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Free Reading with Golden Girls
Thank you for being a friend, dear reader. It means a lot to me.
After the blizzards and record-breaking rainstorms around the US last week, I think we can all do with a little sunny daydream of a warm place with witty friends.
This week, I am sharing a longer form reading with you from my beloved Golden Girls deck.
I grew up on this show, and some of my own best friends have threatened to make me move to Florida with them to live together in our own sexy crone years someday.
For further in-depth guidance, get some of that Sophia humorous strait talk when you sign up for a personal tarot reading with me.
Rose knew that trusting her gut was worth more than all the fine education she got in St. Olaf. Tap into her wisdom with some Intuition Coaching sessions.
Or, get more Blanche vibes going when you learn how to read cards yourself, and impress all your friends at the party.
Even Dorothy would approve.
Scroll down for the free reading!
Eat More Cheesecake,
Jenna Lynne Roberts
Present Path Tarot
That 7 of Pentacles is that project that hasn’t been done yet. Your High Priestess intuition knows deep down if you need to either get it done or let it go. Now is the time to listen and take action.
If you are ready to tackle the project, the rest of the reading is direction in how to do that.
If you are letting go, then the rest of the reading is about setting forth on the thing that matters to you more than the flailing project that needs to get dumped. You might even have been distracting yourself from that which scares you.
The Hierophant and the Magician as a combo is some big energy to take you through that choice with certainty.
The first step is structured planning. Stop thinking it is going to happen organically from inspiration alone.
Empower yourself to set aside time. Book the babysitter so you have space to work with focus. Sign up for the program that will hold you accountable. There are systems in place to help you make this happen. Find them and utilize them.
Then remember that you are a doer. You are a creative spirit. You make things happen.
Sophia’s posture as the Magician says, ‘As Above, So Below’. You want to meditate and envision yourself accomplishing this dream. You want to feel in your body what it will be like to have this checked off your list. Add in some prayer if you like. Allow the Spiritual to play a role in this physical realization of a goal.
Even more Yang energy emerges with the Knight of Pentacles and the Emperor combo.
Call in your healthy masculine that is patient and persistent.
Celebrate the imperfections and mistakes ahead with the joy of knowing that you are pushing your own comfort zone gracefully. Read the Man in the Arena quote of Roosevelt and be proud that you are going for it more fully.
Be staunch in recognizing what needs to be balanced in life. Where do you need to trim energy spent on other aspects of life to focus fully on this? Einstein wore the same gray suit everyday so he didn’t spend energy deciding, which gave him a signature look. How can you minimize some areas to blossom in others?
The Ten of Swords and the Ace of Pentacles are the final gate.
You will prevail and begin a bright new journey into something gratifying. It might even bring you new income, new relations, or new bounty.
But your work has only just begun in another way. Finally wrestling this task into fruition will likely resurface your fears and limiting beliefs that need healed.
Your commitment will be worth it, and it will ignite the opportunity to face the shadows that have kept you in resistance to it in the first place.
It’s so very worth your efforts. This is a powerful reading with 4 of 8 cards in the Major Arcana. This says that NOW is a meaningful time for inner growth and you will benefit immensely from taking action.
Go get it!
Anxiety is a Beast: Tips to manage
This week, I had a little getaway planned with a group retreat. Sounds lovely, yeah?
Well, there was a snowstorm a few days before leaving. I only knew two of the 40 people going. I also had to put a lot of work on pause.
This combination created it’s own little perfect storm. Driving anxiety, social anxiety, and workaholic guilt all collided in my nervous system.
As many of us do, I wrestle with angst. Throughout my life, I have worked very hard to build tools to manage it that I want to share with you here.
My favorite tools to Manage Anxiety:
Air: Trumpet Breath and Meditation
As I am sure you know, we can regulate our nervous system with various types of breath work. Play with various techniques to see what works for you.
My favorite is what I call the Trumpet Breath.
Inhale a long, deep breath and hold.
Purse your lips tight and blow out the breath slowwwwlllyy, puffing out your cheeks as you release.
Let all the muscles on your face relax at the end and breath normal.
Also, learn to meditate. There are apps. There are YouTubes. It helps enormously in only 10 to 15 minutes. Do it daily. You’ll benefit.
