Happy to announce that I'll be presenting at the 2013 Popular Culture Conference in Washington, DC at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park Hotel on Saturday, March 30th at 1:15 pm.
Here is an abstract on my paper:
Shattering the Room Full of Mirrors: Sylvia Plath’s Poetic Recount of the Destruction of the Feminine Aspects in Men
Sylvia Plath’s poem, “The Courage of Shutting-Up” has never been one of her most famous, in part because of its difficulty. Viewed through a lens of mysticism, however (Plath and her husband Ted Hughes were avidly interested in and practitioners of the occult), this poem focuses on the witch hunt over time against the hermaphrodite, the homosexual, and the witch herself, within ancient and modern literature and contemporary media. The poem tells the story of the public and private crimes against men born with feminine aspects, and the terrible silence that has been required to survive over the ages.
Paper
Topic area: Gay, Lesbian, and Queer Studies
This will be a really cool opportunity to give Sylvia Plath the recognition she has never received as a supporter of queer rights. In a time when few mentioned this topic aloud, Plath had to watch one of her favorite professors and colleagues at Smith College, Newton Arvin, have his life destroyed when it was discovered that he was homosexual.
Those of you who know Tarot know that the World card, for which Plath's poem "The Courage of Shutting-Up" correlates, features the hermaphrodite. It is a card of uniting male and female natures.
For more information about the PCA National Conference, click here.
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
What The Apocalypse Really Means
Hi Friends,
Over the last few months, I've had a lot of Tarot clients asking me about my feelings about December 21, 2012. Do I really think it's the Apocalypse?
No. Well, not in the literal way.
Astrologers tell us that we are at an end of an Age, and beginning a new one. We have traveled through the Age of Pisces in the zodiac, and we are now moving into the Age of Aquarius. Remember that old Broadway classic, "Hair," with its big hit, "The Age of Aquarius"? The Age of Pisces, what we're just finishing up, is considered to be a warring, paternalistic age. The Age of Aquarius, astrologically, is about femininity, peace and love. Wouldn't that be great?
I don't believe that change will happen overnight, unfortunately. Maybe not even in our lifetimes, although it would be wonderful if we could be a part of moving that energy forward, away from school shootings, away from the fiscal cliff, away from Hurricane Sandy, and the like. We ARE at the end of an age. This is the time when all of our systems are breaking. The old ways don't work any longer. Look around you: Every system we have, be it politics, economy, environment, education, health, religion, the traditional family, it is all in a time of violent upheaval as we learn new ways to live and quit fighting to preserve the old status quo. This is the Apocalypse.
Some of you know that in addition to reading Tarot and teaching Humanities, I am a Sylvia Plath scholar. If you're interested in what Sylvia Plath had to say about this end-of-the-world, please check out the PowerPoint presentation I made for the Plath Symposium, this past October. You may view it here.
Over the last few months, I've had a lot of Tarot clients asking me about my feelings about December 21, 2012. Do I really think it's the Apocalypse?
No. Well, not in the literal way.
Astrologers tell us that we are at an end of an Age, and beginning a new one. We have traveled through the Age of Pisces in the zodiac, and we are now moving into the Age of Aquarius. Remember that old Broadway classic, "Hair," with its big hit, "The Age of Aquarius"? The Age of Pisces, what we're just finishing up, is considered to be a warring, paternalistic age. The Age of Aquarius, astrologically, is about femininity, peace and love. Wouldn't that be great?
I don't believe that change will happen overnight, unfortunately. Maybe not even in our lifetimes, although it would be wonderful if we could be a part of moving that energy forward, away from school shootings, away from the fiscal cliff, away from Hurricane Sandy, and the like. We ARE at the end of an age. This is the time when all of our systems are breaking. The old ways don't work any longer. Look around you: Every system we have, be it politics, economy, environment, education, health, religion, the traditional family, it is all in a time of violent upheaval as we learn new ways to live and quit fighting to preserve the old status quo. This is the Apocalypse.
Some of you know that in addition to reading Tarot and teaching Humanities, I am a Sylvia Plath scholar. If you're interested in what Sylvia Plath had to say about this end-of-the-world, please check out the PowerPoint presentation I made for the Plath Symposium, this past October. You may view it here.
Thursday, December 13, 2012
The Next Big Thing: Fixed Stars Govern a Life and The Magician's Girl
The Next Big Thing is a blogging meme conceived by She Writes that gives authors an opportunity to discuss their next book, whether it’s being published or not.
