PODCAST, Requested ~ The Perfect Couple, reveals crippling control

 

So, today we're looking at a couple that presents a beautiful, perfect, pristine relationship to the world. Looks can be deceiving. What's really going on beneath the surface as we speak? Watch this video to find out.

PODCAST, Requested ~ Secrets & Decisions

 

Well, no wonder you feel the loss of stability in your life, with the secrets that have been protected, along with the choices and decisions of someone in your life. It's time to take back your power. The most uplifting thing in this video, in my opinion, is the fact that it tells you to put your happiness and well-being first.

PODCAST, Requested ~ The voyeur from your past

 

This is one of those readings that just keeps unfolding and adding to the story the more cards you pull. (in 3rd person): Someone had a brief affair that they may have viewed as harmless and very temporary. The thing is that the recipient of their attention and affection had a completely different perspective of the experience They took it very seriously, so seriously that they may have made major life changes around it. 

And now what? 

This person has been sitting on their experience while mentally building up all kinds of resentment, jealousy, anger, and bitterness. They've had a bit of time to mull over the whole ordeal in their mind, and it looks like they may finally act on their emotions. Karma may come knocking.

PODCAST, Short n' Sweet ~ a voyeur from your past, to a dark secret revealed, plus more scenarios

 

In this video, the cards do tell...

1) The Lovers ~ Looking beneath the surface
2) King/pentacles ~ you had the rug pulled out from under you
3) 6/cups ~ there is a voyeur from your past
4) The World ~ You're at the top... for now
5) Justice ~ Something kept in the dark will be exposed

If one of these scenarios resonates with you and you would like an expanded reading on the subject, email me at:

witch_of_endore@yahoo.com

Type "Expanded Reading" in the subject line, and let me know which card/scenario it is that you want me to expand on. *Note ~ these readings are FREE, and these readings are done for entertainment purposes only. I do not guarantee that every request will result in a video.

PODCAST, Requested ~ odd reading, my 3rd attempt

 

This podcast almost didn't make it to YouTube. What you hear is actually my third attempt at this requested reading for two scenarios from my last Short n' Sweet video. It was most unusual, and after each of the first two attempts at this, I chose not to publish those readings, but anyway, you'll see what I mean when you watch the video.

Hello, Monday! ~ It's Promote-a-Book Day!! (and time to set the record straight, again)

 

Today, it's all about... The Spiritual Feminist

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The Spiritual Feminist helps today's woman reconnect to The Mother Goddess, through a wide variety of pantheons and cultures from around the world, from the author's personal experiences, and from the magick inherent in our ancient connection to the Wise-Woman ~ Women...you will be touched, you will be inspired, you will be re-empowered, you will find healing and a sense of spirituality like nothing you've ever experienced. You will reconnect with the Goddess in so many magickal ways, and you will connect with the Goddess in YOU!

"So many people throughout my life have told me who I am, what I must do, what I can't do, what I have to complete, and what I will never be able to accomplish, and then I met the Goddess." (From The Spiritual Feminist)... The Spiritual Feminist empowers today's modern woman through the Goddess, connecting her to ancient matriarchal divinity and spiritual practices which invoke this energy. It embraces the essence of womanhood in its entirety, through mental, physical, and spiritual affirmations, connecting personal energy and lives through the four elements--Earth, Air, Water, & Fire, with affirmations and invocations.

And now, let's address a couple of the reviews for anyone who doesn't get it...

• I love the maiden mother and crone and it works well for me however it leaves out a huge group of people (unable to bear children, lesbians and transgender communities) I with there were an alternate group for them sets of people so they didn’t feel left out as they are also people...

The aspect of the goddess as mother (or maiden & crone for that matter) is not a literal interpretation, and I'm always stunned that people view it so literally and in such a human physical way.  When we refer to the goddess as mother, we are talking about Divine Energy here, not a physical female form.

So, when you refer to the goddess as "mother", you are not referring to human females who have given birth, or the idea of birth at all.  You are referring to a loving, nurturing energy and our ability to harness this energy and gift it to others.

It's that simple.

• I thought this was going to be a book about spiritual feminism.

It is. If honoring and acknowledging the Feminine Divine in a world of mostly patriarchal spiritual practices is not a form of spiritual feminism, I don't know what is. If it's something more dramatic, more attune with mundane and worldly feminism, like bra-burning, marching to protest for equal and fair wages, or donning a corporate suit while balancing home and family, you're not going to find that here. That's not what this book is about. Those things may embrace a form of feminism, but they are not spiritual feminism.

With that said, I don't think that everyone who's read, or reviewed, this book truly understands just what spiritual feminism really is...

