Learning to Work with the Tarot Cards and Energy as a Light Worker
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Learning to Work with the Tarot Cards and Energy as a Light Worker
By Kerrie ErwinBalboa Press
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Contents
| Introduction............................................................... | vii |
| Meditation................................................................. | 1 |
| What Are Guides and Spirit Helpers?........................................ | 10 |
| Claircognisance or Clear Knowing........................................... | 30 |
| Tarot Reading Guide........................................................ | 35 |
| The Tarot Cards............................................................ | 39 |
| Minor Arcana Cards......................................................... | 74 |
| Layouts and Spreads........................................................ | 117 |
CHAPTER 1
Meditation
Meditation it is an essential tool to help us discover whowe are as eternal souls and grow spiritually. It is importantfor us to see within our hearts and connect with our souls'energy to work with those on the other side in the spiritworld. You will always be drawn to people and teacherswho will help you learn, but at the end of the day it is yourown spiritual guide that will in the long term show youthe way to reach higher vibrations. Earth teachers canonly show and teach us so much. This process does geteasier, and the technique can be mastered. Daily practiceand dedication with meditation are needed to encouragecommunication with our loving guides, angels, and spirithelpers living in the spirit world so that they will help uson our life journeys.
Meditation is not only a wonderful process for self-discovery,but it is also the key to good health and well-beingbecause it brings balance and harmony into ourlives. Many successful people in the world meditate and areable to focus clearly and achieve their desired outcomes.By going within and using meditation, we are able tomanifest and create our own reality to fulfill our dreams.Just twenty minutes of meditation a day is equivalent tofour hours of sleep on the theta level of the brain.
With the energy on the planet now, everything is changingaround us as we move into the fifth dimension or whatis called the Age of Aquarius. This involves a quickeningprocess, so everything appears to be amplified. To supportthis process, we send love, light, and healing to not onlyourselves but everyone we know as well as our planet.When you meditate, call on the light to help lift your lightbody so it will make easier energetically to go with the newenergies coming in on the planet now. Daily meditationhelps you to ground yourself to these new energies. Itis also a time to take charge and be aware of negativethought forms because they can attract negative peopleor destructive situations if they are not deleted or dealtwith.
When you finish your meditation for the day, it is always agood thing to always close down your energy by imaginingyour chakras closing down like little lights. It is also agood thing to send healing, forgiveness and gratitude andto all the people in your life, this includes your enemiesas this will help you move on. When we are working ingroups, we connect with what is called the over-soul. Thisis a collective group in the spirit world that includes allour guides and higher selves joined together as one. Whenpeople leave one of my groups, I will always cut them offfrom this energy so they are no longer connected to thegroup metaphysically.
Creating a Space for Meditation
For meditation, find a place where you feel safe and secureand where no one can interrupt you. Creating a smallspace in your home would be ideal. I always make a pointto remember to meditate at the same time every day forbetter results. When you do this, you are also making adate with your own guide and spirit helpers. Once a daywould suffice, but twice a day would be even better.
Creating an Altar
On a small table or bench, place fresh flowers, pictures,statues, crystals, rocks, shells, feathers, icons, an incenseburner or candles, or whatever takes your fancy. Askyour angels to join you as you create this special andbeautiful work of art. Use incense or essential oils for aspecial aroma to relax when you meditate. Recommendedessential oils are Sandalwood, Rose, Geranium andfrankincense. Do whatever makes you feel comfortable.Playing harp, flute music or even ringing bells attractsloving angels into your sacred space, but any calming,relaxing music will do.
Creating a Sacred Space in Nature
This is an ideal place to connect to the divine source,whether it is in the bush, at the beach, or in a beautifulgarden full of flowers and trees. Here we can get helpfrom the elemental kingdom, which is composed of tinynature spirits that have been with us since the beginningof time. The undines are beautiful water spirits, gracefullittle creatures that live around rocky pools and arewinged beings called fairies. The tiny air spirits arecalled sylphs and are full of ideas and inspiration. Thesalamanders are fire spirits, and lastly we have the earthspirits, which are called gnomes, goblins, elves, andpixies.
