This is from a workshop episode on creating a psychic journal to record your intuitive impressions, and the reason why it is important!

Original YouTube workshop here: Creating a Psychic Journal https://youtu.be/MHNYIO-vkgk

Recommended Reading:

The Psychic Pathway by Sonia Choquette

In this "dip into the mailbag" episode, I address a few questions: tarot tutoring, why I don't comment on other readers's readings, and how to become a professional tarot reader.

This episode of the podcast is culled from Day 3 of my Card a Day Challenge, which is an evergreen playlist on my YouTube channel. https://www.youtube.com/@tarotbyhilary

Why is it this week's podcast episode? Because we discussed companion books in this week's episode of the Cardslingers Coast to Coast podcast!

Episode 75: Too Many Dang Card Meanings - https://cardslingerscc.podbean.com/e/episode-75-too-many-dang-card-meanings/

[Day 3] Card a Day Challenge: The Little White Book—Is it friend or foe?

I was heated about this... so I created an entire episode about it! Please note that there may be cursing in this episode, so if you have littles, make sure you listen to this episode with headphones.

How do you spot counterfeit decks? This episode is dedicated to the subject. I will help you! And even if you get through this episode and are still not sure if you purchased a counterfeit deck, message me with a photo of the deck, and I'd be happy to try to help you determine whether your deck is legitimate or not.

Patrick Valenza: Counterfeit Decks

Patrick Valenza: How to Spot a Fake Deviant Moon Deck

Impromptu rant on counterfeit tarot decks and how to spot them! on @tarotbyhilary IG Live

US Games Systems: How to spot a counterfeit deck

Liminal 11: How to spot fake tarot decks

Grove and Grotto: How to spot a fake Tarot deck (and why it matters)

Want to call in with a question, like a good ole timey radio show? Well every month on Zoom we do exactly that for the Tarot by Hilary podcast. Every first Thursday of the month is the call-in show. Register at http://tarotbyhilary.com/podcasts/ to get the Zoom link and a reminder of when it all happens.

What is EFT tapping, how does it work, and what are the tapping points? Find out in this introductory podcast episode. I'd recommend starting here, and then trying out one of the tapping videos available on my YouTube channel.

Video version with illustrations of the tapping points is here: https://youtu.be/rViGohlU80U

When I was younger, I wanted to be psychic SO BADLY. This was long before I became a professional psychic (through the use of tarot cards). Long, loooong before I even knew about tarot at all.

Not only was I obsessed with all things psychic, crying into my crystals how I was never going to be one of those elite few who seemed to be able to see through it all: people, situations, lies, manipulations, down to the cold or warm or hard truth… I was also obsessed with finding my soulmate. Long before I was truly even ready to date anyone, let alone find “the one.”

I don’t think I’m unusual in this regard. Many classic late-80s to early-90s board games were MADE for this kind of weird obsession I had, making me think that many pre-teen to teen girls were also similarly fixated on both witchiness and finding a boyfriend.

Want to read this instead of listen? https://tarotbyhilary.com/ask-zandar/

A "questions from the mailbag" episode!

Tune into my livestream every week on YouTube or Facebook, 6:30 p.m. EST on Fridays!

youtube.com/@tarotbyhilary

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Information on the tarot nova deck (my first ever tarot deck): http://tarotbyhilary.com/why-the-tarot-nova-made-me-a-better-reader-and-almost-made-me-not-become-one-at-all/

Workshop on myth busting https://youtu.be/QOvo61RiEzs

Advice on having multiple workhorse decks, especially if you do event readings. For example, I have at least 2 copies of the classic Radiant RWS deck (Radiant and the Reflective Tarot).

Questions answered in this episode:

What do you do about heavy readings at events?

Help me with court cards?

Link to workshop on the court cards

All About Court Cards https://youtu.be/qfQjuCvQIP0

All About Court Cards Part 2 https://youtu.be/vyl4dadxlV8

Tarot Diva by Sasha Graham

Homework: Do a Majors only reading, then a Minors only reading, then a full 78 deck reading - using the same question each time! How did the reading change for each type of reading?

