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Free Reading for August
I am excited to share that I was welcomed to teach a course on Tarot through the Cinematic Hero’s Journey at the Northwest Tarot Symposium coming up in the first weekend of September.
If you’re able to get to Portland, I hope you’ll consider joining. There is a free vendors area in the Monarch Hotel that weekend that is also open to the public.
I love this topic I am teaching because it combines many of my passions: Movies and Tarot and Storytelling.
We each are living our own unique story, and one of my favorite things about my work is getting to hear all the individual journeys that querents are navigating.
Share your personal story with me and receive in return some unique magical clarity over a personal tarot reading.
Getting ready a summer party? Hire a tarot or palm reader with Portlandia Fortune Tellers. We offer in-person entertainment in the Portland and Salem areas and with online experiences.
Tune into your own inner narrator during an intuition coaching session with me.
Be a helpful companion on your friends adventures during a Tarot Together session.
Scroll on for a free tarot reading for the month of August.
Weave Your Story Well,
Jenna Lynne Roberts
Free Reading for August
The 7 of Pentacles reversed is frustrated and dragging energy. You have sweat and toiled over a project that has just not budged. You have worried that it will never be completed.
Along comes the hero of the Knight of Swords to save it. This character will approach the problem with a problem solving and honest mindset.
The Knight does not flinch from severing away the dead weight of bad ideas, emotional attachments or other detriments that are holding this project in stasis.
To call in your own Knight of Swords, you will need to get fully logical and brutally realistic about the mentality that you are ready to overcome in order to move forward.
The Death Card says that this shift in this project management is bringing with it a powerful transformation for yourself as well.
It might be that you throw out this effort completely. Consider what you learned and let it go.
It might be that you internally shift to be able to face the demons that this procrastination has brought up for you. Let go of the parts of you that are lollygagging around and take swift and smart action.
The choice you make will be bold and a bit uncomfortable, but this experience is relevant to your overarching evolution.
It will all be worth it when you release yourself from the worry of the 9 of Swords reversed. Notice the relief when you finally break through the cycle that the project has mired in for too long.
Celebrate your accomplishment once you alter your course. You will enjoy the results of your newfound merits.
Want to find some clever solutions together? Sign up to get a tarot reading with me!
Tower Card: Progress is a Spiral
This week, I found myself in some tower card templates of torment.
Same old mid-summer struggle to rest enough.
Repeats of conflicts with loved ones.
Familiar frustrations with how much news is healthy to absorb.
It’s easy to feel defeated and focus on the feelings of failure.
This is the Tower Card. Old patterns that keep coming around.
You can move towns. Break up with that person. Change jobs. Yet you find yourself rehashing the same cycles with new places, people and careers.
This is where it helps to focus on the progress that has been made.
When you feel like you’ve gone “backwards,” ask yourself:
– What am I seeing now that I couldn’t see before?
– What tools do I have now that I didn’t have then?
– How can I respond with compassion instead of self-criticism?
Growth does not go up a ladder, it swirls in a spiral.
Every loop is an invitation to deepen your healing.
You’re not doing it wrong—you’re doing it again, but better this time.
Bring a new level of awareness when you catch these moments, and praise yourself for even noticing that you have a choice to evolve.
These coils can be the most obvious during Mercury Retrograde. It’s a great time to pause and reflect on our habits.
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Gain more fresh perspective with clear guidance from a personal tarot reading or an intuition coaching session.
Bring a friend who can make knowing faces at you during a shared Tarot Together session.
Welcome healthy growth magic at your next event when you hire a tarot or palm reader from Portlandia Fortune Tellers. We offer in-person entertainment in the Portland and Salem areas as well as online experiences.
Have a great weekend and be compassionate with your swirls.
“Happiness Runs in a Circular Motion”,
Jenna Lynne Roberts
Annual Reflection & Cancerian Love
Today is my birthday!
It’s also the first day of Mercury Retrograde, so you get the gift of a discount for the next 3 weeks in readings and intuition development sessions when you sign up with the code RETRO2025
Today I am offering a more personal share with my annual ritual of pondering on where I have been and where I am going. I am also sharing a video of Gary the Unigoat below for your entertainment.
My hope is that you may relate to some of the messages or come up with your own mid-summer ponder.
In my 47th year on earth, I took on more leadership roles in my costume troupe and in purchasing an event-focused tarot business, Portlandia Fortune Tellers.
I’ve learned that leadership is best done with curiosity and humility.
Ask questions before presuming. Learn what others need from you to thrive as a group. Accept what people can bring and consider whether it’s the right fit for your needs.
