My Visit to Snowland! (A Review of The Snowland Deck!)

So I just received my copy of Janet and Ron Boyer's new deck, The Snowland Deck.  I have been watching this deck in the making on Facebook and I have been very excited about it from day one.  I respect Janet Boyer's stance in the Tarot community -- she is a gifted tarot reader and I think a wonderful teacher.  I loved her Back In Time method and found it helpful to learn the cards at a more psyche level.  I know she's not popular among tarotists, but I refuse to go into that drama  I like her work and that's all that matters to me.  I want to share my Snowland reading I did on myself with the cards and plug her and her husband's awesome deck!

I did a spread that came with the Snowland companion book (which is a 90 page ebook), which is a basic general 3 card reading.  It is called The Snowland Oracle.  The spread doesn't require a Significator, but I pulled one anyway, because Janet says the significators were eerily accurate.  You choose from 4 significators: an icicle, an ice cube, a snow flake, and a snow ball.  Janet calls this the soul GPS system.  The significator can indicate how the client feels and gives the reader a clue as to how to approach the reading.  I wanted to see if it would pick up on me.  And well, it did!

I drew the Icicle significator, which according to the companion book, means scattered energies and indecisiveness.  Boy did it hit me on the nail.  I was even more amazed at the cards I drew, and how they were in sync with one another.  It was very easy to read and feel the feelings of the cards through the pictures.  The companion book came in handy, as it confirmed what I was feeling and thinking with the cards.  I also asked myself the questions that come with each card in the companion book, as it gave me a more in depth answer to make sense of the reading.

Pros: The artwork is simply amazing! I also love that Janet included a card drawn by her 14 year old son, Noah.  You can tell that not only a lot of work went into this deck, but a lot of love as well.  They really thought of their buyers of the deck.  I also like how the cards are color coded (for the Wands suit it's a dark red color, for the Cups suit it's a cyan color etc.).

Cons: I don't like the size of the cards, but I think that is just a preference of mine.  I really wish the companion book wasn't so big as I would love to have an actual copy for easier reference.  I can get the companion book on Kindle, but the companion book on Kindle doesn't have the pictures, and this being a new deck, I need to get familiar with the pictures and what knot. 

Overall, this is an awesome deck.  Get this deck now while you can! You get so much for your money.  You get access to a blog for your Snowland Deck studies, a secret Facebook group, a beautiful wintery bag for your cards, and you get the ebook.

And if anyone is curious, this is how my reading went:

Significator – Icicle – I drew the Icicle which shows I’m very scattered and indecisive.  I would say this was a correct depiction of my energy at the moment.  I’m currently indecisive about what I want to do for a career (pursue medical billing or just get a job at Target in retail and do tarot readings here and there to pay off my student loan to go back to school for something else).  My energies are scattered.  Nothing can keep my attention.  I’m finding it very hard to focus.

 

Overall impression: I drew Impermanence, 9 Mental, and 9 Material.  What catches my eye first is the 9’s.  9 and 9 is 18 but if you add 1 + 8 it equals 9.  To me this is all about endings.  This could be an end to being unemployed or maybe even an end to indecisiveness!  But we shouldn’t get that excited :-P  And it’s funny I draw the Impermanence card because the last job I had, I was only there for 2 months.  But the whole time I was there, I was feeling that this job was wrong for me and I was a wrong fit for the job and that it didn’t feel like a permanent position. 

 

Now onto the spread.

 

What intuitive messages do I need to see right now? Impermanence – This card is about saying goodbye and endings.  But it’s not the end, as every ending is a new beginning.  With ending my job a couple months ago, I ended a job that I felt I wasn’t meant for, and I am taking in a new beginning.  I believe this card is to tell me that an even better job opportunity is coming my way.

 

What is clouding my intuitive vision? 9 Mental – Looking at the card, I would say there is some fear on my end.  I feel like I don’t have any talent and I am afraid of being a fraud.  This is talking about my tarot readings.  And this can cause me to not have a clear vision.  I let my worrying get the best of me.  And I think my worrying is the main reason as to why I ended up quitting that job.  I’ve jumped to conclusions thinking my bosses weren’t happy with my work, when really, they could have been happy with my work.

 

What will enhance my intuitive vision? 9 Material – The card has what I call a snow dragon, who seems to be guarding precious treasures.  This card is telling me that being grateful for what I have and I’m going to have would help me worry less.  And I do, sometimes, take things for granted, and I need to just count my blessings and be thankful.  Even though I will have an even better job opportunity coming up, I should remember when the tough gets going that this job is putting bread on the table for myself and can help me support my other dreams that I have.

