Woke up today and something felt… Different

[Jessica]

I have only been learning tarot for the last couple of days but I didn’t really “feel” anything. No connection, no intuitive feelings, nothing. Like I was playing with a standard deck of cards.

Then today I was mindlessly shuffling the deck when The Hermit popped out and landed in front of me. I was surprised because I felt I had gone into a meditative state while shuffling.

This is the first time I felt a real connection to the cards. I started journaling yesterday about what card I pulled for the day. To have the Hermit pop out like that was kind of amazing.

What was the first time you had a connection like? How did you know?

Discussion

[mothsyrup]

For me, I started to get a feel for the cards when I learned about the suits and the elements. It felt like a tangible place to start building my understanding of the tarot.

A big one was learning about the Fool’s Journey, which made understanding the Major Arcana very enjoyable and relatable. The Fool’s Journey is the story of a fool succumbing to his intuition & maybe, beginner’s luck, and the twenty odd phases he must go through ultimately leading to their success and total fullfillment (the World). It’s about taking the first step with mildness and a playful, curious heart despite knowing that there are dangers lurking about (be they relatively benign, like a small dog.) Going through mastery (or the illusion as such) technical knowedge vs. practical knowedge(intuition), nourishment & growth, benevolence, needing to defend your nuance, the art or relationships &seduction, victory, being respectful and accepting (of the honors),a stage of solitude, breaking out of rigid prior ways of life and seeking the influence of luck, finding your particular proclivity/approach to balance, a stalemate, a necessary release or change, a peaceful, hopeful experience, habit & addiction, a climax, self-forgiveness and compassion, a night, a day, a trial, ultimately learning something somewhat of human nature (the world).

edit- i edited to flesh it out

[Coffee_and_Tarot]

It’s like that for a lot of people. One day, the cards just start talking to you, and they don’t stop!

[RamenNewdles]

What made you feel so connected and how did that feel compared to before?