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Julie Brown:
There are 78 cards in a tarot deck.
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:22 major Arcana cards.
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:And 56 minor Arcana cards.
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:Each card carries its own meaning
symbolism, imagery, and narrative.
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:Since the mid 15th century, people have
been using taro cards for a variety
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:of reasons, primarily rooted in their
fascination with the mystical and the
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:desire for insight into their lives.
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:Welcome to this special bonus edition of
this shit works hosted by me, Julie Brown.
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:And for this special episode,
I have asked my friend and
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:previous guest on the podcast.
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:Angela Mayer.
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:Back to explain taro cards to us.
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:And how we can use their meaning to aid
us in networking and business decisions.
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:I've had my tarot cards
read numerous times.
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:I've asked the deck for answers and
guidance for life, love and business
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:during all different stages of my life.
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:So when Ann reached out to me
with the idea of bringing taro
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:to the podcast, I was intrigued.
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:We met and she encouraged me to buy
my own deck of cards, which I did.
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:And then immediately became overwhelmed.
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:78 cards all with their
own meaning and symbolism.
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:Some of the cards like the
death card, the hanged man.
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:The devil.
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:They look like they have dire warnings.
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:And some have no words at all.
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:Just symbols, like the 10 of
cups and the two of Pentacles.
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:How was I going to be able to decipher
what the cards were trying to tell me?
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:Well, I did what everyone
does when they need answers.
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:I went straight to the Google machine
and found a guide online that broke
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:down each and every card in the deck.
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:And what it meant if it
was straight or reversed.
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:And I simply started working with them.
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:Asking the Decker question, shuffling
the deck, cutting it into three stacks.
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:And then picking a card from each stack.
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:Choosing three cards to help
me decipher the answer to the
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:question I was asking the deck.
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:You know, there are a lot of ways you
can ask the deck for answers and they
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:get really intricate with their, layouts.
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:And I'm not an advanced enough to do that.
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:I'm not advanced enough to do
anything beyond three cards.
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:So that will come with time.
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:Maybe, hopefully.
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:What surprised me about this activity?
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:Even just this three card activity was
when I focused on one specific question.
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:Pick three cards and examine them
to show me what was happening
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:or make sense or give direction
to the question I was asking.
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:It actually did end up
making a lot of sense.
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:You know, if it hadn't made sense.
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:And if I hadn't found value in it, I never
would have brought this episode to you.
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:But since it was helpful for me, I thought
it might be helpful for you as well.
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:And who better than ONJ to teach
us how we can all get started.
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593: So Ange,
I don't actually know how long it's
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:been, but welcome back to the podcast.
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:Mm
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:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593:
thank you having me back.
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:I'm so um, I feel so honored actually
and very excited because , tarot for me
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:is a passion it wasn't something, you
know, I didn't think when I was a little
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:i'm gonna be a tarot reader one day
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593: hmm.
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:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593: The way I
became a tarot reader was pretty I would
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:say like in like the side, the side,
um, alleys or roads that you take in
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:life, I don't think the exact word in
English, but, hit me a bit by surprise.
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:And it's funny because I'm writing
my second memoir at the moment,
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:which explains how I went from being
a lawyer to being a tarot reader.
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:So it's all very relevant.
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:But I did the same thing
as you did, um, when I.
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:Two years, two days, sorry, um, it's an
intensive training with a tarot local
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:established tarot reader where I live.
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:And that's where I learned interesting
techniques on how to let go of all the
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:actual meaning of the cards because you
can get attached to it, especially if
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:you're left brain and if you're logical.
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:But I also did, a wonderful
training they go into so much depth.
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:The breadth and depth simply mind blowing,
but not everybody wants to have to do
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:that in order to use cards for themselves.
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:So I've sort of developed a very
simple method that everybody can use.
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:And I think we, when we agreed, when
we talked a couple of months back
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:about this bonus episode, that my.
