Tarot the Intuitive Way

The seventy-eight cards of the tarot are very rich in symbology and can provide deep insights to your inner world. You may think that it would be a daunting task to memorize the meanings of the cards, and how the meanings are influenced by the cards that surround them in a spread. But you can learn how to read the cards without having to do a lot of memorization!  Just memorizing the cards results in stilted, impersonal readings. Instead, you can discover what each card means to you; and you will learn how to use your intuition to read them.  By combining personal relevance and your inner intuition, the readings you do will be more intimate and personal. 

The best way to derive meanings from the cards is to read several books by different authors.  Each author has a different philosophy about tarot in general, and a different perspective of each card.  There are several methodologies that have been used to derive meanings from the cards: numerology, Jewish mysticism (kabalah), astrology and the tale of the hero's journey.  You can decide which of these methods resonates the most.  By using some elements from each of these methods, you'll be able to provide deeper readings.  It's like "priming the pump."  You absorb the information about the cards, and when it comes time to read, you just relax, clear the communication lines between you and your client, and then use your intuition to give him or her the information that they are seeking. 

For a beginner, reading tarot cards can be easier than reading the aura. The "pictures" are right there in front of you so there shouldn't be any doubt as there might be doing an aura readings.  Just any three cards displayed together can tell twenty different stories. A ten-card tarot spread can tell a thousand different stories. How do you know which story is the right story?  If you have taken the time to ground your psychic space and clear your  spiritual connection with the client, then the right story will just come to you.  

There is no power in memorizing the card meanings. The power is not in the cards. The power is in you and your intention to be of service.

For more help in learning how to read the cards, or to receive a tarot card reading, please email me.

Take good care,

Madeline

Madeline@PsychicAwakeningsSeattle.com

Have You Read the Comics Today?

They say that a picture is worth a thousand words.  Today I am using several strips from one of my favorite comic which demonstrate people using energy to communicate effectively with those they love!

Amusedly yours,
Madeline

Telepathy:

 Energy Whack:

Telepathy:

                                       
Energy Whack:

Telepathy:

Space Invasion:

Family Programming:

Just for Fun:

Just for Fun:

What Color Is My Aura?

"What color is my aura?" is often the first question people ask when they come for a reading.  However, if you line up three psychics to look at your aura, you'll probably get three different answers!  That is because each reader "sees" you from their own perspective.  The color is not what is important, it's the communication and information that you receive that is important.  Besides, you can change the colors in your aura anytime you want!

The colors in your aura reflect the energy level where you are vibrating.  So the colors change depending on your mood, your attitudes and your beliefs.  The color of frustration is distinctly different from the color of joy.  Having judgmental beliefs will show different colors than being open-minded.  If you've just slammed your fingers in the doors, your aura will instantly erupt in a barrage of hot colors!  Everyone's colors are different.  Whereas your aura might get very red when you are angry, your friend's anger might show up as green.

You can deliberately decide to vibrate at a particular color.  You would want to do this to shift your mood, heal yourself or appear very responsible when you have a job interview.  Consciously "setting your energy" is a very useful psychic tool.  If you have a very busy day ahead of you, you can choose to vibrate at a color that is very calming for you.  Check in with yourself several times during the day to see if you are still vibrating at that color.  This is the same thing as setting your intention to stay calm, but using a color will have definite effect, especially for those who are more visually oriented.

Everyone often does set their color and vibration without being aware of it.  Women do it every time they get all dressed up to impress a date.  By the time they are dressed, have their make-up on and spritzed with perfume, their auras are all sparkly too!  But you can also make your aura sparkly without having to change your clothes (just in case you run into "him"or "her" at the supermarket!).

It is easy to practice setting the color of your aura.  Sit in a straight-backed chair, with your feet flat on the floor. Close your eyes and take make sure you are breathing.  Ground your energy by sending a strong beam of energy down into the center of the earth.  Next, see or feel your chosen color running up your legs and down the ground cord. See or feel this color running from the top of your head, down your back to your tailbone, then up the front of your body and out the top of your head. See it like a fountain out the top of your head and flowing down to fill up your aura.  At your throat, see the color flowing down your shoulders, down your arms and out your hands.  Try changing the tone or the intensity of the color and notice if it changes how your feel.  Explore running different colors, or alternating them, as they run through your body and space. See the colors as layers around your body.  Notice how each color affects your feelings and your consciousness. Then spend the rest of the day vibrating at your favorite color.

Setting your colors and energy vibration helps you to step into your personal power. You get to decide how you want to be in the world. You get to own your personal space and reality. You get to heal yourself. In addition to all that, you'll have beautiful colors in your aura too.

Let me know how it goes for you!

Madeline

Psychic Tools: Not Merely a Visualization

There are people who come to Psychic Awakenings wanting to learn how to open up their psychic abilities; and there are people who come wanting to learn how to close down their abilities.  The former want to see, hear and feel more energy; and the latter already see, hear and feel energy too intensely. The funny thing is that the same psychic tools are used to help some people open up psychically, and others to close down psychically!

