Victoria LaPointe
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Bio
I'm an intuitive Tarot card reader. It's my day job and I love it. My journey began in 1977 when I had my first card reading. I was astounded and inspired so I bought my first deck, began to learn and I'm still astounded and inspired.
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Old. Great, great, great, Grandpa old.
A couple of years ago I was tagged by a friend to post one black and white photo each day for a week and then tag another friend to post one per day and so on and so on. You know, email chain mail. Partly because this chain mail challenge didn't require that I tell people that their left earlobe would fall off or their nose hairs would grow to a foot long or some other vile thing would happen if they didn't follow through, but mostly because I love old things and a B&W photo challenge sounded like fun, I took the dare.
By Victoria LaPointe4 years ago in Poets
Mirror Dragon Tarot week#4 2020
Reading for 1-20 thru 1-26-20 The Center card for the week is the Prince of Pentacles. With the determination and stubborn focus of this Prince we find the energy to dig in and make definitive declarations about what we want, what we need and how we’ve decided to go about getting it. The drive to get moving sets us in the position of the way clearer, like a bulldozer moving ahead without regard to any obstacles we might meet along the way. If the position we find ourselves in is one of breaking out of a shell of old feelings of responsibility or duty or even guilt this headstrong determination is the best thing we could ask for and likely necessary to get going in the direction we choose. If, however, it's because we feel snubbed or jealousy has reared its ugly green head there can be a need for discretion that might be missed in the fervor of plowing ahead, and this could lead to misunderstandings or out and out blow ups that really don’t need to happen. Though the desire to get going will likely be strong, an intentional slow down to have the chance to get in touch with the deeper reasons for the movement could go a long way in removing obstacles before they become walls to break through.
By Victoria LaPointe4 years ago in Longevity
Mirror Dragon Tarot Week#3 2020
Reading for 1-13 thru 1-19-20 The Center card this week is the 5 of Wands. The Wands of the Tarot represent fire; that which inspires us, lights the spark of passion that draws us to create new pathways, new ideas, new perspectives. The five of Wands at the center shows a struggle in finding ways to initiate the connection between that creative spark within and the everyday life we're living. Ideas we have now may not fit the parameters of the daily routines we've become accustomed to and that can have us feeling anxious and in need of change. Like a pair of glasses that needs a new prescription, they're there, they've been there for a good long while and have served the needs they were intended for but our eyes have changed and what was good once doesn't work the way we need it to now. We need to change the parameters, the lenses in the glasses, so that our vision is once again clear.
By Victoria LaPointe4 years ago in Longevity
Mirror Dragon Weekly Reading #1 2020
The Center card this week is the 3 of Cups. This three symbolizes friendship, connection, comfort and the abundance we find in enjoying the good things we have in our lives from the simplest glimpse of a bright star, on an otherwise cloudy night to the kiss of a puppy with a warm wet tongue or the brilliance of pride in a child’s first steps, we are acutely aware of the beauty and bounty that surrounds us. When we revel in the pleasure of easy conversation, and the comfortable closeness of an old friendship or a strong emotional bond we find a matching comfort in the freedom to just be ourselves. I read once that a friend who sees you in distress says, “I feel for you” a good friend sees you in distress and asks, “is there anything I can do for you?” and a best friend sees clearly what’s going on and says, “stay down, I got this!” With this three at the center we have that feeling of camaraderie we experience when we know there's someone who’s got our back and the strength to know we can be that best friend if the need arises.
By Victoria LaPointe4 years ago in Longevity
Mirror Dragon Tarot (part 18)
The Center card this week is the 2 of Swords. This two looks at our ability to unite the heart and mind in balance and harmony. Having aired, discussed, or at least acknowledged, the differences we encounter between our own thoughts and viewpoints and those of the people around us we find ourselves more able to understand and accept the input of others. Recently we’ve become aware of our power to create what we imagine. We see that our thoughts and choices do become our reality and now we’re dealing with what we chose. As is often the case, the left-brain, linear mind wants to hold on to tried and true, logical progression and outcome, no matter what anyone else thinks. With this influence, however by attuning to our softer, gentler heart/soul connection we find a way to balance both. As the lotus in the center of this card shows our ability to create that bridge between reason and understanding, so too can we balance intellect and compassion in our daily interactions. The trick is to meet in the middle.
By Victoria LaPointe4 years ago in Longevity
Mirror Dragon Tarot -Week 17-
What an interesting confluence of cards. This week we have two of the three Magicians that have been included with this version of the Thoth deck. The three Magi are just one of the reasons I love the Thoth system. They’re not available with every version of the deck printed and I was lucky enough to get one of them as my first Aleister Crowley deck so now the two extras are like old friends who pop in unexpectedly and broaden the conversation with their extra wisdom.