Case in point:

Feminist spirituality is a grassroots religious movement inside and outside established religions that reclaims the power, value, and dignity of women. It is a commitment to bringing about in oneself and in the world an alternative vision of justice and equality for all. It focuses on women's heritages, women's body as the locus of the divine, and women's work of replacing patriarchal, hierarchal societies with equality for all. This empowering spiritual quest starts with women's search for meaning rooted in women's experiences. It is Earth-centered and embodied and oriented toward global justice. Feminist spirituality stands at the heart of human transformation, challenging accepted ways of knowing and being. It includes feminist knowledge, rites, religious practices, prayers, and beliefs.

The term "feminist spirituality" emerged during the second wave of the modern feminist movement in the United States in the 1970s. Feminists charged that Judaism and Christianity were sexist religions with a male God and male leadership that legitimized the superiority of men in family, religion, and society. They began to examine traditional arguments for female subordination, deploring the exclusion of women from the ministry, and rejecting teachings that denied women's selfhood. Some gathered in consciousness raising groups to voice their own experience, critique patriarchal culture, and work to transform it. Some recovered a Goddess-centered religion that grounded women in a sacred, embodied self....

Although feminists hold a variety of beliefs about feminist spirituality, there is agreement about empowerment (healing) for women as the goal and reward, ritual as a tool of empowerment and a means of communication with the sacred, and nature as sacred.

Source:

Encyclopedia.com

Book Trailer

A Book Review
of The Spiritual Feminist

at The Bad Witch's Blog

Book Launch: 2015

This book is dedicated to the goddesses within my ancestral lineage:

Lu Raine, Alpha, Tracy, Ruby, Bonny, Darlene,

Georgia, Judy

Book Launch Party: Applebee's Restaurant
in Fremont Nebraska

Pictured is my daughter, Anne Turrell Thome,   
the cover artist for this book.

The back cover blurb [excerpt]:

Cover Art: The Apple Heart, inspired by the Adam & Eve myth, was created by Nebraska artist Anne Turrell Thome. It's part of her "Broken Hearts" collection...

The Spiritual Feminist

@Amazon

Back cover photo:

Amythyst Raine ~ Spiritual Feminist

PODCAST, Short n' Sweet ~ 9 scenarios, is this your story?

 

In this video, the cards do tell... 

1) 8/swords ~ it's time you escape 

2) Magician (r) ~ short cuts & broken rules 

3) 8/cups (r) ~ you regret walking away 

4) Hierophant (r) ~ you accepted bad advice 

5) Knight/wands ~ get back on your horse 

6) The Star ~ who's responsibilities got dumped on you? 

7) High Priestess (r) ~ the wallflower 

8) 3/wands ~ you're neglecting something that's important 

9) King/swords ~ he's hanging onto a secret 

If one of these scenarios resonates with you and you would like an expanded reading on the subject, email me at: witch_of_endore@yahoo.com 

Type "Expanded Reading" in the subject line, and let me know which card/scenario it is that you want me to expand on. 

*Note ~ these readings are FREE, and these readings are done for entertainment purposes only. I do not guarantee that every request will result in a video.

PODCAST, Q&A ~ All About Writing

 

This podcast is a Q&A... It's going to answer the questions that You've sent to me! Keep the questions coming, and I'll do more podcasts like this. I've categorized the questions today by topic. Today we're going to take a look at the writing process. What did you want to know?... Well, here's the questions I've received, and the questions that will be answered in this episode:

1. At what point should someone call themselves a writer?
2. What difference do you see between a writer and an author?
3. What do the words "writer's block" mean to you?
4. How do you process and deal with negative book reviews?
5. What is the most difficult part of the writing process?
6. What advice would you give a writer working on their first book?

PODCAST, Requested (Scenario #5, King/cups) ~ understanding this hedonist...

 

And has he met his match?

As I state in this video, one of the most interesting aspects of this requested reading is that it was requested under an obviously made-up online name, so I don't know the gender of the individual who made the request, and I don't know if this request came from the King himself, or a partner, or someone else around this King who is affected by his choices and actions. 

Interesting. And I was intrigued at picking up information from both perspectives, for the King himself as well as his partner. We really get a good look at the hedonism behind this King, how his brain works, how he views situations as opposed to how the people around him see things, as well as the prospect of this King finally meeting his match. 

What's in store for this King? As I said, some people would call it Karma. Wait for the end.

Magical Connections & Correspondences ~ through the tarot

 

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We explore all kinds of esoteric connections with the tarot in my big chunky tarot book, The Ultimate Tarot Guide for Your Personal Tarot Journey.  Here's examples of some of the information that can be found in this five star book including: stones & crystals; health, Kabbalistic health correspondences; astrological sun signs, moon signs, and rising signs; gods and goddesses; the numbers; calculating the numbers for yourself; the planets; and the elements.

