<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
		>
<channel>
	<title>Comments on: The Karmic Bitch-slap Tarot Spread</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.tarotelements.com/tarot-spreads/the-karmic-bitch-slap-tarot-spread/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://www.tarotelements.com/tarot-spreads/the-karmic-bitch-slap-tarot-spread/</link>
	<description>...the Tarot blog that brings you the best in Tarot...</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:37:02 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1</generator>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
		<item>
		<title>By: Catherine</title>
		<link>http://www.tarotelements.com/tarot-spreads/the-karmic-bitch-slap-tarot-spread/comment-page-1/#comment-1964</link>
		<dc:creator>Catherine</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:19:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tarotelements.com/?p=3812#comment-1964</guid>
		<description>Hi Chanel - thanks for your comment! Zorian certainly created a wonderful spread - says it like it is! Perfect :) 

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for stopping by :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Chanel &#8211; thanks for your comment! Zorian certainly created a wonderful spread &#8211; says it like it is! Perfect <img src='http://www.tarotelements.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  </p>
<p>Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for stopping by <img src='http://www.tarotelements.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Chanel</title>
		<link>http://www.tarotelements.com/tarot-spreads/the-karmic-bitch-slap-tarot-spread/comment-page-1/#comment-1958</link>
		<dc:creator>Chanel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:50:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tarotelements.com/?p=3812#comment-1958</guid>
		<description>I just LOVED this spread!  Such a great spread that gets right to the point ! These are the questions our querents are really asking when they are ready to accept that the relationship is just over but they need to move forward.   I like how the reading asks clear questions that will give us direct answers and gives the opportunity for guidance and healing. What a great spread! Thanks for sharing it  Zorian and Catherine!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just LOVED this spread!  Such a great spread that gets right to the point ! These are the questions our querents are really asking when they are ready to accept that the relationship is just over but they need to move forward.   I like how the reading asks clear questions that will give us direct answers and gives the opportunity for guidance and healing. What a great spread! Thanks for sharing it  Zorian and Catherine!</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Catherine</title>
		<link>http://www.tarotelements.com/tarot-spreads/the-karmic-bitch-slap-tarot-spread/comment-page-1/#comment-1934</link>
		<dc:creator>Catherine</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:12:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tarotelements.com/?p=3812#comment-1934</guid>
		<description>Hi Michelle - glad you&#039;re back with us! I&#039;ve been away myself for a few days and now trying to catch up too.

Zorian&#039;s Karmic Bitch-slap Tarot Spread is great isn&#039;t it?! Great for clearing out that pent up emotion; great for getting it off your chest and as you quite rightly said, great for finding out what lesson you need to learn to help you with future relationships. 

I love this spread - I&#039;m glad you do too!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Michelle &#8211; glad you&#8217;re back with us! I&#8217;ve been away myself for a few days and now trying to catch up too.</p>
<p>Zorian&#8217;s Karmic Bitch-slap Tarot Spread is great isn&#8217;t it?! Great for clearing out that pent up emotion; great for getting it off your chest and as you quite rightly said, great for finding out what lesson you need to learn to help you with future relationships. </p>
<p>I love this spread &#8211; I&#8217;m glad you do too!</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Michelle</title>
		<link>http://www.tarotelements.com/tarot-spreads/the-karmic-bitch-slap-tarot-spread/comment-page-1/#comment-1925</link>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tarotelements.com/?p=3812#comment-1925</guid>
		<description>Hi Catherine,

I have been away and missed my TE nightcaps.

Thank you Z for this spread -  luv the title!

So often clients jump from the frying pan to the fire and just as fast as they’ve wiped their tears, they’re back for another reading asking, &quot;What&#039;s in the cards for me now?&quot;

What = Who

I like the fact that this reading helps the querent to focus on the lesson learned for surely if we don&#039;t learn, we just keep getting burned?

Thank you for this Z and C!

Peace,
Michelle</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Catherine,</p>
<p>I have been away and missed my TE nightcaps.</p>
<p>Thank you Z for this spread &#8211;  luv the title!</p>
<p>So often clients jump from the frying pan to the fire and just as fast as they’ve wiped their tears, they’re back for another reading asking, &#8220;What&#8217;s in the cards for me now?&#8221;</p>
<p>What = Who</p>
<p>I like the fact that this reading helps the querent to focus on the lesson learned for surely if we don&#8217;t learn, we just keep getting burned?</p>
<p>Thank you for this Z and C!</p>
<p>Peace,<br />
Michelle</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Zorian</title>
		<link>http://www.tarotelements.com/tarot-spreads/the-karmic-bitch-slap-tarot-spread/comment-page-1/#comment-1858</link>
		<dc:creator>Zorian</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:06:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tarotelements.com/?p=3812#comment-1858</guid>
		<description>Bulal -

Thank you for your feedback Bulal. I appreciate your honesty and your wisdom. And yes, you have made quite a few many valid points, however, have you ever been dumped by someone you loved? Have you ever had your heartbroken so bad that it truly hurts? How did you feel when it happened?