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:Intention or my, the passion behind
what I want to share today, with you
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:and your audience is that I want to
keep people safe with the tarot because
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:I consider that the tarot is like a
double edge, sword or like a knife.
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:And if, you know, as if any tool, if
you, you can use it, you can cut yourself
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:or you can just make a wonderful meal.
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:And I want to make sure that people know,
you know, the pitfalls and how to keep,
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:on the straight and narrow with the tarot.
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593: Yeah,
so that leads me to a question.
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:So say there's somebody who's
like, okay, I'm interested.
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:I want to buy a deck.
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:Do they do what I do, go
to Google and find a guide?
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:\ how would you suggest people
start with getting into tarot?
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:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593: Well, the
first thing is to get a tarot deck and
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:I can't remember if I recommended one to
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593:
You did recommend ones
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:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593:
it was a while back,
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593: yeah,
I ended up buying a different one.
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:Um, but you did recommend
a couple of them to me.
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:Yeah.
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:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593: Are
you happy with the one that you have?
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593: Yeah.
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:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593: Good.
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:So you need to use your intuition
to choose your own tarot deck.
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:That's exactly how you
should choose a tarot deck.
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:Intuition is a big part of it.
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:Because tarot decks have
energies of their own.
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:Now, I know I'm going to stretch
the minds of your listeners
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:a little bit around this.
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:Uh, however, I am a Reiki master.
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:I know a lot about energy.
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:And this is how I was able to explain
to myself why the tarot cards worked.
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:So I was a healer first before I was
a tarot reader, and that gave me a
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:real, understanding that's quite
different from other tarot readers
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:on how exactly this stuff works.
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:And it kind of links sort of to
the law of attraction, because
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:in a way the tarot works as a
mirror from what's inside of you.
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:When you shuffle the cards, everybody
will ask you to shuffle the cards,
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:you put your energy into the deck,
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593: Mm
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:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593: and
the deck then responds to your energy.
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:That's how I can put it the
simplest and the least spooky
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:way possible for your audience.
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:But the proof is in the pudding,
because for me, that's exactly how I
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:prove Grass with all these esoteric,
um, techniques that I embraced, you
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:know, I was a lawyer to start with.
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:And for me, um, I still, I had a pretty
open mind for a lawyer, but for me,
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:if it works, I'll continue to use it.
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:If it doesn't, I stop.
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:And it looks like you had a good
journey with the tarot since we.
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:Last spoke, it was helpful.
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:I'm super happy that you had this
first hand experience before we talked
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:because then you can feed back to me and
tell me, yeah, I think that's useful.
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:That's what happened or whatever.
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:Have, have you had any difficult
experiences with the tarot?
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593: I don't
think I've worked with it enough
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:to have a difficult experience yet
because I've just, I've just been
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:learning it and reading the cards and
saying, Oh, this is what this means.
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:And this is what this means.
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:I've only asked it that one question
that one time I've been more trying
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:to learn the deck, um, which I think
actually is a really good way for
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:me to ask, you know, it's easier to.
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:What am I trying to say here?
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:So like, to not get bad habits, so can
you, I know that you said, and you didn't
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:tell me what they were, but you said
there was three most common mistakes
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:people make when using the tarot cards.
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:So maybe let's start there because
we don't want to get off on the
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:wrong foot when we're starting.
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:And I don't want to get off on
the wrong foot either, so I don't
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:want, I want to make sure that I
haven't made those three mistakes.
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:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593: Okay.
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:So I can remember two.
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:I'll try to remember the third one.
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:Probably will come as we discuss.
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:No, because I remember writing a
blog post and something back then,
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:but, a lot of time has passed.
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:So I know that the very
first mistake people make.
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:Is to ask the wrong question.
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593: Okay.
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:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593:
an art to asking questions.
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:Uh, and actually, it's more
than just with the tarot.
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:Generally coaches or mentors or people
who try to, help you on your path will
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:always try to craft the right question
so that you get the right answer.
