Ailynn Halvorson - The Tarot Apothecary: Shifting Personal Energies Using Tarot, Aromatherapy, and Simple Everyday Rituals

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vi The Tarot Apothecary: Shifting Personal Energies Using Tarot, Aromatherapy, and Simple Everyday Rituals 2022 by Ailynn E. Halvorson.

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In memory of my sister Barbara Ann Shepherd,

who brought home the first tarot deck that
I had the privilege to hold in my hands. My sister taught and grounded me in the magic of the tarot. I am forever grateful to her, and she will always be a guide in my life.

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Acknowledgments

Special thanks to my husband, Leif, for his grounding support. He has always loved me for who I am and supported my magic. What a powerful guide he is in my life.

Thanks to my beautiful daughter, Emily Rose, who is such a magical soul. Emily shares herself bravely with this world and has followed my footsteps into the world of tarot and magic. What a blessing she has been in my life.

Thanks to Jaymi Elford for her guiding hand and for teaching me the power of the word.

Thanks to Hilary Parry Haggerty for her support and knowledge.

Thanks to Shanti Dechen, CCAP, CAI, LMT, for teaching me the power of aromatherapy.

Most special thanks to the tarot community, whose support, knowledge, and integrity have been more than an inspiration to me. Thanks for leading the way.

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Contents

Discovering Self and the
Energies that Surround You

: The Tarot Apothecary Approach

: The Tarot Archetypes x

: The Power of Numerology

: Elemental Energies and the Archetypes

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Pulling It All Together

: An Introduction to Essential Oils

: Blending Essential Oils

: Adding Crystals and Gemstones to Your Cauldron

: Mantras

: Creating Simple Everyday Ritual

xii Whats Next?

: Expanding the Tarot Apothecary Approach

: Introducing the Tarot Apothecary Approach to Others

: Essential Oils

Introduction

The tarot apothecary approach teaches you the skills to honor your own magic. Here youll learn how to:

• spend time with your chosen tarot archetype in imaginative meditation
• calculate your personal tarot numerology
• blend essential oils
• work with stones
• write mantras to work with your magical potion
• create magical teas

While I teach you the basics, youll use your personality, power, and creativity to decide how you want to work with a chosen energy and how you wish to step forward on your path. While we are not always in control of what happens in life, we do have the power to determine how we will walk through life, as well as how we learn from our experiences. Embrace your personal magic, your personal power, and reach your desired destination standing strong and centered in your belief in yourself as this book guides you. Our mother, the earth, has gifted us with her powerful gifts and messages from the plant kingdom. We need to be open to believe and receive.

Let the journey begin.

Part One

Discovering Self
and the Energies
that Surround You

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The Tarot Apothecary Approach

T he Tarot Apothecary lays out a magical approach to the tarot that calls in the five wisdoms of tarot, aromatherapy, numerology, imaginative journey (the state of allowing your mind and imagination to journey outside of yourself with a predetermined intention), and simple everyday ritual. This creates a container of magical energies that allows for desired shifts in personal energy. This approach allows you to create your own personal cauldron of magic for movement forward.

This book is designed to be a companion to your personal tarot deck. As we travel through life and through the energies of the cards, it is important to learn how to work with and walk through the energy of each card. This allows you to experience and learn from the cards message. Sometimes an energy needs to be embraced and worked with; other times we need to release the overbearing and difficult energy so we can walk through to the other side. In these circumstances you can ask for support through embracing the energy of a chosen tarot card and working with plant allies to assist on the journey.

The tarot apothecary approach uses the twenty-two major arcana cards and the four queens within the tarot. In chapter we will discover the power that each major arcana card carries and how they can assist you on your journey. Listed below is just a small portion of what you will discover about each card. This information will help you to choose the archetype that best suits you for movement forward on your desired path: