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The Difference Between an Oracle and a Card Reader

I’ve been working in this field for a few years now establishing myself and what I do. My main clientèle has been friends or friends of friends that are walking a similar path with similar goals: they desire to know about their soul, they are interested in their evolutionary and ascension processes, they want to learn about themselves and the world around them.

Last year I decided to take my business to a new level in a couple of different ways.

First I decided to get a job as an online psychic. I thought it would be great because it would allow me to establish an online and location independent source of income which furthers my life goals and gives me practice doing what I love. I had an image of giving powerful card readings to people who wanted to receive the information.

Second I went around to local businesses and gave them proposals to see if I could offer readings in partnership with one of the businesses. I figured that this would establish a local clientèle faster and would get my name out there as a reader.

There was one thing I was not expecting to learn: the difference between a card reader and an oracle.

I received what I wanted, both an online job as a psychic and work in a local cafe.

Neither were what I was expecting. The local cafe was a low paying gig with a possibility that if I were there long enough I would gradually gain clientelle. It was a positive experience overall, I just know that now I would not lower my prices again by as much as I did even to gain clientelle. I wasn’t receiving my favorite clients, the ones that let me go deep into my own soul for answers.

The online psychic job really was what made me understand who my clientelle really is. Online I was being asked what I consider fluff questions: When is the girl I like going to text me? My husband is coming over; we are separated, do you think it will go well? Tell me the name of my next lover. And so on. These are just a few examples of questions that were asked.

I hated it. I wanted to go deeper. I wanted to go into the soul of things. These clients would pay the shortest amount of time they could to get the answer they wanted and then off they would go. I wasn’t allowed to go into depth with these clients which gave my interactions a surface level of feeling.

I’m not saying that to worry about love in your life is a bad or negative. I’m saying that when it is your obsession it is not healthy, and when I tuned into these clients it is an obsession with love because there is nothing else to focus the mind on. There are more important things to worry about than about your love life. What about the life of your soul?

And then one day I realized that was the difference between a reader and and oracle.

A reader is good at giving you the more superficial stuff. They are happy to tell you who your next lover is going to be, where you will next, and all of that jazz. In fact, that is more of the focus of the reading because that’s what most people want to know. Readers can go deep into your personality and into what is going on in the past and future. In my experience they often do.

All of this is extremely useful. It helps a lot of people and is not a bad thing. It is just different from what I do.

Oracles may touch on all of those things but they are far from the focus of the reading. A reading with an oracles is something that goes deep, goes all the way to the depths of the soul, takes you on a journey. It is honest.

And the honest truth is that sometimes we can’t tell you what the future is going to be because of all the probabilities. Sometimes we are going to tell you tough things you don’t want to to hear. An oracle focuses on where you are in this present moment and what will serve you best to know.

Oracles will help you listen to what your soul is craving to tell you and what to do with that information at times. An oracle will give you guidance on what steps to take to create the life you want to live and opens up to allow Spirit to come speak through them.

I realized that is what I do.

I don’t want an online psychic job any more.

Nor do I want to work at a cafe or restaurant.

I want to find clients who make me excited to go to work and do a reading because I know I’m going to use my gifts fully.

I want to develop long-term relationships with people who are on a spiritual journey and path, people who are willing to go deep.

I want to find clients who challenge me to expand, to be a better reader and who ask me hard questions.

What to Expect in A Card Reading with Serafina Christine

My card readings are a little bit different.

My readings are aimed at empowering you.

Whatever information comes through me will be a gift to facilitate your empowerment.

I am not interested in telling you about the small things. And “I” don’t receive that information.

I am interested in telling you about your soul and the world from that level.

“I” am going to tell you the best way for you to step into your eternal power as a soul being in this present moment about whatever topic you choose to discuss.

“I” am going to draw out the belief systems, the ideas, fears and anything else that is holding you back.

“My” readings are not for those that do not want a deeper understanding of the self.

And my readings are not for those who can’t take a look a themselves.

In a reading with me you may ask about finding love but the cards and information channelled will be about you and what you can do to draw the love to you. The name of the person doesn’t matter because in the world of the Soul who you become a partner with changes based on probabilities and free-will. Being given the name of the potential partner will dis-empower most of us because when we get stuck on a name we shut down to probabilities and opportunities that could happen with other potential people.

In a reading with me you may ask about what to do for you career. I will tell you what I see and tell you that the most important thing that you need to do is follow your heart.

And then I will tell you how. I will give you the starter steps to release what blocks the heart from speaking.

I will NOT tell you your future.

And I will tell you that your story doesn’t matter.

Because at the level of the Soul neither the future nor the past matters. All that matters is the present moment.

And “I” will tell you only what is relevant to where you are in this exact present moment.

And “I” will invite you to let your soul guide you.

And “I” will invite you to be you.

Because when “I” am in a reading “I” am only a channel for what you need to hear. “I” facilitate a way for your inner guidance that’s often lost to be heard by you.

“I” will listen to you compassionately with an open mind of non-judgement and non-attachment. We will discuss what it is you want to know and then “I” will shuffle the cards for you and create a spread to answer allowing the guidance to flow through me to be gifted you.

Each reading is unique in the sense that there is no standard way of reading the cards. The cards are chosen and then placed in the sequence and order that they will best tell their story, their words, their love story to you.

My job in a reading is to step out of the way and allow “me” to speak. “I” and “me” refer to the Source, Universe, whatever you would like to call it, your Highest Self. Your job in a reading is to listen carefully and ask questions.

The more you ask the more you receive.

My readings are not for the faint of spirit.

They are for the independent souls carving out a life for themselves according the destiny and journey of the soul.

