I’ve spent most of my life avoiding spiritual things like fortune telling and tarot card reading. I’ve been guilty of thinking of tarot cards as a sort of dark art, a bit too woo woo for my liking. I mean, imagine getting the death card! That was before I knew anything about Tarot or even having tried it. But, in my search for reassurance through a few uncertain years, I’ve been much more open to trying such things. During a manifestation, journaling and meditation event run by Spiritual Wellness Guide, Jade Mordente, my view of Tarot was turned around. We were invited to ‘take a card’ and in that moment, I was sold. The card I had randomly chosen from the middle of the pack pinned exactly how I was feeling. My pride was getting in the way of me achieving what I wanted to at that point in time and the card spelled that out for me. Crazily accurate. I subsequently booked a one-to-one tarot card reading with Jade and I’m now totally hooked. And it isn’t because I’m trying to predict the future.
What is Tarot?
Tarot decks were invented in Italy in 1430 and were adapted in France in 1780 for fortune telling purposes.[1] Each deck consist of 78 cards with unique images and unique messages. They are divided into a major arcana, which deals with significant trends and spiritual matters in the questioner’s life, and the wands of the minor arcana deal with business matters and career ambitions. Once they’ve been shuffled by the questioner, a few cards are selected and laid out in a spread to be read.
Tarot isn’t actually about Fortune Telling
While Tarot may have its roots in occult art and fortune telling, this is the polar opposite of my experience and how Jade practices it. It turns out Tarot isn’t predictive and won’t forecast misfortune. A tarot card reading is an opportunity to talk openly about why you want the reading and the questions you are looking for answers to. While Tarot doesn’t provide answers as such, it throws up suggestions which are open to your interpretation and help to motivate you to put in the work to bring the ones you like to life. This is more about wellness and empowerment. The information provided by the cards is there for you to use to strengthen yourself and to achieve your goals. My tarot card reading was so similar to the manifestation, meditation and journalling that I had experienced earlier, in terms of actual soul searching and being truly honest and uninhibited in terms of what your ambitions are and what you want to achieve. This in itself facilitates a deeper link with, and clarity on who your true self is, and effectively helps you back to, as Jade puts it, wholeness. Achieving this makes it far more likely that you will also reach your full potential and restore your inner power. The need for such guidance and reassurance is of course accentuated in changeable times, possibly explaining my own new interest in it. It’s therefore unsurprising that some tarot card readers view Tarot as a form of coaching. [2] It helps to highlight where you’ve been, validate where you’re at in the moment and hints at what’s possible. [3] It’s so much more than fortune telling.
My experience of Tarot with Jade has been truly empowering. I’ve left my sessions feeling excited, motivated, alive to my goals and happy to face the future. A little reassurance and a hint at what’s possible, should you be prepared to work for it, injects a huge amount of positivity and confidence into your life. And who doesn’t want or need that? Tarot with Jade has proven to me that it is absolutely a form of life coaching and a million miles from a ropey fortune telling art. So if you, like me, have been avoiding Tarot as a weird, even occult art form, you should open your mind to the possibility of it being a powerful tool in your quest to boost your self-confidence and achieve your dreams. Tarot’s popularity is on the up and up because this is clearly other’s experience of it too. Maybe it’s time to give it a shot?