• Stones, & Crystals 

I love the tarot, and I love crystals and stones. The only thing better than any one of these things is these three things all together. To mix the energy of a tarot card with the corresponding energy of a stone or crystal is to invite magick into your life. I’ve already added one favorite stone to each major arcana card correspondence in the major arcana section, but this energy is so overwhelming, so connective, so inspiring, so creative, that I’m devoting this space to more information and connections on this topic. Let the magick find you! 

The Fool/Green Tourmaline ~ wonder, joy, openness, patience 

The Magician/Quartz Crystal ~ concentration, life force, balance, expansion 

The High Priestess/Agate Geode ~ psychic power, complexity, esoteric knowledge,

etc. etc.

• Health 

10/swords ~ death, acupuncture, internal bleeding, nervous disorder, back surgery, slipped disk, immune system, exhaustion, chiropractic issues 

2/cups ~ fertility/infertility, venereal disease 

4/cups ~ alcoholism, diet, circulation, dehydration, depression

etc. etc.

• Kabbalistic Health Correspondences 

The Fool ~ respiratory organs 

The Magician ~ cerebral nervous system 

The High Priestess ~ lymphatic system

etc. etc.

• Astrological Sun Signs/Moon Signs/Rising Signs 

You’ll find a chart similar to this under the section for the suits, listing all the astrological connections, suit by suit – card by card, for pentacles, swords, wands, and cups. However, I’m leaving this section here, as you might want to locate a card for a particular zodiac sign, and this chart will make it very easy to do so. 

Aries ~ Major Arcana: The Emperor 

Minor Arcana:  --

King of Pentacles ~ Aries/Taurus 

Queen of Wands ~ Pisces/Aries 

Two of Wands ~ 1st decan of Aries (Mars) 

Three of Wands ~ 2nd decan of Aries (Sun) 

Four of Wands ~ 3rd decan of Aries (Venus)

etc. etc.

• Gods & Goddesses 

I believe that tarot works through Spirit and our connection with the Divine, in whatever pantheon or framework of spirituality that we follow and find comfort with. The following chart is created using the major arcana cards and the pantheons of Egyptian, Sumner-Babylonian, Greek, and Roman gods and goddesses. However, always remember that no matter how many charts and confirmed correspondences there may be for the tarot, once you’ve developed your own relationship with the cards, you may discover unique connections that come to you personally. Don’t question their validity, embrace them as a gift from the Universe. 

The Fool: Egyptian/Bes; Harparkrat; Shu ~ Sumner-Babylonian/Enkidu; Enlil; Ellil ~ Greek/Pan; Zeus; Aeolos ~ Roman/Pan; Silvanus 

The Magician: Egyptian/Ptah; Thoth ~ Sumner-Babylonian/Enki; Ea; Nabu ~ Greek/Hermes; Roman/Mercury 

High Priestess: Egyptian/Isis; Khonsu ~ Sumner-Babylonian/Innana; Ishtar; Nannar; Sin ~ Greek/Demeter; Selene; Artemis; Hecate ~ Roman/Ceres; Luna; Diana
etc. etc.

• The Numbers 

Numbers contain energy, and associations, and power, and magick, and potential. Do you have a favorite number? And how did you come by this number? What does it mean to you? How does it make you feel? All of the numbers in your life are important and have a direct effect upon you in some manner and at various levels. The entire universe is built upon and works around and through a numerical system, from the number of days it takes Earth to rotate around the sun, to the number of days it takes a fetus to come to term in the womb. Numbers are an integral part of our life and the world around us. The tarot is immersed in numbers. It’s built on a numerical system. The numbers of the tarot cards takes you on individual journeys through higher realms and through your own psyche. In order to more fully understand this journey, we need to have at least a rudimentary look at the numbers themselves. 

1...One 

Planet: Sun 

Element: Fire 

Letters: a, j, s 

The character: the individualist 

Energies: Developing the self, the All, wholeness, unity, beginnings

etc. etc.

• Calculating the Numbers for Yourself 

I’ll use myself as an example for this exercise, Amythyst Raine, born on September 24, 1957. 

1)  Soul Number ~ calculate your soul number by reducing the day of your birth to a single digit: 

2 + 4 = 6 

2)  Fate Number ~ calculate your fate number by adding all the digits of your birth date (day, month, year) and reducing it to a single digit: 

2 + 4 + 9 + 1 + 9 + 5 + 7 = 37 

3 + 7 = 10 

1 + 0 = 1

etc. etc.