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:You know, there is, and it's from having
had that experience of 17 years of tarot
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:readings, where people come to me and I
know they're asking the wrong question.
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:Now, I can't always tell them that,
so I kind of suss out the situation.
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:Are they ready to actually
ask the right question?
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:And I'll give you a very simple example.
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:I'd love to have your feedback on the
tarot readings you've had, because I'm
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:kind of interested in people's first hand
experiences of tarot readers as well.
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593: hmm.
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:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593:
So, someone came to me and said,
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:am I going to marry my boyfriend?
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:Well, that, that is
not the right question.
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593: Yeah,
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:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593:
That is definitely not the right
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:question, but looking back,
insight is such a wonderful thing.
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:What you want to ask
is, are we a good fit?
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:Are we going to happy together?
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:Um, is this going to work out?
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from what happened to actually me.
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:It wasn't a tarot reader.
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:It was a psychic medium.
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:I went to have my first reading
with American friend, actually,
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:who dragged me to see a psychic
in Boston when I visited her.
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the name of the guy.
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:He was called George.
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:That's why I can make fun of myself.
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:I'm not making fun of one of my clients.
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593: I think
everybody who's gone to a tarot
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:reader has asked that question.
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:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593: exactly.
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:And the psychic medium said, I hope
you want to marry him because you will.
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:Well, that was, that was definitely
a message, very subtle message.
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:Let me know.
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:I might not be as happy as I thought
I would be marrying that man.
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593: Right.
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:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593: He was
very subtle and very good because if I was
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:ready to hear that, I would have heard it.
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:But because I wasn't, I went straight
into the marriage and divorced
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:a few years later with quite a
few scars and missing feathers.
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593: Mm
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:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593:
You know what I mean?
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:So, so asking the right
question is so important.
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593:
So I do like saying it.
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:Instead of are we gonna stay
together, are we gonna be
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:together, it is, are we a good fit?
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:Which you can sort of do in
all of your relationships.
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:Like, any relationship you're
in, you're like, why am I
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:struggling with this relationship?
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:Am I a good fit?
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:Am I like, whatever?
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:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593: yeah.
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:Or what can I do to make
the relationship work?
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593: Mm
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:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593:
Do you know what I mean?
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:It's not that subtle, but it's a shift.
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:Okay.
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:So that's the top, the first,
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593: hmm.
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:Asking questions
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:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593:
um, mistake people make.
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593: Okay.
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:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593: Well,
I wouldn't say incorrectly, but what I
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:suggest is that people first write down
their question before they ask the deck.
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time you get the answer, you
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from the words that you use, you can
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:I got the third, um, third tip.
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593: Okay.
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:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593:
First one, ask the right question.
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:But don't panic about asking the
wrong one first, just make it a game,
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:get the feedback and do it again
until you understand what's going on.
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:And it's very often a good idea to ask,
is it the right time to ask this question?
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593: Mm
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:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593: So
I would say this is my first tip.
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:Um, the second one, second biggest
mistake is to ask the same question
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:until you get the answer that you want.
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:I've done that as well.
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:you done any of these Julie?
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:Because, you know, you've been
having fun and you wanted to
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593: hmm.
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:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593:
tell our audience, your audience,
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593: know, in
my tarot card reading, I did go when
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:a boyfriend and I broke up, and I did
ask that tarot card reader if we were
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quite adamant about the fact that,
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and she went on to say...
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up marrying, which was completely crazy.
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you who you're going to marry.
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whatever, blah, blah, blah.
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cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs, you know?
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many years later, I mean, it
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that she mentioned until my
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marry him, I was like, Oh, like
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starting my own business, I did.
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time, was this the right business, was I
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business, not so, I don't know, I
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changed my mind, but I almost was like,
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:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593: And you
know what, this is a very important and
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:there's nothing wrong when we take a risk.
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:That is trustworthy and that
you trust, then they can just
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:And for me, for years, whatever
psychics readings they were done
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of something I already knew.