Fire: Qi Gong Shaking
I am certified to teach both Yoga and Qi Gong, and love both dearly for how they have eased my stress. Exercise and getting your heart rate up is a great way to signal to your fight or flight mode that you are safe.
Watch the Qi Gong video above to follow the practice with me. Essentially, stand with feet hip distance apart and lift and drop your heels for as many minutes as you can until your body gets warm and your heart rate goes up a bit.
Earth: Grounding and Lavender
I like to believe that the earth enjoys absorbing our tension in the same way trees inhale our carbon dioxide.
Energetically send your stress into the feet and down through the earth. Imagine it feeding the earth a gift. Then, step elsewhere and imagine pulling up grounding earth energy into your body, solidifying you.
Also, I love lavender and find that smelling it or taking it as a tincture or a medicinal pill really helps me relax and sleep. (Please make sure this is right for you with your doctor before consuming anything a tarot reader suggests.)
Water: More Water
I know this is a revelation, but . . . drink more water.
The amount of times I have seen my stress levels go down after chugging a glass of H2O is comical.
It’s hard for me to remember to get fluids enough, so I am here to remind you to start all efforts to self soothe with a glass of water.
After soaking in hot mineral pools in the snow this week, I obviously need to include that as a source of healing. You can make your own at home with epsom salts in a bath tub.
I also offer a lot more practices that help you overcome self-doubt in my Intuition Coaching sessions.
Many clients share that they feel more at ease after a personal tarot reading with me. Treat yourself to clarity today.
To wrap up my excursion story, the drive up in the snow went fine (with a little scary wiggle along the way) and the weather was better in the mountains than in the city. The people at the retreat were wonderful and I made some new friends who share my love of puppets and tarot. And the work is still here, ready for me to dive back into it from a more rested peace of mind.
Long Breath In,
Jenna Lynne Roberts
Present Path Tarot
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New Moon reading for New year
The reading offering below struck a chord with me this time. Collective offering readings don’t always for me.
Confession: I have had the same resolution for years, and strongly feel like this is the year to enact it.
Over the last month, I have been making strides toward it, and it is bringing up a lot of feelings. And what has supported this shift forward surprised me.
I received some EFT tapping sessions from a friend who is learning to become a practitioner. We talked through mental blockages toward my goals, and found some of the emotional gunk that seems to be feeding my inner procrastination beast.
Then we tapped on 9 spots on the body, while reciting acknowledgement of where and how I felt those emotions.
It’s so simple, so super woo woo, and yet BIG sobbing came out of these sessions.
And I have been writing more since then, which was the goal.
I am more aware now of the emotional wave that comes when I sit down to do the thing I LOVE to do. It’s uncomfortable.
My typical response is to chase the scroll squirrel to dodge those feelings.
I am surprised at the shift that has come from recognizing and openly speaking aloud my specific sensation discomfort.
I hope you’ll play with this. You can access this through lots of tools.
Whether via tapping or journaling or meditating or another practice, I hope this little reading today inspires you to give yourself space to feel your feelings around the goals that you have set for the year ahead.
One way to get clarity toward noticing your internal feels is an Intuition Coaching session with me. Let’s listen together.
You can also sort through which goals to focus on in a personal tarot reading.
Blessings on you activating your best life potential this year.
Relish all the Feels,
Jenna Lynne Roberts
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Revolutionize Your Resolutions
A few weeks ago, I sent an image lining up how to make a SMART goal.
While that is an excellent way to align with realizing a reachable goal, today I want you to think about resolutions in a different way through the tarot lens.
As mentioned, the new moon on Jan. 11th next Thursday is a great time to really set forth on your path into 2024.
The week before is a great time to consider what progress you have made, and how you want to build on that.
It’s so easy to notice what we are not doing well, and it’s essential to take note of what we are accomplishing in order to keep on trucking.
As you look at the categories below, consider both what gains you made in 2023, and what ways you want to grow in these in 2024.
Here’s how to make Resolutions through the Tarot Lens:
Earth Pentacles: What have you built in your resources?
This can include building community that is supportive, taking care of your physical body better, as well as classic investments.
Mental Swords: What have you learned?
Learning comes in many forms, including managing the monkey mind through meditation and observing how your stories form your days. How did you improve your communication skills? What are you feeding your mind in books, movies, podcasts, schooling, and media?
Firey Wands: How is your energy flowing?
Fire is about focus, effort levels, pace, and passion. How can you direct your attention on what matters most more often? What fresh enthusiasms do you want to tap into?
