Catriona of Silver Path

I enjoy the strange and unusual because I am strange and unusual. I am a mother, wife, lover, survivor, multiple, Asatru, psychic, tarot reader, writer, hypnotherapist, minister, alien, citizen and tea blender. Here is where I re-explore the tarot and mysticism. Venture into past lives and all the weird and wonderful things which make up my current incarnation. If you'd like to purchase a reading from me: my store is here or find me on Facebook

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I'm trying to streamline my blogs and things a bit to make it easier for me to keep up with everything. Please add my main tumblr fun with multiplicity , if you're not already on there, as that's where all my updates will be from now on.

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Some Updates

I've been redoing the website that I'm associated with :The Silver Path for those who are new and wondering why I'm "SliverPathCat". There you go :)

I've been on hiatus and it was unannounced which is bad on me, and I apologize; but I kept thinking I would have time between starting some courses at the local community college, and cleaning a house up for sale, and actually spending time with family (Oh, I was silly!) 

So, here are a few things which alternately sadden and excite me. 

1. I will not be doing the Tarot Tuesday videos.

I don't want to say "indefinitely" because it will likely be "any more". I just don't have the time to do them. I was hoping they would be helpful to people but the amount of time I spend shooting and re-taking and editing could be better spent on course work. I can type up the interpretations and post them in at least a tenth of the time and then go on to working on other things such as teas or practicing my wood-burning (or actual school work *ahem*) 

2. The shop front is completely on Etsy now.

I had added Etsy a while ago, but it made no sense to continue running both a shopping cart on my site AND Etsy, especially when I could only use nifty coupons and special deals on Etsy which is unfair, so now it's all in one spot ^_^

3. It's my anniversary!

I registered the site FIVE years ago. So, in honor of that we're having a special promotion. You'll see listings on Etsy which are anniversary deals and offer discounts on certain things, as I can't set item specific coupons. 

Come celebrate with me! Here's to the next five years!

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Hello! I'm really sorry if this has been asked before, but last month I was planning to buy your "Peaceful Dreams" tea and decided to wait until April to get it. But now I don't see it being offered in your shop. Is the tea discontinued? (I'd be really sad if it was) Or is it still on your etsy and I just missed it?

I do still have them—it’s just my listings had expired and I didn’t notice when I logged in to pay my bill the other day because I’m a dork ^_~They’ll be reactivated in just a moment. Thanks so much for your interest! 

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Tarot Tuesday 03: Judgement from the Celtic Tarot by Justin DeBurgh. 

Don't forget if you'd like a full reading from me please visit my etsy shop at http://etsy.com/shop/thesilverpath.

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Tarot Tuesday 02: Page of Wands from Shadowscapes tarot by Stephanie Pui-Mun Law. 

Don't forget to get a head start on Valentine's Day with a relationship reading from me! The Silver Path on Etsy.

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Apologies! I've been stricken with a cold and wasn't able to record anything for Tarot Tuesday so far this week. I'm hoping things will be less hoarse tomorrow or Thursday and I will post then :/ 

In the mean time there are only TWO MORE DAYS on my NEW2013 coupon which can be used on anything in my etsy store--email readings and items alike for a 13% discount. 

The Silver Path on Etsy.

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First Tarot Tuesday video: Ten of Wands from the Manga tarot by Minetti and Alligo. 

I hope that I can be a bit less nervous for next week and tweak things a little better; but with today I had to stop myself fussing with it given all the re-takes. 

If you like what you see and would like a personalized reading please visit my etsy.

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Thanks for Following!

Thanks to all my new followers who have shown up while I've been gone. 

Tomorrow will mark the first of the new video Tarot Tuesdays. 

Thank you for your attention! 

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I’m going to be working on my website for the next few days for my main website, twitter and tumblr to try and unify things a little better. I’m not sure how best to tackle the Facebook issue. Facebook pages don’t seem to work very well any more. I’d rather just use my “personal” page in the hopes that it’ll stop everything getting lost. 

