{"id":2296,"date":"2024-06-21T06:09:24","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T06:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amyreadstarot.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=2296"},"modified":"2024-08-26T01:28:02","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T08:28:02","slug":"my-journey-into-the-tarot","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/amyreadstarot.com\/wordpress\/my-journey-into-the-tarot\/","title":{"rendered":"My Journey Into the Tarot"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2296\" class=\"elementor elementor-2296\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7271c1a9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7271c1a9\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72968f23 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"72968f23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 05-08-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><!-- wp:image {\"id\":2297,\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"align\":\"full\"} --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"wp-image-2297\" src=\"https:\/\/amyreadstarot.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1-2.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amyreadstarot.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1-2.png 1200w, https:\/\/amyreadstarot.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1-2-600x400.png 600w, https:\/\/amyreadstarot.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1-2-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/amyreadstarot.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1-2-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/amyreadstarot.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1-2-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><!-- \/wp:image --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\",\"fontSize\":\"large\"} --><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\">My Journey Into the Tarot<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph {\"fontSize\":\"medium\"} --><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Many, many years ago, I was a young mother with a 3 year old son, and was considering going back to work. I had recently finished my PhD, after taking 3 years to write my dissertation. (Who\u00a0\u00a0can write with a baby in the house?) We&#8211;I, my son, and husband at the time&#8211;were visiting a friend and her family in Florida. Their son was the same age as ours, and so we were all experiencing similar things in our parenthood journeys. I didn\u2019t realize that my friend read Tarot at the time, but she offered to read for me. I decided, why not? It might be amusing. Being a scientist, I didn\u2019t put much stock in cards and crystals.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph {\"fontSize\":\"medium\"} --><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Let me tell you, I was shocked at the accuracy of my friend\u2019s reading. I don\u2019t remember the specific spread she read from, but I do remember that the cards captured my (unexpressed) sheer terror about turning my young son (who had a serious food allergy that had already landed him in the hospital once in his young life) over to a daycare, and my uncertainty and imposter syndrome around going back to work after 3 years of staying home to care for him.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph {\"fontSize\":\"medium\"} --><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Many years passed. I went back to work, my son survived daycare, and thrived in school. He ended up going to college on the other side of the country, and I missed him a lot. My career took a meandering path. My 29-year marriage ended. I didn\u2019t want it to end at the time, but I was much happier when the dust settled.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph {\"fontSize\":\"medium\"} --><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Through splitting up, moving, downsizing, selling the house we had lived in for 15 years, finding new friends, and exploring new careers, I am still trying to find my path. I value human connection, and this is especially acute post-pandemic. The Tarot started calling to me again. I am currently figuring out my gift and my boundaries. There are some things I know I don\u2019t want to read about, and I may discover others as time passes. If you want a reading about birth or death, or about getting revenge on someone, or other ill intent, I am not your girl. 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