I can't really recall exactly what it was that lead me to my path of divining. To a certain extent I have always done a bit of it, I guess. I grew up in a psychic household and certain things were just a part of that all my life. I was doing more divining with other things before I picked up reading cards. But, not as a profession - more because it was just a part of every day life for me/my family.
I recall my mother and grandmother teaching us that when it was very important to be in touch with a certain person and you cannot find them, take an article that belonged to them and close it in a doorway. They will be in touch then.
Sounds a bit silly, I know, but it always worked. If you don't have anything of theirs though, just bring their image and name to your mind and concentrate on them and send them the message to contact you. They will! (and they did/do too). It was especially good when we were in school and wanted to hear from that all important crush of ours at the time!
I seemed to be better at this then my siblings and soon in school, I became fairly well known, (we did our best to keep it quiet that I could do this), that my siblings and our friends would often come to me to ask me to concentrate on a specific boy to ask them to the upcoming dance/date. I should've charged them for that service back then, but I never did. It was just fun to do.
Looking back, I also realize now that I saw the easiest time for me to make that contact with a person whom I wanted to hear from was when I was in the shower.
Water is a GREAT energy source--to put you contact with spirits or living people. So, I guess you can say I was working with energy since I was a kid!
though, now, I'd much prefer the spirits to stay out of the shower when I'm in it.
I do still run water from the spickets when I am doing medium readings, to help with bringing them through to me.
As for reading the cards, I didn't really start until much later in life, though I recall my mom and my aunt reading the cards for others. Mom would also take us girls (my sisters and I) and our friends to card readers and psychic readers. My family always had this unspoken rule of never reading for family--so we all went elsewhere for that. We went quite regularly--at least once every 3 mos. and it was always great fun and a big event to do so.
What got me started in the reading of cards was when I was working in the mall and a new woman was hired. The manager thought her a kook, because she was psychic and a REIKI healer,
I thought she sounded SPLENDID! and, so I made sure I worked one day when she was scheduled so I could meet her. When she first entered the store I could see she had great energy. She came up to be introduced to me, took my hand to shake it and her eyes got big and she exclaimed to me, "Oh my! Do you have ANY idea how psychic and gifted you are?"
We've been good friends ever since, and she was the one who encouraged me to pick up card reading.
Today I still read the cards, mostly tarot cards and I do psychic readings. I'm being encouraged to follow a healing path by my guides, but its been slow--or perhaps I've been slow to do so. I was always told by my mother, grandmother and aunts that I was born with a veil over my face and head, and this, I was told, means I am very psychic. I recently read somewhere that it is generally the sign of a healer. *shrugs* Maybe it is and perhaps I should be more dedicated to that path. Interestingly enough, my mother was also reportedly born with a veil and both my daughter and oldest granddaughter were too! When I read about it being a sign of a natural healer, I also read that this was a very rare occurrence--but if so, I wonder why it happened in our 4 generations? I have tried to find out about that--but so far nothing. I just keep reading about its rarity.
So, just another step on this long spiritual journey - to find out about and understand. Meanwhile, the journey is interesting, fun and mostly fulfilling as well!