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you don't trust it just yet, it's nice
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yeah, yeah, like I said, it wasn't going
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to go through with it, I just, I don't
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I was doing, but you always want somebody
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:else to say, yeah, this is, or not even
somebody else, like you want the universe
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:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593:
yeah, yeah, yeah.
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:As I said, I think it's,
um, it's human to want that
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anything wrong with that.
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as when you did readings for yourself.
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got the answer you wanted to hear?
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593: I only did
it once, and I, I, I gotta be honest,
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so I don't exactly remember what it
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changed some things in my business.
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dissolved the consultancy part of my
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coach full time, and with that came
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to reoccurring revenue and, just.
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shift that happened in the business.
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lucrative part of the business to grow
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ramifications, um, with that.
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:And so, I think I asked something to the
effect of, did I make the right decision?
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is this the right decision?
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:And I pulled the three cards, and
so, somewhere I had read that, you
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:could interpret the three cards
as past, present, and future.
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:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593:
Yes, that's right.
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593:
it rang complete.
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I was, you know, where I have the company
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really bright sort of card
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:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593:
That's perfect.
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three actually of the top mistakes.
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on with the third one?
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593:
I would love that.
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:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593:
Oh yes, we did.
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cards when you're feeling depressed.
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lightly, um, but it could also be
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discouraged or very dark when you, when
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it's a mirror, it reflects back to
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all the cards that you're seeing as
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:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593: So,
for that reason, I don't encourage
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they're feeling down, or when they're
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read them for you, because they'll have
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there's oracle cards.
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because they don't have the
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the very start of this episode.
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:They don't have the hanged man and all
these things that can really trigger us.
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own, especially if they haven't done
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any self reflection, or if they don't
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593: You know,
I think a lot of the times that I've
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read them were also intuitives, or
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and So I think that there was a lot more
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I've had some, so tarot card readers
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things to me that they could never know,
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hey, I would like to use this tool for
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I'm not psychic, I don't have a third eye,
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what is your advice to people who are,
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have those other abilities.
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is a very, very good question.
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to debunk one myth.
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but everybody's intuitive.
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of protection mechanism.
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get, uh, that we all get as kids.
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we're intuitive is because it's been
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benefit from the tarot, because
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you tune into your own intuition.
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an intention for your tarot deck.
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my tarot deck and I, I sort of, it's not
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always set an intent for each of my decks.
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readings to be helpful, to be, um,
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:Now you could set your intent to
whatever you might want to set
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be accurate and it's, it's good
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maybe I encourage people to actually
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only one reading, but now if you
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what do you think it means, and then
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for example, so that I can get back
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four months, when I actually get the
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happens, and then I can get back and
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detective work on your own intuition
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593: Okay.
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:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593:
Does that make sense?
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593:
yes, I should have done that.
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:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593:
But you didn't know,
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593: I didn't,
yeah, I guess that's why you're here.
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:Um,
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:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593:
exactly, that's why I'm here.
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593: I should
have had the journal and I should have
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:said this was the question I asked and
these were the cards that I pulled.
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:So, um,
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:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593: and
that, that's fine, now you know,
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:and, and your audience will know.
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:This is exactly why I
wanted to come here today.
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:Because I don't think there's only so much
you can learn on Google about this stuff.
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:And...
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:And then there's people who have
the experience, the first lived
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:experience, and then I think these
people have, you know, an input.
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:And, and of course everybody's different.
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:Some people will like
me, some people won't.
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:And I'm not taking this personally.
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:There's, um, as many flavors of tarot
readers and tarot teachers as there are
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:pupils and, and different, affinities.
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:But I like to keep it.
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:It's super simple.
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:Maybe it's because of
my lawyer's background.
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:I like to keep it practical and grounded.
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:And I will say to you one thing that's
really helped in, um, both training
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:that I did with the tarot, is that,
yeah, it's okay to try to learn all the
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:meaning, but you'll never remember it all.
