Guys, I have to say, I’m feeling a little belligerent this year. I am completely over the push to change myself at the beginning of the year. I think it’s disrespectful to all of the stuff that came before, and the challenges that are still waiting for me. I don’t want to hold myself to an arbitrary standard when it comes to change. I want to change when I’m ready. FURTHERMORE (Auntie Melissa is having feelings) I think I’m pretty goddamn great the way I am. Of course I have things to work on, and sure, I have goals, but …
Sacred Beauty from Mellissae Lucia
I got to meet Lucia (her last name) at a conference in Portland and immediately fell in love. She’s just vibrant, and her new deck, Santos and Signs, matches that beautiful energy. You can find more information about the deck below, as well as a course that she’s offering! This is a special person who lives her art, and I can’t recommend it (or Lucia!) enough. The new Santos and Signs—Holy Intermediaries for Sacred Journeys divination deck are modern holy cards for all your pilgrimages of the soul. Whether your quests are within or without, these portable icons offer both earthly and …
Care & Keeping of Your Empath During Readings
Hey, guys, Not surprisingly, lots of empaths are pulled to tarot and oracle cards, or other forms of divination. Part of being sensitive in this way is looking for tools to make the emotions you’re soaking up make sense. I have very clear memories of sitting straight up in bed while all alone and saying, “Why the hell am I so sad?” Whammo. Sometimes it comes out of nowhere. You are the most open to being an emotional sponge while you’re doing the actual reading. With the cards, you have created a connection with the person you’re reading, and the …
Care and Keeping of Your Empath – Emotional
I heard something on a podcast a few months ago, and I can’t get it out of my head. Someone said, “You don’t have to believe every stupid thought that goes through your head.” This resonated with me and I sat with it for a while. In my head, I heard “You also don’t have to feel every dumb emotion that goes through your heart.” Wait, what? Just because an emotion runs right into me, I don’t have to internalize it? ‘Scuse me? You mean I’ve been flying off the handle for no reason? If something frustrating happens in the …
Care and Keeping of Your Empath – Physical
This month, we’re going to talk about the Care and Keeping of your Empath. This can be you or someone in your orbit. After a long, long, long time of dealing with being SO SENSITIVE to the people around me, I’ve figured out some tips about keeping my energy separate from everyone else’s, and how to keep their energy from knocking the air out of me. Also how to keep other people from eating you energetically. The first thing is basic health. If you’re strong, you have better boundaries and are more grounded. Now, I’m strong-ish with my dumb asthma …
How do I get more confident with my readings?
It took me ten years to read without my book. Even then, the only reason I stopped reading with it is because I fuckin’ forgot it. BUT if I hadn’t forgotten it, I wouldn’t have developed the confidence to read folks without it until much later. It’s difficult to state that you can do this, you know? You’re sitting in front of someone, asking them to trust what you have to say about their life. That’s hard. The thing is, it’s SUPPOSED to be hard. But I’ve got some advice for you. This is someone’s life. You can’t wing it. …
How do you give someone bad news?
When you give a reading, you are going to have to learn how to say no. In the past thirty years, I’ve told people that they were going to get divorced, that they would lose their jobs, that they would die. This is serious stuff, tarot reading. We talk to people who feel scared and broken and fragile. We have a responsibility to do this with care and empathy. We are NOT their mother, though. There is a way to be empathetic to your querent/client without swimming around in all of their emotions. You can give a good, thorough, and …
How do you choose a Tarot deck?
Hey, there! If you grew up in a place like I did, tarot decks were scarce. I saw my first one at 14, and didn’t see another until college. There was no internet (gasp!) til I was in my twenties and I wasn’t a part of the tarot community until about 6 years ago. Now, there seems to be the opposite problem – decks are everywhere! It can be a bit overwhelming, for sure, especially when you’re a beginner. Here are some deck-hunting resources that you might enjoy. In Person sources! Go to your local bookstore and new age hippie …
How do you do a reading over the phone or through email?
As you might maybe know, I’ve been reading the cards in PERSON for 30 years. I didn’t start with this Ms. Cleo phone reading business until about 15 years ago. I didn’t think it would work. I mean, people asked me how I did in person readings, and the answers I had for that ran from “My intuition is talking to your intuition and the cards are a tool that facilitates that.” to “Fuck if I know.” A reading over the phone seemed impossible. I believe that folks had their own energy, and that by reading for them long distance …
How do you do a reading?
This month, we’re going to talk about tarot basics. A lot of my students have never touched a tarot deck before we sit down together, and I’ve compiled some of their questions together for you guys. Feel free to send any questions you have. The biggest question that I get is HOW do you do a reading. Not spiritually or emotionally, but actually physically doing the reading. I’ve broken down how I do a reading below. Just remember that the way you do readings is entirely up to you. This is for in-person readings. I’m going to cover phone and …