…. The Fool & The High Priestess

I always find such calm and peace of mind in Tarot.
… And why wouldn’t I? It has such beauty and mystery attached to it. Like an angel with this sense of tranquil.

Tarot happened to me all of a sudden, and kind of like it happens to all – as part of a fun experiment. Now, the point is that I do not take horoscopes, predictions, crystal balls or coffee-cup readings very seriously; and the fundamental behind going for a reading or knowing my luck quotient for the day is simple – if it is good, I feel happy, and if it is not, I forget about it, only remembering a statuary warning, if there is one there, and go on with my day.

A friend knew how to read Tarot cards, and all of us girls were so thrilled to get our readings done. When my turn came, I was completely fascinated by the things I heard – things I would never have told a soul. She also pointed out certain months of the year that have never failed to be horrible and dark (I was pretty shocked at the accuracy of this, and let me add, the run continues even till date), told me how I would eventually shift careers (at that time I was in college… happily-or-not studying engineering), and even as much as defined me as a person.

Believe it or not, I had fallen for the charm of Tarot.

Years later, and once I passed out of college, I narrated this incident to one of my favourite Professors (and a very dear friend). Call this luck, coincidence, or whatever, she smiled and asked me if I wanted to understand the science behind it all, and learn the art of Tarot. Quite obviously, I jumped at it (despite knowing the amount of hard-work, dedication and hours of practice that lay ahead of me).

You know what the most beautiful part of this learning was, I completely understood and agreed with the science and logic involved in it. Having always been intuitive, Tarot agreed pretty well with me. That is exactly and simply what Tarot is – Science and Intuition.

One question I answer very often is: why do people pick certain cards….
Here’s the humble logic behind it:
Now, we are all part of a universe that has celestial bodies, planets, nature, etc with energies of their own. Agreed? Hence, you have an energy of your own; and a sort of aura around you also exists due to this energy. When good things are happening or are about to happen, you have a good aura; when the seas are rough, your aura tells the tale. Similarly, tarot cards are also objects and since they are made of matter (atoms, bonds, energy – remember school?), there is also a certain energy they possess.
Hence, when you are in a happy state of mind, or happiness is going to knock your doorstep, you tend to pick out cards that carry similar energy. In times of sickness, worry, or anxieties, those cards with possibly darker meanings get picked by you (and that’s why one must never go for a reading when unwell).
See? That’s how easy you make it for the Tarot reader to understand your state of mind and predict your future J

Thus, anyone with this much of basic scientific reasoning can tell you what the cards are saying. Once you have studied each card and it’s strictly “textual” meaning, the next part, and the slightly more complex one (perhaps the reason why every one of us cannot be a Tarot reader), is use of Intuition. A Tarot Reader has to be naturally gifted with strong instincts and be sharp to spot certain things that appeal to him/her. For instance, I was once reading a card that clearly indicated turmoil, struggle, and the probability of a quarrel. Somehow, my eye kept looking at this little antenna like structure somewhere in the background that stood out to me for some reason. Every time I looked at the card, that’s what I’d see first. And then it hit me - that the quarrel could be with a person/friend involved in media.
(Psst… for the record and throwing modesty out the window, that one turned out bang on!! And the person was mentally prepared, and thus calm, during the incident)

Now every time I need to pacify my restless mind and get some reassurance (which happens verrrry rarely, I must add), I open a deck of my favourite cards and just see them. In case the agony in my head exceeds a certain limit, I read Tarot Blogs and take online readings. It gives me such relief and instant happiness. And that is ‘coz (thank God for this…) my end results in tarot always show such brave and joyful cards.

Want to see a few of these gorgeous cards? J