Usually, one of the many reactions people have to such a situation (along with pain, sorrow, and misery) is anger. It&#039;s humiliating to be dumped, as well as, have your heartbroken. It can literally suck the life out of you for such incidents do feel like a major blow to our stomach.

However, anger (along with every emotion) is best when it&#039;s expressed. Emotions are like water. Water, when stagnant and suppressed, tends to become all mossy and toxic over time. However, when Water flows like a river, it is at it&#039;s purest and freshest, nourishing the lands it passes through with the most fertile soil to grow the most magnificent plants.

Therefore, only once we&#039;re able to express how we feel about the break up, can we come to terms with it, as well as, begin our healing journey. Just like it&#039;s bad to cuss and swear, sometimes we just have to shout out those 4-letter words in order to get rid off all the angst and negativity that&#039;s bubbling within.

Regarding my Soul Card appearing as Karmic Lessons, well, if you&#039;d read my interpretation of the card, you would find that I have already identified the true issue at stake (which was even mentioned in the first card - Justice). It&#039;s an issue that I struggled with for a long time, but have been working on it in the past few years, and more recently have achieved a breakthrough in it.

Is it an Ego Serving Spread? Well, I don&#039;t know how you understand that term, but if in a spread you ask for insights on both sides of the situation, as well as, focus majority of the cards on healing and guidance, as well as, identify numerous areas that show where you went wrong (such as my &#039;desperate neediness for a companion&#039;, to &#039;my always pushing Mr.Tool to give the relationship a definition, as well as, losing my identity within a relationship), it&#039;s anything but Ego Serving. An ego serving spread for me would be like..

1. How pretty do I look today?

2. How fabulous is my ensemble?

3. How jealous would Marcy be if I paraded myself in front of her bf...

(You can probably guess where this leads to...)

As far as the &#039;forced negative view&#039; in position number 7 (i.e. The Karmic Bitchslap they shall receive?)... Well, this brings me back to the question of whether you&#039;ve ever had your heart broken by someone. Even if you&#039;re the lucky few who never has had to go through, think of a time when someone humiliated or betrayed you so badly that you just collapsed?

Now usually, some people would go as far as to taking some form of revenge. Be it a verbal show-down, or stealing their identity and maxing out their credit cards (I saw this in a movie and found it funny), or even a literal Bitch-slap. The spread however in it&#039;s own way reminds us that we don&#039;t need to take a revenge of any sort, as the Universe itself shall take care of it for us (Karma - The Universe&#039;s revenge - it&#039;s meant as a joke, don&#039;t take it literally).

Since I don&#039;t read with reversals, I believe that every card has it&#039;s share of positive, and negative interpretations. No card is 100% goodness and light (The Star can be false hopes, while the Sun can be frivolous ego gratification) nor is any card 100% terror and darkness (The Tower can be a cleansing experience, and The Devil could advise us to take it easy and indulge a lil now and then).

In so many spreads, there are positions that have a not-so-positive position - Our deepest fears... Where did we go wrong... What is my shadow side.. What dangers lie ahead.. etc etc, where we need to interpret the cards accordingly.

Therefore, in the Karmic Bitch-slap position, we&#039;re supposed to read the card as the position states.. a Karmic Bitchslap. And it&#039;s not meant to spread malice of any sort. Just our way of discovering what the Universe has in store for someone based on how they hurt us.

However, as you offered so kindly, I would love to hear your interpretation of the spread. It would be wonderful to hear someone completely unbiased out, as well as, learn something new in the process. If you wish, feel free to add me on Facebook, else (if Catherine permits) you can share it over here. And I&#039;ll gladly give my feedback.