"What is a psychic tool?" you ask. A psychic tool is a visualization or intention used to consciously direct your energy. For example, when you are feeling scattered and unfocused, you can "ground" yourself by directing your energy down into the earth.  This is done by visualizing a grounding cord using an image of a tree trunk with roots that go down to the center of the earth.  At first it's just a visualization for most people.  Then they realize that they feel and act differently when they are grounded.  The next step is to use grounding in a more deliberate way to have more clarity or to change the energy of a situation. The real epiphanies happen when people realize that something that was "just a visualization" is now a powerful tool that they can use in their day to day life.

Grounding is the first of dozens of psychic tools that you can use to consciously create your life. If you have been feeling stuck in some area of your life or if you feel that life "just happens," psychic tools will help you to understand the power of your intention and attention.  You no longer have to be an unconscious victim to the vicissitudes of life.  

Whether you want to be more aware of psychic energies, or to not feel so bombarded by psychic energies, psychic tools will work for you!

The Universe blesses you every day!
Madeline

A Safe Haven for Sensitive Souls

Are you one of the many sensitive souls inhabiting planet earth these days: empaths, intuitives, healers, and other compassionate people?  Are you able to feel everyone else's emotional pain and suffering?  Do you have psychic experiences, seeing and hearing things that you don't understand? Do you receive information and you don't know what to do with it?  Most of you are not as bold as the Long-Island Medium who goes right up to people to tell them what she sees.  

Instead, most sensitive people are afraid to talk about what they are experiencing.  They are afraid that they'll scare people. They are afraid that they might actually be "crazy."  This can result in feeling misunderstood and isolated.  On the other side of the spectrum are the people who just closed it all down early in order not to feel overwhelmed. They are still sensitive, but may have only a hunch that they may have some psychic abilities.

All sensitive souls are welcome and invited in at Psychic Awakenings.  We teach dozens of energy techniques for feeling safe whether you are working to open up your psychic abilities or working to get your psychic energies under control. You will be encouraged to use the techniques in your everyday life.  You will learn how to know what is your "stuff" and how to release the stuff that doesn't belong to you.  Our safe haven for sensitive souls will provide you a warm community and a place for anchoring yourself as you expand and grow into the beautiful soul that is you.

May your day be blessed,
Madeline

PsychicAwakenings.com

"Don't You Have to be Born Psychic?"

"Don't you have to be born psychic?" This is the question that I am asked the most often.  And the answer is: "You are born psychic!"  The human body is very sensitive.  Just as you can feel a tiny splinter as it slips into your skin, your body's extensive network of nerves can perceive and feel the thoughts and emotions from other people. The easiest emotion to feel is anger.  The next time that someone is angry at you, try to notice what that feels like to your body.  It might feel like an overall blast of energy, or it might feel like a punch to the stomach. Where the psychic part comes in is at those times when the person is not acting angry, but you can still feel their anger.  Many times people will suddenly feel angry but are not aware that they are picking up someone else's emotions.

Unfortunately many times when a child asks a parent "Why are you angry?"  the parent will douse the child with more anger energy while saying, "I am not angry, I don't know why you are saying that."  This denial and invalidation causes the child to mistrust their own feelings and to close down their psychic abilities.  This closing down also happens when children share their experiences of communicating with a spirit and then are told that it's just an imaginary playmate.

Your whole body is sensitive.  Just as every inch of your skin can feel a sharp pin prick, each part of your body can be affected by someone else's energy.  Do you sometimes have funny sensations, or sudden unexplained pain, around the top of your head? In your solar plexus? Down in your gut?  These sensations may be caused by other people sending a beam of energy into your body. Your family and friends may be cording you because they want something from you, or they want to control you in some way.  How do you know if the pain is real, or if you are being corded by someone?  You use your intuition.  You can practice using your intuition to the point where you'll just know what is really going on in your body.  Knowingness is another very powerful psychic skill that you are born with.  Just like developing any skill or innate talent that you are born with, you can practice and become more deeply aware of all your psychic abilities.

Blessings to All,
Madeline

Book II of Our Life Can Start Right NOW!

 By: Wendy R. Wolf, Assistant Director at Psychic Awakenings

 I had the privilege to meditate and heal-with someone today for the first time.

She has had a very challenging life, and an extremely difficult time on almost every level, for the last few years.

When I spoke with her physically, it was challenging to not go into sympathy… so much pain, so much hardship – how would she be able to find her way out?

But then when I worked with her spiritually, I saw how incredibly capable she is, what a beautiful spark of Life she is.

I could see how, now, at any moment, she could turn around from her current trajectory, backtrack a bit to where she got off-track and keep going on her beautiful, bright path.

I could see how useful it is to drop the past, all its hooks and attachments… and Pain.

The biggest thing I could see is – if she allows it, Book II of her life starts NOW. The future can be so bright – almost anything is possible, in delight, in service.

It is such a blessing to meditate & heal with folks, for many reasons – including because we all share so much in common.

For me, for you – our past doesn’t have to define us, our current pain need not stop us, we are each beautiful sparks of Light… and Book II of our lives can start right NOW.

All we have to do is say YES: yes to ourselves, yes to our unique path, yes to Life!

Reprinted with permission from Wendy R. Wolf. The original article can be found on her professional services site: Soul Evolution.