Tarot Reading: What do the cards really mean?

For a novice Tarot reader, the meaning of the cards is nearly as important as the meaning of life! Okay, I exaggerate a little, but it is true that novice Tarot readers devote countless hours of study to the individual meanings of all 78 Tarot cards, including their reversals. When the novice reader looks at other styles of Tarot decks, she will almost immediately see dramatic differences between what the companion book for one deck states is the meaning of a particular card, and another companion book for a different deck with an entirely different meaning defined. This will always lead the Tarot seeker to wonder, "What do the cards really mean?"

Do you need to understand the history of the Tarot to know what the cards truly mean? I find that the study of the origins and history of Tarot is definitely a worthwhile study, but it is not even slightly necessary for being able to read Tarot cards. In fact, the guidebook that accompanies most decks of Tarot cards isn't even necessary at all. In most cases the novice reader would do better to set the guidebook aside in the very beginning, and judge the messages of the Tarot cards by your personal reactions to them.

The only thing that anyone needs in order to use Tarot cards for divination and communication with guides or the Higher Self is an understanding of symbolism and archetypes in the collective unconscious. You will experience the best results with a Tarot deck that features artwork, symbolism and colours that are similar to your dream experiences. My dreams are always in vivid colour with feminine symbolism and a lot of astrology and elemental influences as well. I find the Gilded Tarot suits my needs the best, but you may find a different deck resonates with you better than the deck I picked for myself.

I love Aeclectic Tarot the best, and I use this online resource to check out new decks before I consider buying one. If you're interested in buying a deck for yourself, or replacing one that doesn't suit you well, you can browse the vast selection on this website and view images from each deck.

~*~Monica Who~*~

Ancient Prophecies of End Times and 2012

A Clairvoyant Psychic Interpretation of 2012

~ by clairvoyant spiritual psychic ~

Monica Who

In the prophecies of Nostradamus, we see a glimpse of the future visions that he received to warn and inform us of three Antichrists or destructive world leaders, and the apparent End Times. Nostradamus believed the third Antichrist would be known as MABUS; this anagram could represent Usama Bin Laden or the United States of America, among other possible powers in our modern world. There is also a case to be made for the codename MABUS in fact referring to the newest president of the United States, Barack Obama, who was supported by another American politician who's actual name is Mabus!

The Mayan calendar was used for divinatory arts including scrying. Nostradamus and ancient Mayans both used water and reflective surfaces to assist them in reading and predicting the events of the future. As you have probably heard, this surprisingly accurate calendar created by the Mayan civilization comes to an inescapable end late in the year 2012. These predictions of End Times are shared by ancient prophecies made by Nostradamus and the Oracle of Delphi, as well as the Mayans and early Christians--who proclaim that in the End Times, all of God's people will prophesy, and His final judgement will rain down upon all the people of the Earth. To develop a deeper understanding of our own near future, we can decipher the ancient writings and recorded visions of prophets that came before modern-day psychics like myself. We can find possible clues about 2012 in the Holy Bible, the I Ching, and ancient tools developed by reportedly primitive human cultures and civilizations. After examining these prophecies, we can also consider the scientific theories about solar maximums, the violent shifting of Earth's magnetic poles, and the gravitational forces of a galactic alignment of the Earth with the Sun and the center of our Milky Way Galaxy. This impending celestial alignment could cause worldwide catastrophies including volcanoes, earth quakes, devastating floods, and prolonged war spread around the globe. It is also possible that the Galactic Plane is thin enough that our planet could pass through it in a very short period of time. This galactic alignment will take place in the year 2012 and the effects have been told to us long ago through countless prophets living in every age of human history.

When our planet falls in line with our life-giving sun and the massive black hole spinning in the center of our galaxy, humanity is going to experience intense events that will forever change the experience of life on planet Earth. The clairvoyant visions that I see regarding the events of the year 2012 and the years surrounding it reveal that all the ancient prophecies I've learned about are accurate and that we are experiencing the End Times in our current world.

But do we need to be concerned about the coming events of 2012?

