Daily Tarot Meditation Launch Party - Live recording

A recording of the launch of the unique Daily Tarot Meditation Ritual course! Listen to Keziah as she answers questions about her new Tarot course, and shares some of her creative inspiration, as well as a meditation on the Strength card from the course.

Transcript

Good afternoon or good morning or good evening, Depending on where you are, Welcome to this launch party for the Daily Tarot Meditation Ritual Course. I'll start just by introducing myself. My name's Kaziah Gibbons, My pronouns are she and her, And I teach Tarot here on Insight Timer. And today we have the launch party for the Daily Tarot Meditation Ritual Course. And if you are in the course, Do drop me a comment and let me know how you're finding it. If you have any questions, Ask any questions. I do respond, Not always on the same day, Sometimes takes a few days, But I respond to every single comment in the classroom. So make sure to do that. And the other place of course that you can connect with me is in my circle in the groups tab here on Insight Timer. And that's just called Kaziah's circle. So what are we going to do today then? What I thought we'd do is I'll start by telling you a little bit about the course, About how Tarot meditation works, About the process of creating the course. It was quite a long process, 18 months. So I'm still decompressing from it now and it was published almost immediately after submitting. So that was great. And so I'll tell you a little bit about the course. And I think actually it's a 78 day course and some people are doing it sequentially, But some people are doing it randomly because it's based around the Tarot. You might be picking a card of the day and doing a meditation of the day. After I've talked a little bit about the course, I will take any questions from you in case anyone here has any questions. And then we'll go into a meditation with one of my favourite cards. I was thinking about this launch party and which card to use and I thought, Okay, I'll just pick the card randomly on the day. But over the last three or four days, This one card has kept making itself known to me in different ways that this is the meditation that wants to be shared with you today. And it's strength. You might see I've got some strength cards on my whiteboard behind me. So that's the card we'll meditate with today. So thank you so much for being here. Thank you for your lovely comments on the course. I'm really pleased to hear that it's hitting the right spot and that it's doing the work in the world that I intended, But I think that the Tarot, The course itself intended through the creation of the course as well. So why Tarot and meditation? Now, I don't know if some of you were in the chat that I had yesterday with Tom Evans over on his profile, We talked a little bit about resource finding in the context of NLP particularly. And Tarot and meditation is a very similar answer. One of the things that the Tarot can do is signpost you to resources that are available to you. And when we say resources, You know, Often we mean some or sometimes we mean external things, Such as tools or materials, Or it can even be people or groups of people that you can turn to for support. And these are all resources, And the Tarot can sometimes point you towards them. But the other kind of resource that we of course have is our internal resources. And this is resources like our strength, Our courage, Our peace, Our faith, All of those internal resources, And we all have many, Many resources. And so because the Tarot can help us to signpost us towards them, One way of accessing them, Which you can also do without Tarot, But I like it with is meditation. So we can access our internal resources via meditation, We can build our internal resources via meditation, We can strengthen them, We can choose which ones we want to summon to help us to support us on any particular day at any particular time. So that is how Tarot and meditation are linked. And that's the intention behind the course to help you. I believe that each Tarot card has at least one resource for you. And the intention behind the course is to help you to access those resources that the cards offer you when you pull them, Whether that's in a reading, Whether it's a card of the day, Whether you choose intentionally to work with a particular card or cards for a period of time. So I wanted to share with you a little bit about the process of choosing how to make Tarot cards into meditations. And I think I was, If not uniquely, Then fortunately placed to be able to make this because I do have a background in professional meditation creation. And because I do have a professional background in Tarot, And the process of creating some of the cards just spoke and they said, This is what we want to share. But you may notice patterns as well. Just as a Tarot, None of the Tarot cards exist in a vacuum, You'll notice patterns also in the meditation course. And the way that I wrote it was by working with my card of the day, Whatever day that I was sort of sitting down at the computer doing that first, Where I wrote the course, And then working with other cards that suggested themselves to me. But you will find a pattern. So I tend to associate the Tarot with, Or the different suits in the Tarot, With different aspects of our selves or the way the universe