Thank you :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bulal -</p>
<p>Thank you for your feedback Bulal. I appreciate your honesty and your wisdom. And yes, you have made quite a few many valid points, however, have you ever been dumped by someone you loved? Have you ever had your heartbroken so bad that it truly hurts? How did you feel when it happened?</p>
<p>Usually, one of the many reactions people have to such a situation (along with pain, sorrow, and misery) is anger. It&#8217;s humiliating to be dumped, as well as, have your heartbroken. It can literally suck the life out of you for such incidents do feel like a major blow to our stomach.</p>
<p>However, anger (along with every emotion) is best when it&#8217;s expressed. Emotions are like water. Water, when stagnant and suppressed, tends to become all mossy and toxic over time. However, when Water flows like a river, it is at it&#8217;s purest and freshest, nourishing the lands it passes through with the most fertile soil to grow the most magnificent plants.</p>
<p>Therefore, only once we&#8217;re able to express how we feel about the break up, can we come to terms with it, as well as, begin our healing journey. Just like it&#8217;s bad to cuss and swear, sometimes we just have to shout out those 4-letter words in order to get rid off all the angst and negativity that&#8217;s bubbling within.</p>
<p>Regarding my Soul Card appearing as Karmic Lessons, well, if you&#8217;d read my interpretation of the card, you would find that I have already identified the true issue at stake (which was even mentioned in the first card &#8211; Justice). It&#8217;s an issue that I struggled with for a long time, but have been working on it in the past few years, and more recently have achieved a breakthrough in it.</p>
<p>Is it an Ego Serving Spread? Well, I don&#8217;t know how you understand that term, but if in a spread you ask for insights on both sides of the situation, as well as, focus majority of the cards on healing and guidance, as well as, identify numerous areas that show where you went wrong (such as my &#8216;desperate neediness for a companion&#8217;, to &#8216;my always pushing Mr.Tool to give the relationship a definition, as well as, losing my identity within a relationship), it&#8217;s anything but Ego Serving. An ego serving spread for me would be like..</p>
<p>1. How pretty do I look today?</p>
<p>2. How fabulous is my ensemble?</p>
<p>3. How jealous would Marcy be if I paraded myself in front of her bf&#8230;</p>
<p>(You can probably guess where this leads to&#8230;)</p>
<p>As far as the &#8216;forced negative view&#8217; in position number 7 (i.e. The Karmic Bitchslap they shall receive?)&#8230; Well, this brings me back to the question of whether you&#8217;ve ever had your heart broken by someone. Even if you&#8217;re the lucky few who never has had to go through, think of a time when someone humiliated or betrayed you so badly that you just collapsed?</p>
<p>Now usually, some people would go as far as to taking some form of revenge. Be it a verbal show-down, or stealing their identity and maxing out their credit cards (I saw this in a movie and found it funny), or even a literal Bitch-slap. The spread however in it&#8217;s own way reminds us that we don&#8217;t need to take a revenge of any sort, as the Universe itself shall take care of it for us (Karma &#8211; The Universe&#8217;s revenge &#8211; it&#8217;s meant as a joke, don&#8217;t take it literally).</p>
<p>Since I don&#8217;t read with reversals, I believe that every card has it&#8217;s share of positive, and negative interpretations. No card is 100% goodness and light (The Star can be false hopes, while the Sun can be frivolous ego gratification) nor is any card 100% terror and darkness (The Tower can be a cleansing experience, and The Devil could advise us to take it easy and indulge a lil now and then).</p>
<p>In so many spreads, there are positions that have a not-so-positive position &#8211; Our deepest fears&#8230; Where did we go wrong&#8230; What is my shadow side.. What dangers lie ahead.. etc etc, where we need to interpret the cards accordingly.</p>
<p>Therefore, in the Karmic Bitch-slap position, we&#8217;re supposed to read the card as the position states.. a Karmic Bitchslap. And it&#8217;s not meant to spread malice of any sort. Just our way of discovering what the Universe has in store for someone based on how they hurt us.</p>
<p>However, as you offered so kindly, I would love to hear your interpretation of the spread. It would be wonderful to hear someone completely unbiased out, as well as, learn something new in the process. If you wish, feel free to add me on Facebook, else (if Catherine permits) you can share it over here. And I&#8217;ll gladly give my feedback.</p>
<p>Thank you <img src='http://www.tarotelements.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Zorian</title>
		<link>http://www.tarotelements.com/tarot-spreads/the-karmic-bitch-slap-tarot-spread/comment-page-1/#comment-1857</link>
		<dc:creator>Zorian</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:05:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tarotelements.com/?p=3812#comment-1857</guid>
		<description>Laura -