• The Planets 

When I first began my own tarot journey, the one thing that I was most struck by was the inter-connectedness of everything. I was amazed to discover that it all works together, all of it, and it’s all tied to the cards: the energies of the planets, of colors, and herbs, and crystals, even to the letters of the alphabet, numbers, and zodiac signs. This realization was an eye-opening “aha” moment. 

Below you’ll find the basic energies and correspondences for the planets. You should know, and some of you will realize, that these correspondences not only relate to the tarot, they also relate to a variety of pagan spiritual paths and are incorporated into the practices of many of us. 

I wanted this book and the information contained here to specifically focus on tarot, and I even toyed with the idea of paring these sections down and trying to keep them solely focused on the cards. I soon realized this was folly. Certain connections exist and cannot be denied without diminishing their energy and their power. 

Sun 

The Sun is filled with healing and hope, warmth and the promise of growth. It’s imbued with masculine energy and is closely connected to the god. As it pertains to tarot ~ for clients male issues often come to the forefront, their health, happiness, fulfillment, optimism for the future. But it’s energy is also all encompassing for everyone. You’ll find an abundance of strength, unwavering support, and ridiculous amounts of in-your-face positive energy. The future can only be looking up, and if healing is needed in some aspect of your life, you’ll know it’s coming up with the Sun. 

Day of the Week: Sunday 

Color: yellow, gold 

Herbs: angelica, bay, carnation, cedar, chamomile, eyebright, frankincense, ginseng, goldenseal, juniper, marigold mistletoe, peony pineapple, rosemary, St. John’s Wort, sandalwood, sunflower, tea, witch hazel 

Stones: amber, carnelian, diamond, sunstone, tiger’s-eye, topaz (yellow)

Element: Fire 

Energies: magick for the god, male health issues, passion, healing, spiritual connection, transformation, relationship issues

etc. etc.

• The Elements 

All four elements, Earth ~ Air ~ Fire ~ Water, are also connected to the tarot on a variety of levels… physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. I’m not going to list long paragraphs of general correspondences for these elements here, as I’ve already done this in two of my books (The Gray Witch’s Grimoire & Natural Magick the Gray Witch Way). I’m going to concentrate here on their connection to tarot and perhaps a personal choice I have for an herb and stone that connects their energy to me. 

Earth ~ Pentacles 

Manifestation 

The Physical Realm 

Tarot: pentacles 

Zodiac: Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn 

Planet: Earth 

Color: green 

Direction: north 

Herb: patchouli 

Stone: moss agate

etc. etc.

From The Ultimate Tarot Guide... that dire 10 of swords/up close & personal

 

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The Ultimate Tarot Guide: for Your Personal Tarot Journey *link to purchase is above... Whether you're interested in learning how to read the tarot, or you're ready to fine tune your skills, or you'd like a completely new perspective on the cards, this is your book. The physical book is actually set up like a workbook, there's room for you to fill out and actually complete each tarot spread shown here. Also, I do add an unusual twist, and that's my own personal connection with each of the minor arcana cards, and it can get mighty personal, let me tell you.

For example: The Ten of Swords... (and no, not every card is so dire, but the 10 of swords is, after all, iconic in its misery)

Swords ~ It's all about life (and certain individuals in it) catching us off guard. Its all about a sucker punch, either from the universe, or through a human connection.

Gossip, lies, misfortune, back-stabbing, illness, surgery, death

10/Swords ~ The saddest thing about this card, when the fatal blow comes from human hands or lips, is that our illusion of friendship or love is instantly shattered, never to return to it’s rosy former state. The sense of betrayal is so thick you can taste it, and if this is your first unfortunate experience with it, it will be very bitter indeed. The figure on this card looks so solitary, but you need to understand that just out of the frame there stands all the individuals who could have sounded an alarm, individuals who could have come forward to support you and affirm your good character, individuals who were either two-faced or intimidated. Whether this difficult and somewhat tragic set of circumstances takes place among a group of friends, the workplace, school, or within a relationship, it is devastating, and the after-effects can last a lifetime.

Reversed:

Check your health. Often this indicates that problems lay, not with humanity and it’s petty loyalties, but with the body and Destiny’s fate.

My Personal Connection:

The ten of swords is an impressionable dramatic card, there’s no getting away from that. My personal connection with this card and its energy was developed quite early with the idea of female friendships and loyalty. Her name was Debbie S., and we met in high school. I took her friendship and her loyalty for granted, thinking it was an endless boundless infinite state of being, until she showed up with my soon-to-be ex-husband for a divorce hearing, arm in arm, making sure he felt her support and sympathy. The ten of swords is quite appropriate in it’s usually shocking appearance in most tarot decks. It’s energy can leave you blind-sided, open-mouthed in disbelief, and it can quite quickly make mince-meat of your naïve and trusting nature.