works. So we have five suits in the Tarot traditionally. We've got the Pentacles. I see that as being really about the material plane. So in the Pentacles, You've got a lot about using your body, Being in your body, Tapping into your physiology, Body scams. And I'll talk a little bit more about the physiology aspect because it's one of the FAQ that has come up in the classroom. And I'll talk about that in a moment. Then you've got the energetic realm, And this is the ones. And so when I work with Reiki, I'm working with that aspect of myself, The world, I don't know how separate any of us are from each other and from the world. But the aspect of the way things work, Which is energetic, I also believe that Tarot is energy work. So that's the ones. And you've got the emotional plane. We tend to locate this in the heart, Although really we experience emotions through our whole being as well. And that's the cups, The cups are associated with the emotions. So for the ones, You've got lots of energy work, Meditations for the cups, A lot of gratitude, You know, Gratitude is this wonderful emotion that we can invite in at any time. And I associate gratitude with several cards in the cups, The six, The 10, When we get the ace of cups, That feeling of connection, The flow from source, That also is something that elicits gratitude, Joy, And also some working with emotion. So there's some emotion work with the cups. Also, All of these suits have their elements. So for the pentacles, That's earth, There are some earth meditations in there for the ones that's fire, There are some fire meditations in there for the cups, That's water. So there's water. And then you've got the swords, Which is about the mind and the element of air. So a lot of mindfulness in there. And there are again, Specific cards, Which when they've come up in a reading for years and years, I've said, You're being invited to be mindful here. So a lot of simple mindfulness practices in the swords. And then you have the major arcana, Which is about the spiritual. So the spiritual realm is something I believe, Again, We can all be in touch with, And the major arcana can be associated with those. And so a lot of the major arcana meditations are a little bit more, I don't know how to describe them, Less tangible, Perhaps, Than some of the meditations, They go that little bit deeper. And they connect them with things like spirituality, Faith, Values, Our values are really, Really important in conjunction with the archetype that that particular card channels. So some of the cards also have, Well they all have journaling questions in the course attached to them. And for the major arcana particularly, I encourage you to draw a card to answer that question. And Joy is saying for every day this week, The card that we've been working with, The meditation, The card that's been in the meditation, The card that has sparked the questions has also come off as an answer to the question. And I just love hearing that Joy because it's a little bit of magic, Isn't it? So I mentioned earlier about physiology, And this is a question that's come up a couple of times with people doing specifically the page of Pentacles meditation. And page of Pentacles meditation and questions are about how you invite in your own physiology consciously. And this is something that we can do. And it can make a huge difference. So my background is in NLP, Neuro-linguistic programming. I'm a certified trainer of NLP. And this is something that we do use in NLP, Although we use it in other modalities as well. And the way we arrange our physiologies can have a big difference on the way we are, Our state, How we're doing. So for example, If I stand tall with my shoulders back, I may instantly feel more confident. I may free up my lungs so that I can take deeper breaths and feel more grounded. And there are different things that we can do with our physiologies. We can take up space and allow ourselves space and expand ourselves. Or we can hunch down small and you can try that. I invite you to try that and see how it makes you feel now as we're in this event. Perhaps experiment with putting your body into different positions and finding one that really feels good, That works for you. And I will say here, I know that different bodies have different capabilities. So you know, This is not a try and push yourself into something that is uncomfortable. But you can perhaps try and make yourself a little bit taller or breathe a little bit deeper, Whatever it is that you're experimenting with whilst listening to your own body. So that's another wonderful tool that we have that you can listen to your body and that can tell you what is a nice way to place it. So that question on physiology that keeps coming up is this question, Or is about this invitation to choose the shape that you exist in within what your body can do. And notice how any changes you make to your shape, How that affects you on those other levels as well. Okay, So I'll invite now some questions from you. And Michelle, You're saying, Stuck on the call to mindfulness of sorts, You pulled the nine of sorts this morning. The nine of sorts is one of those which is not always comfortable to pull. So sometimes it will acknowledge anxiety, Challenging emotions, The kinds of things that keep us up at night, Or even just sleeplessness. And so firstly, The gift of the tarot