Crystals and Tarot have been used for centuries and have as many meanings and interpretations as there have been users. This alone can stop a new user from confidently reading the cards. Understanding your personal mythology is the secret behind tarot and crystal work.

 

In this episode we uncover how you can experience a more authentic and meaningful connection with your tools by tapping into your inner world.

 

YOU’LL LEARN:

 

💫 Why memorizing meanings and properties keeps you from forming connection with your tools.

💫 How using your personal mythology strengthens your practice.

💫 How story, symbolism, and cultural context shape how tarot and crystals make sense to you.

💫 How Aquamarine supports you in trusting your own interpretations.

💫 Where you can access support for developing your tarot mastery.

 

Tune in now to start your connection with the ancient wisdom of tarot and crystals.

 

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00:00 Introduction to the Crystal Self Healer Podcast

00:40 Overcoming the Learning Chasm in Mystical Practices

02:52 The Importance of Personal Mythology

03:13 Card Inspiration: The 10 of Wands

04:32 Connecting with Your Tools Through Story

05:44 Symbolism Across Cultures and Tools

08:06 Aquamarine: The Crystal of Clarity

10:07 The Crystal Self Healer Members Portal

12:18 Conclusion and Next Steps

Episode #100 – Your Personal Mythology: The Secret Behind Tarot and Crystal Work

Introduction to the Crystal Self Healer Podcast

Welcome to the Crystal Self Healer Podcast. I’m Corissa Weaver. On this podcast, we blend the magic of crystals with the science of psychology to help you break free from chaos, ditch the overwhelm, and master your emotions so you can have more energy, get more done and feel better every day. Get ready to unlock your intuition and restore your true power as we cover how you can transform your life using crystals and self-awareness.

Are you ready to get started? Alright, let’s go.

Overcoming the Learning Chasm in Mystical Practices

Getting started with crystals, tarot, numerology, or any other mystical practice, there’s this chasm each practitioner needs to overcome.

For some, this chasm is so profound, they never allow themselves to move outside of the learner or student role.

When it comes to working with metaphysical tools, there are plenty of fixed qualities that are not transmutable.

The five of Pentacles will always be the five of Pentacles, like an amethyst will always be an amethyst.

Because of these immutable facts, you may find yourself struggling to memorize all the properties and meanings, never moving into feeling proficient or skilled in your practice.

If that’s you, then this episode is for you.

I’m going to share one thing you can incorporate into your readings and sessions that takes your practice to a whole new level.

By the end of this episode, you’ll feel empowered to put the reference books aside and make your crystal and tarot practice your own by tapping into your personal experience.

There are a few questions that I get asked more than any others, and one of them is related to knowing what crystal does what, and remembering what each tarot card means.

I mean, who hasn’t approached learning about their metaphysical tools from the memorization angle because that’s what’s worked for you when you were in school?

There’s a problem with this approach though.

It fails to allow for the nurturing of relationship with your tool.

And that’s what each of you crave: to know what crystal will help in each situation and how to interpret the cards when they’re pulled.

That intimate relationship can be learned, but there’s another thing you can do that can break through the block if you’ve been trying to memorize all the things while feeling like there’s little to no progress.

The Importance of Personal Mythology

The problem isn’t that you’ve memorized cold, hard facts about the crystal properties or the tarot meanings.

It’s that you haven’t linked those meanings and properties to your own personal mythology.

The stories, narratives, and through lines that make things make sense for you.

Card Inspiration: The 10 of Wands

The card inspiration this week is the 10 of wands.

Depicted in this card you see the central figure with their head buried in the 10 wands they are carrying.

They are leaning forward as they appear to be heading toward the homestead off in the distance.

The wands they are carrying are somewhat haphazard, indicating that this load may be heavy or somewhat unruly.

Traditionally this card is symbolic of a burden, something you carry, often feeling alone.

And that’s why this card relates to our topic today.

When you can’t see beyond the burden of memorizing all the possible metaphysical properties or card meanings, you are apt to feel isolated and alone in your skills and within your practice.

By isolating yourself and not seeing your connection to your homestead, your origin, your personal mythology, you are left holding a bunch of sticks that never seemed to stay balanced or easy to handle.

When you struggle to read your tarot, or fret over what crystal to pick, you think it’s because you need to learn more or memorize what’s in the books.

Connecting with Your Tools Through Story

What you really need to notice is the story.

The story you’re telling yourself about your ability as well as the story coming through your tools.

Working with each and every one of these tools challenges you to tap into your personal mythology.

Working with crystals and tarot is about the story, not what you memorize.

Each of the tools have multiple levels and layers.

They work on multiple meanings and properties that surface or become noticeable under different circumstances and situations.

Tarot decks are filled with imagery and symbolism.

Each tarot deck creator had intention for why they made the pictures the way they did space.

