EsotericErin

Author: EsotericErin

  • The Tarot is a metaphor for what?

    I was lying in bed the other night contemplating this question and it had me a little stuck. Maybe metaphors just aren’t my thing, but I also really wanted to make sure I had the right word for it before I continued with the exercise. I gave it a lot of thought and finally came up with one. So, without further ado, I present my answer to Marcus Katz’s Exercise 1: Making a Metaphor.

     

    My tarot deck is a tool. It is a tool that helps me build my future.

     

    I pulled the King of Wands. The King of Wands relates to my future because Wands is the suit of Fire and I can use it for keeping momentum in life. Oftentimes in life I get started on something, and it lasts for a few days, and then it just fizzles out. This blog is evidence of that behavioural pattern—notice the first few blog posts were posted within days of each other and then nothing until a year and a half later? That’s Erin for you.

    It is my hope I can make posting a more consistent habit from now on. The King of Wands is mature, he has gone through the impulsiveness of youth and he is constant. Maturity and Fire combine to bring stamina. If I can be faithful to and passionate about my commitments (my family and this blog), the tarot will help my future.

     

    Katz, M. (2016). Tarosophy (3rd ed.). Keswick, Cumbria: Forge Press Keswick

     

    Peace and balance,

    Erin

  • I Am Still Here

    I guess my blog has been on the back burner lately… Life has been really weird and in upheaval this past year and a half. My husband has changed and been training for a new job, we moved half way across the country, and I had a baby.

    I have ideas to get back into the groove of posting. I will be using different exercises from books that should help me re-attune myself with my spiritual journey. Hopefully, you’ll be hearing from me soon!

    Peace and balance,

    Erin

  • Picking a Court Card Significator

    The other day I wrote about identifying with a Major Arcana card. Today I’m writing about Court cards and picking a significator from those 16 cards. Nothing I write is a set in stone rule, simply guidelines I’ve read other places that seem to be consistent. I want to share my own troubles picking a significator.

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  • Esoteric Erin in Action

    Last night I performed my first tarot reading since beginning this blog. I hadn’t intended to post about readings I did until after doing more in-depth studying of the cards, but I wanted to help out my sister and she granted me permission to use this reading, so who am I to look a gift horse in the mouth?

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  • Which Tarot Card Do You Identify With?

    I’m sitting here with my tarot deck and trying (not for the first time and probably not for the last time) to determine which Major Arcana card I identify with. So many books ask you to pick a card that you feel connected to. My problem is that there are too many and not enough that speak to who I am.

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  • EsotericErin’s very first blog post

    Hi! I thought I’d start with a bit of history about myself:

    I love all sorts of mystical, hidden, or esoteric fields. I received my very first tarot deck when I was 10 or 11, but I had been fascinated by the idea of tarot for some time before going into the New Age shop where I picked out the deck that would help broaden my perspective. For me, my interest in tarot progressed to an interest in astrology, runes, palmistry, pendulum magic, and Wicca.

    Tarot and astrology are my main focuses, however. It’s comforting for me in a life that has not been smooth to be able to work through potential choices and feel as though there are aspects of my personality and existence that are literally written in the stars.

    I started this blog because I wanted a concrete place to write down my experiences and journey through the lovely and varied landscape of tarot. I find I need something that holds me responsible and what’s better than a public forum to keep me accountable?

    I want to invite you on this journey with me. Learn with me and teach me! I know I don’t know everything, I would never claim that, but I hope to know more. I have strength in learning by rote, but intuition is not my strong suit. I need to improve my spiritual connection with the cards, with life, and with the universe. Bring your own concerns, your strengths, and your insight.

  • Esoteric Erin’s very first blog post

    Hi! I thought I’d start with a bit of history about myself:

    I love all sorts of mystical, hidden, or esoteric fields. I received my very first tarot deck when I was 10 or 11, but I had been fascinated by the idea of tarot for some time before going into the New Age shop where I picked out the deck that would help broaden my perspective. For me, my interest in tarot progressed to interest in astrology, runes, palmistry, pendulum magic, and Wicca.

    Tarot and astrology are my main focuses, however. It’s comforting for me in a life that has not been smooth to be able to work through potential choices and feel as though there are aspects of my personality and existence that are literally written in the stars.

    I started this blog because I wanted a concrete place to write down my experiences and journey through the lovely and varied landscape of tarot. I find I need something that holds me responsible and what’s better than a public forum to keep me accountable?

    I want to invite you on this journey with me. Learn with me and teach me! I know I don’t know everything, I would never claim that, but I hope to know more. I have strength in learning by rote, but intuition is not my strong suit. I need to improve my spiritual connection with the cards, with life, and with the universe. Bring your own concerns, your strengths, and your insight.

    Peace and balance,

    Erin