with those difficult cards can just be an acknowledgement of, You know, I didn't sleep well, Or I'm feeling anxious, Or I'm grieving or whatever it is, These uncomfortable emotions that are real and that we do sometimes have and have to allow to exist for the time that's appropriate for them. So sometimes it's just that acknowledgement. And then we can start to use mindfulness to examine how much of this is real. And spoiler alert, It all is and none of it is. So we, We tend to get involved in narratives, Stories about the way the world works, Stories about what's possible, What's not possible, What's fair, What's not fair, Different stories that we tell ourselves all the time. And these are narratives. These are our swords. And sometimes we can get stuck in stories that are not serving us well, If our outcome is to be comfortable, These narratives can end up leaving us uncomfortable in the world. And so we can use mindfulness to examine that and to discover what our narratives are, And then whether we want to keep them or not. And I'll just remind you as well, If you're not already a member of my circle in the group's tab on Insight Timer, You can come in there and join the circle and be involved with the community there. And of course, If you listen to the course, Listen to one of the meditations and have a question, You can always come into the classroom. I will always answer any questions, Any comments or anything that you put in there as best I can. Okay, I see a few questions coming in at once now. So let me do my best to answer them all. Helen's asking how do you access the course? If you go to my profile, Which you should see a little circle with my picture and in your, On the right of your screen, That will take you to my profile. There are several tabs along the top and one of those is courses, And you'll find the course there. You do need to be a premium member of Insight Timer. This is a monthly subscription. And I think it's excellent value. It gets you access to hundreds of courses, Not just mine. The other way that you can access it, If you'd prefer to buy the course as a one-off, You can go to the Insight Timer website and find the course on there and listen to it on the web. And that will give you the option after day one to buy the course individually. Sue's asking, Do I recommend finishing the Tarot wisdom, 30 day introduction to Tarot before starting this new course? And Sandy's asking, If you're new to Tarot, Where to start? Sandy, Start with Tarot wisdom. That's also on the courses tab in my profile. And Sue, You can do both courses at once. So I know there are some people who are already doing both courses at once. The Tarot wisdom starts at the beginning and gets you quite deep, I think within 30 days. And the daily Tarot meditation ritual course is a way to connect with each card individually. So they actually complement each other. I like to believe that they complement each other quite well. I always recommend a card of the day practice anyway, To anyone who's starting out with the Tarot, Because it's a really nice way to develop a relationship with the cards, A relationship with your deck. It's a nice way to start. So if you're a complete beginner to Tarot, You can do that. Have a deck, Pull a card of the day, And then listen to the meditation and the questions associated with that. And that will help you to get to know the cards fairly well, Straight away, Especially if you have a consistent practice. Or you can take the Tarot wisdom course first and then the meditation ritual course next. It's really up to you and depends how much time you have for your practice. So a couple of people are asking about deck recommendations. So again, This is something that's quite personal. I will share a few with you, But I will say that there are thousands of Tarot decks out there. So if there's something you're really into, Then if you Google whatever it is plus Tarot, Then you'll find probably at least one Tarot. Some of them have human figures, Some of them have animal figures, Some of them are very abstract. I tend to teach with the Rider Waite Smith. And the reason for that is that it's not the original Tarot. I don't know if there is an original Tarot that we know of, But it is an early on Tarot. It's about 100 years old now. And it's a deck which lots of other Tarot decks are based on. The other big one from around that time is the Thoth Tarot. Not one I've worked with particularly a lot myself, Although I do have a deck that's based on the Thoth Tarot. And of course, You've got older Tarots such as the Marseilles. But the Rider Waite Smith is a nice beginner's deck. And it's nice because if you get to know that there are thousands of other decks based on it that you can also then read with fairly easily. And I'll share with you the cards I've got behind me. These are all strength cards from different decks that I own. And the central one is the Rider Waite Smith deck. Up here we have the Modern Witch deck. It's very similar to the Rider Waite Smith. It is more modern and it's more diverse. So if you prefer a deck that is more diverse, More modern, But is still very close to the Rider Waite Smith, That might be a nice one. This is from the new chapter, Tarot. That's based on the Thoth rather than the Rider Waite Smith. This here is the Druidcraft Tarot. This is the Lightseers Tarot. That one there's