Let’s cut the woo-woo around tarot
As a long-time reader, I sometimes take the theories around the cards for granted. I no longer question my frame of mind, at least not like I used to do when I just began reading cards. That is why I want to talk to you about the woo-woo I often see around the tarot.
Presumptuous readers
Woo-woo always triggers my desire to answer questions about tarot in a no-nonsense way — to make it bloody simple, even when reading cards is not as simple as many teachers tell you. Making it grounded and easy to understand allows me to reach more people, especially when I take the woo-woo off. I really have nothing with dark candles, crystal balls, and reading the future. I am right here, right now. There are no big secrets around the tarot. They are pieces of sturdy paper, nothing else. Let’s not make it more exciting or scary than it is.
I mean, we tarot readers can be so presumptuous about how tarot works that we forget to explain it adequately. We tend to add woo-woo where it is unnecessary (or helpful). It hides our personal insecurities, which makes us less authentic.
No more the Universe has your back
While I have used woo-woo to talk about tarot, I’ve done that because there is a lot that I don’t know about how cards really work. As I wanted to explain it very well, I secretly had no clue how it worked. By adding woo-woo, I took the pressure off of explaining it correctly. I could stop halfway where my doubts got in the way.
I am no longer afraid to say that I have no clue. For the most significant part, I have shaken off that imposter syndrome. It has brought me back to having fun with the cards. In some way, the images of the cards create ‘wisdom’ in my thinking brain. I don’t have to understand how that works. It would be interesting, but I don’t need to know it.
When I add woo-woo, I separate myself from the people I want to connect with — people who need insight or just want to talk to another human being with the same hobby. Woo-woo is creating barriers between the people I like and me.
It also doesn’t help me live a soul-based authentic life. When I struggle with something, I often only need a firm kick in the ass because I already know what I want. My stinking thinking got in the way and stopped me from taking action. I can do reading after reading, but in the end, I need to step toward my fulfilling my desires.
Tarot cards bring realistic no-nonsense advice, so why hide that under a blanket of woo-woo? It stops you from understanding what is going on, and I don’t see how the Universe has your back that way.
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Let’s make this bloody simple
So I make it bloody simple: a tarot deck is a deck of 78 cards with images that create a certain feeling when you look at them. Explaining that feeling tells you something about how your brain works on the emotional and mental levels. It can help you decide what to do next, but it can’t predict the future. The truth about the tarot is that it’s only paper, people!
While the images of the Major Arcana tell you about life phases we all go through, about where you are on your journey to find and live a life that makes you happy, the
Minor Arcana cards are generally about our day-to-day lives with ups and downs.
Life is a big adventure in which we discover through our daily life if things feel good or if they don’t. Having happy experiences does not bring more weight to the game than frustration or depression. Through our daily experience, we understand who we are, how we solve our problems, find out what our talents are, and learn what we need to be happy. It is not possible to discover who we are without our daily adventures. Often, we learn big life lessons through our day-to-day life.
Your subconscious
Another way to use the tarot is to uncover unseen processes in your subconscious. Whatever you experience or once experienced is locked into that vast library of adventures and (sometimes) drama. It is no use to add woo-woo because it will not help you dig up the things still affecting you.
Whether you are aware of it or not, your subconscious affects your outlook on life and thus on your interpretation.
Suppose you were depressed all the time; this would probably affect your readings because it affects your outlook on life. I must say that I am super happy that I have left behind that part of my life (even though I can still create a shitload of drama around certain aspects of my life).
Drama through woo-woo
The thing with drama (and I hope I am not the only one who does this) is that it emphasizes parts of my experience excessively. This is because I exaggerate it too much.
The more drama I create, the more important I will make a specific card. So, if you notice you are emotional about something and react strongly to a specific card, then find out what it represents. What does it remind you of? How does it trigger you? How are you “predicting” your future because “this always happens to you”.
How intense are your emotions
Another aspect we should not forget is the topic of our reading. What is your reading about?
Which, maybe emotional questions, full of heart-breaking feelings, did you ask guidance around? I have a guideline for that. The more emotions connected to the topic, the fewer cards you need in your reading. If life is complicated, do a simple reading. Only draw one card and use that as a breakthrough. Just one card to shift your point of view or the resistance you experienced all your life.
And sometimes, it is just time you let go of a specific limiting story you have been telling yourself. It is time because you have told the bloody story for too long and are fed up with the obstruction and sabotage you have been living with.
When it is time, you need to open yourself to the message of your subconscious. For that, you need to quit the drama and the woo-woo. All this is why I find asking the right question one of the most critical aspects of reading cards. In the question, you can see how far you have moved forward to embrace self-acceptance or readiness to solve a long-standing issue.
Back to you
When you use the tarot cards as a mirror of your soul or as a guiding light in your daily life, you have to stop using woo-woo. Yes, reading cards is a skill that not everybody understands and might create a mysterious aura around you. But adding woo-woo is not what you need. It is also not what others need to see the real you. It is unhelpful, and it is terrible for the ego.
Whether you are a tarot reader or not, comment below how this article has reminded you that you are putting up with woo-woo in your life that is unhelpful. I’d love to hear from you.
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