Thanks to P.H. Davies for approaching me to be a part of this project. I am honored that he finds my work of interest. You can read about P.H. Davies’ work here.
What is the title of your book?
I have two companion books nearing completion that can be read either separately or together: Fixed Stars Govern a Life: Sylvia Plath’s Qabalah Code, and The Magician’s Girl: History, Mysticism and the Lives that Shaped Sylvia Plath.
What genre does it fall under?
Both are nonfiction. Fixed Stars may be considered Literary Criticism; The Magician’s Girl is Biography.
Which actors would you choose to play your characters in a movie?
That’s already been done. ;-)
What is the one-sentence synopsis of your book?
Because there are two books, you get two sentences:
Fixed Stars Govern a Life is a study of Plath’s Ariel poems as they correspond to the Tarot and Qabalah, dramatically reinterpreting her work in a way that’s been missed for fifty years.
The Magician’s Girl is a biography that looks not only at Plath’s life, but the people and events happening around her, and how these found their ways into her work.
Will your book be self-published or represented by an agency?
I’m in the process of figuring all of that out right now. I have some proposals out. A university press is likely to be my best option over mainstream publishers, as many would consider this topic to be “academic.” But who knows, right? Sylvia Plath is still a very hot topic, and even fifty years after her death they’re making movies on her, reprinting and re-collecting her poems, and producing her play, “Three Women.” I’ve even seen Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes dolls on Etsy. I’ve also been exploring ebooks and/or self-publishing options. While I love the dream of seeing my books sitting printed and bound on someone’s personal library or bookstore shelf, I also like the idea of my books in digital format, being searchable for scholars and students. As we know, the publishing industry has gone through great changes this past year. As with what happened to the record industry in the 1990s, more artists are going independent due to the ease of availability and communication of the Internet, and widely-available, quality digital publishing tools.
How long did it take you to write the first draft?
I am into my seventh year of work on both books. The Magician’s Girl originally began as an introduction to Fixed Stars Govern a Life, but it soon took on a life of its own.
What other books would you compare this story to within your genre?
There are some very good literary criticisms on Plath out there, but none have taken on my perspective of Qabalah and mysticism. Actually, it’s kind of odd that no one has thought to do this. Especially considering Plath’s interest in Tarot and the occult were not too secret with her writings about using the Ouija board, her picture with the crystal ball, all the talk of astrology and meditation, etc. She worshiped her husband, Ted Hughes, for most of their marriage, and Hughes has been widely written of in his literary-occult pursuits.
Sylvia Plath with Crystal Ball
I do believe that both of my books are breaking new ground, and may even cause some controversy, as they essentially build the case that Sylvia Plath’s poetry has been mostly misunderstood for half a century.
Who or what inspired you to write this book?
While obtaining my Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, I had a semester final project in my Poetry, Form and Theory class. My professor, Dr. Steven Schreiner, suggested that I look more deeply into all the Tarot symbolism I kept noticing and commenting on in Plath’s work. I have been a Tarot card reader for over thirty-three years, you see. The modern Tarot was designed to correspond to the structure of the Qabalah Tree of Life. It might have taken both a Tarot scholar and a Plath scholar to see the connection. There probably aren't too many people like me out there.
That was the beginning of work that would swallow up every waking minute, as well as some sleeping ones, over the next six years of my life. And here I go into the seventh…
What else about this book might pique the reader’s interest?
Well, first, no biography has explored the importance and practice of mysticism in Sylvia Plath’s life, as well as the influence of the personalities of Plath’s family, friends, and professors.
Second, no one has aligned Sylvia Plath’s work with the historical events of the time. In addition to her mystic pursuits, she was a very political person, aware of the issues around her. Yet scholars continue to narrowly view her work as mere autobiography. It’s quite unbelievable to me.
To view Sylvia Plath’s poetry through these new perspectives lends exciting new interpretations of Plath’s older poems, and new levels of understanding toward The Colossus and Ariel books. My work is primarily drawn from already-published materials that have never been viewed as collective whole, and also from unpublished letters and archival documents. The reader will come to understand Plath’s development as a poet as she learned to layer in outside meanings in her work, to understand the Jewish and Holocaust references for which she’s received so much flak, and to realize that Sylvia Plath was a great deal more than her terrible personal drama.