If you want to be inspired at the soul level this might be for you. If you are willing to truly look at yourself this may be for you. If you want to hear from your soul, this is definitely for you.

7 Reasons to Get a Card Reading

It can seem like a flaky thing to get a card reading to some. Truly, it is not as flaky as it seems. Card readings can be sources of great clarity and insight for a person if the connection between the reader and readee is right.

Readings can look into any area of your life. They are not just limited to relationships, or the spiritual, or your health. They can look at your finances, your career, your gifts. Literally, anything can be read with a confident reader.

You can be as vague as you want “Tell me whatever the cards say!” or “ I’m not sure what I want to know.” That type of intent for the reading will allow you to receive the information or guidance that serves you most at that particular time.

When you are more specific, say, you have a topic, but there is a lot you want to know about it, or there are several paths you can choose from it is easy to create a spread that looks into each option. What will each option bring into your life? Example: ‘I can go steady with Joe or Tom or I can just move to Hawaii and see how that goes.’ Or “ I’m not sure if I want to travel or if I want to stay here and get a job for the summer.”

Then you can be specific. So specific there is no question of what you want to know. Example: ‘I want to know where my relationship with Todd is going. Will we get married and have kids?’

Here are the reasons I feel that most people come to see me in my work, and what I feel they often get out of it.

Reason 1: To receive confirmation of your intuition.

Card readings are so much more than getting your future told. They often tell you what you already know, what you may have lost sight if because your mind has become busy working out the situation.

Reason 2: To gain insight on your future and your current life path.

This can be invaluable information that can tell you where your easiest, most harmonious and joyful future is. A reading can clarify where you are going, and give you suggestions if you want to go in a different direction.

Reason 3: To gain an outside perspective from someone that has no ties to you or your life.

Sometimes we get so lost in our thoughts, feelings or both that we get focused in a really small part of what is actually going on. When you visit a card reader most often you are meeting a stranger who doesn’t know anything about you and can see the big picture and give you new perspectives.

Reason 4: To receive what you most need to hear at the time to move forward.

Sometimes we get stuck. In life, in our heads, in our emotions and we don’t know what we can do to move forward. A reading can often give you something to chew on, something to think about that may be what gets you moving and out of that rut.

Reason 5: To hear what the universe and your intuition is trying to say to you.

Sometimes we get lost in the loops of our mind, and though we’ve heard what our intuition is saying we can no longer identify what is our intuition, our mind, other people, or whatever. We’ve thought so much about something there is no differentiation between what is our truth or another truth. Card readings often bring forth what you already know, the intuitive stuff that is your truth even though you may not be able to recognize it or put words to until another person does.

Reason 6: To gain further understanding about what is happening in your life.

Sometimes life gives us experiences or we find ourselves in situations that leave us scratching our heads. It can sometimes be helpful to go to a card reader or psychic to gain further understanding about what is going on. Often psychics have a different framework and way of being in the world that includes energy patterns, past lives, karmic ties, soul contracts and other such ideas. Sometimes the insight you will receive will be something like “ah, yes, this was a past karma that was being released” or “You have certain things that need to be learned from this person before this relationship will end” and so on.

Reason 7: And last but not least, for fun! And curiosity.

Who has not wondered about their future? Or what might happen to them? Karma, destiny, are these things true? Readings can be done just to see what a reader might get for you. They can be done just to see what happens. Enjoy it. Ask about all the things you’ve ever wondered about. You might be surprised what comes up.

How do Psychics Tell the Future?

Have you ever wondered how it is possible for psychics to tell the future? Have you ever wondered how it works? How is it that a person can tell the future and it sometimes actually come true? What about all those people who claim to tell the future and it doesn’t come true?

When a client asks about the future in a reading this is what happens for me:

I feel all the various probabilities that are in existence for question. It’s very fast, and doesn’t take long because I only feel into the strongest possibilities. Those are the only ones that the client and I truly care about. It is the strongest possibility that I relate to the client. If there are several that are highly probable I tell the client all of them including with what will make each possibility happen.

Because the world we live in is energy, it is constantly shifting. The future is a finicky thing. If I knock over the salt today, maybe that’s changed everything and I simply am not aware of it.

Here’s a clip of Griffin from Men in Black 3, a character I love. He’s an awesome example of what it’s like to be a super strong conscious and aware psychic all the time. He’s always standing right on the edge of doing something because he can see all the probabilities but he doesn’t know how to act or what to do until the millisecond before the future comes true because its only then that he knows exactly which one is true.

Here’s a clip of him:

As Heraclitus infamously said: “Change is the only constant in life.”

I can only tell you possibilities, albeit the strongest possibilities.

New Years Readings

I thought it was appropriate that with this New Year coming up in a few days to let you know about two special readings that I do. Both of them were created around this time ironically enough!

The first I call the Circle Year Reading. This reading looks at your next year month by month. It brings to light the various themes that will occur month by month, quarterly as well as patterns that can occur in a year. Animal guides and other energies – like the Ascended Masters or Angels – are touched upon with the how and why. Major events and shifts are noted in the month they occur, as well as important meetings and decisions. This card reading is very detailed and layered. It always begins with the twelve months, and builds out from there.

It is highly recommended that you take notes or bring a recording device.

The Twin Flame reading brings into awareness the process that you are undergoing to prepare to meet your twin flame, and the length of time. Instructions on how to speed the process, what to expect in that process and the best way to allow the process to unfold often occur. There are often time frames given for each part of the process, suggestions to help the process flow smoothly, and shifts or things to expect.

It is highly recommended that you take notes or bring a recording device.

For testimonials go to my business website, WillowsLavender.com.

If you have any questions or would like to book a reading for this new year let me know! 🙂

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