To answer this most intriguing question, I used my clairvoyant visions, numerology, Tarot and recorded prophecies that foretell the end of the world as we know it. My visions and the Tarot reading I did to unlock the answers about our future did involve powerful alignments, balanced sequences and configurations that have profound significance on humanity. I also saw a repetition of threes and the Tarot spread was weighed with five of thirteen cards in the Pentacles suit. Perhaps the more shocking and definitive cards presenting in my psychic Tarot reading were both cards that are connected with death, transition and change. These Tarot cards were acting together in the reading to reveal the deaths of millions of people around the world, as well as the promised Rapture that Christians preach about. The Major Arcana Death card, XVIII, speaks of a real or figurative death, including positive changes for the better or a transition from one way of being to a new one we have never experienced before. The 8 of Cups acts as the direct influence on Death, which is the overall essence of the insights I asked Spirit to reveal to me about 2012.

The number 13 also relates to luck and fortunes of people as well as nations, and Christians uploading digital videos to YouTube.com connect Revelations 13 with the very same psychic visions I have seen for myself. In the year 2001, the American people stood frozen in terror as they were attacked in the heart of the modern world empire on September 11th, and believers declare signs proove we are living in the End Times as described in the New Testament. Wikipedia states, "There were thirteen participants at the Last Supper. Tradition states that Judas Iscariot, the disciple who betrayed Jesus, was the 13th to sit at the table. Thirteen was once associated with the Epiphany by Christians, as it is said the child Jesus received the Magi on his thirteenth day of life." The intriguing energy of the number 13 also has strong occult roots that directly influence every modern-day religion and spiritual teaching, and is connected to astrology and the stars.

You may be surprised that some people believe the year 2012 and the galactic alignment the planet will experience will bring down fire from Heaven and belch fire and lava from the core of the planet in volcanic eruptions. Already there have been signs of life in Mount St. Helen's and Yellowstone National park. The fact is that many people believe that numerous signs point to the imminent destruction of mankind and/or our planet in the year 2012.


My psychic reading on the events surrounding the year 2012 is the most powerful configuration of the Tarot that I have ever read in my years of divining the future for callers and clients around the world. I think this reading will probably remain the most powerful and definitive future forecast I will ever perceive with my third eye. Not only do I see the ultimate fulfillment of countless ancient prophecies regarding the end of the world or End Times, I also see significant numerological messages and elemental forces at work in this psychic reading. Like the cards in my thirteen card Tarot layout, I see the most powerful alignment that mankind has ever experienced. This will lead humanity to the brink of destruction through mass death, famine, natural disaster and plagues. There is a connection between a disturbing but life altering clairvoyant vision I received in 2001, after the destruction of the Twin Towers in New York City and the Horizon Project currently underway. Scientists and spiritualists have never before agreed on anything, it seems, yet now both groups of people are preparing for tomorrow.

Are there really signs telling us that the end is nigh?

Osama Bin Laden, also known as Usama Bin Laden, is the Most Wanted Terrorist by the FBI. He is accused of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and the attempted use of Flight 93 as a weapon against any possible high value targets in Washington, DC, or even a nuclear facility located in the eastern United States, but the FBI openly admits that there is no credible evidence directly linking him to the events of 9/11.

President George W. Bush slipped up and revealed that he deliberately and repeatedly lied to the American people about the attacks on September 11, 2001. He had a near perfect approval rating following the attacks on 9/11, but in time he became the laughing stock of the international community and the internet.

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Barack Hussein Obama became the first African American president of the United States of America amidst world wide fanfare the likes of which have never been seen before. Reliegious leaders and policical powers around the globe sometimes proclaim him to be the president of the world, the second coming of the messiah, or the Antichrist we've been warned about through Christian indoctrination, ancient prophesies from around the world, biblical passages that threaten doom and the final judgement of the Almighty, and opposing powers of mind control that influence the majority of the human population--otherwise refered to as "sheeple."