The thing about it is, we don’t all learn the lesson this card is trying so hard to teach us right off the bat. So you may find that you will have many such disturbing scenarios in life until you finally get the message the universe is trying to send you. When that clicks, you will realize how important it is to set boundaries, to protect your space, your physicality, and your spirituality. You will discover that you have to protect yourself from the energy of this devastating card and its consequences. If you can’t learn to do this, you will have a repetition of negative events.

Bringing the World of Tarot to You ~ my "Ultimate Tarot Guide"

 

The following is an excerpt from my great big chunky Tarot Book... "The Ultimate Tarot Guide: for Your Personal Tarot Journey".  This book is available in Kindle or Print at This Amazon Page.

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This excerpt was taken from the section all about "Paying Clients".  You have to learn how to deal with people in a relatively unusual situation, with a myriad of emotions and mentalities emitting from them.  When you do this professionally, you really have to learn how to handle people, when to allow them to vent and talk, and when to instinctively know they are trying to manipulate a reading to get the outcome they desire, or even when a client may be mentally "off" -- just a wee bit.  And the following client and my experience with her is a good example of that...

[excerpt]

But we want to be real here. Just like individuals who work retail and deal with the public up close and personal on a daily level, you will need to dig deep within yourself for patience and perseverance. You’ll have to know when to listen and allow your client to vent and get something off their chest; but at the same time, you’ll have to know when a client is going too far, when a client may be a bit off mentally, when a client may be trying to manipulate you and the reading.

My case-in-point is The Saga of Evil Gloria ~ I often do telephone consultations with clients. Usually these sessions go remarkably well and everyone comes away with a warm and fuzzy feeling and hopefully a few answers, if not a solution, to their issues. Usually this is the way it goes.

Then one day I had a telephone consultation with “Lilly”. I knew which direction this was going to go the moment that I answered the phone, because she started talking and she didn’t stop. Lilly spent the better part of a half hour trying to convince me that she was completely, totally, so over her ex-boyfriend “John”, who was stolen from her by Evil Gloria, a woman whom Lilly claimed used black magic to wrench John from her. Damn Gloria.

Here is where I tried to interrupt Lilly so that I could begin the reading. I was abruptly cut off by Lilly’s voice saying, with only slightly veiled disdain: “I’m paying you to listen to me.”

“Well, no”, I replied, “You’re paying me to read for you, and without some quiet, I can’t do this.” I thought this was a remarkably diplomatic way of telling Lilly to shut up.

Anyway, it didn’t matter. Lilly started off on another ten minute tangent of how Evil Gloria stole John with her tremendous powerful utterly awful black magic. About this time, she also started listing off all the psychics that she’s went to and how they’ve all told her that she would be happily reunited with John and Evil Gloria would meet a guy named Karma. Lilly went on to talk about all the money that she’s spent on magic spells that she paid other people to do for her regarding this situation. Her speech was interspersed for some reason with lot’s of “I would never try to convert you…” and “I don’t mean to be rude– but…”. Lilly also kept referring to John as her Twin Soul, but from the look of the tarot cards that I kept laying, I’d say that John was getting comfortable with Evil Gloria, and maybe he was seriously considering a restraining order against Lilly. And I thought to myself, if he wasn’t, he should be.

Time was passing, the clock was ticking, and this conversation was going no where fast.

I tried interrupting Lilly once more, just barging in and beginning the reading by identifying the cards I laid and touching base with them before jumping through the intuitive hoop. I no more than said one sentence when Lilly’s by now very irritating voice cut in saying, “I don’t want to hear the book meanings of the cards, I can look that up myself.” Well, that’s true, but I was just identifying the cards for her (because she couldn’t see them) and laying a foundation before allowing intuition to take over. Most telephone clients appreciate this, and this is the first time I’ve ever gotten a negative response. But by now, I realized that Lily wasn’t exactly on an even keel.

I’m beginning to get fed up with Lilly and am losing what patience I have left. I’d rather refund Lilly for the reading and hang up on her.

I begin talking over her, telling her what I see: John is happy, John and Evil Gloria are established in a relationship. It doesn’t matter how Evil Gloria got him, the fact is that they are together now. But Lilly is just not ready to let it go, and the energy from this entire situation is so toxic that I suggested she back away and have no contact with either of these people. I also advised her to smudge her living space of negative energy and to take a cleansing bath.

