Using Tarot as Self Care

Lisa Nwankwo

I was 23, one year out of the closet, in a new relationship, and completely exhausted by the practice of allowing myself to really be in love (or “like,” or whatever that was) for the first time. Anxious (five of cups) about my future, I turned to an old pack of tarot cards I’d found on the shelves of a used bookstore. I pulled for the future of my love life, the future of my career, hoping for a better…