Cardslingers Coast to Coast

Episode 83: This is Not a Tarot Deck

The Cardslingers tackle the topic of reviews, criticisms, and feedback. While we tend to focus the discussion on the books we’ve done, the information can apply to your tarot business when clients write reviews or send you feedback (both positive and negative). We give some ideas on how to take the feedback and what we want to see in reviews. 
Homework: 
Leave a review for Cardslingers in your favorite podcast app. Ask your local booksellers if they have copies of our books for sale. If they don’t, they can order copies for you. You can help us and other authors by leaving a constructive review on our book’s page on Amazon or GoodReads. 
 
Our Books:
Melissa Cynova– Kitchen Table Tarot
– Tarot Elements
– Kitchen Table Magic
– Scorpio Seas Tarot
 
Jaymi Elford
– Tarot Inspired Life 
– Triple Goddess Tarot deck
– other various tarot decks with Lo Scarabeo and other publications. This link takes you to her website publications page. 
 
Hilary Parry Haggerty
– How to Read Tarot
 
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Reminder, we would NEVER DM YOU for a reading on any social media site. We schedule all readings and conversations through our personal websites.

Episode 82: Bring Out Your Towers

We stalled on talking about cards due to this ugly vibe. No one likes to get this card in a reading. We’ve hemmed and hawed long enough, and we’re pushing through this one. Today’s card is The Tower. Watch us put on our big person underoos and listen to our thoughts on this difficult card. Is it really the big bad card people think it is?
Decks Referenced:
Melissa: The Sasuraibito Tarot
Hilary: Wild Unknown Tarot
Jaymi: Creatures Tarot
Homework: Relisten to Melissa’s invocation and relax into the moment. You can get through this shit. You CAN do it.
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Reminder, we would NEVER DM YOU for a reading on any social media site. We schedule all readings and conversations through our personal websites.

Episode 81: Getting Touchy Feely

The Cardslingers tackle a sensitive topic of deck boundaries. How do we cleanse our decks? Who do we allow to touch our tools? We get a bit deep about boundaries, cleaning, and possession around our divination tools. Is there 
There was a small side topic that was touched on in Episode 32, which made me want to ask a question. Feelings about other people touching your decks. This got me thinking about a situation I found myself in, and I’m looking for advice and opinions. 
How do you all reset/cleanse your decks? What is the preferred method of the Card Slingers trio? For example, let’s say someone has touched your deck or, worse - had the balls to use it for reading without consent, and you’re trying to rekindle a relationship with that deck after the fact. Is there ever truly a lost cause outside of a deck too damaged to use? 
I have put the deck back in order, smudged it, and put selenite on it. It’s sat on the shelf since then, unused. I can’t shake the disrespected feeling, and I’m hoping you all may have another option I can try before I throw in the towel and give up on this specific one. 
Tarot decks we mention in this episode:
Jaymi will add this later after she gets a chance to re-listen. Feel free to help her out (Thanks!)
Melissa: Sasuraibito Tarot
Hilary: Wild Unknown Tarot
Why the Giant Sequoia Needs Fire to Grow
You also may want to listen to Episode 73: WTF, Why is my deck mad? 
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Reminder, we would NEVER DM YOU for a reading on any social media site. We schedule all readings and conversations through our personal websites.

Episode 80: Let’s Talk About Stuff

Melissa and Jaymi work on their new musical (don’t worry, it’s not coming out anytime soon). They answer a good listener question from Laura T.:
When I read cards, I like to have two rocks..a silver obsidian and a quartz wand. One anchors me, and the other I just like to hold. Are there any objects you like to have in your space when you read? 
Place items around you that make you feel grounded. Keep stuff to keep away the bad vibes. Keep what you need to make your reading space feel comfortable. Anything that makes you feel calmer and happy does help readings.
We recommend that you visit local gem fairs to get good deals. The Pyramid collection also has great stuff at good prices.
References
Episode 43: Event Season Cometh (this is where we recommend a tarot go bag for events) 
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Reminder, we would NEVER DM YOU for a reading from any social media site. We schedule all readings and conversations through our personal websites.

Episode 79: Wearing All the Hats

Running a business is a marathon. Getting into this profession requires everyone to wear all the hats. Marketing, social media, sales, accounting. In this episode, we spend some time talking about wearing all the hats.
Homework: Look at your energy and figure out your capacity. Learn what you can do at this moment or when you’re at your best. Doing so will help you uncover what is sustainable.
Past episodes:
Episode 69: The Business of Reading with John Verbrugge
Resources:
Reality Check blog posts: Part-time versus going full-time posts from Hilary and Theresa Reed
Scoob’s website
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Reminder, we would NEVER DM YOU for a reading on any social media site. We schedule all readings and conversations through our personal websites.

