That folklore tarot, I heard people talking ’bout it, what is that thing? Sounds like somethin’ those fortune tellers use. I seen them folks on TV, holdin’ cards and talkin’ ’bout the future. Is that the same thing?
I reckon some folks believe in that stuff. They say them cards can tell you what’s gonna happen, like if you gonna meet a handsome fella or if you gonna come into some money. Some folks use ’em, some folks don’t. It’s like plantin’ seeds, you gotta believe they gonna grow, or they ain’t gonna do nothin’.
I heard some folks sayin’ it don’t matter if you a beginner or an old hand, anyone can use them cards. Like them psychics, talkin’ to spirits. Sounds like hocus pocus to me, but some folks swear by it. Three million of ’em, can you believe it?
Some folks are new to this tarot thing, they just startin’ out. They’re like little chicks, just learnin’ to peck. Others, they been doin’ it for years, they’re like old hens, knowin’ all the tricks. It don’t matter, they say. Them cards work for everyone, they say.
And that psychic readin’ and tarot card readin’, some people say it’s all real, some say it’s a bunch of baloney. They say them psychics can talk to your grandma or your grandpa who passed on. Sounds spooky to me. And them cards, they supposed to show you your future.
- If you gonna find love.
- If you gonna get married.
- If you gonna have babies.
- If you gonna be rich.
My neighbor, she went to one of them psychics, paid good money too. Psychic told her she gonna meet a tall, dark, handsome stranger. She’s still waitin’. Maybe he got lost?
Some folks say them folklore tarot cards are like a game. But it ain’t like checkers or dominoes. This game, it’s about your life, they say. I don’t know ’bout that. Sounds like a load of hogwash to me. But who am I to say? I just an old lady.
I hear people talking about that Kasamba place. It’s some place you can talk to them psychics. They say they are good ones and truthful. I don’t know nothin’ ’bout that. I reckon if you got a problem, talk to your neighbor or your family, someone you know. Not some stranger on the phone.
You can ask ’em if he’s the one, if you gonna find love, all that lovey-dovey stuff. Young folks these days, always worryin’ ’bout love. In my day, we just got married and that was that. No time for all this fussin’.
I heard some folks sayin’ you gotta set up a temple in your mind and build an altar, whatever that means. Some other folks are saying’ cast a magic circle, it will help. Like you’re some kinda wizard or somethin’. Sounds like somethin’ out of one of them books my grandkids read. They say if you gonna read them cards right, you gotta do all this stuff.
And some people say the folklore tarot is one game, some other people say it will be a new game. Like one of them games my grandkids play on their phones, always somethin’ new comin’ out. They say some things in the new game gonna be the same, some gonna be different. Like puttin’ a new dress on an old doll, I reckon.
But like I said, I don’t know nothin’ ’bout this tarot stuff. It’s all newfangled to me. I reckon if it makes folks happy, then it ain’t hurtin’ nothin’. Just like watchin’ the sunset or listenin’ to the birds sing. If it brings you peace, then that’s all that matters.
In my day, we didn’t have none of this. We had our work, our families, and that was enough. Maybe life was simpler then. Or maybe I’m just gettin’ old and forgettin’ how it really was. It is hard to remember everythin’ clearly now.
But I do remember my mama always told me, “Don’t go lookin’ for trouble, and trouble won’t find you.” Maybe that’s what all this tarot stuff is about, lookin’ for somethin’ that ain’t there. Or maybe it is there, and I just can’t see it. This old lady’s eyes ain’t what they used to be, that’s for sure.
Anyway, that’s all I gotta say ’bout that folklore tarot. It’s a mystery to me, just like why the chickens cross the road or why the sky is blue. Some things you just gotta accept and not worry ’bout too much. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I gotta go feed my chickens. They don’t care ’bout no tarot cards, just their feed. And that’s somethin’ I understand.