By Victoria LaPointe4 years ago in Longevity
Mirror Dragon Tarot Part 16
Reading for 12-9- thru 12-15-19 The Center card this week is The Devil. With this card at the center, we will likely be faced with aspects of ourselves that we generally do our best to hide. On an astrological note, Chiron, which has been in retrograde since July 6th 2018, goes direct on December 12th. When planets go through major directional shifts - like retrograde movement - their influence becomes stronger as they shift. The planet Chiron represents the archetype of the wounded healer. We all have wounds and to the degree that we can face and accept them we can intentionally heal them. Therein lies the challenge, to heal them we have to acknowledge them. The Devil, as undesirable and shame inducing as he can be, can easily put us in a position to meet our “dark side” face to face. With our old wounds up at the surface along with all the emotions that go with them, we’re in a perfect position to look the painful past in the face and make a final decision to heal and forgive. While we work to maintain the walls and dark corners where we hide our fears and pain, that pain is allowed to fester and grow. Then when we pull up the courage to rip away the walls and bring in some light to address the damage beneath, we get the chance to see what’s there at the core. In this way we can see what we’re dealing with and decide on a course of action. Finding forgiveness in yourself here is key. As we begin the healing process, it’s important to remember to focus on not only those involved in sparking the pain in the first place but - more importantly - ourselves. When we come to the resolution that we no longer choose to hide or cover the hurts we often feel ashamed of - whether we feel that we should have been stronger or smarter than to allow them to happen or not - we can see them clearly. It is then that we realize that those things that seemed so terrible have become beasts without teeth. When we recognize that the chains we thought would hold us forever are not locked. We can see the way out. The fact that the exit was always there but eluded us becomes clear.
By Victoria LaPointe4 years ago in Longevity
Mirror Dragon Tarot Part 15
Reading for 12-2- thru 12-8-19 The Center card this week is the Hierophant. The Hierophant (High Priest) represents the journey we undertake as we look for ways to define our relationship to God, Universe, Spirit, Oneness, whatever form that takes in our individual experiences. It has been shown throughout history, in all cultures and from a myriad of different viewpoints that we humans have a deep knowing that there’s something beyond our day to day “mundane” lives. We just know there’s more to being alive than that. We have an unshakable feeling that we’re here for a reason. That knowing draws us to find clear and meaningful ways of sharing these compelling feelings of connectedness. The difficulty arises when we try to impose intellectual definition to concepts that defy description. In assigning words or rules to these ideas we inevitably restrict them and therein lies the challenge. In the Tarot, The High Priestess reflects the mysteries of the Universe, and the Hierophant our need to bring them into some kind of language that we can use to share the experience. How can we share our insight into Spirit without caging it in words or the linear representations our cognitive brains need? Perhaps by recognizing that if the physical representation of our experience is sometimes lacking the true vibrance we felt, we might acknowledge ways other than words to express our awareness.
By Victoria LaPointe4 years ago in Longevity
Mirror Dragon Tarot Part 14
The Center card this week is the Aeon This card is one in the Thoth deck that differs quite a bit from the more popular Ryder Waite Smith system. Though it is similar in definition to the RWS card Judgement the symbolism steps away from the Christian paradigm and includes older symbolism which recognizes continuing multiple lifetimes. I see the Aeon card as a prompt to nudge our left-brain, cognitive mind to recognize the decisions and choices we make as they grow, and allow our experience to be born anew in any given moment. This pushes us to renew our intent on a continuing basis and, in this way, opens avenues for change we may not have noticed without the renewed interest. As the Death card reflects the cycle of rebirth from old to new and back again, I see the Aeon as a card of new birth. It highlights the constant changes we encounter as we move along the path of human, physical existence. As humans, we’re never static, there is constant movement, and the Aeon triggers us to see those changes as new birth and to take the action needed to accept the lessons we’ve been offered.
By Victoria LaPointe4 years ago in Longevity
Mirror Dragon Tarot Part 13
The Center card this week is the 10 of Swords. The central focus for the week is about facing the dark truth of how we think ourselves into traps. In working with the Swords, we look directly at how our cognitive thought patterns and accumulated knowledge dictate our actions. The ten brings us to the depths of that place we end up when we listen to our head at the exclusion of our heart. The tens are the apex of each suit, and in the Swords this means logic divorced from reality. Pure thought without regard to outside influence, inner feeling or consequences which may arise. Yes, this sounds dire and it often is. Sometimes we need to get to the very underbelly of an experience before we’re able to knock the ineffective, or even destructive, thinking out of the way and climb back up out of the hole we’ve dug ourselves into. On the positive side, this is the perfect place to make a new start.
By Victoria LaPointe4 years ago in Longevity
Mirror Dragon Tarot Part 12
The Center card this week is the Prince of Wands. Passion and tenacity rule the week. I see the princes as the adolescent boys of the Tarot. In their progression from the innocence, their younger siblings, the princesses, hold they emerge with the basic information they’ve gained through that initial experience. And like young men who’ve just begun to experience the world, they feel full of their five minutes of practical exposure and the “wisdom” they’ve gained. Likely to have more vigor than reason, they tend to charge off towards whatever obstacles they detect, confident in their knowledge and determined to prove themselves. Those of us with a bit more than five minutes of experience stand back with a sigh holding the helmet and elbow pads left behind and remembering the walls we’ve charged and the reasons for the helmet and pads. The beauty of that headlong charge into obstacles is that sometimes those boundaries are an illusion and the lack of preconceived expectations allows us to break right through as if they never existed at all. Maybe they never did.
By Victoria LaPointe4 years ago in Longevity