The tarot is shrouded in this aura of mystery and mysticism, and I sometimes find certain people like it to seem inaccessible because it gives them a special quality. I do not think that is true though.
I think the tarot is accessible to everybody, and more over I think the tarot likes to be accessible to everybody, because then we all benefit from its support.
The magic of tarot comes from the people using the cards and projecting onto them their worries, their anxieties and their hopes.
The cards will not fix your problems, but they might help you find a path within yourself to deal with them, accept them or just move on.
The tarot does not belong to a select few and it cannot just be understood by the initiates.
It is picture cards that can speak to literally every one.
Remember when you were little and you read, or somebody read to you, stories about dragons, kings and queens, peasants and landowners, fantastic creatures. Remember how you projected your young, unfiltered mind into these stories? You could actually see them, you were part of them, living with the characters.
The same with the tarot. The images on the cards are able to speak to anyone, and, depending on your state of mind, of what you need at that certain time, one detail or another will speak to you and make you think.
The tarot can help also because it is very intimate, it is between just you and the cards. With the cards you can be completely honest, you don’t need to put on a brave face, you do not need to pretend you are this way or the other, you do not need to have secrets. And from this complete honesty you can emerge and work with the cards to find a path forward or to step to the side and contemplate the situation you are faced with.
Can some picture cards do all of these?
Well, it is you that does it mainly, the tarot just helps you slow down the mind and root around for answers, good or bad.
We live in a golden age of tarot, there are out there so many talented creators that have used their skills to create different decks to speak to all types of people. With animals, with cartoons, with stories, with legends, fairytales, different cultures etc. so so many, all you need to do is find the one that most resonates with you and give yourself the space to learn to work with it.
Plus, there are so many amazing writers that write about the tarot and you can find books about intuitive reading, about different decks and their interpretations, so many things to support you, and me, to find a true counsellor in the tarot.
As always though, as it goes with AI, the same with the tarot, you be the human in the loop. If something does not make sense question it, even the tarot can have bad days.
If you would like to share tidbits of your journey with me I would love to find them out.
Till next time, Insightful Readings!