When I need a distraction, I mostly turn to writing. Except during Covid, I had a massive case of writer’s block, so I inexplicably drummed up two hobbies: Dollhouses and Tarot Cards.
Long story short, beginning in March 2020, while Covid was infecting and killing, I refurbished an old family dollhouse and then built three more while simultaneously learning and practicing tarot card readings.
I happen to love playing board games, so why not try my hand at tarot cards?
In reading up on Tarot, I discovered that people used the cards as far back as the 1400s as a parlor game, and since I had a sh*tload of time on my hands, I thought it would be a playful way to spice things up socially.
Or I should say antisocially since I wasn’t socializing with anyone except my husband for way too many months during Covid when I decided the best strategy for staying alive was staying inside.
And since my husband called tarot cards “hogwash,” I was stuck practicing tarot solo.
In between hiding from Covid and dollhousing, I would pull one tarot card daily and read up on their meanings. But most of the time, the cards spoke for themselves with their stunning imagery and allegorical symbols. Plus, it became a fun diversion at a time when fun was not in my vocabulary.
Four years later, I feel I can finally read the cards reasonably well, but I still refer to my notes—now my latest book—for guidance.
One of the best things that came out of Covid for me was writing my most recent release—a 96-pager that I had no idea I was even going to write!
Tarot for Beginners is a helpful guide for interpreting the Rider-Waite®Tarot Deck and an enjoyable pastime to share with friends. I also threw in a touch of numerology and astrology to make it more interesting.
And to set the record straight, Tarot For Beginners is NOT a book about the occult, witchcraft, or fortune-telling. That would be giving me way too much extra-terrestrial credit.
Plain and simple, my book is a unique and quirky way to add some amusing entertainment to a social gathering.
I hope you give it a try!
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Your one-card-a-day approach suggests a simple exercise for beginners. Beginners should note three details in the picture, then jot down what those details mean to them, and how they might relate to them. Then they should compare those observations with the interpretation in your Tarot for Beginners book. Keeping notes makes it easier to see what comes from the image and what comes from your book’s interpretation. For the social gatherings you describe, asking everyone to describe the same card before comparing notes could make an enjoyable storytelling round without anyone having to predict the future.