Tarot Profiles

TAROT PROFILES

NAME: Lisa Rush

NICKNAME: Solaris

BIRTHDATE/PLACE/ZODIAC: August 10/Boise ID, USA/Leo

OCCUPATION OUTSIDE OF TAROT:  Special Education School Bus Monitor

WHAT YOU USE TAROT FOR:  Helping others, personal enlightenment, problem solving

MOST REWARDING ASPECT OF YOUR INVOLEMENT WITH TAROT:  repeat customers who tell me how much my readings helped/changed their lives for the better

A MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENT:  Having my “Wizard of Oz” spread I designed acknowledged by Brigit Esselmont in a Biddy Tarot article

FAVORITE TAROT MEMORY:  I was doing a reading in a coffee shop and had a raspberry capuccino beside the deck.  I was shuffling a mini deck and had several jumpers that landed in the coffee.  Fortunately, the foam on top kept the cards on top and they didn’t sink down to the bottom.  I was embarassed, but my client very gently fished out each card and wiped them off and we still did the reading.  The cards still have pink edges and it’s been years since that incident.  My client really enjoyed his reading and said that he would forever remember it as the “raspberry capuccino reading”.

THE FIRST DECK YOU READ WITH:  Crowley Thoth

IF I COULD DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN, I WOULD…  Would have read for more people and sooner in my tarot career.

BEST TIME IN MY LIFE:  Chance in a lifetime whirlwind tour of visiting the Peoples’ Republic of China with my Oklahoma Youth Orchestra

FAVORITE DECK TO READ WITH:  Any Rider Waite based deck

HOW MANY DECKS I OWN:  nearly a hundred—yes, I am a taroholic

FAVORITE TAROT WEBSITE  TO VISIT:  Biddy Tarot and Aeclectic.com

BOOK I READ THAT MOST INFLUENCED MY TAROT ABILITIES:  Mary K. Greer’s book about tarot reversals—it expanded my tarot card meanings repertoire.

FAVORITE QUOTE: “I haveheart. I have ahunger. I havethe willingness to commit to a higher standard of living, to learn new things, to work hard and never give up.”  “Ihave everything it takes to actualize mydeepest and truest potential.”  -author unknown

LAYOUT I USE THE MOST WHEN READING FOR SOMEONE ELSE:

(GIVE SAMPLE LAYOUT AND CARD POSITIONS)  I use spreads that I create to fit each question individually, for instance, inthis particular shape the cards’ positionsdon’t have meanings but give indications how they may be cross-referenced;  1 is top center; 2 and 3 are just to the outside edges and vertically down from1; 4 and 5 are diagonally inward below 2 and 3; 6 is a bridgebetween 4 and 5 an is laid horizontally; 7 is vertical, directly under the middle of 6.

                                                                               1

                                                                            2      3

                                                                             4 6 5

                                                                                7    

1 is the question itself

2 and 3 clarify 1; 1 with 2, and 1 with 3

2 and 3 read individually and then together

4 and 5 read individually

4 diagonals with 3; 5 diagonals with 2

4 reads with 2 and 5 with 3

6 by itself

4 and 5 read individually and bridged by 6

6 can come between 1 and 7 either as an obstacle or a benefit

7 outcome

The left side (1, 2, 4, 7) of the spread can be subconscious and the right (1, 3, 5, 7) conscious.