Saturday, November 7: I love my local Borders. (You may read that a lot. I remain unapologetic.) Armed with coupons, I marched to My Borders to seek a good book. Or two.
I'm a little opinionated, and over the years have learned who and what I like and trust. There are some writers I will read, others I have read, and still others I will read no more. It's the same with any genre, this selection process.
My Borders has a very healthy Metaphysical book section. It mixes all of the different ideas associated with "New Age" and their corresponding books, so Faeries, 2012, divination and Wicca are side-by-side. (Interesting side note: while thumbing through the "Year in a Witch's life" books, I was amazed that so many of them started with January 1. I skimmed one or two tables of content of these books for an explanation, but none was forthcoming.)
So I perused the Tarot books. Some were aligned with a particular deck, others were cross-decked. One let you color your own card (that they illustrated with their own deck, of course) to accompany your notes. Another let you draw your own card with the notes.
Most were geared toward the novice and wanted to help the reader understand what the cards meant. I am open to additional information, but this book needed to give me more than the basics. I wasn't sure what I was looking for, but like court judges facing obscenity, I would know it when I saw it.
And I did: Tarot Tips. With six categories of questions, authors Ruth Ann and Wald Amberstone responded to questions varying from reversed cards to cleansing cards to the ethics of readings.
What caught my eye, however, was the entire list of spreads. Just yesterday I wondered what it would mean to misplace "hope" and "environment" cards, and these authors suggested having a spread without assigned positions. Oh, my: ask and ye shall receive, indeed. I didn't quite understand or like everything, but I trusted these authors. They continually suggested resources beyond their institution The Tarot School, and many were easily accessible on the Internet.
I'm excited, and I hope I learn a lot — or at least open my mind to new ideas.
Chris' reading:
Can you say change?
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