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:Not in the moment.
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:So it's okay to check the little book
that comes with your tarot whilst
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:you build your confidence with it.
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:But what you want to do, even if you
read the book, is when you open it and
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:you read sentences, Check within your
body the ones that resonate with you,
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:and that's how you're going to know
what is correct and what doesn't matter.
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:By reading it, you will have
a feeling inside your body.
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593: So, when
it comes to networking and business
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:development, what are the kinds of
questions we could ask the deck?
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:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593: Like,
suppose we met, you and I met in
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:a networking event, and you want
to know if I'm a good prospect.
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593: Mm
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:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593:
Just ask the cards, you see.
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:Should I pursue her?
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:Should I, you know, try to organize
a one to one meeting with her?
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:What kind of synergies
could happen between us?
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:All these questions you can ask the card.
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593: hmm.
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:Okay.
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:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593: It
can save you wasting your time on
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:someone, for example, that is really
not a good match with who you are.
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:If you think about someone, but you're
feeling guilty, you're like, I don't know
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:this person from, you know, a bar soap.
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:Why am I having this
reaction to that person?
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:You're feeling bad about it.
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:And you want to see, is
there something in it?
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:You know, is it because I was having
a bad day or is it really that I need
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:to be careful around that person?
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:Pull a card and you'll get the answer.
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:And I'll teach you a technique.
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:And I don't know if you found
that on your Google journey,
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593: No.
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:All right.
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:So, should I take out my card?
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:Should I take out my deck right now?
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:Okay.
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:Okay.
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:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593:
I will show you a technique
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:to ask a yes or no question.
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:Have you found a technique online to
ask a yes or no question yet or not?
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593: I got my deck.
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:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593: Okay.
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:So what you do first, you knock your deck
because that kind of clears the energy
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:really quickly from everything else you
would have done before because the deck
468
:gets builds energy from all the readings.
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:So you want to clear
the, yeah, the energy.
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:Then you shuffle it.
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:No, actually, then what you
do, you split it in two.
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593: Okay.
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:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593:
And then you turn one upside down,
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:and you get it back together.
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:So you have half the cards, at least
half the cards, especially if it's
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:new, that are going to be upside,
um, upright, or, uh, reversed.
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593: Yep.
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:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593: Then
you shuffle, and you ask your question.
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:Now you want to focus on your
question whilst you shuffle.
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:So you have a question you want to ask
now, that would be a yes or no answer.
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593: Um,
I, I, Of course I'm blanking!
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:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593: Okay.
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:Okay.
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:Okay.
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:Okay.
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:So let's ask, I'm going to ask my
deck and you can ask your deck,
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:is this episode is going to be
useful for you to audience, right?
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:Let's have a bit of fun.
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593: Okay.
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:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593:
So is this episode going to
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:have a good, be beneficial?
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:One or two, three times in your mind so
that you really focus your mind on that.
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593: Okay.
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:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593: And then
you pull the card out and it doesn't
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:matter how you pull it, where you
pull it and whether you turn it around
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:when you do, and then you, thank you.
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:Um, and then, right, you have an
upright and I have an upright.
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:This is a yes.
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593: King of Wands.
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:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593:
card, yeah, the card doesn't matter.
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593:
it doesn't matter!
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:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593: no, what
matters is if it's upright or reversed.
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:If it's upright, it's a yes.
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:If it's reversed,
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593:
Oh, I actually pulled it up.
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:I pulled it this way and then
turned it to show it to you.
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:So mine was upside down.
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:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593: so
mine is a yes and yours is a no.
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593:
the odds on this one.
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:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593: Well,
what I would take out of this is
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:that not all of your audience is
going to enjoy the episode, but it
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:will be relevant for some, right?
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:That's useful actually as an information.
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593: Let's say
I had a question about my business.