Watery Cups: How is your heart and spirit tended to?
What emotional ride did you take this last year and how did you hold yourself? Can you tune into your feeling body and higher self with more compassion?
For each of these, you can use the SMART goal system, or you can use the image below to begin learning the Atomic Habits system by James Clear, or you can sign up for a session with me to help navigate.
Need support in this? An Intuition Honing session can help you sort through the chaos of getting a fresh step forward.
You can start your new year right with a personal tarot reading or get a lesson in reading cards and include friends to learn tarot together.
I hope you can look back on 2023 with some self-recognition that ignites your sense of possibility in 2024.
Celebrate Your Wins,
Jenna Lynne Roberts
Free Reading for 2024
2024 wants us to be making choices from the heart with the Queen of Cups opening up the year.
She loves living an emotionally connected life, rich with spiritual insights and creative expression.
Our Queen is followed by a clear caveat that this heart’s fulfillment is not about immediacy or spontaneity though.
This isn’t a fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants, whimsical year of the heart. Nay nay.
The Ace of Wands reversed and the Eight of Wands upright flanking the Sun are asking us to get completely focused and rein in our scattered behaviors to own ONE goal with full focus.
The Sun in the center says that we will find success and great opportunities if we can empower our focus on the completion of our heart’s desire this year. So go get it!
The Seven of Pentacles reversed adds that we are going to have to release some other goals in order to keep our eye on the prize.
What are you going to let go of, and what projects will remain unfinished this year so you can dive into your primary heart’s desire this year?
The foundation that wraps up this reading is the Queen of Pentacles upright.
This earth momma knows how to balance resources and make cuts where needed to ensure the security of her most precious projects.
So let your heart decide what that is and then recognize the sacrifices that must be made to hold your focus fully on the earned prize that will be utterly fantastic.
Deck: Tarot of the Divine by Yoshi Yoshitani
Choose Art: A Yule Gift
Storytelling is one of the most human art forms. Perhaps animals do it as well, but we are not able to access that information (yet). So it seems quite our thing.
For me, tarot reading is a form of storytelling, and my passion for it’s archetypes and the hero’s journey relates directly to my first love of movies.
In school, I was the nerd who would gab about my most recent fixation to the point that other kids would roll their eyes when mine went dreamy.
I still do this. I get super excited about one filmmaker or one performer and I deep dive into a rabbit hole of their work.
I had been embarrassed about this habit for years. Only recently have I come to embrace this mindset as a healthy love of life itself.
I now see this fascination as a type of archetypal tarot card:
What is this artist’s message for me in my life?
Perhaps it’s to laugh more, or get focused, or improvise more, or be more open-hearted.
This is one approach to treating life as art.
Where our attention goes has valuable meaning.
What we give attention to designs how we think about life.
Often, I find myself watching junk TV, and wondering why I am feeling down on the mundanity of life.
This year, I found the free Kanopy App. It’s a well-curated streaming channel that gives you points to watch movies each month when you sign up with your local library card.
Their selections are vast and center on artistic cinema. Their films are typically independent, or worldly, or classics, or fabulously weird. There’s some fun mainstream ones in the mix as well.
Whenever I make the choice to watch something here, I feel more enlightened and enlivened afterward.
My Yule gift to you this year is this google doc of a list of my favorite films you can watch on Kanopy and directions of how to sign up.
I don’t get anything for this but my own joy of sharing quality entertainments, and perhaps some sense of value in my Film BA degree.
If you ever want to write me about a film you watched from it, I welcome your insights and opinions as well, even if they disagree with mine.
Of course, a great last minute gift for that person who needs to see their own life as art is a tarot reading with a passionate story-seer.
Use the Code GIVETAROT for a discount of 15% off regular rates when you give a gift certificate to a loved one.
Mercury Retrograde discount is always 10% off with the code RETRO2023, but you’re welcome to use the better code and gift certificate yourself a future reading as well.
I hope you might also enjoy some quality downtime after Christmas and prepare for the new year with a tarot reading or lesson.
Bring your friends and family a unique experience with an online tarot event or perhaps to learn tarot together.
I hope to see you soon, and I hope you enjoy some of the movies I shared in this gift.
