Dear tarot enthusiasts, you all know about the show John and I have created and the free readings available during the show.  I am also available for private individual readings.  Thanks to John’s technical genius, I am now able to provide phone readings with audio recording.  These private readings are $20 for a fifteen to twenty minute reading.  Your audio recording will be available to you shortly afterwards.  The readings can be live with you listening and interacting with me or I can record it and make it available for you at your convenience.

Email me at lupa@lupaloo.net for more information or to schedule your reading.

Three times a year for about three weeks at a time, Mercury appears to slow down and reverse it’s direction.  Of course it is only our vantage point from earth that gives this impression as the planet doesn’t really reverse it’s path through the universe.  Nevertheless, those of us of an astrological bent attribute all sorts of things to Mercury’s apparent flip flop.  We blame delays, traffic snarls, missed planes and missed communications on the winged messenger planet.  Geminis and Virgos usually seem particularly affected as Mercury rules those signs.

The truth is Mercury’s retrograde phase is as much blessing as curse.  Just as the sun and moon balance one another and Saturn’s limits reign in Jupiter’s expansion, Mercury’s retrograde gives us pause and slows our headlong rush through life for a brief period every so often.  As we were approaching the most recent retrograde I found myself cautioning people to avoid trying to push the river.  Slow down and let life unfold.

And the reverse is true as well.  People often overreact to the news that Mercury is retrograde and refuse to budge or delay important and sometimes pressing decision.  If you NEED a new job or a new car, no need to wait.  Don’t fear boarding that plane or making an important phone call.  Just as you can’t push the river, you shouldn’t try to dam it up either.  Astrology at it’s best should help make sense of life’s chaos.  It can provide a map or maybe a study guide.  It is a fantastic tool but please don’t use it to bludgeon yourself or others!  Avoid asking what terrible things may befall you due to any given astrological transit.  Instead ask how to best use the gifts the universe is currently offering.

Today’s gift, Mercury goes direct.  Those of us who have felt the pressure of a slow moving current will be relieved to resume our fast pace.  We may all experience a bit of turbulence as things shift but it won’t necessarily be painful or tragic.  Life and astrology are far too complex to get away with blaming all of our troubles on one little planet.  This Gemini is relieved by the shift though and hopeful that the changing currents will bring exciting new developments.

How are the rest of you faring out there?

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Date: 2008-06-19

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Welcome to episode three of my podcast series in learning to read tarot. Now you have chosen your first deck, on this episode I give you some tips on how to start using it and keeping it safe. Enjoy

 

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Welcome to my second Podcast. Today I take a look at choosing a Tarot Deck and various things to think about when buying your all important first deck.

 

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John finally made me sit down and do my first audio podcast.  What I learned was that it is so much easier for me to ramble on when I have an audience.  I also learned that John is a talented editor/producer.  Well I knew that already but here it is in all it’s finished glory - my very first podcast.  Stay tuned for more.

 

 Lupa's Tarot and Astrology Podcast [3:33m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Today’s mail brought a tiny version of my first tarot deck.  I have ordered several copies and meant to get the larger size but some of them appear to be this little thumbnail sized version and while it’s adorable and completely useful if you have great eyesight, I think one of you might have more fun with it.  So I’m giving it away to a random viewer tonight and all you have to do to get in the drawing is come over tonight and watch the show and pm John your request to be included.

Here’s the deck and book.

See that little box dangling from a ribbon?

That’s the deck.  Seriously cute deck to begin with made even cuter by being tiny.

See you all tonight at 9!

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