There is a larger take-away from these books as well. Both books, but especially Fixed Stars Govern a Life, tangibly illustrate Qabalah as a kind of “divine road map”; it is a system of how our universe works, and to read even several poem interpretations in a row, one has to marvel that Plath did this forty times in Ariel. To me, this proves that Sylvia Plath was a literary genius like no other, and/or that there is some kind of undeniable higher order. Or both. It’s been the most exciting and important work of my life.
Thanks to P.H. Davies for approaching me to be a part of this project. I am honored that he finds my work of interest. You can read about P.H. Davies’ work here.
What is the title of your book?
I have two companion books nearing completion that can be read either separately or together: Fixed Stars Govern a Life: Sylvia Plath’s Qabalah Code, and The Magician’s Girl: History, Mysticism and the Lives that Shaped Sylvia Plath.
What genre does it fall under?
Both are nonfiction. Fixed Stars may be considered Literary Criticism; The Magician’s Girl is Biography.
Which actors would you choose to play your characters in a movie?
That’s already been done. ;-)
What is the one-sentence synopsis of your book?
Because there are two books, you get two sentences:
Fixed Stars Govern a Life is a study of Plath’s Ariel poems as they correspond to the Tarot and Qabalah, dramatically reinterpreting her work in a way that’s been missed for fifty years.
The Magician’s Girl is a biography that looks not only at Plath’s life, but the people and events happening around her, and how these found their ways into her work.
Will your book be self-published or represented by an agency?
I’m in the process of figuring all of that out right now. I have some proposals out. A university press is likely to be my best option over mainstream publishers, as many would consider this topic to be “academic.” But who knows, right? Sylvia Plath is still a very hot topic, and even fifty years after her death they’re making movies on her, reprinting and re-collecting her poems, and producing her play, “Three Women.” I’ve even seen Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes dolls on Etsy. I’ve also been exploring ebooks and/or self-publishing options. While I love the dream of seeing my books sitting printed and bound on someone’s personal library or bookstore shelf, I also like the idea of my books in digital format, being searchable for scholars and students. As we know, the publishing industry has gone through great changes this past year. As with what happened to the record industry in the 1990s, more artists are going independent due to the ease of availability and communication of the Internet, and widely-available, quality digital publishing tools.
How long did it take you to write the first draft?
I am into my seventh year of work on both books. The Magician’s Girl originally began as an introduction to Fixed Stars Govern a Life, but it soon took on a life of its own.
What other books would you compare this story to within your genre?
There are some very good literary criticisms on Plath out there, but none have taken on my perspective of Qabalah and mysticism. Actually, it’s kind of odd that no one has thought to do this. Especially considering Plath’s interest in Tarot and the occult were not too secret with her writings about using the Ouija board, her picture with the crystal ball, all the talk of astrology and meditation, etc. She worshiped her husband, Ted Hughes, for most of their marriage, and Hughes has been widely written of in his literary-occult pursuits.
Sylvia Plath with Crystal Ball
I do believe that both of my books are breaking new ground, and may even cause some controversy, as they essentially build the case that Sylvia Plath’s poetry has been mostly misunderstood for half a century.
Who or what inspired you to write this book?
While obtaining my Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, I had a semester final project in my Poetry, Form and Theory class. My professor, Dr. Steven Schreiner, suggested that I look more deeply into all the Tarot symbolism I kept noticing and commenting on in Plath’s work. I have been a Tarot card reader for over thirty-three years, you see. The modern Tarot was designed to correspond to the structure of the Qabalah Tree of Life. It might have taken both a Tarot scholar and a Plath scholar to see the connection. There probably aren't too many people like me out there.
That was the beginning of work that would swallow up every waking minute, as well as some sleeping ones, over the next six years of my life. And here I go into the seventh…
What else about this book might pique the reader’s interest?
Well, first, no biography has explored the importance and practice of mysticism in Sylvia Plath’s life, as well as the influence of the personalities of Plath’s family, friends, and professors.
Second, no one has aligned Sylvia Plath’s work with the historical events of the time. In addition to her mystic pursuits, she was a very political person, aware of the issues around her. Yet scholars continue to narrowly view her work as mere autobiography. It’s quite unbelievable to me.