There was a very small and surprised, “Oh” from Lilly. A period of about three seconds of blessed silence was suddenly broken by a new barrage. Lilly began to indignantly point out that all these psychics she’s been going to have all told her that she will get back with John. I cut her off saying, “I don’t care about the psychics that you’ve seen. There’s no way for me to know if they are legitimate, or if they are just telling you what you want to hear.”

Once more I told her what the cards were telling me, emphasizing the fact that no, she is not over losing John, far from over it, that there were issues she was going to have to deal with, negative energy she was going to have to clear, and ways to move on that were going to have to be found. And that was the end of the consultation.

It literally took me the rest of the day to rid myself of Lilly’s intense overbearing disturbing energy. As for Evil Gloria…I don’t believe that Evil Gloria stole John with witchcraft. I have a feeling that Evil Gloria doesn’t talk much.

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Table of Contents

• Introduction… 9

Personal Essay

Let’s get Started

The Deck

Major Arcana

Minor Arcana

Reversals

Shuffling the Deck

Care & Cleansing

Seasoning Your Tarot Deck

Reading for Friends & Family

Paying Clients

Reading at Public Events

• The Major Arcana Cards… 26

• The Minor Arcana Cards/The Suits… 136

Pentacles

Swords

Wands

Cups

• The Sets… 146

• The Court Cards… 225

The Kings

The Queens

The Knights

The Pages

• Magickal Connections, Correspondences, Charts, & Other Info:

Crystals & Stones… 257

Health… 259

Kabbalistic Health Correspondences… 260

Astrological Sun Signs… 261

Gods & Goddesses… 266

The Numbers… 269

The Planets… 273

The Elements… 281

• Tarot Spreads

The Medium Spread...283

My Best Opinion… 289

The Horoscope Spread… 293

The Chakra Spread… 316

Romeo & Juliet Spread… 324

Past, Present, & Future… 335

Connecting with My Higher Self… 340

Decisions… 345

The Key… 350

*Note - in this section, I'll do a reading for each of these spreads so that you can see exactly how it can go when you connect with it.  Then I set each spread up for you to do yourself, everything all lined out, spaces ready to fill in the cards, and plenty of writing room for you to interpret the spread and record it. 

• Tarot Lessons 

Lesson 1: Card a Day… 360

Lesson 2: Interpreting a Three-Card Spread… 363

Lesson 3: Expanding the Tarot Connection… 366

Lesson 4: Court Cards/Familiar Personalities...369

Lesson 5: Tarot Meditation… 372

Lesson 6: Categorizing the Cards… 377

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"Face: One Square Foot of Skin" ~ new book by Justine Bateman

 

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YouTube Video:  Justine Bateman, in conversation with Nancy Etcoff, discusses Face: One Square Foot of Skin

Writer/director/producer Justine Bateman examines the aggressive ways that society reacts to the aging of women's faces.

"Face...is filled with fictional vignettes that examine real-life societal attitudes and internal fears that have caused a negative perspective on women's faces as they age."
--The TODAY Show, a Best Book of 2021

"With her new book Face: One Square Foot of Skin, Justine Bateman...is trying to push back against the notion that women's faces are 'broken and need to be fixed'...The book is a meditation on women's faces, and the cultural pressure to be 'ashamed and apologetic that their faces had aged naturally.'
--New York Times

"[Bateman] studies the topic of women and aging in her new book Face: One Square Foot of Skin."
--People

"There is nothing wrong with your face. At least, that's what Justine Bateman wants you to realize. Her new book, Face: One Square Foot of Skin, is a collection of fictional short stories told from the perspectives of women of all ages and professions; with it, she aims to correct the popular idea that you need to stop what you’re doing and start staving off any signs of aging in the face."
--W Magazine

"The actor and author of Face: One Square Foot of Skin wants to push back against the ubiquity of plastic surgery."
--Vanity Fair

"Justine Bateman extends her creative talents to include fiction in this collection of vignettes that focus on how we’ve learned to react to women's faces as they age. Based on Bateman's own real-life interviews, the stories dig deep to uncover why we’re uncomfortable with faces of a certain age, and argue that confidence--and not cosmetic procedures--are the answer to the problem."
--Town & Country, one of the Best Books of Spring 2021

"Through a selection of short stories, [Bateman] examines just how complicated it is for women to get older, both in and out of the spotlight."
--Glamour

"Bateman asks, what if we just rejected the idea that older faces need fixing. What if we ignored all the clanging bells that remind women every day on every platform that we are in some kind of endless battle with aging."
--TIME Magazine

"[Bateman] argues that American society has long equated the signs of aging on a woman’s face with unattractiveness. But she also asserts that women need not participate in such prejudice by accepting and internalizing it."
--AARP

"Right on, Justine Bateman. Thanks for helping us embrace our faces just as they are."
--Upworthy

"It's been a long time since I read something that made me want to stand up and cheer."
--ScaryMommy

Face is a book of fictional vignettes that examines the fear and vestigial evolutionary habits that have caused women and men to cultivate the imagined reality that older women’s faces are unattractive, undesirable, and something to be "fixed."

