Newsletter of The Tarot School
http://TarotSchool.com ISSN: 1529-0565 Vol. 13 #12 / August 1, 2021
In this Issue: - Welcome
- Tarot Tip: Avoiding Personal Projection - Tarot School Aphorism - Meet the Reader: Emilie Muniz - Diviner's Corner: Belomancy - Just For Fun: Tarot Article Title Generator - Upcoming Events Welcome to a new issue of Tarot Tips!
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I decided to do something I haven't done in a long time. I typed "tarot" into the search bar of Google and was treated to a lovely surprise. The #4 listing (after the usual famous sites and a Wikipedia listing) was "How To Learn How to Read Tarot Cards." For all intents and purposes, it held the #1 position. While that may seem perfectly reasonable, what surprised me was it linked to an article in The NEW YORK TIMES! What?! Wow. It's not as if the NYT hasn't published articles on tarot before, but this was a serious How-To guide for beginners. The sub-title reads "Six -- OK, Seven -- easy steps to ease your way into deeper introspection." It didn't treat tarot as a curiosity or something of sociological or financial interest. Granted, it was published on April 1st, but it wasn't a prank piece. It was more an homage to the Day of The Fool, which is how we in the tarot community think of the date. And it's still a top result after 4 whole months! It's one thing to hear about how tarot has become extremely popular, but I take this as pretty strong proof. I live in New York so your search results may vary. Here's the link if you're curious: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/01/style/self-care/tarot-guide-for-beginners.html If you've been reading this newsletter for awhile and/or have been a student of ours at The Tarot School, you know this introductory article is just the tip of a very large and wonderful iceberg. No matter how long you've been working with tarot, we're here to take you deeper. Check us out at https://tarotschool.com. Here's some of what you'll find in this issue... This month's Tarot Tip addresses the potential trap of bringing our own personal stuff into a reading we're doing for someone else. Do you know what Belomancy is? Find out in an all new Diviner's Corner! Learn about Emilie Muñiz's approach to reading, and a bit about her as well, in Sharonah Rapseik's Meet the Reader column. There's more, too! And one more thing...
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AVOIDING PERSONAL PROJECTION
Question: I like reading the cards without the querent asking me a question (unless they want to) and letting them interpret their issue based on my reading of the cards. My instructor was the exact opposite, and in fact, liked asking many questions of the querent throughout the reading and seemed to act more of the psychologist than a tarot reader. I think that can be dangerous as her readings were based on her beliefs and moral ethics, not the querent's. What are your thoughts on this? Answer: Both methods of approaching a reading are valid, and it really comes down to a matter of personal preference and what works best for you. If you can be helpful to your querent without working with a question, that's fine. Many people prefer to work with a specific question at the beginning of a reading and build a dialog with the querent by asking clarifying questions along the way. In these cases, the reader often takes on more of a counseling or facilitating role than that of a seer or oracle. There is certainly nothing wrong with this approach either. However, you bring up another issue entirely when you suggest that your teacher seemed to base her readings on her own beliefs and moral ethics without regard to those of her client's, and that is the issue of projection. It is a challenge to keep our own personal opinions out of a reading, especially when the issue has an emotional charge. Sometimes a reader is unaware that they are not being objective. Being able to recognize this is an important part overcoming the problem. It's this unawareness that can lead to projection. Knowing the message of the cards is a reader's first responsibility. And that message is heavily influenced by the imagery. Unfortunately, many readers don't take the time to look at their cards carefully and thoroughly. The result is that they don't know their deck as well as they could. Be aware of exactly what is physically in a card before you begin to interpret it. Separating what is physically present in the image from what you think the image means is the first step towards objectivity. The second step is knowing what the deck's creator intended his or her images to mean. This is the tradition from which the images of the deck are drawn and constitutes what could be called objective knowledge. There's always some root knowledge system behind the images of any deck, unless they are purely artistic or playful. Take the time to understand the symbolic system behind the deck(s) you read with. When you can speak authentically with the voice of your deck, you'll be doing the closest thing possible to an objective reading. When either your opinions and beliefs -- or those of your querent's -- dominate a reading, that reading is subjective and there is a strong possibility of projection. There are times when it is perfectly appropriate to include your own opinion in the process of a reading. But you should recognize that you are doing it, and do it because you choose to. And you should know the difference between your opinion and the specific message of the cards you're reading. You'll avoid the issue of projection if you tell the querent that what you are about to say is your personal opinion. Tarot School Aphorism Meet The Reader EMILIE MUÑIZ By Sharonah Rapseik, Ph.D., CMAP Emilie Muñiz is a New York City, native. She started to dive into the world of tarot and spirituality over twenty years ago. She is a now full-time diviner, instructor of tarot and the creator of Simplicity Tarot, published by U.S. Games Systems, Inc. Emilie is a lover of everything of the forest, as well as crystals and roses. Sharonah Rapseik: Emilie, what makes your tarot practice unique and how do you express it? Emilie Muñiz: I think that every tarot reader is unique in their own way. I like to call myself a “descriptive” reader. Whatever I see in the cards, I describe it visually in great detail to the sitter so I can draw them into the reading and so they can understand the source of my information. It can be what I see in the cards, what I am hearing, what I am feeling during the reading, or whatever impression I pick up. I get as specific as I can in describing all the details. For me as a reader, trust is everything and I like the sitter to know where my source of information is coming from. I don’t just give information, I describe it. Sharonah Rapseik: Thank you Emilie, it’s a pleasure to meet you! To follow Emilie Muñiz... Website: https://www.tarotbyemilie.