Hi and welcome! Thank you for visiting my little corner of the web!

I am Kara Owl. I read the tarot! For information about buying a reading from me, please feel free to peruse my website Owl Takes Flight for more information or continue reading here. You are welcome to ask questions through comments or use the "contact me" page there if your question requires more privacy. If the options are overwhelming, please feel free to email me and we can work together to find the best option for you!

You can also support my Patreon! Become a Patron! Please join! We have a wonderful community forming.

If you are curious about my tarot readings but cannot access my website, here are the options:

Healing Reading -- $75
This two-part tarot reading will help you to find where you need healing, and help you with guidance and meditation while you walk the path of healing your wounds. Requires a short, real-time consultation for the first part of the reading, which can be done via email or chat (email preferred).

Five Questions -- $50
A special reading where you ask five questions and I tell you the answers that the cards give me, using as many cards as is necessary. This reading must be done real-time, and I will do it via email or chat.

Three Questions -- $30
A special reading where you ask me three questions and I give you the answers that the cards give me, using as many cards as is necessary. This reading must be done real-time, and can be done via email or chat.

Life Compass Reading -- $45
An interactive tarot reading that will help you in finding your true career path, or verify that you're on the right path. This reading needs to be done in real time, and can be done via email or chat.

Romance Reading -- $30
An interactive 2-part tarot reading that can help you to find your best romantic partner. We will discuss what you need, and what kind of partner will best help you find your highest good. This reading can be done via email or chat.

Compatibility Reading -- $25
A tarot reading that delves into your romance issues. We will look at your partnership, and what hidden issues you and your partner may need to resolve. This reading is generally done via email.

Wheel of the Year Reading -- $30
A special reading that I have developed that tells you about your life for the next year. I'll tell you what to watch out for during the current month, and then give you a general overview for the next 11 months.

Seasons of Life Reading -- $30
A special reading that I have developed which tells you about your life for the next few months. Tells you what to expect in the near future, and what difficulties, if any, you'll have to face. Will also tell you hidden problems that may crop up in the near future.

Animal Spirit Reading -- $25
A special reading that I have developed that will give you messages from your specific animal spirit guides. This reading can tell you about long term or short term animal guides, and will help you untangle the messages from your guides.

Celtic Cross -- $25
This is the standard, general life reading. If you wish to have guidance for the near future, or simply know what the tenor of your life is, this is the best reading for that. It is also excellent at answering specific questions in detail.

Past Life Reading -- $30
This reading will give you the details of who you were, where you lived, and what lessons you brought from that life. It will also give you a Soul Message, that can help you with this current life.

Six Card Reading -- $10
Can be a modified general life reading, or can be "two paths" telling you what you are facing now and the two paths you can take regarding this problem.

Three Card Reading -- $5
Can be the usual past/present/future reading, or can be "Three Answers," depending on what you need and request.

Paypal can be sent to deyaniera at gmail dot com. I do my best to contact you within 24 hours of receiving your payment, and do the readings as soon as possible, always!

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Finally got in touch with Mom. Yay. Asking Mike about that caused him to have a mini-meltdown at me, but it opened the gates for some good conversation and that was helpful on both sides, I hope. He is fine with me not coming up, and is focusing on trying to be there for his mom-in-law. (Sis-in-law, Debbie, had a brother who died in '09. To say her Mom isn't doing well is an understatement of epic proportions.)

I reminded him to eat and to take care of himself. He said Chuck (eldest brother) is helping, and that is good.

Mom is likely going to be flogging herself for not being able to be there, but I will have words with her when I can. Because it's not about her, and that's going to be hard to say-- but to protect Mike I will say it if I have to.

I'm currently doing lots of praying for my brother and his mom-in-law. And doing a lot of "no, it's none of your damn business" at people for whom this is just drama fodder. Feh. Assholes.

Tragedy seems to bring out the assholes in droves. I am irked at the ones trying to prey on my brother. And even more determined that I want to be cremated, have my ashes scattered, and have my peeps have some kind of online party to celebrate my life. Because fuck all of this torture that my poor brother is dealing with.

On the plus side, he has reconsidered his choice to delete her FB page. Ironically, this caused another meltdown. I asked him if he was going to do the memorial thing FB allows, and he just crashed. Because he'd wanted to delete it, but Debbie wanted it memorialized, and he was all "I'm being selfish" and just... augh. I did a lot of verbal petting and "it's ok" and then told him he was going to have to be selfish a little, to get through it.

I shall continue being the voice of reason and comfort as I can. And have my meltdowns here, where it's safe.

My sister in law's photo on her obituary page is perfection. She was so beautiful. Fierce and determined, protective of her people and incredibly stubborn and opinionated. I will miss her forever.

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Bye everyone. I hope to see you at DW, FB, or in my email. <3

In a day or two, I will be deleting my permanent account at Livejournal. If you are reading this there, I would ask that you contact me via email (deyaniera AT email DOT com), facebook (facebook.com/miintikwa), or Dreamwidth. Because I no longer trust Livejournal to keep my content safe. I have already deleted most of my images that were there, and I've archived and imported all my entries.

It's probably past time to let go of it. I am sad, but I am also resigned.

I hope most of you will come with me to DW or elsewhere.

If not, I wish you well.

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So, I am still alive! I am finding it difficult to maintain the energy to communicate in my usual formats (i.e., here) because it's exhausting trying to be ME every day. I am trying to make phone calls to the congress critters and aid the resistance movement...but damn. Every day, something else hits the fan and makes me go "WHAT? ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?" and...