I see the devastating effects of war, natural disasters, crime and mass riots in the years leading up to and surrounding 2012. My clairvoyant visions of the days between 2012 and 2017 are intense, disturbing, and beyond alarming to perceive. I saw the innocent people who were killed inside the Twin Towers in nightly visions I experienced for approximately 90 days in 2001. I learned my way around the commercial, office and dining spaces of the buildings and interacted with the occupants of the Towers either telepathically or spiritually through remote viewing or possible astral travel before they were killed on 9/11. Imagine my distress when I saw the fulfillment of my eerie and ominous visions play out on live television broadcasts and information published on the internet on September 11th. I felt I should have know about the terror attacks and terrible losses of that day, but I was unable to piece together the cryptic and sometimes apocolyptic visions of the imminent future.

I see death, fulfilment of prophecies, and the successful quest for salvation through a special connection or relationship with God, a profound understanding or secret knowlege of life and the nature of reality, and the ascension of millions of human souls to everlasting life and ultimate joy, or Heaven, in the life that is to come. My conclusion as a clairvoyant spiritual psychic is that we are going to face the most intense global catastrophies during the coming years and the galactic alignment that will occur in 2012 will have a very profound impact on the survival of the human race.

Feel free to share your views on the year 2012, End Times, Revelations, scripture, beliefs, politics, current affairs, ancient prophecies, occult mysteries, spiritual guidance, and even conspiracy theories.

~*~Monica Who~*~

This message was posted at 3:33 am, or the number 9 in popular numerlogy interpretations, which reveals the secret wisdom of the ascended masters, angels, and Spirit is always available to you. God the Creator is working with you now to reveal Himself to the waiting world, as the vision of the apostle John in the Book of Revelations shows us. The seventh angel is about to blow his horn and the End Times will begin.

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Writing and Intuition

Writing and intuition go together like pen and paper or keyboard and mouse! It doesn't matter if you're writing an essay for college, a statistical analysis report for work, a whiny entry in your livejournal blog, or crafting a future award writing short story, script or novel: you use intuition when you write. If you're an effective writer or blogger, you also use empathy when you write.

When I talk about empathy, I don't mean merely understanding the typical range of human emotions and predictable reactions. I'm talking about your innate psychic ability to know precisely what another person is feeling because you feel it with them. This is a higher level of spiritual connection than people usually experience with one another. Empathy in the psychic sense is the ability to experience the emotions of others.

When you have mastered this mental power and you also have the necessary understanding of human emotions and predictable reactions, you will be able to effectively teach, advise, and engage your readers with every article, essay, blog post, story or book that you write. If you're writing to promote a product or service, you really need to know how to grab your readers and keep them eager to soak up more of your words, and thus create a sense of urgency in them that they must and really should make a purchase right now.

You will accomplish this with some intuition: your idea will come to you through your intuitive psychic faculties. Then you need to allow yourself to react to the idea emotionally and observe your own emotions so you can effectively tune them out of your empathic impressions. When you're able to blend your intuition with empathy and creative talent, the writing you produce will be powerful, informative and efficient.

Writing used in Divination

The other connection between writing and intuition is one that I've been working with for fifteen years: using writing for divination. A psychic or mystic can hold a writing instrument loosely in their hand while they channel messages from spirits or see distant people and places with remote viewing. Mediums have often used automatic writing during deep trance mediumship to record the messages, oracles and prophecies of the dead, their spirit guides, or even saints, angels, or gods and goddesses.

You can develop your clairvoyant and remote viewing skills by practicing automatic writing and drawing during your deep trance meditations. What the results mean to you will be based on your own interpretation. However, if you use your intuition and writing skills together again in this exercise like in the first connection I wrote about, you will be able to learn startling details about distant places and times in the past, present and future.

Free Association Writing

The final connection between writing and intuition that I wanted to share with you is a process known as Free Association Writing. During this process, the writer starts out with a sentence, question or phrase and writes freely for a predetermined period of time such as ten minutes. This practice can be extremely effective in therapeutic situations, but it can also really help the creative writer when they want to develop their ideas further. This exercise is most effective when you set a timer for ten to fifteen minutes only, and you forget all rules about spelling, structure, grammar, etc. Write in shorthand or netspeak if you want to, but just write everything that comes to your mind without censoring yourself. If you use your empathy as well, you'll be able to take hold of your readers with the words you choose to express yourself.