![]() ![]() Tarot can be used to help make your unconscious mind a conscious one, it has been an extraordinary tool for me in the last decade.Every culture believes in luck. I have also found it helpful to get my cards read by other tarot readers, sometimes a particular situation is too close for me to read my own cards without projecting my pre-conceived agenda onto the cards - another person's interpretation helps me see the forest through the trees. I have used readings to process difficult changes and shifts in my life - both external and internal. I take a more psychological, Jungian approach when I use tarot cards in a reading and I view it as opportunity to deep dive into some self-reflection and to gain some perspective on my issues. I am aware that there is a cliche surrounding tarot (and divination in general), and I don't subscribe to the idea that tarot is a (potentially sinister) fortune telling tool that holds an unchangeable future for you within it's gold-leafed cards. I highly recommend this deck if you are interested in Shadow Work and self-improvement - it's a pleasure to work with and it contains two secret Arcana cards that contain potent messages. There are layers of insight and perspective to facilitate personal and spiritual growth in ways that really leveled up my understanding of tarot. ![]() As lovely as it is, I find that Devany Wolfe's interpretation of the tarot is the real gem with this particular deck. She Wolfe is a beautiful tarot deck to look at and the symbolism rendered via surrealist, digital collage is drawn from Egyptian culture, numerology, astrology and Jungian theory about the Hero's Journey and shadow work. The She Wolfe Tarot deck by Devany Amber Wolfe is my most recent addition and lately is my preferred deck to work with. (Gifted decks are wonderful too, though! Speaking of which, I want this Marcella Kroll Sacred Symbols Oracle deck real bad.) You may have heard that you are only supposed to work with a tarot deck that has been gifted to you, and I don't believe this to be true at all! Working with tarot is a very personal experience and by that argument I think it is important for you to choose your own deck, and to select one that you are excited to work with and one which speaks to you. I thought it would be interesting to share my collection here on this blog, for anyone who is interested in tarot and who may be thinking of picking up a deck for themselves. I have amassed a collection of traditional and contemporary tarot and oracle decks, and of course I have my favorites to work with - all for different reasons. Over the last ten years I have been doing readings for friends, family and more recently for clients. I have found it to be an excellent tool for personal and spiritual growth and one of the single best ways to gain a some insight and perspective when I'm drowning in anxiety (or my own bullshit). Amy did a reading for me that effected me in a profound way and I became interested in tarot all over again, only this time there were so many books and internet access to facilitate my understanding of tarot, not to mention an incredible selection of different decks to work with! I found a sweet little deck that called to me at that time and hit the ground running - researching, studying and doing readings for anyone who would let me (mostly for myself). I hid my tarot deck in my underwear drawer when I went to college and managed to forget about it for roughly 15 years, until I met my dear friend Amy (Sup Amy!), an artist who had been reading tarot cards since she was tiny. The Star is the card that I obsessed over most, I tried to replicate her image in my own drawings countless times and it's still one of my favorite cards. I went to the only metaphysical bookshop in my town and purchased that very deck the next day. ![]() ![]() I didn't understand what the cards meant then (my cousin didn't have a guide book and there was no internet, let alone an actual computer in our household) but I loved the artwork and was lured into the illicit prospect of having a tarot deck of my own. I think I was probably 15 or 16 when my cousin brought his Rider-Waite Tarot deck over to my house, we had to be sneaky to look at it because it was a Catholic house and anything occult was considered to be 'Devil shit". I remember pouring over the images on each card, transfixed by the artwork which depicted the Magician, The Knight of Swords, The Tower and The Star. Sometimes people ask me how I got into tarot (and one time, I got asked to talk about it on a Hilah's Happy Hour podcast!) so here is a rough bit of background on my personal history with Tarot, if you happen to be one of those people. ![]()
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