Okay, so I’ve been messing around with this tarot thing lately, and let me tell you, it’s been a wild ride. I started this whole journey because I was curious, you know? Needed something to spice up my routine. I grabbed a deck online, a cheap one, just to test the waters. When it arrived, I ripped that package open like a kid on Christmas morning.
First thing I did was just look at the cards, flipping through them. They were all so different, with crazy pictures and symbols. I didn’t get it, not at all. But hey, that’s why I started this, right? To figure this stuff out.
I remember that the first card I picked was called “The Fool”. I read that it was all about new beginnings and infinite possibilities. I thought, “Alright, I can get behind that.” I even tried to draw it in my notebook, just to get a feel for it. My drawing looked like a stick figure compared to the real card, but it was a start.
Then I found this website that talked about the different types of cards in the deck. They’re split into these things called the Major and Minor Arcana. The Major ones are like the big life events, and the Minor ones are more about the everyday stuff. And then there was this whole thing about suits: Cups, Wands, Coins, and Swords. Cups are about feelings and relationships. Wands are about your mind and spirit, what makes you tick. Coins are about money and the physical world. And Swords are about the battles you have to fight to keep your life balanced.
- Cups: I started jotting down notes about them, like “emotions,” “love,” “connections.”
- Wands: For this, I wrote down things like “spirit,” “ideas,” “passion.”
- Coins: This one was easier—”money,” “health,” “work.”
- Swords: I kept it simple with “challenges,” “balance,” “struggles.”
I spent days just reading about each card, one by one. I’d pick a card, read about it, try to draw it, and then write down a few words that summed up what it meant to me. It was slow going, but I felt like I was actually learning something. I wasn’t just memorizing definitions, I started to see how these cards could actually tell a story, or help you think about your life in a different way.
It was a lot of work, no doubt. But I kept at it, and I started to see the connections between the cards, how they played off each other. It was like learning a new language, a visual one. And you know what? It was actually kind of fun, like solving a puzzle. I even started doing little readings for myself, just to see if I could make sense of it all. They were probably way off, but it was practice, and that’s what mattered.
So, yeah, that’s my tarot story so far. It’s been a journey of figuring things out, bit by bit. I’m no expert, not even close. But I’m learning, and that’s what counts. It’s like they say, every journey starts with a single step, or in my case, a single card.