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:For example, I a lot of times have
to go back and forth with potential
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:clients and I have to decide, if
they don't have my full fee, is this
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:a client that I should still work
with and discount my fee because.
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:I like the group or I
like, you know, whatever.
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:Um, but that is a business decision
that I have to make over and over
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:again with potential clients.
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:Like, is that something I could ask the
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:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593: absolutely.
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:Yeah, you ask it the way I've shown you,
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593: So I
have a, I have a potential client
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:that I met with this morning.
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:There's no way they would have
my fee, but I still, like, I,
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:it would be a feel good event.
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:But it still does take a day out of
my calendar that I have to travel
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:to the event, so I have to decide on
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:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593:
how would you phrase the question?
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:How would you phrase that?
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:We're going to have a bit
of a little play with that.
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593: okay,
I guess the question would be, One
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:of the questions would, if I decide
yes, well, you know, would it be,
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:will I regret taking on this client
or should I take on this client?
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:Um,
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:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593: So I
think the second one is not precise
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:enough because you should say, should
I take this client at the rate that, or
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:whatever, you add the price behind it.
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593: So
I think that's a good question.
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:Should I take this client at
a 75 percent reduced rate?
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:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593: Okay.
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:Go focus, do what I've just
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593: Do I
have to tap at the deck because,
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:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593: asked
you to do and ask the question.
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:Yes, because we asked the question before,
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593: Okay.
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:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593: you
shuffle them without looking at them.
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:Yeah.
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:So with your deck It's
difficult to see which one is
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593:
Oh, I forgot to, um, cut it.
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:I forgot to cut it in half.
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:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593: That's fine
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593: Okay,
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:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593:
Just do it now
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593:
Okay, so I'll cut
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:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593:
cut it in half turn it around
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593: Okay.
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:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593:
and just focus on that question.
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:Should I take on?
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:Just think of the name
at 75 percent of my rate
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:You could add, you could phrase
it slightly differently saying,
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:would it be for my highest good?
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593: Mm
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:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593:
To da da da.
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593: Okay,
so I'm now pulling out a card.
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:Uh oh.
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:It's upside down.
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:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593:
Okay, that means no.
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593: Okay.
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:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593:
How do you feel about that no
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593: I feel
bad about it because I like them.
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:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593: Okay,
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:So what you could do next is to journal
around that no, how you feel and is
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:it just guilt and in which case you
can overcome that guilt and just tune
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:into actually how you feel about doing
it or not and you can override the
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:cards because I don't think there's
going to be any dire consequences
578
:if you decided to do it anyway.
579
:But you could ask another question.
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:So, If we wrote down the question that
we just asked, should I do it for 25%?
581
:Maybe you could ask the question, um,
should I work with this client at 50%?
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593: Okay.
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:Yep.
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:Okay.
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:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593:
The bar a little bit.
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:Let's see if it's a yes at that.
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593:
So I'm gonna cut
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:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593: That's
why I said don't ask just the one thing.
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:Add the price at the back because
that's the defining factor for you.
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:There's something in there, right?
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593: okay.
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:It's the same card, but
it's this, it's straight up.
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:How weird is that?
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:Is this safe?
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:I don't know if anybody, this is,
again, this is not a visual medium,
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:but to pull the same exact card
out of 78 cards, that's crazy.
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:To pull the same exact card.
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:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593:
you do the maths.
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:I don't do the maths anymore,
but it's, I agree with you.
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:So by going, see if you hadn't asked that.
601
:75 or 50, you wouldn't have
actually a precise answer.
602
:If you had stopped, I, shall I work with
them at 75 percent and it was a no, you
603
:wouldn't have worked with them at all.
604
:But you go to the next question and
next, it's an inquisitive process.
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593: Yeah, how
weird is it to pull the same exact card
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:on the same question and have it be?
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:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593: I always
say it's, yeah, it's weird and wonderful.
608
:Don't forget to add the
wonderful at the end.
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593: Yeah, um,
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:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593: I love it.
