“That’s what the Tarot cards are showing me,” I replied.
“How accurate is this? Is my marketing campaign really going to tank?”
“As I shared with you before … when I do a reading, it’s like taking a glance at a river that is flowing,” I said.
Some Insights about a Tarot Reading
Just because the Tarot gives you an answer, it doesn’t mean it will stay the same.
The Tarot spread of cards that you read is a snapshot in time. If you do nothing and follow the course you’re on, at the moment you view the Tarot spread, you may find that the outcome stays the same.
However, if you change your actions, things can change.
This is why it is so hard sometimes to pin down exact outcomes and the final results that may manifest.
Viewing the Tarot spread has an influence on the future timeline.
Seeing the Tarot spread gives you new information. What will you do with that information? Will you apply yourself to taking action to change the outcome? Perhaps, this is your chance to change your future!
Still, the appropriate use of the Tarot depends on a lot of variables. It’s a truly complicated tool.
Although an outcome may change from the time of your Tarot spread to the future happening, you may still find the Tarot can prove to be helpful in certain circumstances.
Side note: Usually, the major arcana are things one cannot change, and the minor arcana are things you can change. And this depends on which card is next to another. Yes, I did say that the Tarot can be complicated.
Wiccans use the Tarot for many situations including to help people see their choices, to see what actions may be viable, and more.
Like any powerful tool, take care with your use of the Tarot.
“Why did you become a witch?” Lena, a friend, asked me.
This started my thoughts about how many of us, Wiccans, find our way to this spiritual path.
I note four related topics:
You want control over your life
You don’t like being told what to believe
You love the Old Gods
You want to learn Secret Knowledge
You want control over your own life
Many witches want the power to control their own lives. This draws them to magick.
Several individuals find their way to witchcraft because they feel that their life is out of control, and they feel the need to create the world they want.
You may desire a better job, home or a new lover. (Be careful of love spells—see my post.)
We note that to gain a job, one needs to do mundane practices boosted by magick. Mundane?—yes, we send out resumes and go to networking events.
Magick can help us weave our own destinies—at least the parts we can influence. Magick courses through us and the world around us. Witches harness these energies to change those things they need to influence. Numerous witches perform spells for those things they desire.
Using spells, witches can control their lives in ways others cannot.
You don’t like being told what to believe
Along with having control of your life comes the fact that a witch doesn’t like being told what to think and what to believe.
We are free thinkers. We don’t blindly follow some priest in a church. We don’t blindly follow a priest’s pronouncements. We question authority.
Wicca attracts many women who celebrate that women have equal rights and powers as men.
Furthermore, many women have already had experiences with the paranormal. (Men have paranormal encounters, too.) For example, I observed Shadow People and heard a poltergeist while growing up in a haunted home.
Like others, I have wanted answers to such unusual occurrences.
You love the Old Gods
During my childhood, my parents dragged me to their Christian Church. I couldn’t relate to their version of an angry, father-figure God who apparently doesn’t like people!
I wanted to interact with a god who wasn’t angry or punishing. My intuition told me that there were other Gods to interact with.
Some of us grew up reading the ancient myths of different cultures and falling in love with the Gods of old. One of my good friends had such an experience.
As a child, I found myself naturally doing rituals. I gathered berries and made a little altar, somewhat near my home. This was possible since I grew up in an undeveloped area of Redwood City, California.
When I read about Wicca some years later, I realized that I was already doing ritual. I found myself attracted to the Goddess and the Horned God.
You want to learn Secret Knowledge
Once we’ve begun our Wiccan journey and we’re practicing as solitary witches, some of us wanted to learn the deep secrets of magick and the Wiccan Path.
Many witches realize that they want to practice as a solitary. Still, for the deepest knowledge, one can get initiated into one of the Traditions. This is an interesting transition. Why? Many of us begin with not wanting to be told what to do. However, in going through the secret training of the seeker, you do find that to stay safe while doing magick, you need to follow precise directions. Hopefully, by this point, the witch is not overly concerned about taking direction—because she or he is more focused on diving deep into the Secret Knowledge.
My own training, over years, led to my earning the role of 3rd Degree High Priestess of the Gardnerian Tradition. In the Gardnerian Tradition, there is much Secret Knowledge that I cannot even hint about here in this blog.
Once initiated, one discovers a whole new world of information. We note that newly initiated witches dive deep, clamoring for more and deeper secret knowledge. Only initiated witches receive the specific Book of Shadows (BOS) of the particular Tradition. The BOS unveils the secrets of the Gods and the Craft, satiating the thirst for knowledge.
In summary, many of us, Wiccans, come to our spiritual path because of these details:
“Why do I need a mentor?” Jessica asked. “So many books could help me learn
what I need to, right?”
“Yes, you can learn a lot from books,” I began. “But the good stuff, the advanced stuff, isn’t in books. That’s where a mentor comes in.”
Having a mentor, you get to go deeper than any book can offer. Authors, if they’re candid, will admit this.
So much to learn isn’t available in books. You can only learn certain secrets and techniques from someone who has actual experience—which was supported by their own mentors.
Having a mentor helps you focus your efforts and keeps you safe from making rookie mistakes. Your mentor can help you get out of trouble, if you get in over your head.
Mentors let you know if you’re doing the energy work correctly so that you won’t hurt yourself. Your mentor can help you control your energy in your spellwork.
Mentors often fill several roles: friend, teacher, confidant, priest/priestess and more.
Books describe how to do things. Mentors help you experience things. Big difference.
If you read about rollercoasters in a book, you wouldn’t know the experience of riding a rollercoaster. Oh, the book could express, in lovely poetry, something about the feelings and the motion.
Only your actual ride on the rollercoaster brings true understanding.
The truth is: Your mentor is crucial for your real advancement. Mentors will have the right answers at the right time, when you need them.
As a Wiccan I found this an inspiring read. Written in a way that makes it accessible to everyone irrespective of their current knowledge. – Shona Cathro
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