Cartomancy has always been presented as a tool for self-knowledge. It is said that it provides well-being through inviting us to have an insight into our inner worries and personality traits. Indeed, self-analysis helps purifying the mind and, even if we are not particularly firm believers in paranormal matters, it can be kind of fun to plunge into our subconscious with the help of these cards!
What we can't deny is that we all need guidance some time in our lives, and as British Tarot reader and blogger Gillian MacDonald claims on her blog, Tarot and Healing, "A (tarot)reading will help clarify individual concerns or queries as well as provide an overview of your life based on current circumstances and their most likely direction".
There are many differently priced decks available at the market, and the art of divination is available to you if you just have a look in a shop, not only at an esoteric one, but also at many book and stationary shops. The most famous among these decks is the now classic Tarot of Marseille, which is the most widely sold around the world, and maybe one of the easiest to interpret, so this is the best one for beginners.
If this issue of tarot has so many applications, why not applying it to language learning? Your teacher will provide you with a deck and a guide to understand the major arcana, which are the most important cards in a tarot deck. Let's see what we find out about ourselves today...