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593: I I'm shocked
by this that it's the same exact cards.
612
:Um, this is the two of What is it?
613
:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593: I think
it's the two of wands and there's
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:a card about, I'm going to say as
a joke, it's the card of the war.
615
:It's called domination.
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:It's the card of the person
who has success, who's happy.
617
:So you have that.
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:It's not just the card.
619
:It's also just the upright or not.
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:Then if you want, you can
explore the meaning of the card.
621
:You got a yes, but it was this
card, not the 77 other cards.
622
:So you can go deeper into
the meaning of the card.
623
:So this is a, an extremely positive card
to get for your answer, especially at 50%.
624
:So what you need to do is trust
that client a little bit and
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:see if they're going to bite.
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:It's going to be good for them.
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:Because they need to have more belief
in their, whatever they're doing.
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:And it's better for you because
you don't give away 75 percent
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593: right.
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:Yeah No,
631
:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593:
how the tarot can help with
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:such a simple decision.
633
:But as we discussed earlier, it's the
art of asking the right question and
634
:then questioning the answer with more
questions until you get to a point where
635
:you feel good about whatever is happening.
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593: is there
a point of like oversaturation where
637
:you're just asking too many questions
and you're just doing it too much?
638
:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593:
Just as you would in any normal
639
:decision process in your business.
640
:You can overthink things and you can
exhaust yourself and also You know,
641
:um, top mistake number two, asking
the same question again and again,
642
:and then you confuse the cards as
well because the cards are saying,
643
:I gave you the answer already.
644
:Why are you asking again?
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:I'm fed up with you and they
might mess with you then.
646
:And I've had that happen to me.
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:If I don't trust the answers I'm
getting first and I ask three days
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:later the same question, unless I
say to the cards, look, I'm so sorry.
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:I'm not confident at the moment.
650
:I really need that bit of reinforcement.
651
:Okay.
652
:But if you mess with the cards, the
cards are going to mess with you.
653
:It's that mirror thing.
654
:audioJulieBrown21873199593: So, I
mean, I just, I, I found, I, you
655
:know what, I know we pulled, you
and I both pulled one upside down
656
:and one right side up about whether
or not this was going to be useful.
657
:It's been supremely useful for me right
now just in doing this little exercise
658
:with the cards right this second.
659
:I want to go back to how we
decided to do this, episode.
660
:Were you doing something
specifically tarot for networking?
661
:Can you refresh my memory?
662
:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593: I
don't remember precisely, but I
663
:wanted to make sure that people
had enough, it's becoming popular.
664
:I see blogs everywhere, but not
everybody knows enough about
665
:that tarot to do it right.
666
:And I wanted to make sure that your
audience had that bit of information
667
:that's useful to get started.
668
:So I think that's how we got, and
you said, Oh, that sounds like a
669
:great idea for my Halloween special.
670
:And I thought, yeah,
let's spook everyone out.
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:I've spooked you.
672
:Your tarot spooked you with this card.
673
:Perfect!
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593:
with the same exact.
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:Like, I can't, like, statistically,
to shuffle the deck out of 78 cards
676
:and pull the same exact card is
just statistically unbelievable.
677
:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593: so, Julie,
write this in your intuition journal.
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:You've learned something, you've
learned lots of interesting things.
679
:You might want to write them
in your, in your journal as
680
:well, so you remember them.
681
:Well, obviously you'll be able to listen
to the, to the recording and then.
682
:That particular reading,
that was super powerful.
683
:Even the one where we got reversed,
I had one and you had the other.
684
:I think it's still very valuable.
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593:
Yeah, definitely.
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:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593:
The interest is not always
687
:to get the yes or the no.
688
:It's in interpreting what
does that really mean?
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593: I hope
this, just this little thing that we
690
:did makes people curious enough, if they
weren't already curious enough to say.
691
:How can I use this?
692
:This sounds like something really
interesting, and informative.