My hope for the year ahead is that I am able to remain focused on the big tasks that intimidate me in building my businesses and accomplishing long-term goals.
On that same note, I’ve learned this year that I’m legitimately ADHD. It turns out that my friend’s teasing me was actual insight.
Through this diagnosis, I have learned that when I slow down and rest more, I am able to better find my own peak performance. I’m still learning the skills of how to implement that, but I’m aware of its value.
Last year and going forward, I’m both learning and calling in compassion for myself and others in the challenges of being ourselves.
These are uncertain times, and I want to accept that I may not be at my best some days, and I want to try to meet others where they are at.
For all of us, life is a constant balance act. I love reading tarot because it gives people a supportive and unique perspective on their own growth. Consider doing a similar reflection on your past and future during a personal tarot reading or an intuition coaching session with me.
Treat a birthday friend to a more spectacular party when you hire a tarot or palm reader with Portlandia Fortune Tellers. We offer in-person entertainment in the Portland and Salem areas as well as online experiences.
For a more personal treat, take your favorite Leo out for a Tarot Together session to give them the focused attention they crave.
Scroll down for a message about love for Cancerians from Gary the Unigoat!
48 is Mighty Great,
Jenna Lynne Roberts
Water Rituals
As the heat builds, let’s all engage more with water for body, mind, and spirit.
In the Tarot, the water element of the cups suit represents emotions and spirituality. It’s the essence of the heart. When we drink or consciously touch water, we better balance our whole system from the heart center.
I often find that if I am overly stressed or anxious, a glass of water makes an enormous difference in my mood.
We know our human form is essentially a bag of salty H2O. This means that drinking water with electrolytes is going to regulate your system even more.
I also find it incredibly healing to get into water and this is the perfect season for that.
Swimming in a lake or ocean or even putting your feet in a river is incredibly nourishing. I like to sing songs to the water at times.
We can also tune in fully and listen to the trickles of the sounds of the river making it’s own song.
I enjoy doing rituals with water. Many cultures bathe each part of their body with awareness before prayer to clarify their spirit.
Create moon water by placing a bowl of it in the light of the full moon to infuse healing energy into it. You can then anoint this water on your shrine or yourself.
If you go through an especially challenging time that felt life-changing, take a sacred bath to center yourself in a sense of rebirth.
When I stand on a bridge with a river crossing underneath, I’ll imagine the current moving through my body and allow all that is not mine anymore and all stagnant energy to go downstream with the river and then welcome in fresh new energy replenishing from the flow behind me.
If you don’t have an opportunity to get near fresh water, consider making yourself an Epsom salt bath. Epsom salts help you clear inflammation from your body. They also energetically clear your spirit field according to witches and woo folk.
If you’re more of a shower person, you can also just scrub Epsom salts into your skin for an exfoliating energetic release of all that does not serve you.
Whatever you do, drink enough water this summer. That alone is giving yourself a great grace.
Make a splash at a party by welcoming a tarot or palm reader with Portlandia Fortune Tellers. We offer in-person entertainment in the Portland and Salem areas and with online experiences.
Find a deeper waters within yourself during an intuition coaching session.
Dive into the spiritual arts with me over a personal tarot reading.
Deepen community when you witness each other on your most powerful paths in a Tarot Together session.
Glug Glug,
Jenna Lynne Roberts
Free Reading for July
Happy Independence Day in the USA
May we all take part in the freedoms we enjoy the most and cherish our democracy over this weekend and beyond.
Self-expression is a precious right that I am about to go relish as I play in a variety of costumes with my troupe, Risk of Change. Started by a group of gay men adjacent to the radical faeries in the 1980’s, we are celebrating our 40th anniversary this year!
Last week, a wonderful 1-hour documentary about the Oregon Country Faire came out that includes highlights of our crew.
You might even catch a quick shot of me dressed up as my gnome, Oomph von Ploomph!
Getting ready for your own summer party? Hire a tarot or palm reader with Portlandia Fortune Tellers. We offer in-person entertainment in the Portland and Salem areas and with online experiences.
This month, turn your ear to your most subtle self expressing with an intuition coaching session with me.
Welcome unique magic in a personal tarot reading.
Deepen community when you witness each other on your most powerful paths in a Tarot Together session.
Scroll on for a free tarot reading for the month of July!
Rolling with My Gnomies,
Jenna Lynne Roberts
Free Reading for July
This reading is done with the Animal Totem Tarot by by Leeza Robertson and Eugene Smith
This reading breaks down into two essential stories.
