30 years experience – Sage Words Tarot

Meet Your Reader – January 2023

let me introduce myself

Let me introduce myself – with the newly updated Meet Your Reader page on the website …

Hi! I’m Sage.

I’m also a Tarot reader and the writer / creator of the Sage Words Tarot blog & podcast.

I’ve been reading cards since around 1992 which adds up to 30 years of experience with Tarot and intuition development (!)

I didn’t originally start out to be a Tarot reader (who does?) At first I did readings for friends (why PAY for it when you can DIY it?) then a close friend suggested I go online with my readings. I offered professional psychic Tarot readings through Keen, Advice Trader and AllExperts under my old internet handle, Baihu. After doing hundreds of online readings (I stopped counting after 500 email readings) I opened my own Tarot practice with ModernOracleTarot.com, the Tarotbytes blog and the now-defunct Quirk & Flotsam shop on Etsy. It was all good work, but had become a hodge-podge of branding and inconsistent messaging over the years. In 2018 I levelled it all and re-branded everything as TaoCraft Tarot.

The TaoCraft name was drawn from my love of Taoist philosophy. My work will always be guided by the principles of simplicity, authenticity, and kindness. It was also drawn from my affinity a solitary eclectic magickal path. Taocraft means a lot to me, but not so much to anyone else and that’s a problem because these Tarot readings aren’t about me – they are about YOU.

January 1, 2023 TaoCraft Tarot becomes Sage Words Tarot.

Sage is a pen name, which protects our privacy a little more these days. Christian nationalism and evangelical bigotry are a reality here in the US. I want this to be a safe space for my fellow atheists and the lgbtquia+ community that is so important to me. I want my readings and online presence to feel warm and welcoming to anyone interested in Tarot.

The herb sage has a comforting, familiar scent and flavor that most of us know from home cooking and holiday turkeys.

In aromatherapy, Sage incense and smudge sticks can clear negative energy, calm anxiety and promote a feeling of general well being.

Most of all, the word sage means something or someone who is wise. The word sage speaks to all of the wisdom that has accumulated around the Tarot cards over the centuries.

Safety, comfort, calmness, wisdom and a feeling that things are going to be alright are all qualities that I hope you’ll experience if we do a Tarot reading together. All of these are qualities I hope you’ll experience when you read the blog or listen to the podcast.

The private readings, blog, podcast, shop & socials are all the same as before except with a new logo and a new name. Party readings are closed – my focus is on you, the individual.

Click HERE if you would like to order a private Tarot reading by email, no appointment needed.

Spring ’22

Spring Schedule: no appointment needed Tarot readings by email are open! Online video call Tarot readings available by appointment only. Email to schedule.

The nice thing about short-term planning is that the plan doesn’t have to stick together for very long.

Here is what I have in mind for Spring. No promises that it will actually turn out this way, but it’s what I’m aiming for:

Short sip posts most weekday mornings
Weekend Tarot Turnover posts on the …. ah…..weekend. Prolly Saturdays
YouChoose Interactive Tarot once each week. Maybe.
Random other posts like Oracle’s Toolkit will be … ah …random
Closed Sundays and U.S. holidays. If the Fed is closed, so am I ’cause I’ll be with hubster on his days off.
In-person and party Tarot will remain closed until Allegheny county covid transmission rates return to low (as reported by the CDC)
Email Tarot is OPEN – NO APPOINTMENT NEEDED
Online Zoom readings are OPEN with appointment – email to schedule
Still lots of different email layouts available with prices $5 – $40
More new stuff on the horizon. Keep a weather eye, matey. I’m hoping you’ll think it is really cool.
Distance Tarot is still my specialty
I still have – gasp – 30 years experience with reading cards.

Psychic schmicic, I’m sciencing this one

Here is the Tarot part: 7 card readings by email are $30 (instead of the usual $40) These 7 card readings are $1 for every year of card reading experience that I put into each and every session, regardless of whether it is in-person or distance. Email and phone readings are EXACTLY the same information that you’d get in-person. You get it FASTER with email, too. No appointment is needed, you can order distance readings any time, 24/7. The reading is usually in your inbox within 24 hours although nights, weekends and holidays can slow things down a little bit. This reduced price ends on the equinox…September 20, 2021 so get ’em while they’re hot.

Here is the science part: Starting now, I’m using the CDC reported community transmission rates for Allegheny County as the determining factor whether in-person / party readings are available or not, because reasons and logic and an abundance of caution. If you want the details, or want to know the current status of in-person readings please don’t hesitate to email TaoCraftTarot@gmail.com or text me at the contact number listed.

Vaccination rates have stalled, and community transmission rates have increased back into the moderate range. Since in-person readings use public venues and parties are typically indoor groups, rather than risk exposing my clients or their contacts to this crazy contagious new varient in-person services are back on hold until community transmission rates return to the low range.

Who am I to second guess the AMA for goodness’ sake?

https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/public-health/what-doctors-wish-patients-knew-about-dangerous-delta-variant?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social_ama&utm_term=5201053682&utm_content=Boost&utm_campaign=Public+Health

https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/velshi-breakthrough-infections-do-not-mean-vaccines-don-t-work-117331013789ll

https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#county-view

Summer update

New episodes are up on Clairvoyant Confessional podcast! Some episodes are recorded, some auto-converted from blog posts, but all are available on Anchor fm, Spotify, Googlepodcasts, Stitcher and more.
The YouTube Channel has easier access to the Today’s Tarot and YouChoose Interactive Tarot Playlists. Check it out here
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$1 Tarot Sale: yeah, yeah, I know. I said no more cutesy pants promotions. But it’s my mind and I’ll change it if I want to. To commemorate 30 years of assorted card slinging, 7 card Tarot readings by email are ON SALE ($10 off) that’s $30…$1 for each year of cartomancy experience that I bring to your Tarot reading. Offer ends September 20, 2021. Applies to website orders only.
Individual / Party in-person Tarot returns in the fall. Masking may be required. Stay tuned for updates as we see how the Delta variant thing evolves.
Phone readings are available and scheduling HERE
ALL of the blog, podcast and yourtube content is FREE, non-monetized and AUDIENCE supported by Tarot enthusiasts like YOU. Buy your friendly neighborhood clairvoyant a coffee at https://ko-fi.com/taocrafttarot

It’s my mind, and I’ll change it if I want to

I know, I know…I said no more cutesy pants promotions

But thirty years of card reading is something. And I wanted to do something to commemorate it. Get ’em while you can. It’s prolly going to be the last cutesy pants promotion for the next thirty years.

Offer good for website purchases only. Poloicies and disclaimers apply.