I help Pagans, Witches & Earth Mystics grow their knowledge, skills, confidence and capability with Regenerative Witchcraft practices. Both online and in-person, I support folks on their healing journey with support and guidance through Reiki, Energy Healing, Tarot Readings, Ritual and Workshops. Founder and Owner of the AwenTree Healing Studio and Witching Well Community where I provide the support that I wish had been readily available when I first set out on my path. BIO: Integrative Healer, Reiki Master Teacher, Tarot Reader, Earth Witch and Initiated High Priestess in the Temple of Witchcraft Tradition.
Enemies to Lovers Relationship with Tarot [Musings from the Hedge]
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Dear Reader, When I first started reading tarot, it was very much a love-hate relationship in those early years.... You might even say it was an Enemies to Lovers story arc, except probably in reverse. A ten year saga of Lovers to Enemies and back to Lovers (repeatedly) is more accurate. When I got my first tarot deck (the Morgan Greer for those that wanna know), I was sooooo excited! I clutched it close to my heart and ran to my bedroom so I could savor it slowly, away from the prying eyes of family, lingering over each mysterious image. Soon, I moved on to attempting to read with it. Just one card at first, then two, and eventually more. I was hooked. But I also was starting to realize that I had jumped headfirst in to fast moving, rushing river and I didn't know how to read the current. I was sixteen. I had no training in tarot, there was no internet and "The Pictoral Key to the Tarot" (the only tarot book I could find at a local occult store) did NOT resonate at all. 😩 As I struggled my way through the dense writing, images of old men pontificating, smoking pipes in a dusty backroom of an underground network of magicians, swirled in my mind's eye. I felt stymied by fragments of arcane information, especially when the stakes felt so emotionally high interpreting messages. The advice from that guide book only generated confusion, speaking in gibberish to my young, inexperienced ears. But the shine of new love compelled me to keep going. While I had some initial "success" just winging it intuitively with very basic three card spreads, the truth was, I couldn't grasp the nuance of symbolism and meaning taking place. Then came the moment when I started asking questions of a more pressing nature, the kind a teenager is desperate for insight on...my big crush at school...an awkward misunderstanding at my besties most recent party... The cards I was pulling felt increasingly ominous, with complex meanings and veiled innuendos, leaving me with an unsettled feeling. And that was when I started to pull away. The sparkle that had drawn me in began to wear off, as I questioned if this whole tarot thing was even meant for me. The more I questioned and tried to find that magickal connection, the more it seemed to slip from my fingers. Which led to the first break-up I had with tarot. >>> To be continued in the next email >>> Check Out My Favorite Tarot Books
with blessings and a whole lot of magickal grit, Winifred |
Winifred Tannetta Costello
I help Pagans, Witches & Earth Mystics grow their knowledge, skills, confidence and capability with Regenerative Witchcraft practices. Both online and in-person, I support folks on their healing journey with support and guidance through Reiki, Energy Healing, Tarot Readings, Ritual and Workshops. Founder and Owner of the AwenTree Healing Studio and Witching Well Community where I provide the support that I wish had been readily available when I first set out on my path. BIO: Integrative Healer, Reiki Master Teacher, Tarot Reader, Earth Witch and Initiated High Priestess in the Temple of Witchcraft Tradition.
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