Hello! My website is in the process of being redesigned, but while that’s happening, my webmaster says I can still update here. It’s been a busy time with Tarot Life Lessons: Living Wisdom From the Major Arcana out this past November (Destiny Books), maneuvering through the holidays and tarot jobs, guesting on Gaia Network’s TV show Beyond Belief (that should air in May sometime), preparing to launch The Occult Sylvia Plath: The Hidden Spiritual Life of the Visionary Poet (May 7, Destiny Books),  and planning a book tour. Whew!

Here is what I’ve got on my calendar so far.  Please reach out if you’re in one of these cities and need more information on how to find me, or want me to come to your city? Let’s talk!

St. Louis:

Monday, March 4th 7-9 pm, Spine Indie Bookstore –reading and book signing for Tarot Life Lessons w/some free tarot readings to lucky attendees who buy a copy of the book.  (spinebookstorecafe.com)

Friday, April 26 (4-7 pm), Saturday, April 27, & Sunday, April 28 (11 am – 7 pm) St. Louis Mystic Fair, Machinist’s Hall, Bridgeton–Presentation and book signing at 5 pm Friday on Tarot Life Lessons w/some free readings; paid tarot card readings may be booked throughout the weekend $30 for 15 minutes.  Check Facebook for info.

Thursday, May 9th 12:00 -1 pm. Noon Reading Series presents the release of The Occult Sylvia Plath. Reading and book signing. Kranzberg Arts Foundation in the Listening Room of the High Low Bldg,  3301 Washington Ave, St. Louis 63103. Free. Books will be for sale.  www.kranzbergartsfoundation.org

Monday, May 27 (Memorial Day), Cherokee Caravan (Along the Historic Cherokee St. Antique Row), 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.  Book sales and signing. I’m sharing space with the Mississippi Nights Book table. Should be fun! www.Facebook.com/CherokeeCaravanSTL

Nacogdoches, TX:

Thursday, March 7 and Friday, March 8, 4:30-6:30 pm, Bosslight Bookstore, Book signing for Tarot Life Lessons and paid tarot card readings $30 for 15 minutes.

Richmond, VA:

Sunday, June 2nd, Illuminate Festival Richmond, Richmond Marriott Short Pump, 10 am – 5 pm –Presentation on Tarot Life Lessons and The Occult Sylvia Plath, book signing, paid tarot readings (note: more Richmond events area TBA around this date) www.illuminatefestivals.com

Annapolis, MD:

Saturday, July 13, Illuminate Festival Annapolis, Anne Arundel Community College Main Campus, 10 am – 5 pm, –Presentation on Tarot Life Lessons and The Occult Sylvia Plath, book signing, paid tarot readings (note: more Annapolis area events TBA around this date) www.illuminatefestivals.com

Saturday, November 9, Illuminate Annapolis, Anne Arundel Community College Main Campus, 10 am – 5 pm, –Presentation on Tarot Life Lessons and The Occult Sylvia Plath, book signing, paid tarot readings (note: more Annapolis area events TBA around this date) www.illuminatefestivals.com

Columbia, MD:

Saturday, July 20, Illuminate Festival Colombia, Ten Oaks Ballroom, 10 am – 5 pm, –Presentation on Tarot Life Lessons and The Occult Sylvia Plath, book signing, paid tarot readings (note: more Columbia area events TBA around this date) www.illuminatefestivals.com

Ocean City, MD:

Saturday, July 27, Illuminate Ocean City, Roland Powell Convention Center, 10 am – 5 pm –Presentation on Tarot Life Lessons and The Occult Sylvia Plath, book signing, paid tarot readings (note: more OC area events TBA around this date) www.illuminatefestivals.com

Clearwater, FL:

Sunday, August 11, Illuminate Clearwater Beach, Sheraton Sand Key Resort, 10 am – 5 pm –Presentation on Tarot Life Lessons and The Occult Sylvia Plath, book signing, paid tarot readings (note: more Clearwater area events TBA around this date) www.illuminatefestivals.com

Naperville, IL (Chicago area):

Sunday, September 29, Illuminate Naperville, Chicago Marriott Naperville, 10 am. – 5 pm —-Presentation on Tarot Life Lessons and The Occult Sylvia Plath, book signing, paid tarot readings (note: more Richmond events TBA around this date) www.illuminatefestivals.com

Frederick, Maryland:

Sunday, October 13, Illuminate Frederick, 10 am – 5 pm –Presentation on Tarot Life Lessons and The Occult Sylvia Plath, book signing, paid tarot readings (note: more Frederick area events TBA around this date) www.illuminatefestivals.com

Rehoboth Beach, DE:

Sunday, October 20, Illuminate Rehoboth, 10 am – 5 pm — Presentation on Tarot Life Lessons and The Occult Sylvia Plath, book signing, paid tarot readings (note: more Frederick area events TBA around this date) www.illuminatefestivals.com

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If you’d like to get a copy of the book in your hot little hands, signed by me, come to the book release party! It is Wednesday, November 8, 2023 at the Center for Spiritual Living, 12875 Fee Fee Road, St. Louis, MO 63146  from 7 pm to 9 pm. We will have the physical books there for purchase, an opening reception and meet and greet, I’ll do a reading from the book, and there will be a book signing. It would mean so much to me if you would come.

