My daily draw today was the Hermit (with Liz Dean’s Golden
Tarot).
This is one of my favorite cards, so it was a welcome
sight. So what does this card mean
to me? Well, as usual, it’s very
fitting!
Golden Tarot - Liz Dean |
I’ve been studying Tarot intensely for a while now. I’ve read books, absorbed online
resources, practiced analyzing different ways of understanding spreads
(elemental dignities, numerology, etc.).
These have all been extremely positive for me. But I’ve reached the point where it’s time to go
within. It’s time to spend alone
time with my cards, to study their images and what those images mean to me –
not just what the books and websites say they mean. Yesterday evening I settled down with my tablet and thought:
“What site will I spend time on today?”
I drew a blank – I wasn’t being pulled anywhere in particular. I had the feeling that I’d already
explored everything valuable online.
Having all of that knowledge about various card meanings is great, and
forms a wonderful foundation for Tarot study. I adore reading (and will continue to read) other Tarot
readers’ blogs to hear about their experiences and learn from the manner in
which they work with the cards.
And in the future I’ll use the internet to take the plunge into free
reading. But it’s time to dig in
deeper. My intuition is exploding,
and the trust I place in it is growing rapidly.
Two nights ago I read a real-life sample spread on a popular
website, and treated it as if I had received the question from a querent, and
pulled those cards. I worked my
way through each one, thought about the story being told, and came to my
conclusions about what I would tell the querent if she were my own client. Afterward I read through other people’s
interpretations. Many were
similar, but veered away from mine in various ways – and of course that caused
me to doubt myself, and what I was seeing in the cards. Then I finally read the feedback from
the original client, and it reflected my interpretation almost identically. All those areas where I had second-guessed
myself were actually right on. It
was a rewarding moment, and I realized that I can actually do this with people I don’t know. I learn from reading others’ takes on
spreads, so it’s a valuable learning experience. But I need to focus more on my own intuitions and
discernment, and how the cards speak to me.
So it’s time to swim beneath the surface, delve deeper into
my own personal relationship with Tarot. The hourglass hanging from the tree, and the light of the Hermit's lantern are saying "slow down, and take time to deepen your understanding." This is what the Hermit represents to me today.
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