I’m intending to start doing “Tarot Tuesday” videos rather than just post and picture interpretations. This will begin on the 8th after our internet is hooked up properly as my laptop refuses to make videos and the computer that can make videos refuses to connect wirelessly to the internet. 

In the mean time I’m offering a special for the New Year of 13% off my readings as on <a href=”http://etsy.com/shop/thesilverpath/”>The Silver Path Etsy</a> I can actually use <b>coupon codes</b>!

So, if you use the code <b>2013NEW</b> you get the discount at checkout. It’ll apply to everything in the store as well as the readings. So, help yourself to some tea, jewelry or insight to the future and get 13% off. 

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Hey, guess what? 

I have a special going on. It’d be awesome if you guys could spread the word or even give purchasing something a go. It’s nice to have electricity!

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Tarot "Tuesday": Shadowscapes: Death

Due to net issues my tarot posts are going to continue to be a bit sporadic. I started writing this up yesterday (on the actual Tuesday) but then our net stopped working. I'm hoping that I can get this posted today!

Today we have Death from the always beautiful Shadowscapes tarot.

"I try to be my best." every active in "Dollhouse"

I thought this was an appropriate card for the new year because the Death card is about new beginnings. The door of the old year has closed and we can look to the new one with fresh hope--that we can find doors to open that will lead us to better things. 

I know many people, myself included, who have resolved to lose weight in 2013. It seems to have been my resolution for the past few years. I find myself impeded by health problems and at the same time negative self-talk which I know a lot of people suffer from. It's very easy to convince yourself that you're not worthwhile of being in a better place but you are. 

This year I've decided that improving my entire self is the best bet. I deserve to be the best I can be. I can't talk myself out of the depression which comes from bipolar disorder but I can get myself the treatment I deserve -- I can take medicine that will help me control those symptoms. I can heal my body because I deserve to feel well and I can practice more positive thinking -- I know this last one is the most difficult and there are probably those of you who can sympathize with this as you read. 

I know it's very hard for me to look on the upside of things. I'm starting with small things:

"We will find an awesome back pack at the store." "We will be able to buy the things we need with $20." 

Then as I prove to myself that I can shape my destiny I can work on the bigger things that I do deserve to be well, that I am capable of shaping my own future to improve my life. 

So, this Death card is not about doors closing in front of you. It's about shutting doors of negative behavior, putting the past behind you and giving yourself a clean slate for the new year. 

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I'm going to be working on my website for the next few days for my main website, twitter and tumblr to try and unify things a little better. I'm not sure how best to tackle the Facebook issue. Facebook pages don't seem to work very well any more. I'd rather just use my "personal" page in the hopes that it'll stop everything getting lost. I'm intending to start doing "Tarot Tuesday" videos rather than just post and picture interpretations. This will begin on the 8th after our internet is hooked up properly as my laptop refuses to make videos and the computer that can make videos refuses to connect wirelessly to the internet. In the mean time I'm offering a special for the New Year of 13% off my readings as on The Silver Path Etsy I can actually use coupon codes! So, if you use the code 2013NEW you get the discount at checkout. It'll apply to everything in the store as well as the readings. So, help yourself to some tea, jewelry or insight to the future and get 13% off.

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Yuletide Special. 

Go to http://etsy.com/shop/thesilverpath use the coupon code: HAPPYYULE and get 10% off. 

Spreading the word appreciated :) It's good to be able to eat!

(source: tarot card "The World" from Shadowscapes tarot by Stephanie Pui-Mun Law. Fonts from dafont.com "fishbowl" and "Hannah's Messy Handwriting") 

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I'm interested in Past Life Regression. First I would like to know what your prices on that were or if you do that for others and if there was some possible way to do that even though I live in Kentucky.

Firstly I must apologize for the delay in answering you. We've been moving house and did not have net. For some reason my phone and tumblr hate each other and it constantly says there's something wrong with my posts and will not publish them :/

Very sorry.

Now, when I do PLR in person my initial consult is $60 and then $45 thereafter if you wish to look into more things. This is because during initial consult there is additional time going through interpersonal survey before hypnosis can be done. 