If we are unable to utilize our own sacred space, we cansimply connect by surrounding ourselves with light andtake five or ten minutes to relax, raise our consciousness,and connect with the divine source. A small prayer is a goodway to begin. As you begin to meditate on a daily basis, youbegin to realize what an important tool meditation reallyis. Not only will you look and feel a lot better and havemore energy, but you will also begin to wonder exactlyhow you ever coped without it. You will have more clarityand a clearer perception and be able to focus a lot betteron all aspects of your life.
Creating a Space in Your Mind
Meditation on a daily basis can be useful in many ways.We can use it for self-healing or sending absent ordistant healing to others (first requesting permissionin our minds from the person you are sending healingto). If you get a no, don't send it as it is going againstuniversal laws. If you get a positive reply, then go ahead.You can also use meditation to get a stronger connectionwith your guides, angelic helpers, and loved ones onthe other side as you will receive loving messages andguidance.
Regular meditation can also help us manifest our dreamsand the things we require in the world as long as whatwe're asking for does not hurt others. Being successfulwith this takes practice and dedication. Commit tomeditation at the same time every day, and you willover time develop the habit and make it part of yourlife. Here is a fun script I have written and used overthe years.
Manifestation Room
1) Sit in a comfortable position.
2) Take three deep breaths in and out and see yourselfletting go of any negativity, cords, darkness, orblockages from your body.
3) Slowly visualize a golden light of love and pureenergy radiating around your whole body, makingyou feel safe, protected, and secure.
4) Visualize roots or plants coming out of the bottomof your feet and slowly travelling down to the earthstar and anchoring your energy there.
5) Raising your consciousness and breathing steadily,visualize your energy coming up your body— firstas a beautiful red colour, then orange followed byyellow, slowly up to green and then to aqua blueand then to indigo and to purple and then finallyup to the golden transpersonal point and feelthat all your energy points are aligned. Once youreach the final energy point or chakra (called thetranspersonal point), which sits five centimetersabove your crown chakra, you can imagine all yourchakras are now all in alignment like a beautifulbow which is the colour of a rainbow.
6) Now imagine you have come to a solid white door,which you slowly open. You begin to walk downtwelve stairs, counting each one as you descend—one,two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine,ten, eleven, twelve.
7) Reaching the bottom step, you move forward intoa long corridor flooded with beautiful golden andpurple light until you come to a large cave. This isyour manifestation room.
8) As you step into the room, two of your guideswelcome you. They are here to work with you andoffer you assistance, love, and encouragement.They can be friends, deceased loved ones whohave passed over the veil, or guides from thisworld or other worlds. They can also be from theelemental kingdom or animal kingdom. Now itis time to have some fun and to decorate yourmanifestation room. Using your imagination, seehow creative you really can be.
9) Make your room whatever size you would like solong as it is comfortable and ideal for you. Leavethe far wall open for the Christ energy and anyhealing angels, guides, and nature and animalspirits to be with you as well. For example, perhapsyou could colour the walls a soft, calming green,a beautiful pink, or a vibrant blue. Or maybe youwill add windows that allow you a view of clearand blue water to add power to your healing, orif you prefer, you could add a beautiful forest oflush vegetation. When you use your incredibleimagination, there is absolutely no limit to whatyou can do. Piece by piece; decorate your roomwith your own vision of artwork, plants, candles,flowers, and other décor you really love. Don'tforget to place an exquisite rug on the floor. Themore details and personal touches you give to yourroom, the more real it will seem to you. Take yourtime to make it just perfect for you.
10) Near the open wall, create a large screen with neonlight all around it. This is your screen of life. Nextto it stands a table on which rests a large computerconnected to the screen of life. Here you can manifestyour heart's desire by typing in what you want on yourcomputer. Be careful what you ask for. When you arewriting what you want, think of an emotional recallof a happy event to make it even more powerful.