When you’re not rooted in your personal mythology, you’ll clamor at understanding or repeating someone else’s, and that does nothing to build your confidence in your own ability.

True reading doesn’t come from reading and knowing their mind. It comes from your own understanding of you.

Symbolism Across Cultures and Tools

Symbolism and meanings change between cultures and geography.

This makes it hard if you aren’t familiar with who and where you are positioning yourself from.

You will find features or similarities that appear across cultures, and that’s what allows these tools to be interpreted and meaningful.

The other day while watching Gods of Egypt, and as Horace was losing his eye in battle, it reminded me of Norse mythology, where Odin gave up an eye.

Ultimately, how each culture depicts, uses and interprets the losing of the eye, the through line is that the imagery of the eye is there.

And when it comes to crystals, the same thing applies.

Crystals aren’t single layered or containing of only one property.

They have multiple purposes and multiple metaphysical properties, and depending on you and how it relates to you is how that crystal functions.

Knowing your personal mythology helps you make sense of these tools, and when you’re able to share their symbolism and meaning through story, it will crack open your ability to easily work with your crystals and tarot.

There is no limit to how far you can learn about symbolisms or uses for tarot and crystals.

There will be some that make sense and ultimately resonate for you, but again, it always comes back to understanding the story, your story of it, for making sense, that helps you integrate this as something that is yours.

Whether it be the chakra system or the hero’s journey, it’s up to you to weave the story so that you can work freely with your tools.

Learning these other mythologies and methods actually add to the depth and breadth of your readings and use because it will lend nuance, variety, and cross confirmation to your interpretations.

But that learning should never come at the expense of knowing your own personal mythology, because that’s the secret behind tarot and crystal work.

Aquamarine: The Crystal of Clarity

The crystal I’m going to offer today is Aquamarine, and here’s why.

Trying to make sense of your practice through the definitions and interpretations of others only widens the disconnect between you and your tools.

Aquamarine helps to clear emotional static so you can recognize and trust your personal mythology.

The pressure to memorize meanings creates tension and triggers fear of getting interpretations wrong.

Aquamarine provides a calming energy, allowing you to open to and notice symbols, layers, and impressions that naturally speak to you.

The more you follow those cues, the more confident you feel in your readings and interpretations.

When you’re feeling burdened by too much to remember, Aquamarine supports you in releasing the attachments you have to old beliefs, patterns, and relationships that hold you back from a more aligned experience.

Knowing your interpretation and speaking it are two different things.

Aquamarine clears and activates your throat chakra, helping you overcome the fear of speaking your higher truth.

At the end of the day, you will need to learn some stuff in order to work with your crystals and tarot proficiently.

But the good news is that most of that learning has already been done throughout your earlier years of life.

Growing up, all the stories you listened to and the way you were socialized within your family and community is ripe with the symbolism and meaning you can and will use to solidify your personal mythology.

The work ahead of you is releasing the burden and clearing the way for you to see it reflected in your practice in a way that feels aligned.

The Crystal Self Healer Members Portal

If you are ready to start understanding your personal mythology, that’s where the Crystal Self Healer members portal comes in.

A space designed to support you right now as you uncover where you hold stories and beliefs that hold you back.

Inside the portal, you get that support and more, giving you tools to begin shifting patterns in your life today.

There are healing sessions that help you process emotions, rituals that help you anchor and direct energy and personalized support when you’re feeling stuck, as well as courses, workshops, and activations that support you in mastering new skills and building spiritual alignment.

I’m excited to announce that starting in January, a new tarot course will be added to the portal and you can check it out by using the link in the show notes.

Everything you need to recognize and dismantle the patterns, cycles, and loops that keep you stuck is in the portal so you can achieve more ease and alignment immediately.

Visit my website, www.threecharmedgems.com or click the link in the show notes to learn more and join me.

Now is the time to stop living at the mercy of emotional triggers and start moving into spiritual integrity.

The Crystal Self healer members portal is where that shift begins.

Find your clarity and come home to yourself.

The card and crystal pairing are from a crystal and tarot forecast inside the Charmed Community.

These readings are designed to help you align your energy and focus your week.

If you’re interested in accessing these weekly readings, join us for free. The link is in the show notes.

Today’s episode has been brought to you by the 10 of Wands, aquamarine, and personal mythology.

May we all access our divine wisdom and personal mythology in ways that support our practice.

Blessed be, my friends.

Conclusion and Next Steps

All right, my friends, that wraps up this week’s episode. Thank you for joining me here today on the Crystal Self Healer Podcast. If you haven’t already, hit subscribe, leave a review and take the what Crystal is best for you quiz linked in the show notes. Join me again next week as we continue to demystify crystals, how your brain works and how you can use them so you can have more energy, get more done, and feel better every day.