Now that I actually have a working camera and a computer that doesn't crash whenever it has to watch any video I might be able to set up to do regressions/hypnosis via Skype or perhaps G+ video. 

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will Jens and I be together happily ever after soon?

I'm very sorry but I'm not offering free readings at this time. If you are interested in finding out about your relationship I offer a variety of spreads on etsy at the moment. Go to http://etsy.com/shop/thesilverpath if you use the coupon code HAPPYYULE you get 10% off the listing price. (As a note to everyone also. If you're to request a reading when I am doing free offers I do need a name or pseudonym for anyone involved and star signs or birthdays (month/day) for those involved to help me to tune properly with things)

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What makes a Tarot reading worth $25.00?

What makes a Tarot reading worth $25.00? I saw a girl trying to sell a reading for that much.

I’m not doubting her, I just want to know what would make a reading worth that much?

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ummmm….maybe its a huge spread like the 21 card one, which does take a lot of energy

but I don’t know….

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Primary source of income, experience, time dedicated to reading, etc etc.

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I have only ever paid over $15 once. And I’ve seen people charge upward of $50. Which I would never pay, but I also read for myself, but…

People can charge what they want. But I don’t plan on going to someone who charges over $20, and I’m hesitant to go to anyone who charges over $15 unless I have a recommendation.

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Hmm. It could be the exchange of energy — she works hard and uses energy reading tarot in order to earn the $25 you worked hard to earn at your job. I read, too — but I totally get when people spend an hour or so reading tarot and charge upwards of $50. It does take a lot out of you.

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As everyone has said readings take time and energy. When I’m reading face to face with people it’s a lot easier than reading via email because you have a direct connection to the person as opposed to having to read via email just using a persons’ name and possibly their star sign. However still a reading can take anywhere from 10 minutes to a full hour depending on how much is going on. 

When I do an online reading (my prices range from $5-50 depending on the amount of cards I draw and the length of time a reading takes) I spend several minutes tuning myself to the cards then there is drawing the cards, assessing what they’re implicating, taking notes, taking pictures of the cards, cropping and editing those pictures as necessary (or alternately scanning the cards and converting the scans into a viable size to be sent via email), typing up the reading and editing it so that it’s coherent and emailing it. The shortest amount of time that takes is about 45 minutes. Some times it takes longer to tune or you have to spend time afterwards ‘decompressing’ especially if the person I’m reading for is in a very tense, stressful or violent situation I can be overwhelmed by that and have to take time to calm down before I can properly process the reading and write it down.

After that initial reading is emailed I will answer a clients’ questions and engage them in dialogue for up to several days after until they’re satisfied and fully understand what the cards and I have been telling them all included in the initial price. 

Also to take into account, licensing and taxing for doing tarot readings professionally can be very expensive. In my county it’s $250 per year for me to be licensed as a reader, it’s at least that much for me to list myself in the yellow pages and have a tiny ad space that’s maybe four lines about what I do. To advertise other places I have no idea I can’t afford to do it.

As a reader I must do all the legwork, advertising, pay for website and hosting etc, pay Etsy fees for listing my readings, pay Paypal fees for processing my money.

I also have to do my own taxes which is easily 20 per cent of my earnings, or I have to pay an accountant or somewhere to do those complicated taxes for me and still pay the government their dues in April.

If I go to a renn faire or some other sort of fair to do readings there I have to pay additional licensing fees if I go out of the county some times which can easily be $100 just for a weekend worth of readings, plus the fees to be at said place which are also easily $100/day.

The cheapest I’ve had to pay to be somewhere was $16 for a table. Other places want 10% off the top.

Site brokerage deals are even worse, when I worked for a network the client paid $2.99 per minute to talk to me. I saw 32 cents per minute of that money and I still had to pay taxes on that at the end of the year. 

So, there’s a small indication of what goes on with readers. 

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Do you do free readings?

From time to time I do free draws. My readings are up on Etsy now http://etsy.com/shop/thesilverpath 

I have a HAPPYYULE coupon which gives you 10% off :)

Thank you for your interest. 

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I'm looking into livestream for posting Tarot things. Anything I should know?