How tarot really works.
Tarot has been around for a super long time. Nobody actually really knows the true history of these mysterious little cards, which just adds to their allure. What isn’t as mysterious is how they actually work. In a nutshell, tarot cards have a way of communicating with your subconscious mind by using imagery, and along with a savvy reader they can help to interpret what your subconcsious mind is seeing, you can bust into the vault of inner wisdom that is hidden deep inside that brilliant mind of yours.
Don’t believe me? Let me show you what I’m talking about.
Let’s say for example that you come to me with a question you would like answered. “Is it a good idea for my mother-in-law to live with us over the summer?” Well, before we dive into the cards at all, I would immediately say to you, “Huh. Well, the fact that you are coming to the tarot with this question, tells me that there is some discomfort around this idea, right? Something about having your mother-in-law living with your for a few months doesn’t feel right, or you would just say, ‘Come on in, Marjie!” At his point your subconscious mind has perked up its ears. Your conscious brain is all, “Oh, yeah, right, well DUH!” But we are wanting your inner wisdom to answer this question, completely unfiltered by your thinking brain, so we can tap into all the reasons why this may or may not be a good idea for your family.
Now we start pulling cards. This is where things get really freaky and things are a little harder to explain with logic. The cards that come up for people around their question are always bang on, and I have THE WORST poker face when I am flipping them over cuz I tend to get very excited and blown away every time the universe brings up cards exactly right for the situation.
But I digress….
So, let’s say the card that comes up is Temperance, you can see it here:
I always show people the cards, and when I point it out or hold it up to the camera for a Skype reading, I start to point out the things that stand out in the card. As I am doing this and you are looking at the card, there is something else happening that is way cool. You are not the only one looking out of your eyeballs and scanning the imagery on the card.
No really.
The wisest part of you, and the part of you that is tapped in somehow magically to the collective unconscious is having a field day taking in every detail on this card. But you know what else this wise part of you is doing?
Trying to get meaning from this image, and within the framework of the question that your conscious brain has put around it. Your subconscious mind, inner wisdom, inner mentor, intuitive self, is now – at lightening speed – going through the HUGE rolodex deep in your mind around every single to do with your mother-in-law.
Everything.
Every memory, every interaction, every feeling you ever had about her, every preconceived idea you have about mother-in-laws in general, etc. It is trying to connect the images with your question and trying to pull meaning out of it for you.
HOW FRIGGEN COOL IS THAT???
But back to your reading….First of all, there is some weird ass shit happening in this card. What’s with the red wings? And why is his/her head glowing? A headband with a circle on it? What? Sometimes I look at an image and just go, wow, no wonder people have a hard time interpreting cards! Okay, so here’s how we go about gaining meaning from a card around your question. So, I might say to you, “Well, what do you see here on this card?” And then I would have you say what you see. Then I would start pointing some stuff that I think is relevant to answering your question, “What I notice is the cups that the angel is holding. You see how he/she is pouring water back and forth? This is him trying to make sure there is balance, trying to make sure that everyone has enough. And the whole idea of temperance is to “temper” something, so tempering a tendency to be judgemental, or overly analytical, or possessive over your own personal space.” You see how this is starting to work?
So, you as the client might say something like, “Oh my god, you’re right! I am feeling super protective of my personal space, I mean we don’t have a lot of room, and she’ll just be there 24/7 and it totally stresses me out! And not only that, I am also worried about being able to keep everything in balance with the kids and my husband and now her, ugh, yes. That’s exactly the way I am feeling!”
We would then go through the spread card by card doing the same thing, and then bringing the entire reading together in a cohesive way to provide her with a soulful answer to her question, one that she actually uncovered for herself. Amazing!
I’m telling you, anyone can do this. With practice and a bit of knowledge of the general meanings of the cards, you can do this for yourself and others. Our intuitive self loves using a tool like this to communicate with us. In our culture, not only are our brains extremely noisy and racing around from thought to thought, our environment is the same. We have so much noise inside and outside of our minds as well, that there is no way our poor inner guru could be heard over this racket! Using the ancient tool of tarot is just one of the ways we can finally get that amazing part of our own mind and spirit heard.
And it works for business too! In fact, entrepreneurs LOVE using this tool almost more than anyone else. You know why? Because entrepreneurs are always tapping into their intuition, every single moment. We use our intuition to make decisions that on the outside may look crazy to everyone else especially our spouses, (cough, right honey?), but there is just this deep part of us that just “knows” that the next move is the right move. But what happens is, when things start to get riskier, and women have a harder time with this than men, by the way, we start to get scared and our inner critic starts to overpower our ability to listen to our inner wisdom, and then the worst thing in the world for an entrepreneur happens…
We start to lose faith in ourselves.
So, what the tarot can do for you and your business is bring you right back to centre. It can cut through all of the stuff that is churning away in that creative brilliant mind of yours, and get to the heart of the matter around your business and decisions that need to be made. It can help you to see clearly the next steps in your growth, and most important how you are blocking your way to a thriving business.
I’m not kidding, people, tarot works.
To give a session a whirl is super easy, I do skype sessions, in-person sessions, and yes even sessions by email. What? Yes, and that works too! To book a session with me, or to find out more about how we can work together, I invite you to visit my Work With Me page .
I am excited to help you uncover more insight, clarity and guidance for your life and your biz!
And as things are winding down for 2014, I invite you to use your tarot cards for some deep self reflection and personal development. It is such a powerful yet beautiful tool to dive deeply into your own life and feelings. One of the best resources for this type of work is a workbook called 