The King of Pentacles reversed with the Strength card combo is reminding us that we have the power within us to pull through the long slogs.
Muster up your patience and take your own steady pace forward. Be cautious not to get stuck in a rut of stubbornness or inaction.
This can also remind us to work smarter, not harder.
What ways is your routine or old mentality adding weight to your load?
Is there a way to ease up your tasks by releasing some rigidity around how it gets done, or being less possessive over it?
The Queen of Swords reversed with the Two of Cups reversed combo is a warning heeded around our communication choices this month.
Have you ever said something cutting or foolish and damaged a relationship in an instant?
I have . . .and I still cringe to think of it.
This reading is asking us to be considerate when we share our honesty with loved ones.
Bring your messages with kindness and fore thought.
Righteous quickness is not going to serve connections.
If you find yourself triggered, pause and wait until you can respond with clarity over cruelty. You will be better heard and spare yourself regret.
The combo of all four cards speaks to how overwhelm and stubbornness can lead to communications glitches with those closest to us.
Remember to slow down in the heat, hydrate with electrolytes, and think before you speak when you are the most on edge.
Consider how to communicate lovingly through the challenges when you get a companion / couple’s tarot reading with me.
Harness Your Summer Fire with Tarot
The heat of summer is coming to the Pacific Northwest, and with it comes a busy season in both work and play.
For myself, the tourists and events want readers to add to their summer magic. Plus, my yard and garden needs most of it’s annual maintenance and attention.
For all of us, Nature is calling us to relish in her current vibrancy. Our community has more opportunities to connect in person. Travel might be in the works. And yet we still need to do all the other things that we also do in winter.
So much is going on all at once! How do we juggle it all?!
So today, I want to talk about the Wands Suit.
Each suit in tarot is related to one of the elements, and Wands is about Fire.
Fire is passion, movement, energy, action. It can relate to exercise and focus and attraction.
Here are some highlight messages from the Wands Suit:
Ace of Wands:
Let yourself enjoy your sparks of inspiration, and do your best to make space for yourself to follow the flow when possible.
Two of Wands:
When it’s hot outside and we have a lot to do, it’s important that we pace ourselves to a rhythm that let’s us slow down. Breathe with awareness and drink water to cool down throughout the warm days.
4 of Wands:
Seek out community connections and make use of the social time of year. Play with others and maybe even make some new friends.
5 of Wands:
The passion of fire means we can sometimes be a short fuse when it comes to conflict. Remember that immediacy is not your friend when you’re feeling triggered. Pause and assess how to respond to that annoying text after your initial reaction has passed.
8 of Wands:
Decide what you’ll focus on and each day direct your attention on it as fully as possible during the scattered distractions of the summer months.
9 of Wands:
Constant action can lead to burn out, and it’s important that we schedule downtime during the hot months. Don’t try to over-prove yourself when you’re already stretched.
Want to see what wands come through for you? Get a personal tarot reading for insight or an intuition coaching to better light your own match of instinct.
Celebrate life with community when you sign up for a Tarot Together reading.
Throwing a party this summer? The tarot and palm readers with Portlandia Fortune Tellers are a fabulous addition to any celebration or ritual. Fill out our no-commitment booking form to learn more about bringing magic to your event.
I hope you have a great start of July next week! Free tarot reading coming next Friday!
Light Your Fire,
Jenna Lynne Roberts
To consider more about Wands as a magical tool, watch the video below that I made during 2020 Shelter-in-place.
Solstice Rituals
We in the Northern hemisphere are tilted toward the sun and have thus returned to the longest day of the year!
This weekend, consider making some time for a ritual to celebrate in the ways our ancestors of various lineages have for many centuries. This has always been a world-wide celebrated event, so it might be fun to look up your own historical practices of your own ancient relations.
Greet the Dawn: take a moment in the morning when you wake up to acknowledge the sun with gratitude for the life it supports
Build a Bonfire: make a (safe) fire or light a candle and celebrate the nature of the Sun’s warmth. You can write an intention of something you are ready to release as we step into the new season and burn it, or perhaps sing a song to the fire.
Gather Herbs: if you have a garden or know a good spot in nature with wild herbs, collect some and cook a meal with them, or dry them for a summer tea.
Feast with Friends: create a potluck with community and share in your wishes for the summer ahead
Wash your Doors: Use a mix of vinegar and water or another natural solution and wash off your doors. You can also use olive oil and draw a protection sigil afterward.
Bring a little extra magic into your summer manifestations when you get a personal tarot reading for insight or an intuition coaching for your own self-trust development.
Celebrate with you closest community when you sign up for a Tarot Together reading.
