Articles By Melodie

About Melodie

I am a professional astrologer and spiritual advisor with more than 30 years’ experience. I am proficient in astrology, tarot, numerology, the enneagram, feng shui, and many other mystery schools. I am available for chat and phone sessions, offering a variety of payment options. Learn more about me and schedule a session with me through my Psychic Scoop profile page.

Sep 14 2015

Tarot Card of the Week: The Hermit

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Tarot Card of the Week: Sept 14, 2015 – Sept 20, 2015

The Hermit

This week’s card is the Hermit from the beautiful Nicoletta Ceccoli Tarot. The Hermit card refers to the yearning for wisdom and knowledge that so many of us possess but so few of us take the time to nurture and develop.

You may be feeling the need to retreat from others in order to clear your head and recharge your batteries. Or you may be so distracted by the noise and interferences around you that you just want to escape.

The Hermit card responds to these urges by encouraging you to turn inward, to pause and reflect, and to seek your own inner light. It speaks of gaining insight and wisdom through solitude and introspection.

The central figure in this card is a woman dressed in a red-and-white tunic which transforms into a circular spiral formation behind her. She paces around the edge of another circle — this one a pattern painted onto the floor. Along the outer perimeter of the same circle stands her mirror image, in miniature version.

Together they wind their way around the circle, each with the light of a candle to guide their way. The candles provide illumination of a different sort, although they may not even need them: they seem to know the steps by heart. The circular theme is repeated in the shape of the room itself.

Sep 10 2015

The Three Card Tarot Spread

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A few people have asked me about a three card tarot spread that I sometimes use to get quick insights into a client’s question.

In my private practice I generally do a 12-card hybrid astrology / tarot spread that I developed years ago and which has evolved over time.

But for quickie sessions or to provide added insight into a question that needs a bit more clarity, I highly recommend a 3-card spread. By this I simply mean laying down three cards and reading them from left to right (or left, right, center — in that order).

By the way, I didn’t invent this spread. There are numerous variations out there and many — like the comprehensive system developed by Robert M. Place and outlined in his book The Tarot: History, Symbolism and Divination — have proven themselves to be relevant.

There are a few ways to approach doing a three card spread, depending on the nature of the questions involved:

Sep 07 2015

Tarot Card of the Week: Seven of Swords

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Tarot Card of the Week: September 7 – September 13

Seven of Swords

This week’s card is the Seven of Swords from Timothy Lantz’s gorgeous Archeon Tarot.

The Seven of Swords requires you to trust in your instincts and stay tuned into your environment. It’s a card of strategy, cunning and ingenuity, which can also translate as conniving and duplicitous.

The Seven of Swords — like all sevens — speaks of difficult choices and moral dilemmas. There are temptations disguised as opportunities, which could turn out to be more than you bargained for in the end.

The raven in this version of the card is perched before the light of a full moon, a glowing sun time-piece dangling from his beak.

A Native American legend tells of a snow white bird who steals the sun and moon and places them in the night sky. The sun is so hot that it chars his white feathers, rendering them permanently black.This becomes the raven.

Notice the four swords piercing the moon and the three that are penetrating the earth below it. The moon represents mystery, illusion and the depths of the human psyche; we can see this as a need to penetrate the veil that obscures our motivations.

Aug 06 2015

Ask a Psychic: Will I Get the Job?

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This week’s question comes from client who recently interviewed for a job after having been out of work for the past several months.

He ended his last contract with enough money in savings to feel comfortable for awhile, but is now starting to feel anxious about upcoming job prospects.

He recently applied for and was granted an interview in a field that he’s extremely qualified for — perhaps even over-qualified for.

And even though he feels that the interview went well, he’s starting to get nervous because he hasn’t heard back from them for a follow up interview or job offer.

His questions were whether he would hear back in the coming days with a job offer and whether this was something worth pursuing if he did. Our client (we’ll call him James) provided his birth information as well, which Melodie looked at, along with a three card tarot spread using Mary El Tarot.

Jul 29 2015

Why Won’t He Change?

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This is a question I get asked on an almost daily basis, particularly from clients who are unhappy with the lack of affection, emotional expression or reassurance that they’re getting from their relationship partners.

But maybe a better question would be “why did he change in the first place?”

In most cases, the relationship started out on a good note, with the love interest pursuing ardently and the client expressing no doubts or concerns about his level of interest. And then over time, something changed. Or more specifically he changed.

Of course when that happens, the natural response is to try to figure out what happened and what you can do to change him back. Especially if the man you fell in love with in the first place seemed to be a lot more like Prince Charming than the toad you’re stuck with now.

