03 Aug What I’ve learned as a tarot professional
This career path has surprised me. I didn’t expect to land in such an esoteric field, but I followed my calling and it continues to fulfill me more each year.
Growing up, my Dad was a big fan of Joseph Campbell. He delighted at stories of the hero’s journey, and always emphasized the idea of, “Follow your bliss”. I find it funny that this advice from a great mythologist landed me in a field deeply related to the global archetypes he was teaching. Campbell even wrote the forward to a Tarot book, which adds some repute to this often stigmatized art form.
The myths around oracles can at times make it hard to feel respected in this line of work. Movies present tarot readers as old crones giving horrific fortunes of what’s to come. The truth couldn’t be further from this darkness.
When done well, the tarot is inherently compassionate. It gives witness into your shadows to remind you that these are a normal part of life. It asks you to lean into the challenges and empower yourself to rise to your best self.
One thing I have learned as a reader is how hard we all are on ourselves over the same embarrassments and struggles. How ironic that we are all suffering for such similar so-called failures. We can each bring more kindness to our own experiences in order to use them for the blessed lessons they lend us.
It’s been a lesson for me that I get to integrate my passion for tarot with the years I worked as an educator. I can see how the time I spent in that career prepared me for this one. Knowing curriculum design adds structure to the books I am writing that I hope to self-publish someday. These will act as tools to help new readers more easily access the archetypes as they tap into their own intuitive mind.
Trusting yourself is one of the greatest gifts you can develop, and I am honored to be called into service to help others dive into these arts that come from the lineage of our grandmothers.
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