How Tarot can help you have a break-through?

 Tarot reaches the parts other self-care practices can’t reach….(for anyone who remembers the Heineken ads)

There is one unique aspect of having a Tarot reading …it is the way it is able to draw out what really matters to us!

In my experience so many times we don’t give ourselves permission to actually voice, to ourselves, let alone anyone else, what we really want, what really inspires.    

Half the time we are unconscious of it.  It’s too vague a thought, and not really realistic, perhaps it’s too big for us we daren’t consider it or perhaps there’s just too much going on, other challenges to contend with that are taking up our mind and we just havent had the time to sit down and really consider what we want.   

I have found one of the most invaluable readings happen when someone comes to me and says they are at a crossroads and don’t know what to do.

After starting with the Celtic cross, a ten card reading that gives a snap shot of what is going on, the root of matter, the potential ahead and past influence. We move on to specifics and I suggest we pull cards for all/any of the different ideas, the ‘what ifs’, they have.  Some people say they have no ideas, and so I say ‘well, if you did know, what comes to mind?’  Slowly by pulling cards one by one on all the ‘what if’ ideas, thoughts, we invariably come to the one that appeared to be tucked away right in the back of our mind…..and what I call an Ah Ha moment!  (Very well represented by Judgement below)

The wake up call, when you hear it loud and clear!

It is a breakthrough moment, because invariably the tarot card that is reflected back says it loud and clear.  Alleluia! Yes! 

I have found as soon as we are able to say out loud what we really want, we can find a way. 

Saying it out loud is key!  Another reason why a tarot reading is unique, we are speaking, YOU are speaking OUT-LOUD.  And if you are having a reading with me, you are recording it.

We all know that the mind/brain believes what it is told (think of affirmations, we are always told to say them as if they are happening in the present moment) plus there is something so powerful about actually having the confidence to say something out loud, it makes it real to you, let alone your mind. Now you’ve said it, the desire is recognised, the match is lit, you know what you want and can take the first step.

This is how we create our future.

I had one of these seminal moments years ago when I said out loud to a group (it was in a workshop with Chuck Spezzano 30 plus years ago) that I wanted to be TV producer ….once I said it, I knew it was my secret greatest desire.   I was committed! It took me a few years until I produced my first comedy TV series, but I did it. 

This is the quote that kept me on my path attributed to both Goethe and the explorer Murray

“Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back — concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth that ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans:
that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one’s favor all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamed would have come his way.
Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Begin it now.“

The decision is made, we set our mind, we commit to take action!

I left advertising, I was 40 years old, I’d never even worked in TV, didn’t know anything about TV and who was going to employ a 40 year old to be their assistant (I would be older than them). The odds were stacked but once I’d said what I wanted to do most in the world, I couldn’t give up.

The appearance of this rainbow felt like a sign, an ‘Ah ha’ moment….

I can’t promise that kind of breakthrough, but with Tarot step by step we are inspired, advised, encouraged and supported in our endeavours. Having a reading helps set intentions, decide on the best way forward and gain a fresh perspective as we progress.

The benefit of Tarot, is that it is unbiased, the cards have no agenda and are pulled randomly by you (or me when we are having an online reading) and indeed it is miraculous that each reflect back a meaning that resonates with us so we can follow our hearts desire, solve our problems, meet our challenges, understand our strengths along the way.

Do come and have a tarot reading with me to support you to follow your dreams and find personal fulfilment.‍ ‍You will be giving yourself the gift of time and a safe space to explore what you really want and how to go about it. We can have a session online or come to me in Battersea for an in person reading. Both will support and empower.