the Next World. That's another favourite of mine. And then up here, This Isle. That's from the Gentle Tarot, Which does what it says on the tin. It's a very gentle deck. And Chantal, You're saying you love the recommendation for the Arthurian Tarot. That's another deck that I use sometimes. It's by Kathleen and John Matthews and Miranda Grey. And it draws particularly on the mythology of the British Isles, Where I'm from, Which is why I love it so much. Sarah, You say, Are the decks with messages already on them for beginners? I love this question. And so the simple answer is yes, I don't recommend them. And if you come into my 30 day Tarot wisdom course, You'll hear me tell you to whatever deck you're using, Take the booklet, Put it away on a high shelf where you can get it if you really need it, But you're not tempted to go for it. And the reason that I advise that is because if you are looking at the traditional, I mean, The traditional interpretations are definitely valid. But if you're looking at the traditional interpretations before you're stopping to feel into how you respond to the card, Before you're stopping to examine the image and notice your own responses to it, Then what you will do is you'll end up with a wonderful learned by rote memory of meanings. But you won't be building a very deep connection with your cards. So I do recommend that you experience developing a relationship with the cards yourself rather than just trying to learn meanings. So Elle is saying it's like dream interpretation, Your own dream, Not out of predetermined. So yes and no, Because it is about our own response to the cards. But also, And this is part of the greatness of Tarot, Which you asked about Sean, Part of what is wonderful about Tarot is that it is a system that is structured. So the cards relate to each other if you work with more than one card at once, For example, But also that it's a system that's been used for many people in many places for quite a long time now. And so what you end up with is your own response, But also it's a way to tap into as well as your own unconscious awareness, The collective unconscious as well. Alison, How many cards should you choose for reading for yourself? That really depends. There are lots of pre-written spreads, You might want to write your own. Again, If you do my Tarot wisdom course, You'll find some guidance in there towards the end on different readings that you can do for yourself. Lisa, You're asking about reversals. How do you interpret reversals? So lots of different Tarot readers have lots of different responses to this. And mine is that I do interpret reversals where they come up. I don't shuffle deliberately for reversals, So when they do come up, I know that they have chosen to come through for a reason. And it will depend on the spread. If I'm doing a card of the day, I don't bother with reversals, I'm just tapping into the energy of that card. And part of the reason for that is that one of the ways that I interpret reversals is that, You know, The energy of that card is present, It's that card which has come up and not a different card, But it is somehow not complete or not fully expressed. So it might be about time, That like it's not here yet, Or it was just here but it's on its way out, Or that might be about it being blocked in some way, Or needing a little bit of help to come through. So if a reverse card comes up in my card of the day practice, Then I know that that's the energy that I have to work with. If I'm doing a reading for someone and I have some cards that are reversed and some that are not, Then that's going to give me information about the way the cards relate to each other. So, For example, If one card is reversed and nothing else in the spread is, Then you know that whatever that position is in the spread, That might need a little bit more work than all of the other areas. Marita, You're sharing an experience where you stumbled into a random shop, Perhaps not so random, And they had a whole wall of tarot which you could play with, And you picked one that just jumped at you. That's wonderful, I love places like that. Chantelle, You're asking about working with multiple decks in the same session and why would you or wouldn't you do this? So, Sometimes I will do that. What I'll often do if I'm doing a one-to-one reading with someone is that we'll do an initial reading with one deck and then if there is like anything else that's unfinished after that reading, We might pick a couple of cards from another deck. And the reason I do that is because the reason I use a different deck for the what else part of the reading is that sometimes the same card will come up in different decks and I think that really, Really points to where the crux of the reading is, So I like to allow for that possibility. I can see how it would be fun to read with multiple decks in lots of different circumstances and one of the reasons that I tend to go one deck at a time, Well it's one deck per shuffle really because it wouldn't be practical to mix them all together. Life Enchanted, You're saying about asking me to touch on the fact that not to be afraid of the cards because they're lessons. So, Yeah, Some of the cards look scary when you pick them. The Nine and Ten of Swords, The Tower, The Five of Pentacles, The Devil, They can be quite scary looking cards if you're new to them or