New Year, Death And A Brand New Beginning...

Hi,
I'm Alex, and I've been reading tarot for about 8 years now.

I first started reading tarot when I was 11, I have always been sensitive to spirits and often see or hear things which cannot be explained. I have, since I was 13, had a small girl who was horrifically mutilated follow me, moving when I do and showing herself to me about once a month.

I'm starting this blog as a kind of tarot diary. I made a new years resolution this year that I would do a 3 card reading every morning for 365 days as soon as I returned to uni and was reunited with my deck. I'm already a day and a half behind!

At the moment, and for the past year, I have been reading with the gilded tarot deck by Ciro Marchetti. At first I fell deeply in love with this deck, but recently I feel that I am growing more and more distant from it. I find some of the imagery, which at first excited me, now to be very harsh and unforgiving. I do like the look of Ciro Marchetti's newest deck, the Legacy of the Divine tarot, and am hopefully going to get it bought for me soon ;o)

So as I said before I did today's reading late in the day. Consequently the result gave me advice for tomorrow, which is to be my first day back in lectures.

I shuffled my deck and within seconds two cards fell out. I see this as a sign from my deck that these cards are important and therefore must be used. I feel I have a spacial connection with the deck I use; especially one which I have used for a long time. I feel the cards truly talk to me, sometimes they will joke with me, sometimes they tell me off...they are very much like a caring teacher!

The first card which fell out was Death (XIII) and the second was the seven of cups. Finally I cut my deck and drew the page of swords.

I must admit I was a tad shocked to see Death! My life at the moment is just returning to normal after going home for Christmas (and the chaos which that entails) and a change is not what I am after just this minute.

The page of swords is quite important to me at the moment. It tends to represent university for me quite often; I see myself as the page in this instance, acquiring new knowledge but needing to be rained in at the same time. I tend to get fixated on one topic and overwork in that area, neglecting my other studies...what can I say I love what interests me! At the beginning of a semester I tend to see this card a lot...another chance to gain some useful knowledge; another chance to blow it and stop listening in lectures.

The seven of cups (aka the daydream card) is made sense of straight away when linked to the page...In my first lecture I always start off by making notes and listening and being a brilliant student...by my second or third I'll be doodling, drawing, writing notes, in extreme cases sleeping! In other words I wile away my education in the fantasy world inside my head. The seven of cups holds a major warning I always make sure I inform my quarant of "daydreaming is fine, but, daydream too much and nothing gets done!"

Death therefore makes himself understood, I need to change my ways, I feel one of my lectures this semester is going to be incredibly hard and due to this I am going to be made to sit up and take notice...or notes maybe ;o)

Blessed be
x

P.S. I'm sorry for my ramblings...I'm sure I'll get better at this over the next 364 days, see you tomorrow!