Throwing a party this summer? The tarot and palm readers with Portlandia Fortune Tellers are a fabulous addition to any celebration or ritual. Fill out our no-commitment booking form to learn more about bringing magic to your event.
Make this month more merry with a visit to the Oregon Renaissance Faire and get a reading from our booth!
Have a lovely weekend with appreciation for the seasonal shifts.
Blessed Be Your Summer,
Jenna Lynne Roberts
The Gentle Way Through Overwhelm
Last Friday, I woke up far too early with anxiety.
I had a full day of readings ahead and a major home project in progress. The news cycle also created a lot of strong feelings and was hard to look away from.
My brain whirled at how I would manage to keep my focus on the readings which require deep presence, while also finding space for the house project.
The heat wave was coming, and the yard was currently in disarray. If I didn’t do it that day, it meant postponing another 4 days til temperatures cooled.
My cortisol levels already spiking, I knew I wasn’t going to get more than the 4 hours of sleep I had manged.
I often overbook myself, take on too much, and resist pulling out of any commitments when I realize I am past my limits.
My German mom and workaholic dad taught me to just push on through the overwhelm. I am grateful for the fortitude they instilled in me, but I am trying to learn a new way.
I want to make different choices when I get this drained and fried out.
So I got up, and put away the tools and work gear. I tidied up the mess from the partially done big task. I accepted that it would reside in limbo.
This felt like a big shift for me. I didn’t push through. I backtracked. I paused. I prioritized my focus on one zone to manage, instead of spreading myself too thin.
I had a fantastic day of readings for it. I drank a green tea that helped with the sleep deprivation and I was able to engage fully with each client.
We laughed, cried, and we found answers for their journeys. I love my job and feel honored to share these moments with people. Every cell in my body was grateful that I chose my focus more fully that day.
With the state of the world adding to our stress, some days the scattered chaos and emotional overwhelm pushes it’s way in. I can’t take on as much as I would like to when that happens.
Some days we have to accept our limits and prioritize the need to decompress.
Here are some ways that I am learning to make different choices that I hope might help you.
Taskmaster:
– Organize my life on a prioritized to-do list (I like the app todoist)
– Consider that things will take longer than I expect to complete
– Acknowledge what I do get done, pause to rest briefly between tasks
– Allow actual space in my schedule when I can
– Hire someone to help with time consuming tasks that I can afford support on
Reassess:
– Be compassionate with myself about the emotional challenges I am
facing that day, and accept I am not going to get as much done
– Tell friends when our plans are tentatively penciled in due to being booked on a busy week
– Cancel or reschedule lower priorities when I see I am pushing my limits (I almost never do this for readings unless I am sick, as they are my livelihood and I enjoy my work immensely)
– Pause from immediacy: when new tasks show up, put them on the to do list instead of presuming they need done now
Self-regulation:
– Catch the moments that I am stressed, and see if I can make time for a brief meditation, a walk, some yoga, or a nap
– Make sure to drink water and eat protein all day
– Notice what is trying to distract me, and consider tuning it out for a period of time, using the Focus Me app to limit my spontaneous access to news and scrolling
– Reach out to friends for emotional support as needed
I hope you might consider arranging a self-care session with me to help you better align with your own focus.
You can get a personal tarot reading for insight or an intuition coaching to rehearse how you can shift your own energy toward healthier decision making habits.
Bring in a friend who needs to reassess their path with a Tarot Together reading.
In the Portland area? Maybe get away this month with a weekend visit to the Oregon Renaissance Faire and get a reading from our booth!
The tarot and palm readers with Portlandia Fortune Tellers know how to keep things both profound and light. Bring one of our team in for an event to create a deeper community connection.
Have a wonderful weekend and I hope you can priortize delicious downtime.
Choose New Ways,
Jenna Lynne Roberts
Hustle and Hammock Time: Free June Reading
Hello!
Phew! I have been in a whirl of getting ready for seasonal tarot event work and other summer fun.
The next 4 weekends, my team at Portlandia Fortune Tellers and I are going to be at the Oregon Renaissance Fair in Canby.
If you need a little merriment and frolicking, come on down!
The last session of Psychic Sundays is this weekend! Join our online course in the 4 Pillars of Astrology with Heather to gain insight into how your full chart works.
Bring a friend and each of you can use the code 2FORCLASS for 10% off each!
Sign up for the Astrology Class Now . . .
Learn more details here:
Have some summer party planning in action? Hire a tarot or palm reader with Portlandia Fortune Tellers. We offer in-person entertainment in the Portland and Salem areas and with online experiences.