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/EmilieTarotDivination Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EmilieMunizTarot Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/EmilieMunizTarot The Simplicity Tarot is available here: https://www.usgamesinc.com/simplicity-tarot.html About Sharonah: Sharonah Rapseik is an Artist / Designer, Author, Tarot Reader, Radio Host and Producer for Psychic Talk Radio. Visit her at: https://psychictalk.net/sharonah/ Diviner's Corner
BELOMANCY
Belomancy, also bolomancy, is the ancient art of divination by use of arrows. Belomancy was anciently practised at least by Babylonians, Greeks, Arabs and Scythians. The arrows were typically marked with occult symbols and had to have feathers for every method. In one method, different possible answers to a given question were written and tied to each arrow. For example, three arrows would be marked with the phrases, "God orders it me", "God forbids it me", and the third would be blank. The arrow that flew the furthest indicated the answer. Another method involves the same thing, but without shooting the arrows. They would simply be shuffled in the quiver, worn preferably on the back, and the first arrow to be drawn indicated the answer. If a blank arrow was drawn, they would redraw. This was an ancient practice, and probably that mentioned in the Book of Ezekiel 21:21, translated to English in the New American Standard Bible: "For the king of Babylon stands at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination; he shakes the arrows, he consults the household idols, he looks at the liver." St. Jerome agrees with this understanding of the verse, and observes that the practice was frequent among the Assyrians and Babylonians. Something like it is also mentioned in Hosea 4:12, although a staff or rod is used instead of arrows, which is rather rhabdomancy than belomancy. Grotius, as well as Jerome, confounds the two together, and shows that it prevailed much among the Magi, Chaldeans, and Scythians, from which it passed to the Slavonians, and then to the Germans, whom Tacitus observes to make use of it. A lost traveller might also use belomancy to find his way, by tossing the arrow into the air, and letting its angle show him the way. The Book of Mormon describes an oracle known as the Liahona which consisted of two spindles in a brass ball. One of the spindles would point the direction of travel. Writings would also appear on this device. Source: https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/768474 TAROT ARTICLE TITLE GENERATOR How would you like to easily generate great titles for your Tarot articles and blog posts? Starting with a title can be a good way to jumpstart your creativity when you're feeling stuck. I found an online title generator you may find helpful -- or not! I tried it out using Tarot as a noun (it doesn't work so well as a verb), and got a very long list of suggestions. :) Here are some of my favorites: Tarot On A Budget: 5 Tips From The Great Depression Thinking About Tarot? 5 Reasons Why It's Time To Stop! 5 Guilt Free Tarot Tips 5 Tarot Mistakes That Will Cost You $1m Over The Next 10 Years 5 Reasons Abraham Lincoln Would Be Great At Tarot 5 Things You Can Learn From Buddhist Monks About Tarot 5 Things Your Mom Should Have Taught You About Tarot 5 Ways To Create Better Tarot With The Help Of Your Dog 5 Ways Tarot Can Make You Invincible 60 Methods Of Tarot Domination How To Earn $1,000,000 Using Tarot If Tarot Is So Bad, Why Don't Statistics Show It? Shhhh... Listen! Do You Hear The Sound Of Tarot? What The Pentagon Can Teach You About Tarot What Zombies Can Teach You About Tarot Why Tarot Is The Only Skill You Really Need Albert Einstein On Tarot Genghis Khan's Guide To Tarot Excellence Houdini's Guide To Tarot Joseph's Stalin's Secret Guide To Tarot Tarot And The Mel Gibson Effect Sun Tzu's Awesome Tips On Tarot What The Pope Can Teach You About Tarot The Mayans' Lost Guide To Tarot Create A Tarot A High School Bully Would Be Afraid Of Lies And Damn Lies About Tarot Slacker's Guide To Tarot The Mafia Guide To Tarot 5 Things A Child Knows About Tarot That You Don't What Ancient Greeks Knew About Tarot That You Still Don't Want A Thriving Business? Avoid Tarot! Want A Thriving Business? Focus On Tarot! Don't Just Sit There! Start Getting More Tarot You Can Have Your Cake And Tarot, Too Fighting For Tarot: The Samurai Way The Death Of Tarot And How To Avoid It Attention: Tarot How To Start A Business With Only Tarot (Well, we actually did that one!) Think you can write an article using one of these titles? Send it to us at tarot@tarotschool.com and we'll consider publishing it in a future issue of Tarot Tips! Resource: Tweak Your Biz Title Generator Upcoming Events: • Monday, August 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30 • Monday, September 13, 20 and 27 There is no class on Sept. 6 (Labor Day) Tarot Salon on Zoom! 7:00 - 9:00 pm EDT Our popular Monday night classes are now online so you can attend no matter where you live! http://tarot.salon Join our 11K+ fans and join the fun!
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