My very first exposure to the tarot was when I was 11 years old. My classmate brought a deck to school and did "fortune-telling" for those of us who were curious. Her readings were rudimentary, but I was so intrigued. I even remember 2 of the cards I got from that very first reading because they were so striking to me: the Sun and Death!
Fast forward to 2003 - at that time I was completing my Master of Theological Studies degree at Harvard Divinity School, specializing in comparative mythology. Because of my program I studied many myths and lores of many traditions, and became quite familiar with the psychology and sociology of symbolism, archetypes, colours, and numbers. Around the same time I briefly became acquainted with 2 tarot aficionados, and thanks to their influence I became more and more interested in the tarot, because what I studied for my Master's degree seemed to coincide perfectly with how the tarot operated. So I decided to take it upon myself to learn the system of the tarot and to be able to read the cards on my own. I bought a few books and my very first deck of tarot (the Mythic Tarot - the one I still use for many of my clients), and my serious tarot journey began from that point on. To this day I continue to be fascinated with how revealing the tarot cards are. They are a perfect medium for me to have a conversation with the deeper side of myself and deeper side of my clients'! Yes it can be used for fortune-telling purposes, yes a reading can certainly be done "just for fun", but for me it's more than that; it's a tool for self-exploration... a kind of meditation, if you will. Oh, but I'm supposed to tell you that my services are for the entertainment purposes only, of course ;)
There are no inherently "bad" or "good" cards - all of them have positive and negative things about them, just like any event in one's life. I will present you with all the possibile options and interpretations of the cards you pick in your session, and you decide what the cards mean for you. The cards are there to always help and guide you figure out your own life, rather than distract you from it. At the end of the day, you are in charge or your reading sessions and your life decisions... not I as your tarot reader, nor the cards!
Fast forward to 2003 - at that time I was completing my Master of Theological Studies degree at Harvard Divinity School, specializing in comparative mythology. Because of my program I studied many myths and lores of many traditions, and became quite familiar with the psychology and sociology of symbolism, archetypes, colours, and numbers. Around the same time I briefly became acquainted with 2 tarot aficionados, and thanks to their influence I became more and more interested in the tarot, because what I studied for my Master's degree seemed to coincide perfectly with how the tarot operated. So I decided to take it upon myself to learn the system of the tarot and to be able to read the cards on my own. I bought a few books and my very first deck of tarot (the Mythic Tarot - the one I still use for many of my clients), and my serious tarot journey began from that point on. To this day I continue to be fascinated with how revealing the tarot cards are. They are a perfect medium for me to have a conversation with the deeper side of myself and deeper side of my clients'! Yes it can be used for fortune-telling purposes, yes a reading can certainly be done "just for fun", but for me it's more than that; it's a tool for self-exploration... a kind of meditation, if you will. Oh, but I'm supposed to tell you that my services are for the entertainment purposes only, of course ;)
There are no inherently "bad" or "good" cards - all of them have positive and negative things about them, just like any event in one's life. I will present you with all the possibile options and interpretations of the cards you pick in your session, and you decide what the cards mean for you. The cards are there to always help and guide you figure out your own life, rather than distract you from it. At the end of the day, you are in charge or your reading sessions and your life decisions... not I as your tarot reader, nor the cards!