This is a longer episode of the podcast, so I'd encourage you to grab a hot mug of something and get cozy! This will also be published as a visual podcast episode on my YouTube channel. Youtube.com/@tarotbyhilary

Not able to attend the live call-in episodes, but still want your voice heard? Feel free to share your thoughts, feedback, or requests on future episodes by using the voice message feature: https://anchor.fm/hilary-parry-haggerty/message

Filming tarot spreads episode for specific gear that I use, such as lighting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3FlS9KJsx8

For more about this podcast and to get a reminder of the next time the call-in show happens, go to: http://tarotbyhilary.com/podcasts/

How to Read Tarot pages 41–42 Card of the day practice

A new deck:

Please note that this entire process takes about a half hour to do. Timing: 10 minutes to film, add captions to the video, and add a description, hashtags, and topics on IG/facebook

20 minutes - Sharing to TikTok, twitter, Vero True Social, YouTube shorts. From there you can take your link from youTube shorts and share it to other platforms, using the description in IG by copying/pasting.

Know what you want the purpose of these videos to be. If a card of the day practice is just for you and you alone, then maybe this episode isn’t for you. That’s totally okay! It is your decision whether you make your card of the day pulls public or not.

A card of the day will not apply to everyone all the time, just as a horoscope will not apply to everyone all the time. Keep what messages resonate for you, and discard those that don’t.

For whoever sees this and whenever they see it, what do they most need to know? To work with, not against, the algorithms.

Trust that the message will find the person it needs to.

Steps to creating card of the day videos

The platforms, in order:

Instagram instagram.com/tarotbyhilary

Facebook facebook.com/tarotbyhilary

TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@tarotbyhilary

Twitter https://twitter.com/tarotbyhilary

Vero True Social https://vero.co/ Username @tarotbyhilary (verified)

YouTube (Shorts) https://www.youtube.com/@tarotbyhilary

Optional:

LinkedIn

Pinterest https://www.pinterest.com/hilarytarot/

Website https://tarotbyhilary.com/

Why did I start reading tarot? I wish I could say that it was because of my willingness to serve or my attraction to the cards. It was neither of this things that first started me on my path (at least, not entirely). The seed of wanting to learn a divination system started 4 years before I received my first deck of cards (the Tarot Nova, see the story of how I received them here). But really, it was a doom-and-gloom reading given to me when I was a tween that truly started me on this path.

I was around twelve years old enjoying a street fair. The psychic told me (I think she was a palmist, if I’m remembering correctly) I was going to jump from relationship to relationship without ever getting married and that I was going to die young (before 27 years old).

I can vouch for Maya Angelou’s words when she says, “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

Read the blog post that inspired this episode here: http://tarotbyhilary.com/whyireallystartedreadingtarot/

Lots of show notes for this particular episode! We run the gamut on topics, from birth cards and year cards, to bibliomancy from How to Read Tarot, to a final reminder that the High Priestess is not your filing cabinet. Sacred amnesia is a beautiful thing... I'm like a priest, but more fun (and I cuss).

Books recommended in this episode:

How to Read Tarot by Hilary Parry Haggerty (that's me!) Format 128 pages, Hardcover Published  November 22, 2022 by Flame Tree Illustrated

ISBN 9781804172360 (ISBN10: 1804172367) ask for it by name from your local bookstore!

Who Are You in the Tarot? by Mary K. Greer (2nd edition)

Archetypal Tarot by Mary K. Greer (3rd edition)

Tarot Birth Cards and Year Cards full workshop (livestream replay): https://www.youtube.com/live/e-eRVnLmhTY?feature=share

Bridge Technique for Reimagining Your Final Outcome Card (livestream replay): https://www.youtube.com/live/DxiyhKiCyWs?feature=share

Cardslingers Coast to Coast the high priestess is not your filing cabinet episode:

https://cardslingerscc.podbean.com/e/episode-7-the-high-priestess-is-not-your-filing-cabinet/

Give feedback and suggestions for upcoming episodes by sending a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hilary-parry-haggerty/message

Bloopers included because I am a human being! (And because people seem to love when I’m not entirely polished)

2023’s general year card is the Chariot - more information on calculating your specific year card in this episode and the Year Cards livestream replay (link above)