Today’s Question: What do I need to know today?
Today’s Draw: The Hierophant (reversed)
Meanings can include: The answers you seek come from within, not from an external source. You do not need others’ approval to be successful.
I have had my first deck for a year now. My practice has been off and on with very little consistency for much of that time. In the beginning, weekly draws were my go-to. It was a low-stakes way to get to know my deck and how to read the cards.
As a fledgling reader, there are so many technical things that get me locked up. How do you shuffle? How do you know what to ask? How do you know what not to ask? How important are laying out spreads? How does one create their own spread? What do people mean when they say you must “cleanse” your deck regularly? Is it bad to draw a reversed card?
I did not come easily into this. I researched and read whatever I could get my hands on that was free. YouTube, Blogs, and whatever I could get digitally from the library. Anything that could help make this act of self-discovery makes sense.
There are a lot of gaps in my education yet. For example, I have no idea how the Major Arcana work in the greater scheme of things. I have no idea how pulling a specific card and adding it to a spread is supposed to work. I still have no idea if I am shuffling correctly (is there even a wrong way?). These questions don’t stop me from participating in this adventure but act as ongoing starting points, a self-created curriculum if you will.
Having the tarot lead me through self-discovery has been fascinating. While I am not inclined to believe in the mumbo jumbo, I do believe that the act of reading helps to tap into your unconscious thoughts.
Example: I pull the Lovers card. This may bring forth some unconscious thought I am having about my relationship with my husband. Now, these thoughts are no longer unconscious meanderings but active things in the forefront of my mind that require attention. This leads me to journal about these thoughts, the good and bad, to see if there is any action that needs to be taken. I may start writing about how much I miss him and need to schedule a date night, how his birthday gift to me was sweet, or that I’m frustrated he leaves his socks everywhere (jk, that’s me).
Honestly, these cards act as the best journal prompters ever. That has been their continued appeal to me. Plus, they are pretty to look at.
With the Hierophant as my reminder today I shall be journaling the following: What decisions do I have coming up? If I was not looking for input from others, what choices would I make?
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