-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Amanda Goldston was on "Moon, Moo & You: The Collective Wisdom" again, 6/2/09, this time discussing the meaning of Taro Cards and how to develop intuition by using them. I received Amanda's book in the mail that very day: "How To Develop Your Intuition ThroughTaro." I am familiar with the cards and inherited my mother's deck when she died. The deck of cards both Amanda and I use is the Rider Waite deck, and I am fortunate that my deck is the original, with more vivid colors.
When someone wants a card read for them, they are probably feeling a blockage, and
need some clarification. I was taught not to pay attention to card reversals, and Amanda
also does not, but said that reversals can be a signature to pay attention to a message
involved with what is already blocked.
So a reversal need not be interpreted as a calamity. In fact, I was taught always to see the cards as a sign post to my subconscious mind.
Amanda said that our job as Taro readers is to empower people to lead them to their own answers. Our job is to hope that the person walks away from the reading feeling as if the block has somehow been resolved, or is well on the way to being resolved.
Amanda said she takes issue with predicting doom and gloom. In the first place, who really wants to know? Amanda said she has seen people give their psychics more power than their doctor.
She met a woman who to the day of a psychic prediction, was paralyzed and in a wheelchair due to a stroke. No one has a right to do this and gives psychics a bad name!!
The cards tell a story, stimulate the imagination and help the subconscious mind come up
with answers that otherwise are kept hidden.
Amanda said that she knows some high powered coaches who secretly use the Taro to
help their clients unlock limiting beliefs.
Amanda often uses a two card draw. The first card exemplifies a given situation as if no
change at all takes place.
The second card exemplifies the change that is possible if a person is open to it.
The cards empower people to take responsibility for the choices and the people in their
lives. Blame and finger pointing are never apart of card interpretation.
The cards represent every possible situation and human emotion possible. The reader and client tap into the collective unconscious through the pictures that are on the cards.
If a person really is in a dire situation the cards will acknowledge this.
The card reader is there to empower solutions and creative insights into life challenges.
The cards can also give insights into business situations. It would be ideal to pull a card before signing binding contracts. Once again, a person is led to draw a card in the first place because she has some reservations. Heed these red flags. Do not ignore them.
Death Card, The Tower, The Devil and some of the Sword cards, are intense, when drawn. These are "in your face" cards. When these are drawn, there's no where to hide.
But that is the beauty of Taro cards. There are seventy-eight cards each depicting a slightly different dimension of the mental, physical and spiritual condition.
It all comes down to using this tool as a way to use the great potential inherently available to everyone, if they so choose to open themselves to it.
Hi Kate
Thank you so much for having me on your show. Thank you for a brilliant summary above. It is such a fascinating subject and so many aspects to it. The important thing is to view Tarot as a useful tool in your personal growth toolbox.
With abundant blessings.
Amanda Goldston
Posted by: Amanda Goldston | June 06, 2009 at 01:39 PM
It was a pleasure having you on the show, and really neat to see your comment on my blog!!
I have been enjoying the cards and find them to be a wonderful addition to my many tools, all of which I love!!
Thank you, Amanda!!
Posted by: Kate Loving Shenk | June 06, 2009 at 01:51 PM