This month, enliven your own inner knowing with an intuition coaching session with me.
Tap into what your own spirit guides need you to learn with a personal tarot reading.
Deepen community when you witness each other on your most powerful paths in a Tarot Together session.
Scroll on for a free tarot reading for the month of June!
This reading uses one of my oldest decks, the World Spirit Tarot by Lauren ‘Onca’ O’Leary.
The Sun shines bright on our month ahead with new opportunities. Focus on the positive and reach for potential shifts forward in promotions and new directions toward growth.
This is emphasized by the 3 of Pentacles character showing off her new project. Apply yourself to move forward in a practical direction with work and home.
This card can also inspire a gathering of cooperative team members who bring their own resources to a project that is ready to flourish.
So . . . we’re moving right along like the Muppets on a road trip and then -BLAMO- the 4 of Swords shuts down the charging forth with a loud call for rest and down time.
This combination is reminding us to pare down where we can to make room for slowing down alongside the new movement forward.
Where can you make cuts to your busy lifestyle to make time for restorative grounding while also sending energy into a new effort?
If you take on more, something else will need to be set aside, and centering in relaxation will require more scheduling.
If you don’t disconnect and decompress, you’ll end up making the hasty decisions of the reversed Knight of Swords. He casts off others wisdom to emphasize brash speed over sensible consideration.
Balance this month between vibrant go-getter up swings and full decompression down tempos. It’s a strange dance, but remember to value both the big efforts and the deep rest.
Use some of that chill time wisely when you sign up for a personal tarot reading with me help you assess how to make the most of the blessings this month has to offer.
Riddy Diddy Ding TIme,
Jenna Lynne Roberts
Prepare for the Unexpected with Confidence
I have a confession . . .
I am an over-packer. (The image above is not my car . . . read to the bottom to see my packing job.)
I am going camping at a festival this weekend, and I am just grateful that it’s one where I am not alone in this baroque preparing.
It’s also a blessing that my travel companion is more of a minimalist so we can get it all in the car.
This is definitely an element of control for me. I want to have all my comforts and joys along for the ride. I am not carrying the items far, and I have my wagon for ease of delivery.
I was a girl scout, and I love having my little pouches with all the tiny items that rescue me from crisis. It quells my anxiety in the meantime.
I also see how too much stuff becomes a burden.
It’s a balance act.
So how prepared in life is the right amount for you, and how much is too much?
Here are some tenets of preparedness to consider for yourself.
Focus on Principles, not Scenarios
– Know how to adapt
– Plan for basic needs, communication, and safety
– Assess the situation before acting
A lot of people come in for readings for a sense of control over the unexpected.
Some readers may tell them the future with certainty. I believe it’s better to give them a sense of how they will manage the possibilities with their own empowered skills.
Build Flexible Systems
If we can do some If-Then thinking, it can help lower our anxiety around the uncertainty.
If this happens, then I will . . .
Consider the outcomes so that in the moment you can emotionally analyze your best choice and layer it with what you already decided was the logical answer.
A tarot reading is a great way to consider your if’s with the cards guiding you through your likely results with various responses.
Reassess and Simplify
Now that I have over-packed for camping, I can go through the items and pare down the excess.
Where are you worried about unlikely scenarios?
How can you unload the concerns that you have already prepared for?
A tarot reading can help you recognize where the overkill begins, and give you a sense of ease that you have planned enough.
Letting spirit guides be a part of your preparations is like asking your friends for their perspective, but the friends who have a wider expanse of vision.
Another great way to gain a unique perspective is to understand astrological influences. An opportunity to learn some foundations in that is coming up in a few weeks with our final class in this series.
Psychic 2nd Sundays with Portlandia Fortune Tellers Experts:
Join us for a 2-hour workshop from 4pm to 6pm PST
June 8th: Heather: 4 Pillars of Astrology (In-Person and Online)
Bring a friend or your mom and each of you can use the code 2FORCLASS for 10% off each!
Learn more details here:
In-person sessions will take place in Southeast Portland
Want to prepare a party that keeps your guests engaged and enlivened? Hire a tarot or palm reader with Portlandia Fortune Tellers. We offer both in-person entertainment in the Portland and Salem areas and online experiences.
Learn how to trust your own gut with an intuition coaching session with me.
Consider the angles you had not to prepare for what’s ahead with a personal tarot reading.
Include community in the journey during a Tarot Together session with a friend.
Now I am off to Tetris my car, a skill of necessity that I have enhanced to manage my overpacking.
Always Be Prepared,
Jenna Lynne Roberts
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