Where have I been — Followed by a super cool Tarot Tip

It’s been a while since I posted and I want to let everyone know what I’ve been doing, how I see Tarot Eon changing and, afterward, to let you know about a super cool Tarot related Technique that I’ve been using.

Recently I’ve been looking over a lot of Kabbalah related material. I’m not entirely sure what inspired me to go back over old ground but I’m learning and understanding things in a way that I hadn’t before. Foolishly, I didn’t feel it was good enough to write about. I felt I had to really understand what I was learning before I could post about it. This, I now realise, was a mistake.

From now on, I’m going to be writing posts on anything that I find interesting, or inspiring — just like the technique I’ll be explaining near the end of this post.

Does that mean poorly written posts?

No — but it does mean that they won’t be complete explanations of the subject matter in question. Personally, I now think this is a great thing. Rather than cover the subject in one post, I might take 3 or 4 posts to do it. As I learn, so shall you. Likewise, rather than providing all the background information to a technique, I might just quickly explain how to do it. This will really free me up to start posting on things that are fascinating me in that moment, rather than, as I’ve been doing, waiting several months before I write them.

Don’t get me wrong, I’ll still be writing posts the way I always have. The big change I want to make is to start writing about things as I’m learning them.

I foresee a lot more interactive learning going on — between you, dear reader, and me. I’d really love to hear people’s opinions on this. If you don’t like this idea, let me know and I’ll take it under consideration. If a lot of you don’t like it, then I won’t do it. Tarot Eon is as much about you as it is me.

Super Cool Tarot Tip

Now for the more interesting part. This is an awesome little thought experiment that I’ve been conducting, pretty much daily. It comes from the Kabbalistic side of things, but its really helped me to connect with Tarot in a new, and rather rejuvenating way.

The technique itself is designed to help people with the symbolism of Tarot (and Kabbalah should you wish), in a very gentle, lighthearted, but powerful way. One of the really cool features of this technique is that it can be used and practiced at any time, at any place, whenever you feel like it. In other words, you don’t need a Tarot deck when practicing this technique!

The Technique

1. Whilst walking around, get into the habit of attributing things to their appropriate Tarot card.
2. On seeing a car, I reflect on the Chariot card.
3. On seeing the Sun, Moon or Stars, I reflect on the Sun, Moon or Star Trump card.
4. When ever I desire a cigarette, or a smoke of my Pipe, or whenever an addiction or desire begins to rule my actions, I reflect on the Devil.
5. Whenever some good fortune, luck or strange coincidence occurs, I reflect on the Wheel of Fortune.
6. Whenever I see a building in the process of being demolished, or one that stands in ruin, or whenever I see something that used to work but now lies broken, I attribute it to the Tower card.

Okay, not very exciting, right? But there’s no need to stop with those simple examples. Build upon them. I’ve started attributing Ideas and Concepts to the Tarot. For instance, whenever I encounter dishonesty I think of the Magus card poorly dignified.

But, we can go beyond even this. We can get into the habit of attributing all types of human experience to the Tarot cards, as we encounter them in our daily lives. For instance, whenever I encounter faith (9 of Swords, Star card etc), or laughter (Devil card, Three of Cups etc), or singing (3 of Swords), or money, or debt, or walking, or Schools, or whatever else I may encounter during the course of the day, I can attribute that to a Tarot card.

As you can see, this is an amazingly powerful yet beautifully simple and relaxed approach to integrating the Tarot into our lives. It’s useful in that it doesn’t even require you to have your Tarot deck ready, or to allocate some special time during the day in which to practice it. To me, that’s the sign of a great technique.

I’ve only been doing this for the last week and already I’m beginning to notice a different type of clarity forming during my Tarot readings.

The inspiration for this idea came from Magick without Tears. The link I’ve provided takes you straight to the online version of this book, where you’ll be able to read about applying this technique in greater detail. It’s especially useful if you want to integrate the Kabbalah into your practice.

Give it a go and let me know how you get on. Also, if you discover something while using this technique that I haven’t mentioned or you think would be super useful for other people, I’d really enjoy hearing about it.

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