Aw thank you, I&#039;m so glad my spread and reading made you smile :D. Thank you so much, and please, feel free to use the spread whenever you please. It truly helped me heal from Mr.Tool (and a whole buncha other men), as well as, really helped a lot of my friends as well. And wow, you are one of the lucky ones to have found your soul-mate in the form of your husband and have been with him since 17!... That&#039;s the kind of love most of us only dream of!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Laura -</p>
<p>Aw thank you, I&#8217;m so glad my spread and reading made you smile <img src='http://www.tarotelements.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> . Thank you so much, and please, feel free to use the spread whenever you please. It truly helped me heal from Mr.Tool (and a whole buncha other men), as well as, really helped a lot of my friends as well. And wow, you are one of the lucky ones to have found your soul-mate in the form of your husband and have been with him since 17!&#8230; That&#8217;s the kind of love most of us only dream of!</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Zorian</title>
		<link>http://www.tarotelements.com/tarot-spreads/the-karmic-bitch-slap-tarot-spread/comment-page-1/#comment-1856</link>
		<dc:creator>Zorian</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:04:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tarotelements.com/?p=3812#comment-1856</guid>
		<description>AJ -

Thanks AJ. I&#039;m really happy to hear that you enjoyed the spread (and got a good laugh outta it).

The Laws regarding homosexuality is a little tricky here in India. You see, before we won our independence in 1947, we were a colony of the British Empire for over 150 years or so. A lot of our various constitutional laws were created using the old Victorian laws as a base (as it is only through the British Empire did we become a united country, before that we were a nation filled with numerous indigenous kingdoms with no uniform law or governing body for the entire country). Now, in terms of the old Victorian Law - Sodomy - (which to them includes oral and anal intercourse - thus overall being gay) is illegal and unnatural, and thus anyone partaking in it was punishable by law. So even though we achieved our independence over 60 years ago, the prude Victorian view on sexuality and morals has been ingrained within us. Which is odd, considering we are the country where the Kama Sutra and all kinky Tantric Sex rites were discovered.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>AJ -</p>
<p>Thanks AJ. I&#8217;m really happy to hear that you enjoyed the spread (and got a good laugh outta it).</p>
<p>The Laws regarding homosexuality is a little tricky here in India. You see, before we won our independence in 1947, we were a colony of the British Empire for over 150 years or so. A lot of our various constitutional laws were created using the old Victorian laws as a base (as it is only through the British Empire did we become a united country, before that we were a nation filled with numerous indigenous kingdoms with no uniform law or governing body for the entire country). Now, in terms of the old Victorian Law &#8211; Sodomy &#8211; (which to them includes oral and anal intercourse &#8211; thus overall being gay) is illegal and unnatural, and thus anyone partaking in it was punishable by law. So even though we achieved our independence over 60 years ago, the prude Victorian view on sexuality and morals has been ingrained within us. Which is odd, considering we are the country where the Kama Sutra and all kinky Tantric Sex rites were discovered.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Zorian</title>
		<link>http://www.tarotelements.com/tarot-spreads/the-karmic-bitch-slap-tarot-spread/comment-page-1/#comment-1855</link>
		<dc:creator>Zorian</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tarotelements.com/?p=3812#comment-1855</guid>
		<description>Helen -

Thank you Helen. I&#039;m so glad that my lil ol spread is now a part of your collection. May it serve you well.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Helen -</p>
<p>Thank you Helen. I&#8217;m so glad that my lil ol spread is now a part of your collection. May it serve you well.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Zorian</title>
		<link>http://www.tarotelements.com/tarot-spreads/the-karmic-bitch-slap-tarot-spread/comment-page-1/#comment-1854</link>
		<dc:creator>Zorian</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tarotelements.com/?p=3812#comment-1854</guid>
		<description>Robin -

Thank you Robin, glad I could make you laugh. I personally feel that Tarot needs to be more &#039;fun&#039;. That way we can not only get a good laugh and relax, but also be more open towards receiving their messages, without going all fatalistic and scare ourselves.

(Catherine - Awww ... you&#039;re too kind. Now you&#039;re really making me blush! :&quot;&gt; .. )</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Robin -</p>
<p>Thank you Robin, glad I could make you laugh. I personally feel that Tarot needs to be more &#8216;fun&#8217;. That way we can not only get a good laugh and relax, but also be more open towards receiving their messages, without going all fatalistic and scare ourselves.</p>
<p>(Catherine &#8211; Awww &#8230; you&#8217;re too kind. Now you&#8217;re really making me blush! :&#8221;&gt; .. )</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Zorian</title>
		<link>http://www.tarotelements.com/tarot-spreads/the-karmic-bitch-slap-tarot-spread/comment-page-1/#comment-1853</link>
		<dc:creator>Zorian</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:59:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tarotelements.com/?p=3812#comment-1853</guid>
		<description>Melissa -

Thanks Melissa, am happy that you enjoyed the spread (and Catherine&#039;s fantastic blog!)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Melissa -</p>
<p>Thanks Melissa, am happy that you enjoyed the spread (and Catherine&#8217;s fantastic blog!)</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
</channel>
</rss>