To view Sylvia Plath’s poetry through these new perspectives lends exciting new interpretations of Plath’s older poems, and new levels of understanding toward The Colossus and Ariel books. My work is primarily drawn from already-published materials that have never been viewed as collective whole, and also from unpublished letters and archival documents. The reader will come to understand Plath’s development as a poet as she learned to layer in outside meanings in her work, to understand the Jewish and Holocaust references for which she’s received so much flak, and to realize that Sylvia Plath was a great deal more than her terrible personal drama.
There is a larger take-away from these books as well. Both books, but especially Fixed Stars Govern a Life, tangibly illustrate Qabalah as a kind of “divine road map”; it is a system of how our universe works, and to read even several poem interpretations in a row, one has to marvel that Plath did this forty times in Ariel. To me, this proves that Sylvia Plath was a literary genius like no other, and/or that there is some kind of undeniable higher order. Or both. It’s been the most exciting and important work of my life.
Friday, November 2, 2012
Recommended Reading on Tarot
Here's an excellent article on becoming a tarot reader, and what it is like to learn to read the cards. I could relate to many of this guy's experiences, and certainly to his overall point that tarot is less about fortunetelling, and more about personal growth.
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Nickelodeon Appearance... sort of!
Well, NickMom's episode of MFF ("Mom Friends Forever") is online. Personally, I find reality TV ghastly, but my husband says this show is just terrible enough to be a huge hit. My couple hours of filming got cut down to about two seconds (!), but you can see me at 20:34 right here.
Monday, August 27, 2012
Plath's Poem, "The Hanging Man"
If you're interested in Sylvia Plath's poem, "The Hanging Man," and how it not only clearly addresses the Hanged Man tarot card (not a big stretch there), but also her close friend and colleague, the poet Robert Lowell, please take a look at the Sylvia Plath Info Blog, right here.
© Julia Gordon-Bramer 2012
© Julia Gordon-Bramer 2012
Booking Me As A Tarot Reader For Your Party
As we get into the holiday season, I begin to get lots of calls asking questions about parties. I thought I'd attempt to answer some of the most common questions here:
How far in advance do I need to book you to read tarot at my party?
It depends on when your party is. It is always easier to get a party on a Sunday or a week night than to get a Friday or Saturday night party, but even then, sometimes I am free. Afternoon parties are also easier to schedule last-minute than evening ones.
At the time of this writing (Aug. 27, 2012), most but not all September and October weekend dates are full. But please try me in case there has been a cancellation, or in case I can work you in before or after a party already on my calendar. At the moment, November and December is still fairly open.
How far are you willing to travel?
Without charging you extra traveling fees, I will drive within one hour of downtown St. Louis in any direction. Occasionally, I will do a party or event further than that if I am already in their area for another event.
Can you do parties long distance via Skype?
Yes! I do this all the time. However, they must be prepaid to save my time for actual readings and not bothering with numbers.
How does the payment work for parties, in general?
My party rates are $100 an hour, with a two-hour minimum. I require a $100 deposit to hold the date on my calendar, which is applied to the total cost of your party. I take cash, checks, major credit cards and PayPal.
Some party hosts have their guests all contribute to the cost, and sometimes I will charge each guest (typically $25 for 15 minutes). The party host should decide and work this out with me in advance.
Some party hosts prefer to pay up front so as not to be bothered with money the night of the party. This is fine.
Can you stay longer if we want you for more than the agreed upon time?
I often can stay longer, unless I am booked for a later party after yours. My rates are the same for extra time: $50 a half hour, $100 an hour.
How long is a tarot reading, and how many people can you read for in an hour?
Party hosts often don't stop to realize that a tarot reading is a give-and-take conversation between the reader and the party guest. The party guest will usually want to ask some questions, or at least have time to respond. That said, my absolute shortest readings are ten minutes each; my preferred time to read a party guest is fifteen-to-twenty minutes.
Then, there is the problem with down-time in between. Rarely are party guests physically lined up, ready and waiting to be read. The party scenario is more like this: People drift about, and when the tarot reader is finished with the last person, there will be some general asking around.
"Who's next? Do you want to go, or should I go?"
"Let me go, but first I just need to refresh my drink..."
"I'll be there as soon as I use the Ladies' Room,"
...and so on. This down-time in-between guests can really add up. Point being that it may be my goal to read six people in an hour, but sometimes that just doesn't happen. I'm intuitive, but not so magically magnetic that I can physically pull them to me. Number systems work great, as well as sign-up sheets. Be sure your guests know to keep things moving!
Do you record the sessions for us?
