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Have you found something cool?
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Email tarot@tarotschool.com. 


 

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Diviner's Corner
DIVINATION WITH STONES –
TAKING YOUR TAROT SKILLS FOR A WALK

By Liz Dean


             


When you are walking, set out with the
intention to find stones you will use for
divination. Ask that you find what is right
for you today. Pause, and look closely.
Your treasure may lay on your path: gravel,
quartz chips, pebbles. In open fields,
countryside or in your garden, hidden stones
await. Feel the ground beneath you; lower
yourself more closely to the earth. Be
impulsive. Let your fingers touch and pick
up a stone unthinkingly. The body expresses
our unconscious wisdom, the part of us that
knows what we need, and it often responds to
stimuli before the left brain responds to
analyse our choices. 

Here are three simple ways to divine with
stones. If you’re not close to water, opt
for fivestones – all you need are five small
stones, and you can divine with them
wherever you find yourself – sitting under a
tree or pausing mid-walk.

Ritual 1: Stone and Water
Interpret the ripples made by stones cast
into still water 

If you come upon a puddle, a water-pool on
the beach or other still water you can
safely reach, find a stone nearby. Connect
with your stone or pebble by holding it in
your palm and asking for guidance. Now just
watch the water’s surface, and see how it
moves according to the air. Look for bubbles
and ripples – this is preparation practice
for divination, bringing you into the
moment. When you are ready, take your stone
and drop it into the water. Interpret the
ripples, counting them as they emanate from
the stone. 

For a yes or no answer to a question: 
Odd number of ripples: yes
Even number of ripples: no. 

For further insight, half-close your eyes
and gaze upon the water’s surface. Then
fully close your eyes, and let images form.
This technique is known as scrying, or
divining with reflective surfaces – water,
mirrors, and metal.

Ritual 2: Fivestones
Throw five stones for divination

Also known as chuckstones, jackstones, dibs,
dabs, tally and knucklebones, this
divination ritual derives from the game of
fivestones, which was probably a forerunner
of dice. It’s believed to have been first
played with small knucklebones from sheep;
for practical reasons, we use small stones. 

Take five small stones and cup them in your
palms, and gently shake the stones as you
ask for insight into a situation (for a yes
or no question, see below). Then hold them
in one hand, toss into the air, and catch as
many as you can on the back of the same
hand. If you need to, repeat until you have
one stone remaining. This stone has a
message for you (put aside those you didn’t
catch). Hold it in the palm of your hand,
connecting with the stone’s vibration. You
will sense a message as an image, words or
an inner knowing. 

Ritual 3: Fivestones – Yes or No
Reading odd or even numbers

As above, take your five stones in both
hands and ask your question. Then hold them
in one hand, and toss into the air, catching
as many as you can on the back of the same
hand. If you catch an odd number of stones –
one, three or all five – the answer is yes.
Two or four stones means no. If you don’t
catch any, the answer is not yet known.


Extracted from Nature’s Hidden Oracles by
Liz Dean (Godsfield Press, $16.99/£10).
Available from Amazon and your local
bookstores.


     
About Liz:

 

Liz Dean is a former commissioning
editor who reads and teaches tarot at
Psychic Sisters within Selfridges,
London. She has authored of over 20
books and tarot decks, including The
Ultimate Guide to Tarot, The Ultimate
Guide to Tarot Spreads, The Victorian
Steampunk Tarot, as well as the official
HBO Game of Thrones Tarot. 

Contact her at:

http://lizdean.info/
https://www.facebook.com/liz.dean.773

We’d love your suggestion or submissions for this
column! If you have an idea or would love to
contribute, please contact us at tarot@tarotschool.com. 

 

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Best Practices for Professional Readers
ELEVATING THE ONLINE CLIENT EXPERIENCE

By Gina Thies
www.tarotadvisor.com  / www.facebook.com/tarotreaders 
www.tarotcoupling.com / www.oraclesoup.org


More than ever, clients are seeking virtual
therapeutic or spiritual assistance. Online
and now virtual readings have been a part
of the virtual help trend for awhile and it
seems virtual therapy is now a “thing”.
Whether it's telemedicine or telepsychology,
practitioners have had to adapt, especially
since the availability and use of smart
phone apps.

In the early 2000s, I was part of a 24-hour
psychic website that provided seekers access
anytime or anywhere. Of course, the
technology has advanced since then, but
I believe the service was ahead of the game
in terms of virtual connection.

To attract the right client for your online
services, you’ll need to optimize your
website. Website optimization is beneficial
to you and the client experience. Why?
Almost every person uses a search engine to
find services when they encounter a problem,
need information or have choices to make.
So how can you obtain a competitive edge,
improve your search rankings, and elevate
your potential client’s experience?

First, you’ll want your website to provide
the information clients are seeking. Are
they on your site just for information or to
take action?

The key is to make your site appealing to
your ideal client. You’ll only know who that
is by first deciding on the type of clientele
you want to work with.

The user experience is important because
most people are using smaller devices to
find and visit websites. You’ll want to make
sure that your site is mobile friendly. 
Clients want to know what to do on your
site, so make sure that it is easy and
simple to book your service and/or contact
you.

Resource:

There is some great specific information
on how to implement these ideas in this
article by Mathew Maniyamkott:

9 Ways to Improve Customer Experience
on Your Website

https://surveysparrow.com/blog/ways-improve-customer-experience-website/


          

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Upcoming Events:
 




• May 3, 10, 17 and 24, 2021
  (There will be no class on Memorial Day, May 31)

Tarot Salon on Zoom!
7:00 - 9:00 pm EST

Our popular Monday night classes are
now online so you can attend no matter
where you live!
 
http://tarot.salon

 
 



• Saturday, May 15, 2021

The Magic of Astrology in Tarot: 
The Minor Arcana and Court Cards
w/ Wald Amberstone

Cheryl Ryder and the Albuquerque Tarot Tribe
Meetup are excited to host Wald's newest
presentation on astrology as it specifically
applies to tarot.

This is what he has to say about it:

Meaning in tarot is many layers deep, and
each layer is a whole discipline unto itself.
Qabalah, alchemy, astrology, numerology,
psychology — all these add their wisdom
to the knowledge of self and world that
tarot gives us in such abundance.

In this class, we’ll look at how the basic
symbolic elements of astrology fit so
perfectly into the structure of a tarot deck.
We'll be looking at how each Minor
Arcana card fits into the structure of the
Zodiac Wheel of the Year, the Decans, the
Modalities of the signs (Cardinal, Fixed,
Mutable), and how to blend them together
in tarot readings.


2 classes for the price of one!

When you register, you will be sent a
Dropbox link to the recording of Wald's
previous presentation on The Magic of
Astrology in Tarot: The Major Arcana.
You will also receive a link to the four
session handouts. 


Time: 2:30 pm EDT 
Location: Zoom
Tuition: $20
Register at: https://bit.ly/3wqeyNY

Note: You do not have to join the Meetup
if you don't want to. Just make sure to
indicate that the money is for "May 15th
Wald Amberstone Class" in the comment
section for PayPal or on your check in
order to get confirmation for this event.