...gah. I don't wanna live on this planet any longer. I keep trudging along, but I swear, I envy my BFF who spends most of his days asleep due to the meds he's on. I'd much rather be sleeping, lately. It's too much, some times. And I feel like I'm using a spritzer on an inferno, and I am often sad.

All that said, I'm trudging on with my plans. Books should be up on Amazon this week. I'm planning announcements as soon as they are, and I'm hoping to add to the list. I'm working on the next 2 tarot books, hoping to get one finished and ready for publishing in Feb. And then the next will be put on the schedule for March.

Patreon continues apace. I WISH I was a better marketer. -.- I know I could be reaching more people, but I don't know how. It is frustrating and makes me sad. But I will continue to beg my Patrons to pimp me, and hope that someone else hears about it and joins. I feel like I should put an upper limit on it, like "if [goal] doesn't happen by [date] I will stop," but I am enjoying the cards, and exploring the gods and goddesses. And it feels arbitrary to do that. I'm going to try to streamline the process, so it isn't costing me in time and energy as much. If I can do that, then I'll just keep doing it. If not, I'll look at what changes I need to make in order to streamline. Because that will make a huge difference. I want to get back to work on the writing.

Speaking of the writing, I should get back to that. The tarot books need some edits. Oh, and my tarot business needs pimping. Wish me luck.

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A friend reminded me that while I've been super-active on FB pimping all my stuff, I haven't really done so here except for the Patreon. If you don't want to support the Patreon, though, you can still help me out in other ways!

I have also re-opened my tarot business! My website is back up, and will hopefully be getting a makeover. It is on the list of things to do, but it's not high on the list.

When my books are out again, I'll pimp them too. :) Thank you!

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So, I'm really proud of today's Patreon entry even if it does mean tomorrow's entry is going to change and shift. Though, that's fine because I haven't been doing the editing on my tarot books. Oops. Finding out about the ISBN numbers has kind of derailed me.

I am currently waffling. A fellow self-published author said they started out with Createspace and free ISBNs because they wanted to dip their toe into things, and this was the easiest way to do so. It required the least investment, and they were pleased with how things turned out. Createspace *does* do ebooks on Amazon, after all. I guess I just need to do more homework and figure out what would be best for me now.

Another friend asked about Kickstarter. That's not an option, really, I don't think. Because it requires rewards, and I don't have any rewards to offer. They linked me to the guy who made $20K on his Kickstarter-- but I have read the article he wrote, and after expenses he made very little. I would be terrified that I'd miss something, since I have never done Kickstarter before, and end up upside down. Plus, I have never done a Kickstarter before, and I think that'd hamstring me in several ways: people are reluctant to pledge to a first-timer, and I don't know all the pitfalls. Too much risk, imo.

So, at the moment I'm focusing on the things I can do, and that are able to earn for me. I'm pimping my tarot readings again, and doing the Patreon thing. I'm 1/2 way to goal1, and that's exciting. If goal1 works out, I'll get a new tarot deck to start showing people how to go through them and stuff. That could be awesome.

Anyway. Still working the plan, despite the speed bump I'm trying to get over. I have time. I think that's my best asset right now. Tomorrow is another day. For now, I need to get started on my Thursdaily chores. So I'll catch you all later. <3

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Ran into the first road block today. I am not going to be able to self-publish this month unless things change. But, I'm still going to work the plan I have in place. Just...move "self-publish Tarot for Healing and Fibro for Life" to Feb. Or March. Or whenever we can afford the investment.

I am incredibly frustrated by this, but I knew there would be bumps in the road. I didn't know they'd happen this soon, but...such is life.

I updated my Patreon page and I'm feeling really good about it. I am basically posting every day, trying to show people that there is going to be content and they should totally pay me for it! It's a reasonable cost for what I'm providing, IMO, and I have posts planned out for pretty much every day. Tomorrow, I'm going to talk about my affirmation cards and the one I got for this year and this month, and then Friday will be me talking about the next Tarot book I'm planning on writing. Saturday and Sunday are open at the moment, but I'm half-planning talking about my house and critters. I don't want my Patreon to be all-business all-the-time.

The hard part about it is trying to reach new people. I *know* there are people out there who would like what I'm doing. But how do I get my stuff in front of them? I wish I had a clue there. Hopefully, word will trickle out. I guess that's all I can hope for.

Anyway. I have to go to PT. Wish me luck, there.

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So, this morning I got up and exercised, did tarot reading for clients, did my Patreon posts, checked on cover art design for non-fic books, and generally kicked ass before 10am. I have a few more things to do-- but the only one that HAS to be done today is folding clothes.

So, currently, the plan is to fold clothes, shower, and chill for the rest of the day. Because yeah, I kicked ass and I'm ready to relax.

I'm stupid excited about the non-fiction book stuff. Because if I play my cards right, I should be able to get a book cover done for WAY cheaper than I thought, and I can then use that cover to get the new, never-before-published books up and for sale in Feb and March. They will need edits-- and I am planning on doing those over the next couple of days-- but SQUEE for being able to get them out there!

I downloaded Calibre onto my laptop, since I am not sure how to get into the Mac desktop any longer. (I need to talk to C about that. Oops.) I also need to look at draft 2 digital, since that was the other program my former publisher recommended for non-Amazon sites. I have never even heard of it, but that's not a big deal. I was so against self-publishing, but... well. I have had several people smarter than I tell me I'm being silly for resisting, and I'm not ignoring them any more. We'll see how it goes.

For now, I'm going to start buttoning up here so I can go offline and get the clothes done and start in on my chill afternoon. :)

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