Meditating with a New Deck
For many of us, the first tarot myth we are told is also the first one we have dispelled — the myth that you have to be gifted every tarot deck that you use. There are many compelling reasons to want to buy your own decks, and the idea that one has to be purchased for you for you to begin your journey is simply not so. Tarot, like anything, takes practice, and the more time you spend reflecting on and spending time with your new cards, the better you’ll become at interpreting the symbols used in that deck. It’s far more important that you find a tarot deck with artwork that resonates with you, that is easy for you to shuffle using your shuffle style (this is tricky to figure out online), and that you will want to use. Once I purchase a deck, I normally go through a little ritual.
I thought it would be a good time to discuss that ritual since I recently bought myself a new tarot deck. I was resistant to getting a new deck until the 5-cent Tarot by Madame Clara crossed my path. As soon as I saw the artwork, I knew that I was looking at a deck of mine that I had just managed to misplace across space-time. So far, I love this deck (it arrived quite promptly, early even, today in a luxurious bag and beautiful box that fits it thematically and makes me smile). But I’m not here to do a deck review — I thought that it would be more interesting to document my ritual / meditations as I start to bring a new…