if you're in a vulnerable state. They are lessons. They, As I said earlier, Each card has a resource for you, Each card has a lesson for you, Each card has something to offer you and a new perspective sometimes. So the key is to discover, You know, What is this card telling me today or in this particular reading and again context is everything and to find ways to learn that lesson. So if the devils come up, Then your lesson might be about not giving away your power and, You know, Sometimes we can be in situations where we give away so much of our power we don't even realise we have. So then it's about recognising where are you giving away your power and how to claim it back in a way that is very simple, You know, Just sort of, I'll have that back now please, Thank you. Joy, You asked my opinion on combining tarot and oracle cards for daily reading. I don't have anything against it, I tend to work specifically with tarot myself but there are lots of beautiful, Wonderful oracle decks out there so that can work very nicely, Very well together as well. Anna, You ask how can you interpret the cards for yourself if you're emotionally attached to the outcome and I love that question because we do get attached, Don't we, To the outcome. So I think part of that is in what we're asking. So, You know, We're not asking will X, Y or Z happen. It is better for us if we phrase our questions more along the lines of what do I need to know, What can help me here and then when you have that self-awareness to know I am emotionally attached to this outcome. Sometimes the cards will reflect that back to you and sometimes they might show you where an emotional attachment has been narrowing the possibilities for you. So if you're very, Very attached to one outcome, It's that Four of Cups actually that someone mentioned earlier where you've got, You know, There are three cups in front of you and another one's being offered and you haven't even seen it yet. If you're just stuck in looking at those three cups because you're so attached to them, You might not even be aware that like here is this other cup being offered to me. So I think if you're emotionally attached to a particular outcome, The cards can help you to see past that attachment and having, You know, Having that attitude of knowing that you are attached is a good way to come into a reading because it's honest. You're being as honest with yourself as possible. Adrian, You're asking about my weekly tarot reading. I've been exploring ways to bring it to you. What I wanted to do, For those of you who don't know or haven't been regulars, I usually do a tarot reading, Community tarot reading every Monday and it's been paused over the summer while I've been away. I'm now back doing lives but I'm just waiting till October because I've been trying to find a way to bring it to you where people who miss it can access the recordings and I've been working with the Insight Timer team on this and we've been trying to explore what is the best way to bring this to you. So I'm just waiting on some developments but hopefully it'll be back in October also with the option to access recordings as well. Chantelle, You say sometimes you struggle with the story the cards are telling. For example, If you use the Celtic Cross reading and most of the energy seems positive and then the last card is a difficult card, You can get confused. So where one card is very different from all the other cards in a reading, That usually when you've got a set spread such as the Celtic Cross, Then if that one card is different just as if that one card comes out reversed, It's telling you to focus on that particular point in the reading. So if it's the last card, It's the outcome card and that's difficult, Then again I would probably go for working with what is the lesson of this card because if the outcome is that you know you need to learn this lesson, There are things you can do to make it easier on yourself in order to do that. And also are there any other cards in the reading that do point towards that card or that resonate with that card and look at that position as well and what does that position in the spread mean. Life Enchanted, You're asking how you might work with just one card that you'd like to bring more energy of into your life apart from meditation with it. Have it visible to you, Have it everywhere, Save it in your phone screen, Save your computer screen, Save it, Stick it to your fridge, Your front door. If you can get something to hang from the rear view mirror of your car, Wear a t-shirt with it on, You know whatever, Have that energy around. You might want to wear the colours if there's someone you know someone's wearing in the card, You might want to wear clothes like that or if there's not a figure or you don't fancy those particular clothes you can, You might use the colours that are in the card in your life. There are lots and lots of ways to summon energy and so those are just some. Lisa, You're saying you love the weekly reading. I'm missing them as well, I find myself mentally making up tarot spreads for the weekly reading and then I'm not doing a reading so I am keen to bring that back to you and I just want to do it in a way that works a little bit better. So yeah, Life enchanted, Surround yourself with it. If you want to attract energy then bring as much of that energy in with your agency as you can