Where Tarot is concerned, I had to slam the breaks on over Christmas. My life is moving at an incredibly fast pace after a long period of having all the free time I could possibly need for deepening my Tarot study. All the things I'd been dedicated to doing almost every day (free readings on facebook, twitter updates, the Etsy shop, working for a private Tarot company and blogging) had to be cut right back as I began to put other concerns into the foreground. I have hugely enjoyed steeping myself in the history, meaning and debates surrounding Tarot. Giving myself that intense self-study period has worked wonders for my understanding of the deck and has made me into a much more mature reader than I ever hoped to be, but it's time to carve out a new space for Tarot in my life as other responsibilities come back into play.I haven't looked at the deck for about three weeks now and the break has done me good. I'm hoping to return to some readings today with a renewed perspective and get motivated again. The stage I'm at now, as a reader, is not where I will stay. I learn something new with each reading I give. I progress and evolve all the time and I know that this is a journey that can continue (albeit with occasionally extreme twists and turns) throughout my life. Which is just as comforting as it is daunting!
I hope the new year is treating everyone well. Personally, if I had to pick a card to sum up the first few weeks of my 2012 it would definitely be The Tower! Still, the only way is up.. I hope.
