About
I know that I’m meant to give a couple of reasons for why I’ve set this blog up, but I’ve got to admit I find this difficult. Perplexingly, it should be the easiest piece of writing on this blog. Alas, because I can’t find a structure for this page that I’m happy with, I’ve decided to split it into two sections. The first section will look at Tarot Eon and the second section will look at me, Douglas Gibb.
Tarot Eon
Tarot Eon came about for several reasons, none of which really explains anything. The reasons were, in no particular order, a need to do something; a need to to feel like I was dragging myself out of the apathetic state I’d got myself into, which some people call ‘burn out’.
I’m not using this blog as a vehicle to make money so I decided very early on that I would try and genuinely help people understand the Tarot.
Previous to this blog, I had a website (that I’ve recently taken down). The website was set-up as a way to promote myself and to assist me financially. At this point I’d all but stopped doing Tarot readings and was living on thin air.
It occurred to me that I could find my love of Tarot, something that I’d lost, by writing about it. I wanted to do my best to be accessible to people and help them in what ever way I could. That’s why I settled on a blog: it means that people can express their opinions on what I write; what they think, what they would like to know, and, should they choose, to criticise my work and so on.
Tarot Eon is therefore my attempts to re-find my love of Tarot, and also to help anybody avoid the mistakes I’ve made. Surprisingly, I do enjoy sharing what I know; this has now become my main reason for setting up Tarot Eon, to help others, and to provide honest accounts of Tarot, as honest as I can make it.
What You Can Expect From Tarot Eon
- The unexpected
- Inconsistency, depending on my mood
- Practical techniques that will help you really learn the Tarot
- I’m prepared to help with most Tarot related problems: even if it’s just wanting my opinion on a spread of cards you’re studying
- I’ll do my best to make sure I present as balanced a view of Tarot as I can
Douglas Gibb
If you made it this far then you’ll know that I was your bog standard, hard working, Tarot reader who burned out. There are few other details about me that I would like to share with you.
Prior to my heavy involvement with Tarot I was also a guy who spent some time dressed in ridiculous Ritual garb saying strange and incomprehensible names that I didn’t even know how to pronounce. I was relatively successful with all that stuff but I grew discontented very quickly.
I visited the O.T.O. I’m not sure why I did this. I suspect I was hoping to be shown something other than what I knew. Unfortunately I wasn’t. Rather, my fears were confirmed and I’ve never gone back to the occult in all theses years.
I spent some time doing astral projection and lucid dreaming. Again, there was some success but for one reason or another, I stopped.
Currently, I’m very interested in the works of Osho and have spent time getting familiar with his work. In particular, the Dynamic Meditation.
Lastly, after more than six years away, I recently opened a philosophy book. This was a major event for me because the last time I was properly involved in philosophy was way back in 1998. In 2002 I graduated from University with an Honours degree in Philosophy and only superficially reflected on the subject for years afterwards. Now, I’m pleased to say that I’ve re-found my enthusiasm for the subject and will be writing on philosophy and tarot over the coming months.
I’m very interested in trying to balance out what I see when I read the cards with what I read about in books on the cards. The huge gulfs between the two for a long time made me feel uncomfortable.
I think that when you start to read Tarot Cards for a living, a very strange thing happens. All of the assumptions, usually reinforced by the methodologies used to learn, are brought into question. This is not a comfortable process, but for all that, transforming.
Overall
My aim with this Blog, in a very general sense, is to look at the relationship between the Tarot reader and client; explore new ways of learning the Tarot, which will probably bring into question its current use and role, and finally, to look at some of the Philosophy that can be linked to the Tarot.
I’ll do my best to keep up-to-date with current news within the Tarot community and explore its relevance, as I see it, to assisting both students of Tarot (which we all are) and professionals.