If you’ve already preordered the book, I’d still love you to come anyway and celebrate this day with me. Or you could buy an extra signed copy as a holiday gift.

Tarot Life Lessons | Book by Julia Gordon-Bramer | Official Publisher Page | Simon & Schuster (simonandschuster.com)

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[Link above!] I’ll be live streaming on @NewstalkSTL ‘s Facebook page Tuesday, Dec. 7th at around 11:45 a.m., having fun and reading #Tarotcards with my good friend @TonyColumboTalk and his pal, @yovic7 (Vic Porcelli). If you can’t catch it live, you can watch later on their Facebook page or here at https://juliagordonbramer.com/index.php/media/ Watch this space for other announcements, as I’ll be on the air on the Colombo and Katie Show in the near future.

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Here is my calendar so far. Watch for additions as I have a few tentative things also in the mix. There are still a couple of weekend dates open if you’re planning a party or get together:

Friday, December 3rd: Private Event – Unavailable for readings after 4:30 pm.

Saturday, December 4th, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. St. Louis’ Original WinterMarkt at Greg Freeman Park, 6003 Kingsbury Ave., St. Louis

The Skinker-DeBalieviere WinterMarkt (Yes, WinterMarkt is spelled right!). This is the original WinterMarkt in St. Louis, a German-inspired festival with holiday arts, crafts… and me. Look for my tarot tent. I’m going to bring some Christmasy and Germanic-themed decks. Readings will be five minutes for $10, or ten minutes for $20. Gift certificates are also available if you’re looking to give a reading as a holiday gift.

Thursday, December 9th: Private event – Unavailable for readings after 6 pm.

Saturday, December 11th and Friday, December 17th, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Winterfest at Kiener Plaza

I’ll have my tarot tent pitched in Kiener Plaza for two potentially chilly evenings that should also be a lot of fun. Same deal as the WinterMarkt: tarot card readings are five minutes for $10 or ten minutes for $20.

Sunday, December 12th – Private event. Unavailable for readings 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Thursday, December 16th, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Sip, Shop and Nosh Girlfriends Happy Hour, a series sponsored by Urban Eats, 3301 Meramec St., St. Louis, MO 63118

I’ll have a table set up for this Dutchtown event, and if it goes well, this might be a regular thing! If you’re on the south side, I hope that you will stop in and visit.

Saturday, December 18th – Private event. Unavailable for readings after 6 pm.

Wednesday, December 22nd – Private event. Unavailable for tarot card readings all day and evening.

Watch this space for updates, changes, and additions. I can’t believe the holidays are already here!

Payments for tarot card readings can be cash, credit or debit card, Venmo (@Julia-Bramer-1), CashApp ($WordgirlNT), PayPal (tarot@nighttimes.com), Zelle (314-517-0158), ApplePay (314-517-0158), or through this website (click on “Tarot”).

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The address is 23956 Green Acres Road, Dow, IL 62022 . Treehouse Wildlife Rescue is between Grafton and Alton, just off the River Road. For more information on Owlfest, call Kelly at 618-466-2990.

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Hi, Readers.

I have this bad lightbulb in my kitchen that, no matter how I tighten or loosen it, it does this irritating flash that feels like a strobe light. It gives me such a headache, and I would rather turn it off and fumble around in the dark than wince through that weird energy. It has been an entire summer of weird energy, hasn’t it? Funny how we all just endure this stuff rather than take the time to get up on a ladder and change the bulb.

Today, one of my favorite regular clients told me that I should change my title from “Tarot Card Reader” to “Intuitive Counselor.” I like that. The only problem is that the word counselor opens me up to a great deal of responsibility–some of it legal. Anyone who knows me and my work knows that I am not your average fortune-teller. Truth is, I am on a spiritual path, as we all are whether we know it or not. It’s my goal to get conscious of that path and teach my clients how to do the same. I want to learn about and share the tools I pick up to help others manage life. With regular tarot work, there will be revelations and understandings about your actions and energy to give you the guidance to make the decisions and changes you want.

What a busy summer it has been. I have had my own epiphanies and spiritual growth as I stumble through each day–often much less elegantly than I wish I could present here. As I said above, events are back and it feels good to get out of the house and away from Zoom/FaceTime/etc. which have been decent substitutes, but nothing beats an in-person reading and I think we’re all sick of screens. So far, events have been private parties but I am hoping we will soon return to festivals, etc. I do already have a Mardi Gras event on my calendar for 2022.