No, but I am fine with you recording or videotaping your session. I have had people set up video cameras, and I have had people turn the recorders on their phones. I have no problem with either. Just please respect the short amount of time I have per person, and realize that fiddling with equipment holds things up.
Are you OK with reading for people who are drunk?
No, I am not. What some people don't understand about the tarot is that it is a tool for introspection and personal growth. There is no growth when one is wasted. As a tarot reader, it is rather frustrating to have to repeat oneself over and over because the questioner can't remember what I said, or what they just asked. No one enjoys being yelled at through an amplified drunken conversation. Drunks tend to get over-emotional too (there is a reason they call them 'spirits', after all) and sometimes can get unreasonably angry, abusive, hysterical or weepy. Please know that I reserve the right to leave early from any event in which I feel uncomfortable or threatened. By all means--have fun, but save the heavy drinking until after you've had your tarot reading.
What kind of set-up do you need?
All I need is a table and chairs, a tall glass of water, and to have the room quiet enough to talk normally. Once I was put in a party room with a live band and I had to ask to be moved to the lobby as I could not scream everything all night. Some people want their readings done in privacy, and so I am often sequestered in a bedroom or a private study. Other people love to hear each other's readings, and they gather around together to listen. It's up to you and what everyone is comfortable with.
Do you dress in costume?
As a rule, no. I do sometimes make an exception for Halloween, as showing up to a costume party without a costume can look weird. Once, I also dressed as Professor Trelawney for a Harry Potter party. I am a serious tarot reader, not an actress or model. It is more important to me to connect with you and reveal your subconscious self and the path that you're on than to look a part.
This is a kids' party/birthday party/wedding/happy occasion. Can you keep the readings all happy?
To a point. If a person has some exceptionally hard times going on, it is likely to show up in the cards. Some cards that we see, like the Tower, or the Nine of Swords, well, there is just no way of getting around that they are bad news. But yes, I can downplay the negative. And the beautiful thing about the tarot is that we can always go toward the positive and ask for advice to prevent a negative outcome.
Will you come to my home/office/restaurant/rented space for my party?
Yes, as long as it is within an hour's of St. Louis. Travel expenses will apply if your event is further away.
What kind of questions do people ask at a tarot party? Do people need to have questions at all?
A party guest does not need to have a specific question, although some like to prepare them written out, so that they do not forget! Typically, I begin a reading with a layout that shows some of the past, present and future. From there, time permitting, we can get into other things.
Is there a minimum or maximum number of people you can read for?
There is no minimum number of people. At my party rates, I will come to your home and read only for you, if you wish. For large events with hundreds of people, you may wish to employ other tarot readers to assist, as I am still limited to my six people an hour. I do know other good tarot readers and am happy to refer you to them.
For large events, I have read as long as seven hours at a time, but I need at least a few ten or fifteen-minute breaks to stretch, refresh and perhaps get a bite to eat.
I hope this helps you. If you have a question I have not covered here, please post it below and I'll answer it promptly. I look forward to meeting you at your next party or special event. To reserve your date, email me at tarot@nighttimes.com, or call 314.517.0158.
© Julia Gordon-Bramer 2012
How far in advance do I need to book you to read tarot at my party?
It depends on when your party is. It is always easier to get a party on a Sunday or a week night than to get a Friday or Saturday night party, but even then, sometimes I am free. Afternoon parties are also easier to schedule last-minute than evening ones.
At the time of this writing (Aug. 27, 2012), most but not all September and October weekend dates are full. But please try me in case there has been a cancellation, or in case I can work you in before or after a party already on my calendar. At the moment, November and December is still fairly open.
How far are you willing to travel?
Without charging you extra traveling fees, I will drive within one hour of downtown St. Louis in any direction. Occasionally, I will do a party or event further than that if I am already in their area for another event.
Can you do parties long distance via Skype?
Yes! I do this all the time. However, they must be prepaid to save my time for actual readings and not bothering with numbers.
How does the payment work for parties, in general?
My party rates are $100 an hour, with a two-hour minimum. I require a $100 deposit to hold the date on my calendar, which is applied to the total cost of your party. I take cash, checks, major credit cards and PayPal.
Some party hosts have their guests all contribute to the cost, and sometimes I will charge each guest (typically $25 for 15 minutes). The party host should decide and work this out with me in advance.
Some party hosts prefer to pay up front so as not to be bothered with money the night of the party. This is fine.
