June 2002 Passage
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From Robert O'Neill
Tarot-l Post of 10/25/01
I have been involved in studying tarot for about 45 years. I don't
"read" and I really don't look at my decks very much anymore. The
symbols are part of me - and as a result, looking at a new deck is like holding
up an old familiar crystal and finding that the sunlight hits it in a new way
and I find a new beauty, a new richness. Many times, a symbol will emerge into
my consciousness - the image is seldom the same - and my unconscious is
responding to the situation I am in. There is a message there, but it's never in
words, never in "meanings". The message is about significance and who
I still am in this new context. I think the cards now read me instead of me
reading the cards.
Image from the Fractal Tarot © 2001 Maria Kruse
Text © 2001 Robert O'Neill
Page © 2002 Diane Wilkes