Launching the New Site!
I am so excited to be leaping into business at last!
It goes against the grain for me to actually charge money for what it is I do, which is healing to the best of my ability. For years, I have offered help and guidance to sponsees in 12 step fellowships. I have taught yoga for free to those who have needed it, whether it be private lessons for friends, or voluntary work in rehabs and schools. I have massaged people who have felt weary aches. I have taken people on sailing retreats. I have given acupuncture to those who wish to detox. I have edited a blog for a tarot business. I have contributed articlesto various sites and newspapers over the years. But I have rarely been paid for my services.
So it is with a bit of nervousness that I leap into this new world, with a bit of guidance from my friends back at TABI. And of course I will be grateful to TABI for the guidance they have given me, and for their support when pushing me out of the nest!
But anyway, one can’t launch a new site for Tarot Readings without doing a Tarot Reading to see what will happen. After all, will it be a flop? Will anyone want a reading? What if nobody ever hears of my site? What if all my loyal customers were only loyal because they didn’t have to pay? Well, let’s set my mind at rest and see what the cards have to say.
The reading Iam using isn’t my own… it’s one I came across a year ago, and I wrote an uncannily accurate forecast back then on my old blog: The Career Spread.
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ow I have refined it just a little. The layout is the same, but I have enhanced the questions a little:
1. What should I focus on?
2. What is my ambition?
3. What goals should I am to achieve?
4. What are my talents?
5. What challenges will I face?
6. What action should I take?
7. What are the hidden factors?
8. What will the major influence be?
9. How will it all turn out?
Well, this is a nerve-wracking one if I do say so myself! But I asked so therefore I will read…. and in this case I used the Whispering Tarot, which is my favourite personal working deck.
The first card is the 6 of Cups, suggesting that although contented and in a good place, I have perhaps been letting things stagnate a little. In this image, although all seems harmonious and peaceful, it does appear that nothing much is happening, and when we look closely at their faces, boredom seems to be seeping in to that idyllic existence. So it seems I need to focus not on rocking my world, but on simply adding just a little bit of spice to it!
The Princess of Pentacles has popped up to describe my ambition, and we probably couldn’t have a more apt card! Just as the Pages are at the beginning of a journey of learning, so am I. This card often represents the student on a new journey, which is absolutely me… I have been fascinated by everything I have learnt on this journey, on the number of pathways it has opened up to me, and I’ve been keen to explore them all – although I haven’t ventured too far up dome of those paths!
To represent the goals I wish to achieve we have the Justice card. Well, 
yes. Those of you who know me know that I am terrible at asking for money, all I have ever done is try to set the world to rights. Bringing balance and harmony wherever I can, and trying to give everyone a fair chance at recovery and life.
The Ace of Wands has appeared to represent my talents. And yes, I am certainly gifted in the Arts. As you know, I have my qualifications in Yoga, in Acupuncture, in Tarot, and in Teaching. All of these are spiritual paths, since anything which is aimed at healing and teaching others, at making the world a better place, is coming from a place of Goodness,
The Chariot warns that the challenges I will face might take me all over the show. The two horses trying to pull in different directions need gently teasing back on to course to stop that carriage from veering all over the show. So I think I am being gently warned to pull the reigns in and slow down a little. It’s time to stop racing ahead in all directions, and start to gently focus on steering a steady course.
The King of Pentacles inverted seems an odd one to be telling me what action to take. The King of Pentacles is that guy who takes control firmly but kindly. He ensures that everyone’s needs are met, and that everyone is provided for. Yet he is inverted. So is he suggesting to me that I shouldn’t be worrying about the financial outcome of this project? While it would be nice to reap a financial reward for a service I have willingly provided for free, I suppose it isn’t essential. I have clothes on my back, and a roof over my head. I don’t need to worry about making ends meet… and let’s be honest, any money I make from this will probably just go back into the stratosphere and disappear into the coffers of recovery, where charity cases just seem to lap up any spare money I have anyway!!
Hidden factor – the Queen of Swords. Now that’s no surprise. There’s always someone with a sharp tongue out there. I wonder if this means there’ll be someone out there trying to slap me down? I know I’ve ruffled some feathers in the past, so perhaps this is even talking about me. I know I need to keep my tongue under control a little sometimes. As people say, I have a tendency to tell the truth, but the truth doesn’t always need telling.
9 of Pentacles indicates happiness and contentment with our lot. It is the card which talks of practising gratitude, and enjoying what we have. So I suppose as long as I keep this gratitude foremost in my mind and in my heart, then I will reap the rewards regardless of whether we manage to cover our costs…. and as for how it all turns out? The Ace of Pentacles represents that seed of a new project. A small and tiny new life which has barely started growing yet. And when this card appears it bodes well, if we take that seed and nurture it, then we are sure to be blown away by the growth that ensues.
What a promising reading to start us off…. thank you cards x
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