Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Ru-Lee Story, author of the new Your Tarot Toolkit. It happens to every tarot reader sooner or later: no matter how thoroughly you shuffle, you find yourself pulling the same card again and again. You've read the entry in your guidebook of choice, but you still can't figure out why it's turning up so often! More often than not, this is a sign that there's some aspect of the card's message that you aren't taking on board. So how can you make sense of whatever it's trying to tell you? Here are four straightforward ways to open up to your clingy card's message! 1. Research If you have other guidebooks on hand, read the appropriate entry

Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Jenna Matlin, author of the new Will You Give Me a Reading?. Performance anxiety is a real occupational hazard when we decide to read tarot for other people. Suddenly, someone is watching us and possibly judging us! It feels like a lot of pressure, which may cause us to be so anxious we are not reading tarot as well as we know we can. Here are four easy techniques to manage any stage fright you feel about reading tarot—plus some ideas to help you deliver the tarot reading with confidence and ease. Mind Your Mind Anxiety kills intuition because self-consciousness is the opposite of what we need as readers: other-conscious. The flow

Will You Give Me a Reading? What You Need to Read Tarot with Confidence by Jenna Matlin   All new tarot readers will face that question someday: Will you give me a reading? No need to panic, Jenna Matlin has you covered. This incredible book guides you through the process, including how to handle common challenges. You learn to both connect more deeply with the cards as well as to wield them with grace and efficiency. Based on her years of experience, Matlin explores three important skills of a good reader: handling criticism, engaging empathetically, and having healthy boundaries. I found what she wrote about empathy very interesting. Maybe you will to (from the

Will You Give Me a Reading? What You Need to Read Tarot with Confidence by Jenna Matlin   All new tarot readers will face that question someday: Will you give me a reading? No need to panic, Jenna Matlin has you covered. This incredible book guides you through the process, including how to handle common challenges. You learn to both connect more deeply with the cards as well as to wield them with grace and efficiency. Here is an example of an activity that helps you understand yourself and your relationship to tarot better, leading to opportunities to work through your own blocks and shine through your own gifts (from the book). Activity: Touchstone Tarot The