 

I believe the Snowland Deck is telling me that a better job is on its way.  I just need to remember that we all have bad days and to quit worrying and jumping to conclusions.  Not just in my career, but in life as well.  I worry a lot and it’s unnecessary.  So I would say this reading was pretty accurate. 

2013: The Year of Love

According to this graphic I saw on Facebook, 2013 is the year for love! And boy, was that a big sign for me after last night's dream and my tarot forecast for 2013 that I did for myself.

First we will start with the tarot forecast for 2013.  I drew a lot of cards that said I had the opportunity for new romantic relationships and and all of that junk.  I didn't really believe it, but I did draw the 2 of Cups (my favorite card out of all the love cards).  I don't think it meant a marriage, but I think it did mean it meant I am going to meet someone who wants an actual commitment, rather than just dating and goofing around.  And to me, that is news, since I haven't been in an actual long term relationship since my ex-fiance' in 2007.  I did date a guy in 2010, but we were only together for 2 months.  And there was that guy I dated online in 2011, but I don't count him as a boyfriend these days.  I've went on dates, but they weren't anything serious, either the guy didn't like me or I didn't like the guy. The key dates were May, June, July, September, October, November, and December.  So I will do whatever I can to manifest a relationship during those months.

 

The next confirmation was more of a message.  I had a dream I was visiting an old video store that I used to go to when I was a child.  Here's the back story of video store dreams.  Usually, I dream of the old video store when I am depressed or not in a plesant mood in waking life.  When I was a child (in the 80's and 90's), going to the video store and renting video games and movies were a treat.  It always made me happy going to the video store picking out Disney's Sleeping Beauty or Rainbow Brite videos or the Pink Panther video game for SNES.  Back to the dream; I'm at the old video store as an adult and I rent some childhood favorites (Rainbow Brite and Pink Panther videos).  I'm standing in line waiting to check out the videos, and I see two guys ahead of me.  One is wearing a shirt I own (a unisex shirt, not a woman's shirt).  I compliment the guy on the shirt and the three of us strike up a conversation.  I give the guy with the shirt my phone number but I forgot to introduce myself! And he didn't introduce himself and I didn't get his number as well! Throughout the dream, I wondered if he was going to actually call.  I then woke up.  I got on Facebook and saw the above graphic and took it as a sign from my guides or God or whoever, so I shared the graphic on my Facebook page and my Relationsh*ts page. 

 

The dream, I believe was a message saying I need to actually step out of my comfort zone and go out and meet people (men in particular).  Go to stores, bars, out to eat, etc. and strike up conversations  with anyone I fancy.  Sure, that sounds easy, but I have Asperger's syndrome, therefore, I am socially awkward.  I also don't drive or have transportation to where I can do things by myself.  And I don't have any single female friends that I can go out with.  But sonehow, maybe, I will overcome all that.  Here's hoping! :)

 

 

May your 2013 be filled with love!

September: A Time for Endings According to the Death card

I did a forecast back in early January of this year to predict what would be coming ahead for me.  I know that it may be hard to read for yourself, but I was curious and it's been a ritual of mine to do a yearly forecast reading for myself on New Year's Eve or the first week of January into the new year ever since I started learning how to read tarot cards and worked with a Major Arcana only deck. Anyway, the card I drew for September was the Death card.  A lot of tarot readers usually associate the Death card with endings or the closing of a chapter and a new beginning.  I had jotted down "positive change, such as dropping bad habits and letting go of negative people.  My belief system might change".  However, I overlooked the simplest meaning --- endings!  The death card and endings didn't hit me until I just realized I drew the Death card and found it funny.

 

So far, September has been a string of endings for me.  The first ending is I'm finishing up school.  When I did this forecast, going back to school was in the back of my mind.  I didn't decide to go back to school until the end of January.  This is a big accomplishment for me because usually I don't push myself in my studies when it comes to my education.  And usually I will want to give up when the tough gets going.  But luckily, I had the support of wonderful family and friends who pushed me and guided me.  And in a way, a new chapter of my life is beginning.  I am transitioning into an adult hopefully soon will land up with a good paying job of some sort.