Jun 23 2015

Ask a Psychic: Will I Reunite With My Ex?

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This week’s question comes from woman (whom we’ll call Teresa) whose boyfriend broke up with her during the most recent Mercury retrograde.

She knows enough about astrology to know that things can go haywire during a Mercury retrograde, but probably doesn’t know enough about it to have understood that there were far bigger transits at work during this period, namely Saturn and Pluto transits.

She says she was blind-sided and didn’t see this coming. She’s wondering whether there is a chance for reconciliation and if so when.

May 29 2015

Finding Your Other Half

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One of the questions I get asked most frequently as a psychic is “When will I meet my soul mate?”

The term “soul mate” is often used interchangeably with “other half” but they’re essentially the same thing.

The question of when is often followed by how (as in under what circumstances) when it really should be more along the lines of “What changes can I make in myself to become the best version of me so that I can attract the right partner into my life?”

Let’s face it, most of us are looking for someone to share our lives with.

And for those of us who haven’t yet found that perfect someone, the desire to do so can become the strongest motivating factor in our lives.

But if motivation alone were enough to create happily-ever-afters, none of us would ever have to worry about finding our other halves.

Mar 05 2015

Ask a Psychic: How Can I Restore the Balance in My Life?

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This week’s question comes from a new mother who is looking for some spiritual guidance.

She has a 19-month old son who is the love of her life. But since his birth and she returned to full-time work, she says her life feels completely out of balance.

She has no time/energy for her own needs and put on a lot of weight and has begun to feel completely disconnected from her friends, her creator, and her own soul’s direction.

She realizes there’s no easy answer, and being told to “just make time for herself” feels laughable. She wants to know how to get some balance back into her life without sacrificing time with her child.

Feb 07 2015

When Psychic Readings Fail

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If you’re reading this, chances are good that you’ve had some experience with psychics and psychic readings.

And if you’ve had more than a few, chances are good that you’ve seen how some predictions pan out while others fail. If you’re wondering why, then this article is for you.

While sometimes it’s a matter of finding the right “fit,” and sometimes it’s about forming a connection that is immediately verifiable, more often than not the odds of your psychic reading failing or succeeding are largely dependent on you.

Some clients want a straight up “yes or no” answer. They come in saying they have a “quick question,” which as often as not turns out to be very complicated.

Some want their psychic to “prove a connection” (and then follow that up with a question that even they don’t know the answer to, which means that a connection is impossible to prove based on those parameters).

Jan 05 2015

Astrologers Do lt with Heavenly Bodies

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When it comes to astrology, most people know a little about the 12 different signs of the zodiac, even if they don’t “believe” in them.

This is generally tied to Sun sign astrology, which represents only a tiny portion of what astrology really is. But there’s so much more to astrology than Sun signs, just as there’s so much more to our solar system than the Sun.

Astrologers look at all of the planets — as well as the Sun and Moon — when interpreting a natal chart. Each of those planets is looked at in the context of the sign its placed in at birth, as well as its house position and relationships with other planets.

But for the purposes of this article, we’re going to be looking at only the planets (which also, for the purposes of this article, will include the Sun and Moon). The Sun and Moon are referred to as luminaries in astrology and are treated as planets. They’re certainly as important (usually more important) than the other nine bodies.

In the coming weeks, we’ll look at signs and houses too, which, from an astrological perspective, can tell you a great deal about not only who you are, but where you came from and where you’re heading.
There’s naturally a lot more to astrology than this. But with that in mind, let’s look at what each of the planets can tell you about you and your loved ones.

Dec 06 2014

Debunking Some Myths About Astrology

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I was recently contacted by a high school student who was working on a class project about Astrology.

She was given an assignment to interview someone who studied and / or practiced astrology professionally, which ultimately led her to me.

Although her questions were geared more toward the reasons people “believe” in astrology than about what it actually entails, they were respectful and insightful enough that I was inspired to indulge her.

The following is our interview in the format it was presented. Due to space constraints, it’s only a small sampling of the many myths we were able to debunk. But we’ll be looking at more of those in the coming weeks. For now though, here’s the interview in its original form.

Nov 09 2014

The Waiting Game

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One of the most common questions I get asked as a psychic is: “when will he (or she) call?”

This usually comes on the heels of one of two potential relationship scenarios:

1: they’ve made a connection with someone who seemed promising at the time but hasn’t followed up; or

2: there’s been discord in an existing relationship and no one has called to try to make things right.

In both scenarios the client is clearly “waiting” for the other person to make a move, but what they don’t understand is that getting that to happen is far more in their hands than anything else, and that what they do (or don’t do) now can make all the difference in the world.