693
:And this is another tool.
694
:It's not the only tool that you're
going to use in your business,
695
:but this is another tool.
696
:And I agree.
697
:I think more and more people are using it.
698
:I'm super excited that we did this.
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:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593:
And it's healthy.
700
:It is healthy to approach that
kind of thing with the skepticism
701
:because you don't want to be
enrolled into some sort of weird
702
:cult or, you know, crazy practice.
703
:But I think it's the experimentation
and keeping an open mind.
704
:Always use your
discernment as well, right?
705
:You don't want to decide on a 10
million dollar investment only
706
:on the basis of the tarot cards.
707
:You got to use your,
your, you're not here.
708
:When you do the tarot, you're
not here to put your business
709
:acumen behind you, right?
710
:It's supposed to enhance everything else.
711
:Does that make sense?
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:So
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:audioJulieBrown21873199593: Yeah.
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:Well, thank you so much for being here.
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:This was I I enjoyed it.
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:I had a lot of fun.
717
:So I'm so glad that you suggested
this and that we actually ended
718
:up doing it as a bonus episode.
719
:audioAngeDeLumiere11873199593:
Thank you for having me.
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:It's always such a pleasure.
721
:Was this episode, a little booboo.
722
:Yes.
723
:Am I still totally into it.
724
:Also, yes.
725
:I have to tell you that quick
exercise that we did with me asking
726
:the deck, that question about
taking that gig at a reduced rate.
727
:And then getting the same
fucking card twice in a row.
728
:After shuffling, cutting and
shuffling again, like that's uncanny.
729
:And even though it was the same card.
730
:It was different answers because in
one question it was straight up and
731
:in the other one, it was a reversed.
732
:Like what.
733
:How's it possible to go through all that
and pick up the same exact fucking card.
734
:The card was the two of wants.
735
:So I decided to dig a little
further into the card because
736
:it can't just be a coincidence
that it came up twice in a row.
737
:Right.
738
:You know, the second time I asked
it was, you know, the second
739
:time I asked it, it was upright.
740
:It meant that I should say yes to the
opportunity at that 50% reduced rate.
741
:Upon further research.
742
:I learned that the upright two of
wands predict success in creative
743
:ventures, especially those that
involve partnership or cooperation.
744
:Oh, my gosh, when it comes to
money and progress at work, or as
745
:an entrepreneur, the two of wands
represents financial stability.
746
:Moreover, it urges you to survey
the situation carefully and
747
:then create a plan for success.
748
:This is literally the exact type of
business advice I was, uh, looking for.
749
:When it came to this particular client
and this particular question of whether
750
:or not to work with this client.
751
:No.
752
:After this, I think I'm going to be
tuning into this deck a lot in the future.
753
:What do you think, would you trust the
taro to help you make business decisions?
754
:Or is this a little too out there for you?
755
:Anyways, let me know.
756
:I can't wait to hear if you
have your own tarot stories.
757
:Okay.
758
:It's that time onto the drink of the
week, which is the fortune teller
759
:cocktail from the cosmic cocktails book.
760
:Here's what you're going to need.
761
:One and a half ounces of Blanco tequila,
one ounce of Sherry, one ounce of cherry
762
:liqour and a lemon peel for garnish.
763
:What you're going to do is you're
going to fill a rocks glass with ice.
764
:And then add the liquors and stir
and garnish with a lemon peel.
765
:That's a strong ass drink, dude.
766
:I mean, You don't need a
fortune teller to tell you no.
767
:You're going to be tipsy
after you drink that one.
768
:Okay.
769
:All right, friends.
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:That's all for this week.
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:If you like what you heard
today, please leave a review
772
:and subscribe to the podcast.
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:Also, please remember to share the podcast
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:If you want more, Julie Brown, you
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775
:Or barnes and noble you can find me on
linkedin at julie brown On Bd just let
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:me know where you found me when you
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:BD on the instagram or you can always
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