When I was a kid, I dressed up as a gypsy fortune teller at Halloween for five years in a row.
My mother had to add extensions to the bottom of my skirt, as I kept outgrowing it. I can't tell you why I was so
addicted to the persona - it was partly the bright skirts and brash, bangle-y bracelets...and partly the magical mystery.
So you can imagine that it was pretty exciting to learn from my grandpa that his parents were gypsies! Well, maybe
not entirely. It was the family joke, being gypsies, the truth was that they immigrated from an area of Czechoslovakia
known as Bohemia. People from this region have been thought of as unconventional artistic-types since the middle
ages.
I never really lost my fondness for gypsies...nor for dressing up. It was when I was a theatre major at the University of
Minnesota that a friend gave me my first Tarot reading. It was spooky in it's lack of spookiness - completely
straight-forward, yet spot on. I was hooked. I got my first Tarot deck, the Aquarian Tarot, about a month later. I read
all kinds of books on the subject and practiced like mad. I enlisted everyone around me to enable my obsession - I
gave readings to friends, family members, neighbors, lazy cats and house plants. Anything that would sit still, really.
Eventually I graduated to readings for friends of friends and what do you know - the Tarot works even when reading for
strangers! After a few more years of practice, I dipped my toe in the psychic fair pool. Readings at theatrical
fund-raisers followed - given the circles I wander in, it's to be expected - and there have been birthday parties and
even baby showers.
Now I live in Los Angeles and aside from pursuing my own artistic endeavors, most of my Tarot clients are actors or
writers or musicians. While I hope everyone who stops by finds something useful, Bohemian Path Tarot is a
reflection of my years of reading for those touched by the Muse. May you be inspired by your visit here.
My mother had to add extensions to the bottom of my skirt, as I kept outgrowing it. I can't tell you why I was so
addicted to the persona - it was partly the bright skirts and brash, bangle-y bracelets...and partly the magical mystery.
So you can imagine that it was pretty exciting to learn from my grandpa that his parents were gypsies! Well, maybe
not entirely. It was the family joke, being gypsies, the truth was that they immigrated from an area of Czechoslovakia
known as Bohemia. People from this region have been thought of as unconventional artistic-types since the middle
ages.
I never really lost my fondness for gypsies...nor for dressing up. It was when I was a theatre major at the University of
Minnesota that a friend gave me my first Tarot reading. It was spooky in it's lack of spookiness - completely
straight-forward, yet spot on. I was hooked. I got my first Tarot deck, the Aquarian Tarot, about a month later. I read
all kinds of books on the subject and practiced like mad. I enlisted everyone around me to enable my obsession - I
gave readings to friends, family members, neighbors, lazy cats and house plants. Anything that would sit still, really.
Eventually I graduated to readings for friends of friends and what do you know - the Tarot works even when reading for
strangers! After a few more years of practice, I dipped my toe in the psychic fair pool. Readings at theatrical
fund-raisers followed - given the circles I wander in, it's to be expected - and there have been birthday parties and
even baby showers.
Now I live in Los Angeles and aside from pursuing my own artistic endeavors, most of my Tarot clients are actors or
writers or musicians. While I hope everyone who stops by finds something useful, Bohemian Path Tarot is a
reflection of my years of reading for those touched by the Muse. May you be inspired by your visit here.
I will serve the best interests of my clients, conducting my professional activities without causing or intending to cause harm. I will treat all my clients with equal respect, regardless of their origin, race, religion, gender, age, or sexual preference. I will represent honestly my Tarot qualifications, including educational credentials and levels of certification. I will keep confidential the names of clients and all information shared or discussed during readings, unless otherwise requested by the client or required by a court of law. I will recommend clients consult a licensed professional for advice of a legal, financial, medical, or psychological nature that I am not qualified to provide. I will respect my clients' right to refuse or terminate their reading at any time, regardless of prior consent. I recognize that all ATA members have the same rights and obligations, and I will always respect and honor my co-members. |
| Jen your Tarot hostess |
Nine of Pentacles
from the Fenestra Tarot
from the Fenestra Tarot
Bohemian:
noun
1. a native or inhabitant of Bohemia
2. a person, as an artist or writer, who lives and acts free of regard for
conventional rules and practices.
3. the Czech language, esp. as spoken in Bohemia.
4. a gypsy
adjective
5. of or pertaining to Bohemia, its people, or their language.
6. pertaining to or characteristic of the unconventional life of a bohemian
7. living a wandering or vagabond life, as a gypsy.
noun
1. a native or inhabitant of Bohemia
2. a person, as an artist or writer, who lives and acts free of regard for
conventional rules and practices.
3. the Czech language, esp. as spoken in Bohemia.
4. a gypsy
adjective
5. of or pertaining to Bohemia, its people, or their language.
6. pertaining to or characteristic of the unconventional life of a bohemian
7. living a wandering or vagabond life, as a gypsy.
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Reverend, Universal Life Church
Member, American Tarot Association
Certified CATR, Tarot Certification Board
Reiki II Practitioner
Member, American Tarot Association
Certified CATR, Tarot Certification Board
Reiki II Practitioner
My Mission is to inspire and aide the evolutionary process, uncovering the truthful joy within limitless self.
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