Episode 78: It’s About Time

Understanding and developing timing in tarot is one of the true moments when you can play with your cards. There are so many different systems out there for divining “when” questions. Melissa, Hilary, and Jaymi discuss various methods they know of and use. We also recommend ways that you can develop your own systems based on your personal locations and situations.
Homework: Practice timing readings. Work on your own system, start big, and then delve deeper into specifics. And ask for feedback to know.
References:
Madame Pamita 
Al Juarez (his “Cuando, Cuando, Cuando” class is amazing)
Christiana Gaudet, Timing Class on YouTube 
Hilary’s clock spread
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Episode 77: We’re All Family with Nancy Hendrickson

The cardslingers invite mentor Nancy Hendrickson onto the cast. She helps us dive deep into her world of writing, family history, and her art of healing with blends of tarot. Nancy says, “The more you know about family, the more you know about yourself. People want their stories told.” So, it’s time to get personal with Nancy and learn more about connecting with the ancestors.
Nancy’s books, Ancestral Tarot and Ancestral Grimoire give readers a powerful method to connect to ancestors of all types. Not only do we have a birth family, but we also have a magical family. These books are meant to be worked with and used rather than swiftly read.
Her final wish for the community is to be clear about what we want and take our practices to the next level by finding our niche in tarot and to take the courage and authenticity to do our own.
We’re so grateful to have Nancy in our community and a mentor to us all. Go buy her books, Ancestral Tarot and Ancestral Grimoire. Find Nancy online at www.sageandshadow.com and on her Instagram at @nancysageshadow.
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Reminder, we would NEVER DM YOU for a reading on any social media site. We schedule all readings and conversations through our personal websites.

Episode 76: When Tarot Comes for You

Hilary and Jaymi talk about reading tarot for your self and Mary K Greer’s Tarot for Yourself. Strangely the two do relate, and cross over, and we feel it’s time to chat about the connections and our observations. We discuss what happens when the cards call you out and go a lot deeper than you expected for reading material. And we share stories of when tarot came for us when reading for others.
Homework: Record readings from others and get permission to write that down. See if there’s a message for you in them. Learn to discern how this happens.
Recommendations:
Cardslingers Episode 33 Stalker Cards
Cardslingers Episode 30 Birth Cards
 
Mary Greer’s Tarot Cycle series:
Tarot for Yourself, (three editions out all with the same name, link goes to current edition);
Tarot Constellations, revised and renamed Who are you in the Tarot? for a 2nd edition, and to Tarot Archetypes as a 3rd edition; 
Tarot Mirrors.
 
Tarot for One by Courtney Weber 
 
Tarot Visions podcast episodes on the Tarot for Yourself Read-along (show notes include links to any worksheets Jaymi made)
 
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Reminder, we would NEVER DM YOU for a reading from any social media site. We schedule all readings and conversations through our personal websites.
 

Episode 75: Too Many Dang Card Meanings

Reading and understanding cards can be hard for beginners. The companion book or little white book (LWB) can be viewed as a boat or a harbor that anchors you instead of being set adrift on a sea of tarot meanings/interpretations. However, as you grow and learn, you’ll find that cards have a wide variety of meanings. So, in today’s episode, we answer two listener questions about how you figure out what cards mean to you when the LWBs have different meanings. 
Homework: Keep a meanings journal. Compile various meanings for each card from all the sources you have available to you. Do it online or printed and see where things intersect and differ. Personal meanings are as valid as what “experts” write.
Decks Mentioned: 
Scorpio Sea Tarot by Maggie Stiefvater and Melissa Cynova 
Handl Tarot  (and the companion books, Major Arcana, and Minor Arcana, by Rachel Pollack) 
Mary-El Tarot by Marie White
Wild Unknown Tarot by Kim Krans
Herbal Tarot by Michael Tierra and Candis Cantin
The Savvy Soul Tarot by Julie Waidelich
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Episode 74: Filling in the Blanks

Usually, tarot uses the information from the cards that readers lay on the table. But what about what doesn’t show up? Can it tell us anything? Hilary and Jaymi talk about how one can read between the lines and show what’s missing from what doesn’t appear in a spread. Jaymi views cards in a spread as the main focus. When cards or suits don’t appear, they’re unimportant; things are a-ok. The real answer is what’s being shown. However, Hilary sees things differently.  Listen in to hear her framework.
Homework: Do a few readings exploring missing cards or seeing what’s not on the table. See how this expands your readings for both yourself and others.
We Recommend:
Tarot for One by Courtney Weber – which contains info from Hilary on this. Also a great resource for anyone wanting to read for themselves.
Significators episodes:#49 What are Significators?#50 The Cardslingers Weigh in on Significators
Learn more from past Hilary as she developed her points of view on The Tarot Lady's blog.
Tarot Bytes with Theresa Reed and Hilary where they discuss this very thing 
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Reminder, we would NEVER DM YOU for a reading from any social media site. We schedule all readings and conversations through our personal websites.