11) Sit down and write your script of your heart'sdesire and what you want to create in your ownlife. Take your time, and when you have finished,the lights around the screen will be activated andflash brightly as they record and send out to theuniverse your dreams, making them a reality.
12) After you have finished writing your script, it istime to visit the healing chamber, which is on theright side of your desk. This looks something likea stained glass shower. When you are ready, walkover to the chamber, step in, and simply press thegreen button on the wall. Now see and feel purehealing and loving energy pouring in and swirlingall around you, sinking deep into your skin, healingand soothing you. Now it pours into your mouth,nose, and throat and down into your bloodstream,your lungs, and all the systems of your body,including your skeletal system. Finally this lovingand healing force makes its way into your DNA.Feel this pure, white energy penetrate your mindand body, entering deep inside you so you feel thebeautiful rays cleansing your body, mind, soul, andspirit. When you have finished your healing shower,press the red button on the wall and take time toenjoy how wonderful you feel.
13) It is nearly time to leave your manifestation room.But before you do, your guides point out to you thetime travel machine, which sits on the other side ofthe room. This machine can only be used by you,and you can use it to visit anyone anytime or simplytravel to where you want to go. It looks like a roundsilver dome, and you can open it and just sit inside.Once inside you are able to travel anywhere in theworld regardless of time and space. Maybe you wantto travel to the future or revisit the past or maybeeven a past life in the ancient city of Atlantis. Justtouch the green button to go. Once you have donethis, describe to yourself what it feels like. Noticethe sensations, smells, and feels of objects you wantto look at. Look at the people. Is there anyone whoyou know? What are your feelings about this place?Have you had a past life there? Now ask your higherself if you can download whatever you might needfrom there to help you in this lifetime.
14) You are now ready to come back, and you willremember everything you have seen. Your guidesare now by your side, and they escort you back tothe door of the manifestation room.
15) You say goodbye as you have completed your workfor now. Everything you have done today is foryour highest good only.
16) Waving farewell, you slowly begin to walk back upthe stairs, counting backwards as you go—twelve,eleven, ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three,two, and one. Now you come to see the colourpurple for inspiration, indigo for expectation, aquablue for communication, green for unconditionallove, yellow for power and memory, orange forrelationships, past lives and sexuality, and redfor your tribe and moving forward with your life.Remember to say to yourself, "Every day in everyway, my life gets better, better, and better."
By going within ourselves, we have a loving connection tothe spirit world and with this help we are able to manifestand create our own reality in our minds so long as it isin accordance with our karma, comes with the highestintegrity, and does not harm anyone.
CHAPTER 2
What Are Guidesand Spirit Helpers?
Working with Guides
When we are born, we come in with our own guide andangel helpers. These loving spiritual beings are ourmain guides or gatekeepers to the soul who stay withus throughout our lives until we die. As we developspiritually, lifting our vibrations, we bring in otherguides who teach us what we need to know. I havebetween six to eight guides who come in and out ofmy life, but there are three who are always helping mewith my work as a professional medium, teacher, andwriter.
When I trance channel, I am protected by my main guide,an Indian entity called White Feather (who was once myfather in one of my Indian lifetimes). This gentle soul iswhat I call the gatekeeper, and his duty is to make sureunwanted or malevolent spirits do not come into myenergy field or cause me any harm.
Over the years he has moved to the side, and I nowwork mainly with a very wise and powerful guide calledRomanov, who helps me with my stage shows and my workwith the media. Before this guide came in, I had beensuffering from headaches, but I have now seen that thiswas happening because there was a shift in my vibration,as the new guide was very powerful.
