Hello and merry meet,
How are you doing? I'm very thankful for that you stoped by my blog today:)
We are now on day 12 on #31daysoftarot and I want to tell you how I came about to read tarot.
I believe Molly Storm asked this question today
First
time I heard of the word Tarot I don't remember how old I was, but I
could be something between 8 to 12 years old from a cousin of mine who
was angry at this reader.
The story behind this was a friend who visited this reader who told him
that he wouldn't see his 25th Birthday and he died in a car crash on his
25th Birthday.
I remember thinking: Can you see this from some cards? I want to see these cards and I want to learn these cards. I have always been interested in the clairvoyance, tarot, paranormal and all the good stuff.
This was pre-computer age so I couldn't look online, I didn't know of
any stores which had tarot and so on. The word tarot got stuck in back
of my head for several years.
When I was in my early/mid 20's, I did stumble across the "tarot" by
Jane Lyle and no name brand Tarot deck which was sold as a set. The
tarot deck was copy of the Raider Waite deck. I bought it and started to
study tarot.. Optimistic, no decipline, no structure and so on :)
I see now what the problem was, but at the time I became more and more
confused because I couldn't remember the meaning of the cards, like a
lot of books it had some spreads and it was "The Gypsy" which has 21
cards, the classics "the Celtic Cross", "Tree of Life" and "The
horseshoe". I started with the Gypsy spread... I know, FAILURE!
For some reason I thought that I couldn't read tarot since I didn't
remember the meanings, I know now that was wrong because this Raider
Waite deck wasn't for me, here I am almost 15 years older I still don't
get Raider Waite.
One turning point for me was that I put down a six month spread and I
don't remember what cards I got, but I do remember I got the death card
(It doesn't mean a physical death, but a transformation - a door closes and another opens) and
I put away the card and forgot all about it really, between 3 to 6
weeks later my mom passed away. Did I read this in the cards? No, I
still don't. Because my mom had terminal cancer and she was in her last
stage. BUT my reaction was the timeline of it all.
I did spreads and kept up with the reading, but not as often as earlier -
Suddenly I experienced a a card disappeared, and another and another..
When I was missing 10 cards I thought F****K it. Then I used tarot deck
in art and book marks. I didn't buy another deck because I didn't think I
could learn.
I still watched documentaries, read what I came over and did my study's.
In December 2014 I came across Anne Stoke's Gothic tarot and I bought my
first deck in 15 years.. It really took off... I bought decks (I even
bought couple of Raider Waite - Which I to gifted one to my bestie :) ) and books and it really open a new and a wonderful world for me
:) and I binge watching tarot vids on You Tube :)
In my case all I needed was change the deck.
Blessed be and merry see,
Love, Susann
