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Many assume that when a Tarot card appears, particularly if it’s a tougher card, that the Tarot is telling you that:
1.) You need to change
2.) You’re doing something wrong
3.) Your own negative self-talk is truth.
That’s not the purpose of Tarot.
Tarot is a valuable tool to offer reflection on your life and explore tools to adjust things in order to live the life you want.
The Tarot may call you out. But it is not judging you.
Imagine you’re in a yoga class. You’ve just settled into a position that’s new for you. A good teacher will come around and, with permission, offer a gentle adjustment to your position so that you can get more out of it and avoid injury. I have never met a yoga teacher who went around and looked at a student and said, “YOU’RE DOING IT WRONG. SEE? I TOLD YOU YOU’D DO IT WRONG. YOU ARE DOING IT WROOOOONG.”
If that teacher is out there, they need to be fired incredibly immediately.
The Tarot is no different.
Unless you’re outright asking the Tarot “What am I doing wrong?” or “What is holding me back?” the cards you pull are not offering criticism.
Let’s look at a sample reading:
I pulled a card for the state of my novel-writing journey and got the 9 of Swords:
The 9 of Swords is often a card of anguish. Sometimes, it’s a card of nightmares. I’ve sometimes called it the, “Crying in the bathtub, Listening to Adele” card.
If I make the assumption that the Tarot is criticizing me via this card, I might interpret it as, “Too much anxiety.” “Emotions getting in the way.” “Not focusing enough.”
But the question wasn’t “What am I do wrong?” but simply, “What am I doing?”
Instead, I look at it as in, “What am I doing?” and focus on the objective image of a woman with her hands buried deep in her hands, sitting up in bed. She’s ruminating on something late into the night. She’s invested.
With that in mind, I have a more productive answer from the Tarot.
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