I know I’ve been pretty absent when it comes to posting on Substack, but most of the time when I feel like posting I worry that folks won’t find it interesting. In reality, I would love to use this space for blogging as well as articles that I write pertaining to tarot and cards. While I’m very much a Thoth reader these days, lately I've been feeling the need to dive back into my other decks and rekindle my personal practice with the RWS… but not necessarily the Rider-Waite deck. I took the Next World Tarot down from my shelf over the weekend and forgot just how much I love working with these cards.
Last night I decided to restart the 2020 Tarot for the Wild Soul course by Lindsay Mack. For the past few months, I haven't been interested in reading cards but I think it's mainly because my card praxis is not the same as it was 3-4 years ago and I always expect it be. In those last few years I’ve since relocated out of the city and into the mountains, my priorities and daily grind has shifted completely. It never really dawned on me that my tarot practice shifted also because of these life events.
I’m not the same person I was 3-4 years ago, nor was I the same person when I got into tarot 10 years ago. Tarot evolves and shifts just as much as we do in life, sometimes we need to reintroduce ourselves once again in a way that works for us and spark up new conversations with the cards.
The cards aren't static, they change as we change.
Last time I took Lindsay's course I only made it to week two. It was in 2020, the pandemic was raging and we were stressed out about selling our home and buying a new one three hours away. Once we moved, the course had to be put on the back burner while I focused on building projects, starting a big garden and diving into raising a small flock of tiny dinosaurs. I remember loving every minute of this course, however, it wasn't necessarily the course itself. The fact that I was really taking my time with the cards and connecting them to my life at that moment was what I enjoyed most. Seeing each card as an invitation (as Lindsay says) really cracked things open for me and some cards I disliked became my favorite… such as the Emperor; who invited me to take up space and not shrink.
I came across my thoughts about the Hermit card while I was staying at my moms in 2020. For context, I was cramped living in a small bedroom with my husband, daughter, two dogs, a cat and over 20 houseplants... all while my brother also lived under the same roof. Oh, and my mom had 7 cats at the time... needless to say, I craved privacy and we lived there for a few months:
The Hermit invites me to find solitude today, in whatever form that looks like. Ease up the need for external communication and instead, turn up the volume with communication within myself. Find a way to express how I feel through art, through music, through anything that lets me be loud without feeling the need to be loud.
All this to say, I would like to use this Substack space also as a blog/journal. I’m a huge blog reader and love reading what others think of the cards, sometimes it triggers my own thinking and practice. Also, I still have some book and deck reviews to share soon… when I finally carve out some time.
I love these revelations. I actually check my substack inbox daily as I subscribe to multiple people. It’s a breath of fresh air reading genuine thoughts outside of social medias. And this being your blog, feel free to share what ever you’d like. We are here for your musings no matter what they may be!
I really enjoy your substack posts! I don't always get to see them immediately in my inbox but I always like coming back to check for new posts. I love your thoughts on tarot in general (doesn't matter what system) and I hope you keep writing here. 🥰