongside the School Psychologist and Counselors and were asked to use their "natural" abilities to help in the situations that troubled students.

 

That was the first time I knew I was meant to be a "Natural Helper"....later I followed the path of religion thinking that Service to God was my calling.  Many aspects of Christianity did not fully make sense to me.  It seemed there were many contradictory conclusions one could make about the scriptures.  But the community was a place where I did learn and grow...I learned about selfless service to others in a new way.  I learned about thinking about choices in how they affect the group and not just the one person (the self).  So this experience did groom me for many to come.  I learned Leadership there in church.  We had "Discipleship Groups" on our campus.  These women needed someone to organize them and create a structure for how we met, prayed and served.  Someone had to maintain accountability and reporting. Naturally I was good at this and I got better over 5 years.

 

My next role as a Natural Helper was Childcare.  I was a Natural Leader in my Classroom.  I created and implemented strategies; utilized staff;  cared for children; increased the enrollment in the classrooms.  When my brother died suddenly in Iraq, it was so hard to face the classroom...the parents...it was so difficult to be there for the staff.  I opted to work from home and perform my duties in a smaller setting.  It was less stressful and there were fewer people to interface with daily.  This made the healing process easier for me.  I had 4 children in my home childcare, 4 sets of parents.  This was a lot easier than 32 students and 32 families with 6 staff.  After several years, my child was a school ager.  I saw that I was a bit stagnant from performing the same tasks day after day and week after week and year after year...with the same people.  I realized I needed expansion but I had no idea how much it was needed.

 

Being a creative person, I started party-planning and event hosting.  I did these things in my spare time.  I had fun again...it was challenging.  I met new people and remembered I used to be more confident.  By the time my second child was 3 years old, I had studied and explored and became very masterful at many things that were once completely foreign to me.  I had learned about Universal Consciousness and the Law of Attraction.  I studied Kabbalah, meditation, yoga...so many "new age" concepts and practices.  I learned about what Buddhists believe.  I gained an understanding of what Muslims believe.  I learned about "Spiritual Awakening" by personally experiencing it.  When your consciousness truly shifts...when the Spirit really opens up...you are changed permanently.

 

At that point in my life I could easily see that my relationship of 16 years no longer suited me.  We were not growing...not headed in the same direction.  We did not have the same viewpoints or beliefs.  In fact, there were even many darker and more sinister things happening under the surface of the relationship.  We were unhealthy.  We were incompatible.  It was time to move on. In addition to the Spiritual Awakening, I had also been shown by my Spirit Guides that I was supposed to seek a partner who shared my Spiritual beliefs.  I began to research the idea of people who were a mirror of each other.  This beautiful knowledge was also given to me during my Spiritual Awakening.  I realized that we WILL recognize that reflection of our soul in another person...but only if we seek that in our TRUTH.  You cannot lie to your true self.  Your SOUL will not accept the lies.  A truly Spiritual person will only be able to seek truth and not tolerate the lower vibrational stuff of the world.

 

So...a journey.  I began a new journey around 2010.  That was when I was presented with my first personal deck of Tarot cards.  I had always gone to other readers and believed in them and hoped I could cultivate a way to be a Healer myself.  A dear friend who is a True Healer herself, had advised me to seek out a way to heal people with my special abilities.  It is really mysterious...healing.  I mean, what works for one person does not always work for another  Some things work for most people but for those few others, the symptoms will persist.  For example, I cannot use Aspirin.  I used it once when I was around 14 years old and we ended up at the ER.  My stomach is too sensitive to aspirin.  So I cannot benefit from it the way others can. 

 

Reading Cards

 

 

I began to practice reading in 2010.  I worked at this daily for two years.  One time I doubted my own abilities and went to a card reader who I had never met .  This woman put some cards out and then sat back and stared at me.  Her first words were this:

 

"Why are you here?"

 

I was confused.  I asked her what she meant.  She bluntly stated that her cards and guides were telling her that I was LIKE her...able to see for myself and KNOW for myself...and for others.  So again she queried, "Why are you here?".

 

Every path is challenging.  Reading and believing and trusting and using it are all part of the journey for me.  In High School I was booed off the stage when I auditioned for a Musical Production.  I was told my voice did not project.  I was not a singer.  Two years later I was touring South County as a front-liner for a band...and that lead to many other gigs with other groups and as a Soloist too.  So I guess that one time was me lacking confidence.  Because clearly...I can sing...rather well.

 

I have now read cards for hundreds of people.  There have been so many times when a Client has come back to me to tell me how the reading positively impacted choices they were making, or freed them of emotional ties...or in a few cases, just the fact that things I told them later happened.  Sometimes I meet people and I am urged to reach out and share something, ask something or give something.  I just obey the calling.  I try and judge when it is possible to share and when it is wise not to.  This is not so easy.  I recently attempted to reach out to someone who I felt really needed some support.  It was a mistake and I feel I really offended them.  no one is perfect.  We are all learning. What I learned from that experience was that sometimes it is not MY HELP that is needed...in other words, they needed help, Yes, but not from me.  It is difficult to know that someone needs something but not from you...and not be distracted...and not try and be the ONE that fixes it...these are Spiritual issues.  All people have these experiences, but  some don't know what to do with it.

 

So this is me- the real me.  I am a Tarot Card Reader and Intuitive.  I am an Angel Card/Oracle Card Reader.  I love to meet with people and spread some cards and see what the cards offer to other people.  I use my accumulated years of Spiritual and Emotional Wisdom to teach, guide, advise and support people on their journey.  Thanks for reading!  Keep up the good work.

 

Love Everyone...and Be Blessed,

 

Lilac~