1/9/2023 0 Comments Inspirit crystals![]() ![]() SC: Instead of having one nine to five job, I have eight or nine smaller jobs (podcasting, cookbook editing, writing, reading tarot, designing tarot decks and cases, teaching, and more) which is helpful because if interest in one drops, another usually picks up the slack. LD: What do you do, mainly, to make money? I also have spent the last year reading the Iliad and The Odyssey. I’ve found that it has been a very intellectually expansive time for me. For example, I started studying the work of psychoanalysts like Carl Yung, and it’s helped me express tarot from a more mainstream perspective. SC: I studied a number of things over the past years that I haven’t before. LD: What have you been doing over the course of the pandemic? It’s much more personal and people are more emotionally open when in person. SC: I’m looking forward to seeing my friends after the pandemic and I’m also looking forward to going back to in person tarot reading. LD: Is there anything you’re looking forward to when the pandemic ends There has also been an increase in my business so I have been very fortunate. I’ve really enjoyed being home with my family and luckily nobody has gotten sick yet. SC: I’ve been very lucky it hasn’t been too hard for me. LD: Has the pandemic been difficult for you? If not, why not? I just do the weekly in person readings online and my teaching job at Smith College is also virtual. LD: How has your daily life changed due to the pandemic? However, reading tarot in person is more personal and direct than Zoom. I have a camera I set up giving tarot clients a better view of the cards. SC: Being online has made it easier to give more readings. LD: Has being online made tarot reading any more difficult? SC: I do tarot primarily through Zoom instead of in person and there has been a huge surge in interest. LD: What has changed in your work since the pandemic? SC: I write books about tarot, I teach people about tarot, I read tarot, and I have a tarot podcast! She’s also the author of Tarot Correspondences: Ancient Secrets for Everyday Readers. ![]() She also now reads at Inspirit Crystal Shop in Northampton, MA. ![]() She “designed and trademarked the Arcana Case for tarot decks,” sold on Etsy, and started teaching six-week tarot courses. Her interest began as “casual,” but in 2015, she found a vibrant online tarot community that reignited her tarot fire. She got her start moonlighting in a cafe in Hell’s Kitchen in NYC where she offered weekly readings and also attended a Tarot school. Susan Chang, who goes by Susie, has also been a Certified Professional Tarot Reader since 1999. In addition to being a mom of a sophomore ARHS student and a writer, podcaster, and college professor, T. ![]()
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