Based on "older face" experiences of the author, Justine Bateman, and those of dozens of women and men she interviewed, the book presents the reader with the many root causes for society’s often negative attitudes toward women’s older faces. In doing so, Bateman rejects those ingrained assumptions about the necessity of fixing older women’s faces, suggesting that we move on from judging someone’s worth based on the condition of her face.

With impassioned prose and a laser-sharp eye, Bateman argues that a woman's confidence should grow as she ages, not be destroyed by society's misled attitude about that one square foot of skin.

PODCAST, Requested (scenario #5) ~ The Secret... revealed

 

Trigger Warning: this video contains references to sx. abuse. 

Note: these readings are requested anonymously, and the privacy of the individuals requesting them is a priority. I am the only one who knows the identity of anyone requesting an expanded reading. 

Well, I wasn't expecting this, but tarot never ceases to amaze me. I hope that you make a good connection with your reading. Much luck to you on your progress through life. I hope that this video opens doors to new possibilities and the idea of some serious work at healing so you can move forward as the strong and independent person you are. 

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This reading was requested from my newest "Short n' Sweet" video, which contained 6 scenarios. A link to the video that birthed today's expanded reading is below. As always, if any of theses short scenarios connect with you and you would like to request an expanded reading on the topic, you can email me at: 

witch_of_endore@yahoo.com 

Type "Expanded Reading" in the subject line, and let me know which card/scenario it is that you want me to expand on. 

*Note ~ these readings are FREE, and these readings are done for entertainment purposes only. I do not guarantee that every request will result in a reading and a video. 

PODCAST, Short n' Sweet ~ 6 scenarios, frivolous accusations, a secret that taints everything... 

https://youtu.be/CHSpktP_Bew 

In this video, the cards do tell: 

1) King/cups ~ remorseful, ready to change

2) Death ~ haunted and ready for transformation

3) Justice (R) ~ deliberately frivolous accusations

4) High Priestess ~ discovering your spirit guide

5) 5/swords ~ a secret powerful enough to affect your life

6) 8/wands ~ until they respond, you can't move forwards

PODCAST, Short n' Sweet ~ 6 scenarios, frivolous accusations, a secret that taints everything

 

In this video, the cards do tell...

1) King/cups ~ remorseful, ready to change

2) Death ~ haunted and ready for transformation

3) Justice (R) ~ deliberately frivolous accusations

4) High Priestess ~ discovering your spirit guide

5) 5/swords ~ a secret powerful enough to affect your life

6) 8/wands ~ until they respond, you can't move forward

If one of these scenarios resonates with you and you would like an expanded reading on the subject, email me at:

witch_of_endore@yahoo.com

Type "Expanded Reading" in the subject line, and let me know which card/scenario it is that you want me to expand on. 

*Note ~ these readings are FREE, and these readings are done for entertainment purposes only. I do not guarantee that every request will result in a video.

Time to Set the Record Straight

 

Most of the time most authors ignore negative reviews, most of the time.  But once in a while there comes a point where the record needs to be set straight and there needs to be some clarification, especially when there are reviews that are not a fair assessment of the book or where there is information that is misunderstood.  It seems like there's always something in life that needs to be cleared up, doesn't it?  Well, that's what I'm going to do today in this blog post.

The topic:

My book, "Tarot for Grownups"

 

Available At Amazon

Here we go...

• Astonishingly, in this book, all, even the positive cards have some negative "twist".

Yes!  That is the whole idea of this book.  This book was written with the whole purpose of looking at the darker side of tarot, and I'm amazed that there were as many reviewers as there were that just didn't get this.  This is not that unusual a concept.  I have a book that looks at the "darker" side of astrological sun signs, which is absolutely scathing and toe curling -- and it's an absolute hoot to read!  And this is what I thought this tarot book would be appreciated for, as in taking a look at the tarot and the cards in a totally different perspective than the usual humdrum goody-two-shoes way of tip-toing around life and its weirdness.  Someone told me once that I should have titled it "The Dark Side of Tarot", so there you go.

• I just wish that the author would have went into more detail as to HOW she arrived at the negative meanings. For example, what about the King of Cups makes him want to screw every woman he gets his hands on? What makes the Queen of Pentacles promiscuous early in life? What makes the Queen of Cups a naïve slut? I can appreciate the attempt at fresh irreverent meanings but some of her meanings just seemed like a far intuitive leap solely based on her own extremely unique experience.