The next ending -- I have decided to close the door of romance with a guy who has been my good friend for about 4 years now.  He drove all the way from Missouri up here to Michigan to see me.  I started to gain feelings for him, but he didn't return the feelings back.  And this has been going on for 4 years.  One of us would be into each other but the other didn't return them.  I think I am ready to give up on the idea of us becoming more and just enjoy his friendship.

Another ending -- well, this one is not a ending yet.  I am deciding if I can handle being friends online only with someone.  I've known this guy for about a year and I would have loved to take this friendship offline as well, as being just friends.  But he got a girlfriend and she got jealous that he was talking to me, so he disappeared online and didn't come back until last weekend, when he told me what had happened to him and that him and the girlfriend broke up.  This hurt me.  It hurt me that he only wants to be online friends.  To me, an online friendship is basically saying you don't really care about that person.  I guess if you don't understand this perceptive, let's just say this: I feel like that I am not a real friend.  I feel like I'm some shameful secret.  And I hate feeling like that.

And the last ending is I'm saying good-bye to my favorite clothing store, Fashion Bug.  I heard they are going out of business, so I decided to close my Fashion Bug credit card.  I now have to look somewhere else for good looking, plus size clothes.  So far I only shop at Cacique, Lane Bryant, and Torrid.

September just started, so who knows what else could come to an end in my life.  I turn 28 next Wednesday (the 12th).  I am going through my Saturn return when Saturn goes into Scorpio.  I guess maybe losing weight is also an ending -- an ending to being heavy and becoming more healthy.  I've lost 10lbs. so far, I am trying to lose 20lbs. and go from there.

Negative Thinking/Letting Go and Let God

I had a CBCS (Certified Biller and Coding Specialist) exam yesterday.  I honestly didn't think I was going to pass it because I had heard it was tough, even when you did studied.  However, I passed it.  And I didn't use a single positive affirmation.  I'll admit, I did pray to God like crazy to let me pass and also did my fair share of studying every night up until the exam.

See, when I think positive, it always backfires.  It never goes right.  Sure, maybe there's a lesson in that somewhere, but I am tired of "lessons".  So I decided to just let go.  I didn't exactly think negative, I just figured because a lot of other people who have taken this exam didn't pass it on their first try, that I would be one of those people who didn't. 

I would tell my friends about this exam, and I'd tell them I'll probably not pass it.  But everyone kept telling me I would.  Everyone that I talked to about this exam said I was going to pass it.  I didn't believe them.  But instead of drowning in negative thoughts, I just let it go.  I put it in God's hands.  If I am meant to do medical billing, I would pass this test.  If I am meant to be a receptionist, then that's ok too, I'll at least know which direction to head in my career.    I did a celtic cross tarot reading that said that good things were coming my way.  However, I didn't believe it.  I turned the other cheek and let God take over.

So in conclusion, it has come to my belief that if you release the worries and pray to God/Universe/whatever you believe, the universe/God/whatever will guide you in the right direction.

I've created a page on Facebook for Samantha's Readings.  I will be doing daily tarot and oracle card readings starting September 11th! So follow me :)

Can't Hurry Love

Today's message is "You Can't Hurry Love...No You Just Have to Wait".  The Supremes anyone?
Our class at school today watched a movie called American Fusion.  We were studying the Asian culture for our Diversity part of class this mod (our school is broken up in 5 weeks and we study certain areas like Mod 4 is ChampVA and TriCare and Financial Record Keeping and the endocrine system and reproductive system, growth and development, and genetics; Mod 5 is professionalism and the nervous system and office management and First Aid etc.).  Anyway, the movie was surprisingly good.  This asian woman who was 49 years old, pretty much given up on looking for love but yearned for it badly, as much as I yearn for it these days, ended up finding it unexpectedly, falling in love with a hispanic man.

Anyway, the movie just reconfirmed my belief that I am going to meet someone AFTER school is finished (I'm almost done by the way, graduate September 10th if I pass my Certified Billing and Coding Specialist exam and all goes well at my externship).  I've decided that I am going to just give up this constant worry of not finding my soul mate.  I am going to have faith that God has someone perfect waiting for me at the end of all this.  God puts people in your life for a reason.  In the movie, American Fusion, the guy the woman was dating, ended up giving a blood transfusion to her mother (who doesn't like him because he's hispanic and not asian). *SPOILER ALERT* The woman and the man do get married at the end and everyone pretty much accepts him into the family, despite their cultural differences.  I thought it was a nice love story.  It sort of reminded me of My Big Fat Greek Wedding (which is another movie I love).