Often guides will come and go, and when we have finishedworking with them, they will step aside and allow anotherguide or guides with new vibration to come in to help withthe spiritual journey and the progression of the soul. Theguide that is our guardian is here to assist us with oureveryday lives and our spiritual contract on Earth. Whenwe have finished our time on Earth, our loving guidetravels back with us once again to the spirit world. As thebond and love connection is so strong between the two, itcould be understood that a past life may have been sharedwith this enlightened being.
Until we pass over to join our guides as spirits, they protectus from negative energies as they stay with us throughoutour lives and protect our souls. When we nurture the bondbetween our guides and ourselves, the trust and naturalrelationship that develops can be of immense strength andmay help us through more challenging times.
We may also have many guides throughout our livesand angels that come and watch over us. As we develop,different guides will come in, work with us, and leave.Over the years I have had many guides and know at leastseven that have worked with me. As I have practiced trancemediumship for many years, I know who these guidesare and what they can help me with. I decided to sit ina trance group to learn exactly who these guides were.There are many stages of trance mediumship, but mineis not the deep trance state, as I like to remember things.To know more about your team spirit guides, you needto sit in a spiritual development circle, and over time youwill become very proficient. To learn more about my ownguides and how they helped me, you can read my secondbook, Memoirs of a Suburban Medium, which can be boughtas an e-book on Amazon.
Angels are another type of spiritual helpers. I have seenthem when I work with past-life regression, as they oftencome in when people have experienced a tragic death in apast life. They are magnificent beings, but we need to callthem in, as they only come around when we need themand when we ask for help. It is important when workingwith this high energy vibration to thank them for theirassistance.
Working with Energy
When people ask me what I do for a career, I will oftenjust tell them I am an energy worker. This seems to workbetter for me. Not only is it true, but it deters all the small-mindedpeople who still live in the dark ages and whothink mediums and healers are charlatans or witches ofsome degree. This became quite evident to me when I firstopened my office not far from where I live. The real estateagent who leased me the property was quite happy to hearfrom his sister and mother in the spirit world but warnedme not to call myself a psychic medium on my sign out infront, as it would upset the small village where we lived andthe Christians who live in it.
Everything in the universe, including the planet andourselves, is made up of and transmutes pure energy. Weare like small transmitters sending out signals to otherswho have the same frequency or vibration as us and whowill be attracted to our own energy. If you are a personwho is happy and contented with your life, you will attractothers who are the same and will want to help you. If,on the other hand, you are negative, nasty, or vindictive,you will always seem to draw bad experiences or negativeenergy towards you.
There are also two types of energy we can work with.
Light energy is loving, warm, and composed of unconditionallove. This energy is stronger, healing, protective, andconnected to the Christ consciousness energy, which is themost powerful and strongest energy in the universe.
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We have put in place measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those of our people and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal data on our instructions and where they have agreed to treat the information confidentially and to keep it secure. We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected data security breach and will notify you and the ICO of a suspected breach where we are legally required to do so.
Where we store your personal data
We principally store data, both electronically and on file, at our office.
Personal data may be transferred outside of the EEA by processors acting on our behalf. For transfers to countries not considered adequate by the EC, we will ensure that personal data is adequately protected, as required by the GDPR. This would include by use of the Standard Contractual Clauses adopted by the EC to protect personal data.
Your rights
Under certain circumstances, you have the right by law to request:
access to your personal data. This enables you to ask to receive a copy of the personal data that we hold about you and to check that we are lawfully processing it.
correction of the personal data that we hold about you.
erasure of your personal data.
object to processing of your personal data where we are relying on our legitimate interest and there is something about your particular situation which makes you want to object to processing on this ground. You also have the right to object where we are processing your personal information for direct marketing purposes.
restriction of processing of your personal data.
transfer of your personal data to another party.
Links from our website
Our website may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of third parties that we permit to make such links. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. We recommend that you check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.
CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on our website, so please ensure that you are viewing the correct version.
Please contact us if you have any questions, comments or requests regarding this Privacy Policy.
Last amended May 2021.