Live Artfully,
Jenna Lynne Roberts
Present Path Tarot
Delay Your Resolutions
New Year’s resolutions are an irksome topic for some people. If you’re one of them, know that this is a great year to not make them on time.
We will cross over into 2024 during one of our bouts of Mercury retrograde, and so it’s best to just keep eating the cake and skipping the gym for a spell.
If you are a person like me who enjoys setting a goal for yourself at traditional markers along the year, know that this round is best to delay a bit.
Typically, new moons are the ideal time to call in what you desire. The first new moon of 2024 is on January 11th, and that would be a great day to set forth on your new habits.
Alternatively, you can wait one more month and use the Chinese New Year of February 10th, Saturday, to set forth on your next up-level journey as we step into the Year of the Dragon.
Whatever date you choose, remember to keep it simple and make a manageable goal that comes with clear checkpoints for success.
Scroll down for an outline of what makes a SMART goal, which is a current standard for setting achievable pursuits.
If you hope to motivate someone to step into their 2024 with fresh energy, consider gifting them a tarot reading or lesson for the holidays.
Use the Code GIVETAROT for a discount of 15% off regular rates when you give a gift certificate to a loved one.
Mercury Retrograde discount is always 10% off with the code RETRO2023, but it’s okay if you want to buy yourself a gift certificate for the added bonus this round.
Message me after purchase (and before Dec. 21st) for a physical gift certificate to be mailed to you or your recipient if you want more than an email print out.
It would be lovely to see you this month, sign up for a tarot reading with me to get you through the holiday hustle.
You can also bond with buddies over some fun insights when you bring your friends and family together for an online tarot event or perhaps to learn tarot.
I hope you find some time this week to settle into some slowness and relax in the hullabaloo of it all.
Relish Your Presence,
Jenna Lynne Roberts
Present Path Tarot
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Give and Receive Well
December is the month of charity from so many directions.
The holidays are about gifts and supporting those with less than us.
The tax season ending means we might benefit from donating to good causes.
And the weather reminds us of those without shelter or food who we wish to support.
Yet, with so much good intention, a lot of us come to begrudge the pressure of the season.
That’s where the wisdom of the 6 of Pentacles comes in.
The 6 of Pentacles is about a healthy balance in giving and receiving.
It’s a beautiful thing for us to be generous, and it’s essential for us to be able to take in what is offered and ask for our own needs.
Ask yourself:
How do I give in ways that uplifts my spirits, and how do I give in ways that drains me?
Can I choose to say, “No”, or negotiate better at times when something feels exhausting or overwhelming?
Do I welcome the love and support and gifts and compliments that others wish to share with me?
Can I be more gracious in being a recipient, as a form of giving back good energy to those who send it my way?
It’s not about pulling back on the giving arbitrarily. It’s about noticing when you give in ways that doesn’t feel healthy, and learning to set limits and even ask for support as you need.
My offering this month is the deepest discount of the year so you can offer your loved ones a gift that helps them help themselves.
A tarot reading with me empowers querents to make their own best choices and strive to thrive more in their blessings.
Present Path Tarot Holiday Offer: Use the Code GIVETAROT for a discount of 15% off regular rates when you give a gift certificate to a loved one.
Message me after purchase for a physical gift certificate to be mailed to you or your recipient!
If you desire support in the holidays, sign up for a tarot reading with me to get simplified clarity on whatever ails you.
Bring your friends and family together with an online tarot event or perhaps learn the tarot with friends.
Finally, in honor of the give and receive, I want to remind you of my friend Theresa’s awesome offering this month:
Take care of yourself and have a fabulous weekend.
Balance is Beautiful,
Jenna Lynne Roberts
Present Path Tarot
The Power of Words: 3 Oracle Decks
I was the talker in class as a kid.
Each teacher would give me that look, typically weary but kind, knowing that I could not help myself to keep quiet.
In high school, Bob McHeffey introduced me to the art of putting words on paper as a creative outlet.
I fell so in love with writing that I might have gotten a little crush on the teacher who opened my world to it.
So it makes sense that I found a career where I can regularly elaborate on the mysteries of life. I feel grateful that I found this home for my chatty side.
That’s why I am so giddy to share with you three super unique word decks that are currently available on a great offer in an Indiegogo campaign from Theresa Pridemore.
(Note: I don’t get any monetary support from sharing this with you, simply my own joy of supporting a respected local colleague.)