What does this have to do with that Supremes song? Well I heard the song twice today.  Once at the end of the movie, then again on the way home from school on the radio.  I felt that that was a message that needed to get into my thick stubborn skull.

What does this have to do with tarot? Remember...the cards say October!  So we shall see!

I Alone

It is 4:15 in the morning.  I don’t want to go to sleep yet.  I came across a Facebook post from the Jesus Loves You facebook page.  It was a dating story about how these two people from Indiana met on a Christian dating site called ChristianCAFE, fell in love, and got married.  I feel like if I was to join a Christian dating website, I would be a hoax.  So it got me thinking…what if I could create a dating website for people with New Age, Paganism, Wiccan, Buddhism, and other non-traditional spiritual beliefs?  I know people like me who have these beliefs are like a minority, but seriously, there’s Jewish dating, Christian dating, Catholic dating, and even Islam dating websites!   I feel like we have been forgotten about in the dating site market. 

I feel like I’m alone and walking this path alone because of my belief system.  If you are just tuning into this blog, I call my belief system Christian Spiritualism.  I believe in Jesus Christ and have accepted him as my savior, but I also have some Paganism beliefs, as well as Catholicism and Buddhist beliefs.  I guess I could be lumped in as a “new ager” but I don’t feel so new age.  If I was to join a Christian dating site, I bet I would get a lot of e-mails from people who want to burn me at the stake because I read tarot cards. 

They say a good, healthy relationship works if you are on the same wave length belief wise.  And it is especially important that your partner shares these beliefs if you are to have kids together.  I’ve dated Atheists, Agnostics, Catholics, Christians, and a couple of Wiccans.  These people helped shape my belief system to what it is today (well maybe not the Atheist, because I do believe in a God/force bigger than us).  But I still feel alone because I cannot lump myself as something.  I feel like there will never be someone who “gets me” in a spiritual way and can’t make that big spiritual connection.

But I guess non-traditional spiritual belief people must think outside of the box when it comes to dating, so there isn’t a need for it.  I bet what those beliefs have in common is that they will manifest/attract the person that is for their highest good and it will happen in Divine timing.  But wouldn’t it be nice to take the timing into our own hands? J What if they were in my situation: can’t drive and go out to New Age bookstores/shops, the psychic fairs in the area are attended mostly by women and if there are any men at these fairs, they are either gay or they are the husband being dragged along, and all of their friends were from Agnostic/Atheist or Christian backgrounds.  How do non-traditional spiritual belief people meet one another if it’s not via a computer?

OkCupid makes me feel weird.  There are a bunch of Atheist/Agnostic people on that site.  When I put I read tarot cards on my profile, it doesn’t generate many responses because “I’m crazy”.

I think this will be posted in Relationsh*ts and my tarot blog.  But this is just some random late night/early morning rambling.  It is time to go to bed!

Difficulty Finding Love Spread

I was bored tonight and kept thinking about how unsuccessful I've been with romantic relationships in the past.  I haven't had much luck finding someone who is way into me as much as I would be into them, I keep running into men who basically just want to get in my pants.  So I made a new tarot spread and tried it out tonight.  Here's the spread and my reading :)

1. How I present myself to the opposite sex -- The Magician -- I make an impact on those that I meet.  I'm wise beyond my years and they notice I have self-esteem issues.

2. What are my positive traits as a lover? - Six of Pentacles -- I'm very giving.  I wear my heart on my sleeve and I'm kind.  I'm able to keep secrets and be their best friend.

3. What makes me "difficult to love"? -- The Sun -- I can rush into the relationship too fast and fall in love easily.  I can sometimes show too much happiness and enthusiasm.  I don't let the man chase me.

4. What can I do to change? -- Five of Pentacles -- Move on from other romantic losses.  Let the guy do the chasing.  Don't be so available.

5. What kind of men am I attracting? -- Seven of Swords -- Men who are loners, doesn't need a woman by their side all the time, not serious relationship material.

6. What kind of men do I need to attract? -- Knight of Pentacles -- Someone who is cautious, realistic, and hard working.  Someone who will take the relationship seriously and put their heart and soul into me.  Someone who sees me as an important person in their life.

7. When can I expect to meet a new love interest? -- Nine of Pentacles -- Either in September, in the winter, or when the sun is in an Earth sign (Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn)/9 months.

Enjoy! :)