Tarot Time

OK today i feel like talking about the TAROT. I have been studying and reading the Tarot for about 28 years.  I have lots of traditional and also lots of non traditional decks. Although i absolutely don't need any tools whatsoever in my medium and psychic work, like many people the tarot is a great tool to begin to understand objectivity and your intuition.  I love the images on the cards and i love the organization of the 78 cards, the minor and major arcana and the 4 suits. Essentially, the tarot is a way or system of understanding human nature and the potentials that are continuously presented to us based on choice, happenstance and reaction.

Each suit has 10 minor cards and the also the court of King, Queen, Prince, and Page (or princess). Being raised Buddhist we have the concepts of the 10  worlds, and the tarot system has always kind of reminded me that.  The world of Hunger in Buddhist thought and the Ace of cups, for example don't have any real language or descriptive similarities at first glance, but this idea that we are constantly fluctuating from moment to moment as different states of feeling and perception is really the point. For this reason my most favorite card of all is the ACE of SWORDS. It is the sword of clear thinking and reminds me that no matter what chaos or transience is whirling around me i can hold a central thought and trust it. Thoughts such as i will pass that exam no matter what, or i will accomplish my dreams or a never give up spirit. It also speaks to trusting what you actually know about a situation and not being thrown off by others thoughts. 

I feel really lucky that my mom was so open to me and allowed me to give her one of my very first readings ever, i was 16 years old. My first deck was the Haindl deck and  I remember the six of swords came up in that reading and it spoke about her ability to be objective and not cave into emotional states that would produce doubt or confusion. This was true of her that day with me of course, but also this is actually my mothers strength. Someday i will tell you about when i robbed a Dairy Queen or about when my parents got divorced and you will understand the deep value of being objective. :0)

Now, i do love the swords, but i am actually not a rigid thinker at all. Talking to dead people lightens you up considerably and one must be able to fluctuate between different states of thought quickly and accurately. However, our minds can really create a lot of problems and there is a card for narrowness of the mind and that is the Prince of swords. The eight of swords is a person who is absolutely a prisoner of his or her mind and can't make decisions no matter what, always interfering with forward movement. The two of swords is a card of peace and just feels like a breath of fresh air. 

1 of swords - trust your intuition

2 of swords - Relax, be at peace

3 of swords - trauma is effecting your peace of mind

4 of swords - draw a truce with your mind

5 of swords - your fear of losing is to great

6 of swords -  use objectivity 

7 of swords - Let go of doubt and confusion

8 of swords - be quiet in your mind meditate

9 of swords - let go of pain in any form

10 of swords - don't quit

Prince of Swords - let go of narrow and limiting views

Princess of Swords - Don't let rebellion get the best of you

Queen of Swords - remove the masks and tell the truth

King of Swords - If you don't quit, you win!!!!

Hello, writing the list this way reminds me of an average commute on the freeway, anyone else? I will make a list like this again for the other suits, and BIG Cards in other blogs. That's pretty much going to be it for today, but i really do want to encourage you to see the cards as more then just predicting the future, but to understand its deeper value as a tool of self-reflection that points out when you are hot headed, or so sad that you can't see the truth. Or that your happiness and sunshine are hard earned and you should be proud. Below are some cards i just turned. Can you read them? Crazy how all those swords landed in center.  I also posted this on Instagram. My Instagram name is Pinkytlee.

Totally crazy that all those swords landed in the middle.  I DID NOT stage this LOL~~~  In this case the swords basically say,  SHHHHH relax your mind, its useless to keep being a prisoner of it, the indecesion is based on old wounds.  So I'm gonna let all that mental chatter go and let the outside cards be the truth!

Have a great night
Leisa