and the rest will follow. Jamie, You're making a bracelet representing the three of cults, I love that. Okay, So let's move into a meditation now and it's the meditation from the course that is with the strength card. So I'll invite you to make yourselves comfortable, So set yourself up and if it's possible, If it's available to you and it's comfortable, Be seated and also really well supported. Talked a little bit about physiology earlier, So allow yourself to have a posture that feels naturally strong and you know, If you want it to be a little bit silly as well then you can do that but allow yourself to find a posture that feels strong, Feels supported. And then sensing the surface beneath you that supports you, So that might be through your feet and your seat, All that's supporting you, Just send your awareness down and be aware beneath you of the great earth deep and wide, Holding you. Just allow that earth energy simply through your awareness of it to seep up, To be grounding, To be strengthening for you. And then sensing inwards and finding your own centre. So this might be located slightly differently for everyone, Might be in your abdomen, Abdominal region, Your solar plexus, Your heart, Just sense inwards, Where is centre for you today? And then from this place of centre, Just experiencing what your own energy is like. So you might get an image, You might get just a feeling of what your energy is like, Whatever your experiences allow that to come. And you may find that that energy wishes to naturally fall into an animal and this animal represents the wildness in you. So sensing your own energy and allowing it to form into or suggest an animal. And it doesn't even have to be an animal that you know or have seen, Just allow it, Sense into whatever form your energy takes today. Knowing that you are safe and held. And now if it's within your range of motion, You might allow your body to start to express this animal energy. So you might make shapes with your body or you might try on a certain movement, You might even make sounds. And even if you don't take on everything about that animal energy, Allow yourself to try on something of it, One shape or movement or sound. And when you're ready, Come back into stillness and just call that animal to sit peacefully at your side or within you, Whatever's right for you at this moment. And then sensing inwards once again, Remembering your groundedness. So remembering that connection being held by the deep wide earth. Remembering that naturally strong posture of your body. And sensing that animal wildness with you ready whenever you are. And you might imagine a situation coming up where you feel that you would like a little extra strength. And imagine what that animal energy would bring to that situation. So finding an upcoming situation where you would like more strength and then just imagining what that animal energy might bring. And then imagine what that part of you which is not the animal can bring to that situation. And allowing a balance to naturally occur between the two, The part of you which has that animal wildness and the part of you which is not the animal. Just allowing yourself to move into that balance. And seeing yourself moving forwards in strength. And you might even affirm out loud or inwardly, I am strong. I am resilient. I integrate myself to access my greatest strengths. I integrate myself to access my greatest strengths. And then allowing anything that you've cultivated today which is resourceful, Allowing that to remain. Let go of everything else, Release every visualisation, Allow it to fade. And just come back to the here and now. So noticing this arms around you, Noticing your body, You might want a wiggle or a stretch to just bring yourself back to this moment. And together let's take a deep breath in and a long sigh out. When you're ready, If your eyes have been closed, You can open them up and come back to the room. So that's the meditation from the Strength card. And if you're not familiar with the Tarot, Then you may find that you're curious to go and find some images of the Strength card. You'll have lots of this integration of the wild, The animal and the strong being who is in connection with the animal. So thank you for sharing that time and space with me. Peace, You got an image of a panther, Lovely. Life enchanted a white bunny. Oh, Very cute. Made me think of the Queen of Pentacles actually, There's a white bunny in the Queen of Pentacles in some decks. Alison, You got a Dormouse. So Chantelle, You mentioned the weekly readings, There will be back so do look out for those. And again, My circle, Keziah's circle is the best place to stay up to date on upcoming live events. Dawn, You got a horse and rider, Adrian, You got a tiger, Maria, You had a sea turtle. Always wonderful seeing all of these animals coming through, Including some that are morphing together. How wonderful that you all found those aspects of yourselves. Okay, So thank you all for sharing this time, This space. I hope to see you of course in the Daily Tarot Meditation Ritual Classroom and do come in and say hi there if you're listening to the course. Let me know how you're getting on, How you're enjoying it. Thank you and many, Many blessings to you. Take really good care. Thank you and have a lovely rest of the week.

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