Direct Experience: Tarot
I started reading about the history of Tarot when I was probably 12 or 13 though I didn’t get my first deck until I was 17. Before I got my first deck, I used playing cards. I read about how to read the face cards, the suits and different number meanings. When I was 17 and got my first real -starter- deck I gave readings to anyone that would let me. One staff member was kind enough to accept a reading from me. It was just a general reading and she didn’t voice any questions to me. I believe I did a Celtic Cross spread as it has always been my favorite for diving in. I remember her coming back to me about a month later confirming what the reading said. From there I gave readings to friends that would ask me to - usually helping them make sense of their situation. I prefer to interact with Tarot in an introspective way more than a form of divination.
In my own search for answers I often found that a disturbing amount of folks in the tarot community are out here telling folks what they want to hear or worse using fear to manipulate their clients and keep them confused. This of course isn’t the only case of abuse of power within the spiritual community, but that’s a conversation for another day. I have found ethical readers and they are appreciated. When searching for a tarot reader I have found its important to find one that can help empower you even when they are giving a “bad message”. Things are almost never as dire as they first appear. Use your discernment when wading into the waters of all spiritual practitioners.
Some practitioners will warn you away from buying your own deck - they will tell you it has to be a gift. This is leftover sentiment from before the internet existed and if you wanted to learn you had to learn from a Master of the craft thus allowing them to control how many readers were in an area. If you want that deck, if you feel called to do tarot - DO IT. However, that being said, all of my best decks were gifts. I received one at Christmas this last year and fell in love with it. It’s the Labyrinth - which if you know me, you know it is one of my favorite movies of all time. At the beginning of THIS year I lost two decks in a nasty car accident that threw my belongings all over the snow. Yes, there was a message in the 3 cards found sticking straight up in the snow beside my totaled car. No, I won’t share that here, but it gave me strength and courage to keep moving forward. Since then I have offered a few readings to my friends as a means to help sort through the noise that life can throw our way.
That being said, I don't want to be seen as a Tarot reader. I want to be seen as someone who can help you cut through the noise - take a shortcut to untangling how you feel. I won’t answer questions about medical health, pregnancy, or if that human is your twin flame. Go to the doctor, there are far too many threads of possibility, they are not your twin flame. I am available to book for all other life situations if you are having trouble sorting through and getting to the heart of it.
With Love,
Mia Marie
