Thriving in the Dark Time of the Year
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As you probably know from my podcasts, I’m an extreme introvert, so I live during this darkening time of the year between the tension of wanting to go deep within myself and needing to answer the call of celebration with friends and family. Is that true for you? Do you long to snuggle beneath a throw with a cup of tea and a good book instead of going out in the cold for a cup of cheer with friends? Keep reading to see how I manage – sometimes gracefully, sometimes not so much – to balance my life during the upcoming holidays. Come along with me as we navigate a time of self-preservation, gratitude, and connection.
You’ll find this mid-November 2019 newsletter edition filled with interesting news and informative articles – so please keep reading. I’m so excited to share ideas with you that support you along your spiritual path. AND – be sure to click the link below to get your free gift this month!
My Thanksgiving GIFT TO YOU is an MP3 meditation I’ve recorded entitled “Moon Magic and Managing the Holidays”.
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I want this newsletter to be informative and helpful to you, so please let me know how I’m doing! I’m so grateful that you have taken a course or workshop with me, listen to my podcasts, have emailed me, had a reading with me, or subscribe to my blog. I’m so excited to connect with you!
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Upcoming Courses & Other Exciting News
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Unlocking the Mysteries of Tarot: Your Journey Begins
Three Consecutive Tuesdays:
January 7, 14, & 21, 2020
8:00 – 9:30 pm eastern time.
If you long to truly begin your journey into the depth and symbolism of Tarot, this introductory course is for you! I’ve been reading and teaching Tarot for nearly 40 years and have taught hundreds to read Tarot. I would love to work with you!
You CAN interpret the symbolism of Tarot, and my intensive Unlocking the Mysteries of Tarot course teaches you how to begin your lifetime relationship with this oracle! True Tarot brings together symbolism from many world beliefs, mythologies, and cultures, and these symbols serve as the foundation for your work.
You’ll be introduced in this intensive three-session course to:
The history of Tarot and why it matters in your readings now
The ethics of reading Tarot
How to work with the Major Arcana cards (called keys)
How to work with the Minor Arcana keys
How to interpret reversed keys
Symbolism from Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Celtic, Roman, Greek, and Egyptian beliefs and cultures throughout the keys
How to work with the Four Directions and Four Elements in Tarot symbolism
How key colors impact your interpretation
How numerology relates to Tarot meanings
How to create and interpret a three-key spread
How to create and interpret a Celtic Cross spread
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You’ll have an opportunity to interpret readings I’ll provide, and do practice readings for classmates. Your homework each week will be fun and encouraging! Details and registration at the link below:
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Tarot Meditation for December: The Moon
In the Moon key, we see the Moon in its three major phases: waxing, full, and waning. Those phases are often personified as the three major phases of a woman’s life: maiden, mother, crone. Here, also, is a call for mind/body/spirit balance.
Eden Gray, in The Complete Guide to Tarot, describes the water in the foreground as the “pool of the Cosmic Mind.” The emerging crayfish symbolizes the early stages of consciousness as it unfolds. The wolf represents untamed nature, while the dog represents adaptation to cultural norms.
The twin towers flank the upward-winding path. These twin towers appear in several forms on many Tarot keys. Here, they represent man’s attempt to protect himself from the mysteries of nature surrounding him.
However, it is the Moon – symbol of nature in its darkness - that will guide man up the path and to the mountains of pure thought in the background. To successfully walk the path, he must follow the moon’s light, subject himself to the dark night, and listen to his subconscious. The Hebraic Yods falling from the sky represent the “descent of the Life-force from above into material existence,” states Gray.
In her Maiden phase, the Moon offers the promise of growth and learning. In her Mother phase, the Moon watches over the birth of spirit into physical manifestation, and in her Crone phase, the Moon guides us to the crossroads of decisions and the Summerlands beyond the veil.
The Moon is Key 18, which adds up to 9. We saw last month that the Hermit, key 9, is our guide to cosmic knowledge along our path. Here, the Moon, key 18, leads us to the second stage of our journey, ever upward on the path to enlightenment.
The Moon reminds us that we are – all of us – capable of using our psychic powers. However, the journey never ends, and we must forever request the gift of discernment- to know and to trust- our own truth and the wisdom of the ages.
A Cosmic Guide To Navigating the Holidays
I mentioned earlier in this newsletter that this is a melancholy time of year for me. Amidst all the exuberance of the holidays, I must find time for solitude, time for reflection, time to work with the darkening sky to recharge my internal batteries. Here’s why: Samhain, just past, is both an end and a beginning. As the summer ends and the harvest is gathered in, the Wheel spins toward a new year, a time of the coming of the light. But first, we must live in the darkening days of autumn.
While we think of the holidays – the spokes on the Wheel of the Year – as discrete events, they, in fact, meld into one another in a continuous sphere of rotating energy, morphing and growing and changing as each day changes. So Samhain and its honoring of our loved ones across the veil continues through the changing solar signs, from Scorpio to Sagittarius to finally reaching the coming light as we move into Capricorn at Yule (Winter Solstice).
We also spin through the phases of the Moon. We were aided during the week before Samhain by the dark Scorpio moon as we connected with our ancestors. On Samhain day itself, October 31, the Moon was void-of-course at sunset, moving from the sign of Sagittarius to Capricorn (remember the Moon moves through each sign approximately every two-and-a-half days).
The Taurus full moon just past on November 12 – the first full moon of the new turn of the Wheel – shone her light on our efforts to store up energy and strength that can guide us through the busyness of the upcoming winter holidays. However, it is important to use that stored energy to send out kindness to the world around us. The moon cycles again to dark on November 26, and our impulse is to go into memories and dredge up old issues with families and friends. Don’t do it. This pattern continues over the Thanksgiving weekend with the moon in Capricorn and Aquarius. Be calm. Breathe. Allow people to be who they are.
As the Moon moves into Pisces on December 2, begin your preparations for Yule and the Winter Solstice. Now would be a good time to cut mistletoe and other greens, keeping them well-watered until ready to use.
On December 12, we celebrate the last full moon before Yule and the end of the calendar year. The moon is also void-of-course on this day, hopping between Gemini and Cancer. You may experience chaotic exuberance under Gemini that morphs quickly into introverted Cancer behaviors, and the need to go within circles once again.
There are more details about walking through the holidays with grace on the MP3 gift for this month.
Deb’s Podcasts
Do you know that PsychicTeachers podcast is consistently in the top 20 podcasts in iTune’s Society and Culture category? Do you know it’s often in the iTune’s “What’s Hot” category? Do you know
that Samantha Fey and I have been offering this podcast FREE almost every week for over NINE years? Do you know it’s downloaded by 10,000 of you EACH WEEK?
You can listen to PsychicTeachers on many outlets, including iTunes, Spreaker, iHeart Radio, and many others! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/psychicteachers/id361910564
My Deb & Friends: Quest for Connection podcast has taken some shifts and turns over the past few months. Hurricane Florence last September wreaked havoc on the lives of
much of the team. Some of us have been ill or had family members with serious illnesses, and others of the team have taken their lives in new directions. All that being said, the podcast continues to air new episodes periodically, and has been in iTunes Top 15 Spirituality category recently. This podcast also is broadcast FREE! Don’t miss a single episode by checking out both our archives and upcoming offerings on iTunes here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/deb-and-friends-quest-for-connection/id1330237467?mt=2
There aren’t enough words to express my gratitude to you for listening to us, and for enrolling in the courses I teach. As you learn and grow from the podcast and from us, I learn and grow from you!
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