Can you stay longer if we want you for more than the agreed upon time?
I often can stay longer, unless I am booked for a later party after yours. My rates are the same for extra time: $50 a half hour, $100 an hour.
How long is a tarot reading, and how many people can you read for in an hour?
Party hosts often don't stop to realize that a tarot reading is a give-and-take conversation between the reader and the party guest. The party guest will usually want to ask some questions, or at least have time to respond. That said, my absolute shortest readings are ten minutes each; my preferred time to read a party guest is fifteen-to-twenty minutes.
Then, there is the problem with down-time in between. Rarely are party guests physically lined up, ready and waiting to be read. The party scenario is more like this: People drift about, and when the tarot reader is finished with the last person, there will be some general asking around.
"Who's next? Do you want to go, or should I go?"
"Let me go, but first I just need to refresh my drink..."
"I'll be there as soon as I use the Ladies' Room,"
...and so on. This down-time in-between guests can really add up. Point being that it may be my goal to read six people in an hour, but sometimes that just doesn't happen. I'm intuitive, but not so magically magnetic that I can physically pull them to me. Number systems work great, as well as sign-up sheets. Be sure your guests know to keep things moving!
Do you record the sessions for us?
No, but I am fine with you recording or videotaping your session. I have had people set up video cameras, and I have had people turn the recorders on their phones. I have no problem with either. Just please respect the short amount of time I have per person, and realize that fiddling with equipment holds things up.
Are you OK with reading for people who are drunk?
No, I am not. What some people don't understand about the tarot is that it is a tool for introspection and personal growth. There is no growth when one is wasted. As a tarot reader, it is rather frustrating to have to repeat oneself over and over because the questioner can't remember what I said, or what they just asked. No one enjoys being yelled at through an amplified drunken conversation. Drunks tend to get over-emotional too (there is a reason they call them 'spirits', after all) and sometimes can get unreasonably angry, abusive, hysterical or weepy. Please know that I reserve the right to leave early from any event in which I feel uncomfortable or threatened. By all means--have fun, but save the heavy drinking until after you've had your tarot reading.
What kind of set-up do you need?
All I need is a table and chairs, a tall glass of water, and to have the room quiet enough to talk normally. Once I was put in a party room with a live band and I had to ask to be moved to the lobby as I could not scream everything all night. Some people want their readings done in privacy, and so I am often sequestered in a bedroom or a private study. Other people love to hear each other's readings, and they gather around together to listen. It's up to you and what everyone is comfortable with.
Do you dress in costume?
As a rule, no. I do sometimes make an exception for Halloween, as showing up to a costume party without a costume can look weird. Once, I also dressed as Professor Trelawney for a Harry Potter party. I am a serious tarot reader, not an actress or model. It is more important to me to connect with you and reveal your subconscious self and the path that you're on than to look a part.
This is a kids' party/birthday party/wedding/happy occasion. Can you keep the readings all happy?
To a point. If a person has some exceptionally hard times going on, it is likely to show up in the cards. Some cards that we see, like the Tower, or the Nine of Swords, well, there is just no way of getting around that they are bad news. But yes, I can downplay the negative. And the beautiful thing about the tarot is that we can always go toward the positive and ask for advice to prevent a negative outcome.
Will you come to my home/office/restaurant/rented space for my party?
Yes, as long as it is within an hour's of St. Louis. Travel expenses will apply if your event is further away.
What kind of questions do people ask at a tarot party? Do people need to have questions at all?
A party guest does not need to have a specific question, although some like to prepare them written out, so that they do not forget! Typically, I begin a reading with a layout that shows some of the past, present and future. From there, time permitting, we can get into other things.
Is there a minimum or maximum number of people you can read for?
There is no minimum number of people. At my party rates, I will come to your home and read only for you, if you wish. For large events with hundreds of people, you may wish to employ other tarot readers to assist, as I am still limited to my six people an hour. I do know other good tarot readers and am happy to refer you to them.
For large events, I have read as long as seven hours at a time, but I need at least a few ten or fifteen-minute breaks to stretch, refresh and perhaps get a bite to eat.
I hope this helps you. If you have a question I have not covered here, please post it below and I'll answer it promptly. I look forward to meeting you at your next party or special event. To reserve your date, email me at tarot@nighttimes.com, or call 314.517.0158.
© Julia Gordon-Bramer 2012
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