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Email Reading Testimonial

Sunday, August 20th, 2006

“Great reading , felt like you knew me well, without any face to face contact, knew very much what I was thinking .”

Often people will think email is less of a reading format than face-to-face or voice-to-voice.  Do remember that the reader is the one reading.  If they feel comfortable with that format, then it is most likely going to “work for them”.  They won’t use a format that won’t work for them unless they are trying out a new format.  As a seeker, it’s important to decide whether you want to direct the way the reader reads OR receive the actual reading that was requested.  I suggest doing the latter.  🙂

Happy readings.

9 of Wands Tarot Card by Abella Arthur

Monday, August 14th, 2006

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Nine of Wands

by Abella

Description
Symbolism
Card Meaning
Artistic Media
Artist’s Bio
Description

This card is in celebration of the goalie from the game of hockey: A favourite Canadian national sport.

The goalie ensures the 9 of Wands puck does not get into the net and helps his or her teammates play defensively. Yet the goalie, in large part, stands and skates alone within a confined space.

Abella went with an abstract, surreal, minimalist, graphic design, advertisement, post-modern mass effect for this 9 of Wands Tarot card.

Many levels of meaning are intended to be found by each individual viewer of the card and Abella can only attempt to describe but a few of the consciously created details, symbolism, and meaning that exists within the card.

For example, one may see a goalie made up of the word “goalie” as well as hockey sticks for knee pads or perhaps a hockey rink (glass, boards, and ice).

Symbolism

The goalie’s knee pads and hockey stick make up the traditional 9 wands of fire. The stick symbolizes the passion and tool used for the goalie to protect the net.

The abstract goalie’s eye is a sun that sees clearly the goal ahead as well as telling the opposing team to steer clear away lest they be burned by the sun.

In astrology your sun sign signifies outwardly appearing personality traits. This card’s elemental significance is sun in Sagittarius. Sagittarius belongs to the element of fire and it’s here where the sign becomes the mouth on our abstract goalie. The goalie is letting us know what type of personality he or she is.

Many Sagittarius’ seek challenge, adventure, and freedom and are optimistic and enthusiastic. They work well with others but prefer personal independence. These traits are expressed in the goalie personality as well.

Colours:

Black: Strength, Injured, masculinity
Red: Passion, Strength, femininity
Blue: Icey Cold, Bruised, masculinity
White: Good Intentions, Snow, femininity
The months between November and March are considered the winter season for Toronto, Ontario and most of Canada. This also happens to be a time when ice hockey is played a lot.

Card Meaning

The 9 of Wands is about standing up to a powerful force even if that means doing it alone and potentially getting hurt in that process. The 9 of Wands is about being prepared, determined, dedicated, tough, independent, an energized gate, overcoming adversity, focusing strength, confident, and having a positive outlook that leads to future success. It says: “I’m not giving up!”

The 9 of Wands is the beginning of the end. This card holds both masculine and feminine energies due to the element of fire and the number 9. It is a card that sees a person at both his or her weakest and strongest point while coming out alive and kicking — stronger than ever before.

When the 9 of Wands represents a person, he or she masters and sacrifices his or her fear in order to drum up the focused and precise strength needed to reach the goal of protection.

Artistic Media

Digital design and photo of a puck.

Artist’s Bio

Abella lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada — home to many hockey players (one of which includes her beautiful partner & fellow psychic Tarot reader Ryan). She is a full time esoteric reader, teacher, and entertainer focusing on psychic abilities, Tarot and other tools.

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How I read (Tarot, Numerology, Astrology, Psychic)

Monday, August 14th, 2006

To put it quite simply, I read people, situations, and events and use coaching, consulting, counseling, and teaching skills to jumpstart the star that you are. And that creates life changing moments.

Now while I’m a certified professional I am not, however, a licenesed counselor in a therapeutic sense. In fact I’m not licensed in anything.

Having said that I do have counseling, coaching, teaching, and consulting work and educational experience and that enriches readings. I also like to pass on my hard earned knowledge and wisdom to others.

Readings tell. Coaching asks. Consulting advises. Counseling heals. Teaching guides.
I tell, ask, advise, guide, and heal.

If I manage to get those FIVE things into a reading, I’m in heaven, humbled, and glad for what I have choosen to do as a living. As one can see then, I don’t like giving just “prediction” readings unless it’s for fun. And I use different methods for special event entertainment which appeals to my creative, fun, and dramatic side.

Rates Raised Again

Monday, August 14th, 2006

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I have been swamped with readings and it’s only going to get busier once I am on TV, in the paper, magazines, and on radio so I need to reflect this in my fees.

It’s very difficult for me to give stellar service in a short period of time when I have a lot of readings to do so I found myself not completing readings on time (the ones done by email) or not being able to read for a long time when someone needed help right away. Therefore I will also be removing the Discourage Charge for any reading over $100. In this way I do not need to discourage someone from getting a reading asap and I can serve in a more quality oriented way.  Also I get a lot of in-person visit requests but for the fees I was charging previously having an office wasn’t “in the cards!”.
It was a hard decision to make but in order to do the appropriate follow-up and after reading research and to be very “present” to the seeker and the reading I actually need to read for less seekers and get an office for in-person visits (that, unfortunately costs money to do). And it’s important to keep my mission and values in mind in whatever I do:

I stand for: authenticity, knowledge, integrity, originality, quality, professionalism, passion, productivity, efficiency, and being people-focused.

My mission is to use my positive, enthusiastic, and authentic way of being to inspire and motivate others to express and communicate positive, productive, and meaningful words and actions towards themselves and the people and issues they care about.

There are still readings in the affordable range of $60 and $75 but they are much shorter (only offered by phone and email) and do not offer the same quality as other readings. Eventually I will probably phase that pricing out as well.

Any seeker who has received readings from me in the past will continue to get the readings at the same price for a period of at least one more year; however, new seekers will be paying the new price.

To note, although the fees have increased I will not have an office until September/October of this year.