back from a reluctant hiatus

I know, I’ve been gone for so long! It’s been a month since I’ve signed up for that new day job, & it’s been 3 months since I’ve attended my usual yoga class. It’s also been 3 months since I’ve lived in wedge sandals & slacks, & a month since my last paid reading. This year has been intense + gruelling, but looking back, it’s actually pretty manageable, but I tend to panic easily & take things way too seriously. Well, you know how first-timers are sometimes, so please bear with me. I also just recovered from the proverbial flu, sigh.

Anyway, my usual Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday schedules are now non-applicable at this point. I’m very much free on early Saturdays & Mondays (at least before 7PM), & I’m willing to set aside my “lunchtime” at 12MN for a session on weekdays, at least for the next couple of weeks. Please note that I have to rush back to the 6th floor (message me for details) HAHA at least 10 minutes before my clock-in, but I’ll gladly provide follows-up via e-mail. :)

With that said, I’d like to thank my loyal patrons for visiting me last night & providing me very good feedback about my service. :) I really wish you ladies all the best. Cards to signify us for this week? The Queen of Wands, 9 of Cups, & Temperance. Why? You’ll know in a bit.

To share my usual personal horoscope reading online:

Why exactly do you want to be in this situation again? If a once-stimulating tableau feels like it’s on the verge of getting out of control, take a step back. Do you really want to keep heading down this path?

Definitely not. Time to shape up then.

Anyway, about the cards I was able to draw...

The Queen of Wands signifies our passionate approach to life, whether regarding work, relationships, or self-empowerment in particular. We tend to be choosy with a lot of things, & we may not take NO for an answer, so we better take care not to take things too seriously when they don’t go the way we want them to be.

The 9 of Cups is of course, the fabled Wish Card, & at this point we must be very careful with whatever we wish for. Nevertheless, this is a good indication that we’ll have a great year, so now the problem lies in whether we can actually relax & savor everything!

As for the Temperance card, this is where the relaxing, thanksgiving, & time-juggling should fit in. The question is, how are we going to achieve a balance amidst all the challenges & commotion? :)

happy New Year, happy New You

I’m sorry for being very busy & tired this month that I have not much time & energy left to update. However, I’m really happy & thankful for my newfound clients (hopefully we’re all friends now), & I hope that I’ve been able to help you sort out your issues. To celebrate our 13th post, hehe, I would like to share some of these insights gleaned from Christine Jette’s Tarot Shadow Work target="new" book. 2007 is, after all, a good year for change, & reassessing ourselves is all an inevitable part of that. Change has to begin within ourselves, & yes, even yours truly is dealing with it now (like getting a new day job supposedly). May these lines from our featured book be enlightening for you:

Any type of therapy or spiritual system that moves us closer to a state of wholeness is worthy of our attention. Whatever works, works.

We can certainly plan & have a direction, but the results may be different from anything we could ever imagine on our own.

Change is not an orderly & coherent process, but a complex, lovely, & sometimes frightening mess.

How can I support others while allowing them their own truths?

By taking loving care of ourselves each & everyday, the future unfolds & takes care of itself.

Yes, sometimes we need temporary teachers & guides, but we forget we all have the answers about ourselves inside us — if we learn to trust our inner knowledge.

So the idea is to be open to other forms of healing, counselling, & expression. Never underestimate your gut feelings, & always pray for guidance & consolation when in dire stress. The question stated above is my principal role/mission/objective as a reader. It is indeed great responsibility for me to disseminate necessary & relevant information & advice. I hope the said question will also help you in your introspection & in your daily work. We cannot just impose our beliefs & feelings on anyone; we have to consider everyone else’s differences & sentiments. We need to understand others & to meet all difficulties in life with a joyful heart. We need to be able to pass on that spirit of benevolence to whoever we’re helping at the moment as well. It’s pretty much a huge challenge, & so I apologize at this point if I would rather not delve on a subject fully when reading in public. Some subjects are quite touchy, & I would like to keep my vow of confidentiality. I can reschedule at a later, more conducive-for-trust-&-communication time for querents with rather delicate issues.

Our card for this post would then be the High Priestess. According to Christine Jette, the ff. are the High Priestess’s gifts & lessons to the querent:

• balancing intellect & intuition
• making logical decisions based on intuition
• involvement with a group of women
• exploring the unconscious
• seeking hidden knowledge through dreams, images, feelings, art, tarot, & astrology
• seeking a counselor to help you explore things unseen

It’s always advisable to seek help when we can’t take it anymore. Especially regarding heartbreak & singlehood. We are all entitled to our own sense of privacy & seclusion, but let us consider all aspects first before making an important choice or undertaking a new endeavor, & if weighing all that muddles us, let us feel free to ask for assistance. Going that extra mile in terms of counsel, research, meditation, & rest will definitely benefit the querent in more ways than one.

So, yes, I wish you all the best of luck, & I hope to hear from everyone else before February, when I’ll be much busier & more tired to socialize & study Tarot. Up next, I’ll be featuring this very much overlooked spread with a reading I’ve done for a new client.

pseudo-science = love

According to my biorhythm chart, I won’t be at the top of my game right after Christmas, which I think is already in effect at this time. I’d be at my dullest & weakest on the 27th up to the 29th, & at my most neurotic come 31st until the 2nd. January 6 would be a most auspicious time for me to get back on track then, while I’m still thinking whether to attend yoga tomorrow. Maybe I should. Wish me luck. Traffic could be so bad. I knew I should’ve done tai chi yesterday but the 8 of Swords (please look it up elsewhere) just worried me to death, even if the card’s message was apparently positive.

Saturday, December 23rd, 2006 PST

Libra (Sep 23 - Oct 22)

Your current idea of enjoyment might not necessarily be the same as everyone else’s. In fact, others may think that you have lost touch with reality as you talk about what you want to do now. Don’t give in too quickly, for your fantasies can provide an interesting starting point to a discussion about how to turn your previous obligations into a day of fun and games.

I’m not going to expound traditionally-considered warning cards here anymore, unfortunately, because for some reason they magnify their influence everytime I think about them, or even try to focus on their ‘benign’ points. It’s easy to do so during actual readings, though.

You can go here to check your own online charts. It could help. Most of the time the readings are accurate, eerily enough. Then again, stranger things have happened. I’m going to provide a spread soon that can work as a biorhythm chart, then we all can compare notes with the actual meters, hehe.