I am back to writing and have been working on poems at a fever pitch. So many, and I daresay I feel it is some of my best work. I’ll probably try to get some published again soon (There is always the joy in writing them, but not so much in the submission-rejection-acceptance process). My personal fitness program has dominated most of this year and last and I am in the best, strongest shape of my life, which isn’t half bad for 57 years old. I continue to volunteer at my beloved Wildlife Rescue Center, although I’ve cut my hours back, post-Covid. I’ve been doing a lot of traveling domestically, with another big trip soon. And maybe the most fun of all, I am back to seeing concerts as they return to our city. On my calendar: Wilco and Sleater-Kinney; Soul Asylum, Local H (I’m a rabid Local H fan), Juliana Hatfield and the Urge; Squeeze; Flash Forward Tribute to our dearly departed friend Pat Oldani; Alanis Morrisette, Garbage and Liz Phair; probably Dinosaur Jr; Alice Cooper; maybe the Toadies; definitely Local H (again); and Walk the Moon (singer Nick is a bestie). And who knows what else will be announced and added to the calendar? If you’re at a show and see me there, please say hello. Now, if I can only convince my husband Tom to attend the ones he is not playing in (He’s in the Flash Forward show with Pat Oldani’s old band, Starnineteen). Musicians never want to be in the audience. Ha.

As I wind this up, the heavens are opening up with more weather. Thunder is growling and the wind is blowing the birds erratically all over the sky while trees sway and bend to frightening degrees. It’s the kind of weather that feels scary to be out in, even though the rain has yet to start. But it’s all energy, right? And there is a thrill with the impending danger and a joyful feeling of being alive. I just need to find that joy back in my kitchen.

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Tomorrow morning, probably around 9:40 a.m., I’ll be on the following #radio stations talking #tarot & the #Covid-19 virus:

100.7 FM The Viper

99.9 FM – KFAV

105.3 FM – KYRO FM

730 AM – KWRE

1280 AM – KYRO

If you’re not in STL, @1007TheViper‘s site has a link to listen online.

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I put down cards for how the Covid-19 coronavirus will affect me and my loved ones. Here is a picture of the spread:

Let’s start with The Devil: inherently, the Devil is not a bad card. He is a card of the superficial, and this is important to keep in mind. Think: surfaces. Keep them clean and don’t touch them if you don’t have to. The Devil is also a card of the sensual pleasures and indulgences. You’re more likely to pick up Covid-19 going out to eat, seeing a concert, doing those things we love to do so much.

My next card was the Three of Swords, and because this represents heartbreak, I added some cards around it for clarification. I wanted to be sure that no one close to me will die. Because the Death card is in reverse, I don’t think that will be the case. Death in reverse is more about postponements and cancelations that feel heartbreaking, such as the memorial service coming up for my dearly departed friend, Patrick Oldani. Justice in reverse tells me this will be a legal mandate. The Seven of Pentacles in reverse and Nine of Pentacles in reverse tell me that people will lose money and overall quality of life for a while. Heartbreaking, indeed.

The Six of Pentacles shows me to be in a giving or charitable role, helping the less fortunate, at some time during this crisis. I already do volunteer work, so we will see if that is more of the same or something else.

The Chariot reversed tells me we won’t be going out much for a while. After I took this picture, I added cards to that too. How long will we be quarantined? I pulled a Four of Cups: up to four weeks. Four months seems unlikely to me, but that is in the tarot’s span of time here. Four years is too far off for the tarot, so relax about that. Sometimes the number four represents the month of April. Same difference.

The Eight of Wands reversed may be of the greatest concern. This is a card of misinformation and sometimes panic, that can occur. Be smart. Be clean and vigilant. But don’t panic. That will just make it worse.

I had been meaning to write here in the blog for ages, and I guess I needed a crisis to get me going. Remember that I do lots of readings by phone, Skype, and FaceTime for just $2 a minute. Would love to help you and your loved ones through this quarantine. Here’s to spring!

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It’s the holiday season again, and my voice mail and email inboxes are full of requests for holiday parties. If you are looking to have me read tarot cards at your event, all my Friday and Saturday nights are booked until New Year’s EXCEPT FOR:

Friday, December 20th

Saturday, December 28th

I have more flexibility on weekday nights (although many of these are booked too, so contact me soon). The Sundays I have available are:

Sunday, November 24th

Sunday, December 15th

and Sunday, December 29th.

For parties, I am $150 an hour with a two-hour minimum. I come to your location within an hour of the St. Louis area, and I will spend as much time per person as you wish.

Want a unique gift for your family, friends, and co-workers for the holidays? How about the past, present, and future? I can create a gift card for my services in any amount of time you would like for just $2 a minute. If your gift card is for less than an hour’s time, we would use this time over the phone, FaceTime, or Skype. In-person sessions are one hour for $120, by appointment only, and most are held at Revocup, 12670 Dorsett Road, Maryland Heights, MO 63043.

Email me here, call, or text me at 314.517.0158 and we will make it happen.

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