This is an article in a series in blog posts…. the “The Major Arcana In-Depth” series! Every few weeks I will be featuring one card of the Major Arcana, from the Fool to the World. Come take a tarot journey with me!
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To learn about the Major Arcana overall and the first card in the Major Arcana, The Fool, go here.
To learn about the Magician, go here.
I was appalled when I was talking to some fellow tarot readers the other day about nightmare-ish scenarios with some less-than-ideal clients. Some scenarios they were throwing out there seemed unfathomable to me.
For example, if you had a potentially violent ex-boyfriend trying to bang down your door, would you:
a) Call the police
b) Run into the room furthest away from the front door and cry
c) Scream back and further exacerbate the problem
d) Call a tarot reader
As a kid, you find friends somewhat arbitrarily. You’re best friends with your cousins, with the rando kid next door or you base friendships on the flimsiest of reasons.
“Hey – you like Smurfs, I like Smurfs
- let’s be best friends!”
So, you’re an adult now and you’ve got big goals. More than ever, you gotta surround yourself with inspiring people who match your energy and ambition level – not necessarily all the time, but most of it. Continue reading »
This is another post in the “Ask a Tarot Reader” series. If you have a question for me that you’d like to see featured here, please email me at tarrytowntarot@gmail.com, Subject line: “Ask a Tarot Reader”. Please specify how you would like your name to appear or if you wish to remain anonymous.
I was reading at a birthday party the other day, and besides the normal rundown of “how long have you been reading for?” that happens when people see that I’m not a wizened old bat, the second most-asked question was, “How long does it take to learn this?”
My response was, “I think it’s one of those things that takes a lifetime to master, but probably not that long to learn.”
“And you can speak your mind, but not on my time.”—Billy Joel, “My Life”
My friend told me about the time she went to a psychic that had been highly recommended by a friend of hers. This person swore up and down how good she was… how accurate. My friend had no reason to distrust her friend’s recommendation.
So she went into the reading expecting to be read by a professional and accurate reader… and wound up hearing all about the psychic’s life and not her own!