How did I arrive at these negative meanings?  I did that with the unique gift I have of picking up energy from the cards -- both positive and negative energy.  It's called "intuitive reading", and I don't know how to explain it as well as I know how to do it.  I believe that it is a form of channeling.  I don't know myself where some of the scenarios and information I pick up come from, but I do know that they come from something outside of myself.  Does that make sense?

The King of Cups... he wants to screw every woman that he comes across because he is the epitome of the Hedonist.  This king has always wanted to indulge in his whims and desires.  It's not a secret, but people are so fixated on always looking at the positive side and avoiding the negative side that they brush over his bad habits.  He's naughty -- really, really naughty.  Hopefully age will bring some wisdom.

The Queen of Pentacles... she's promiscuous early in life because she's insecure and she's mistaking physical sexual contact for genuine affection.  She'll learn, most of the time.  And the majority of these queens will come into their own as they get older and wiser, but wow, when she's young -- ladies, hang onto your husbands.

The Queen of Cups... she's a naïve slut because she's looking for approval and she doesn't feel that she has the right to say no.  Most of these queens will snap out of it as soon as they learn how to build some self-esteem and discover that it's perfectly okay to tell an asshole to f*** off, 'scuse my French.

Based on my own unique experience?  I don't know if I would've survived all the pitfalls and potholes that represent the 16 court cards if I had experienced it all in real life.  I'm sorry to disappoint the author of this review, but I drew this information from the cards through my intuitive ability, not through personal experience.  (good grief)

• it's all very well selling this book in as a no nonsense, cut-and-dried kind of book but I felt that the author had a very negative approach with no positive traits in her descriptions of people.

No positive traits in my descriptions of the court cards?  You obviously didn't read the book.  For shame, writing a review without looking at the complete piece of work.  On page 95, I write:

In the section of this book identifying the court cards, my intention was to concentrate on the dark side, because it's this side that we so often need more insight into and it's this side that causes all the problems; but for the purpose of choosing a significator, we also have to recognize the positive aspects of our own personality, and I'm going to give you a brief description here of the lighter side, the softer edge, to the court cards.

And then, of course, there follows a positive description of each of the 16 court cards.  How did this reviewer miss this? 

You can read through the reviews yourself at the following link, and you'll have to scroll down... oh, and you will also be able to purchase this book at This Amazon Page -- in print or kindle.

PODCAST, Requested (mutiple scenarios, 3) ~ Something needs to come to a conclusion

 

Thank you for your request. As I state in this video, the most important message to come from this reading is that something needs to come to a conclusion. There was such a sense of scattered energy, I'm sure you'll feel better when you get some closure.

"Tarot for Grownups" ~ an irreverent look at grownups and life, through Tarot

 

"Tarot for Grownups"... meaning this book is not for kids or the 'tweens' who are playing with their first tarot decks: Tarot for Grownups is a no-nonsense book written to tell it like it is in a black and white, cut-and-dried way. This book is written for grownups, and it looks at their world through the magick and mystery of the tarot, addressing adult issues with unabashed candor and a healthy dose of sarcasm.

This book is deliciously irreverent.

 
If you don't have a copy, you can purchase one at Amazon by clicking HERE

The following is an excerpt.  It's a short and sweet list of the Major Arcana cards with an adult twist to the meanings.  In the book, this will be followed up with an up close and more personal look at these cards and what they may imply...

The Major Arcana:
Life in a Shot Glass

0 The Fool: Road sign…“Idiot’s Cross Here”…drive slowly.

1 The Magician: The hand is quicker than the eye.

2 The High Priestess: Use your fricken’head!

3 The Empress: Life is preggers.

4 The Emperor: All man, and don‘t you forget it.

5 The Hierophant: Get a life, for Christ’s sake.

6 The Lovers: Hooking up.

7 The Chariot: Run baby, and don’t look back.

8 Strength: Get a spine.

9 The Hermit: “I ‘vant to be alone.”(Greta Garbo)

10 Wheel of Fortune: Don‘t bet on it.

11 Justice: Holier than thou.

12 The Hanged Man: Pity party.

13 Death: Your mother warned you, and you didn’t listen.

14 Temperance: How dull can it be?

15 The Devil: What you do when no one’s looking.

16 The Tower: Shit happens.

17 The Star: The glass is half full, if you squint.

18 The Moon: Liar, liar, pants on fire.

19 The Sun: Everybody smile…say ‘cheese’.

20 Judgment: I told you so.

21 The World: What goes around comes around.