Her first deck series is called the Sovereign Oracle, which follows a more classic style of word divination decks.
These three new decks head in a bold new direction.
Each channeled deck can be used for divination readings as well as realigning with a better path, or even spell casting.
For Divination: Ask a question and pull cards to see what messages come through in the archetypes of the word concept combinations. All three decks can also be read together for this, as I show at the end of my YouTube flip though.
For Realigning: From the reading, choose the cards that you need to heal or shift your energy around and place them somewhere you’ll see them regularly as a reminder.
For Spellcasting: Purposefully choose a series of words that sets an intention on what you want to manifest into reality. Place them on your shrine.
Note: Theresa already set a spell that these decks can only be used for no-harm witchcraft only, so feel safe diving into play.
The Mojo Deck has glyphs on each card that she captured with automatic drawing to infuse in the energy of the word meaning. These help make readings come to life as you see the patterns merge.
The Atomic Wisdom Deck was inspired by Brian Eno’s 1975 ‘Oblique Strategies’ deck. It helps us come to clarity from a side angle, offering a playful way to lighten up a situation.
The Dis-rupture Deck is the sassy friend who tells it to you strait. It’s meant to disrupt the status quo and heal ruptures in the psyche. Once you can look at something clearly, you can change it.
Scroll down to check out my YouTube of the deck flip throughs of all three with a quick reading at the end.
Any of these decks make a great gift, as does a tarot reading or lesson from me.
Present Path Tarot Holiday Offer: Use the Code GIVETAROT for a discount of 15% off regular rates when you give a gift certificate to a loved one.
Message me after purchase for a physical gift certificate to be mailed to you or your recipient!
If you are managing more than the usual holiday stress, sign up for a tarot reading with me to get simplified clarity on whatever ails you.
Bring your friends and family together with an online tarot event or perhaps learn the tarot with friends.
Thank you for Reading these Words,
Jenna Lynne Roberts
Present Path Tarot
Mindful Shopping Tips
My email inbox today is full of deals deals deals.
When this Black Friday mayhem first started, I boycotted it and scowled at the mobs frantically tearing into stores.
I have since let go of that righteous young morality and I have given in to the online opportunities.
Heck, I already got a deal for BritBox today so I can feed my inner anglophile and watch obscure Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Tom Hiddleston shows.
While naturally I am going to give you an offer in this email, I thought maybe we can all enjoy a moment of pulling away from the panic to make our best choices on our purchases.
Shopping is fun, and can amp us up. This state of urgency is not where you want to spend money from. But that’s the game, isn’t it?
Here’s some tips on how to to have fun and step into your own power in the hustle this weekend.
1. Before you dive into sales, sit and breathe for a few minutes.
2. Close your eyes and feel your body. Remind yourself that you are enough and have enough, just as you are.
3. Think of something you desire, and feel where that resides in your body.
What will it feel like to fulfill that? How will it practically satisfy you? Why do you crave it?
Is the state of desire enjoyable in itself and doesn’t need completed?
4. If not, set a budget. What is reasonable for you to spend on this, considering your current economic freedom?
5. Go hunting for the item on secure sites. Read reviews. Consider environmental impact.
6. If it looks too good to be true, it probably is. Research to ensure that the site offering the deal is a legit store.
7. Determine the best option among the deals. Put it in your shopping cart and WALK AWAY.
8. Do something unrelated for 20 minutes at least and then sit down to check in with your body again. How do you feel? Can you regulate out of excitement to a place that feels neutral and clear-minded?
9. Decide whether this is going to bring the joy you seek, or just adds to stuff you need to dust off. If the latter, delete it from the cart. If the former, buy it.
10. Hold gratitude that you can afford to treat yourself and your family and friends to items that bring you all joy and support.
Now here it is . . . my own upsell . . .
Less Stuff, More Life-Affirming Experiences!
Treat your loved ones to a unique taste of magic and curiosity with a tarot reading or lesson.
Holiday Offer: Use the Code GIVETAROT for a discount of 15% off regular rates when you give a gift certificate to a loved one.
Message me after purchase for a physical gift certificate to be mailed to you or your recipient!
The holiday season can be stressful, sign up for a tarot reading with me to decompress from the whirlwind.
Bring your friends and family together with an online tarot event or perhaps learn the tarot with friends.
Breathe while Buying,
Jenna Lynne Roberts
Present Path Tarot
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