I recently bought "The Complete Illustrated Guide To Tarot" by Rachel Pollack. In the section titled "Ways To Work With A Card," she says carrying a tarot card around with you is one way to "...see how you can work with the qualities of a particular card to change yourself and in so doing bring about change in your life." I think it is a very interesting idea that I would like to explore further.
She suggests having the card in a place where you be able to view it often and for you hold it once in awhile throughout the day while focusing on its qualities and what it symbolizes for you. She mentions putting it in your wallet, appointment book, or in your pocket (that's what the picture in the book shows--a girl looking at a tarot card that is sticking out of her pocket).
Many of you have discussed carrying around decks (sometimes several at a time!) so you can use them at any time for a reading but what about just one particular card? Do you think carrying the whole deck is better? I'm thinking that if I carried a card with me I would end damaging it (lots of things in my pockets end up in the wash) or losing it or someone at work (namely one particular coworker) who doesn't approve of Tarot would see it. However, the idea of carrying a card seems appealing to me although I would have a hard time deciding which one. Maybe it would be a good thing to do with a deck that you can't use anymore since it has some damaged or lost cards?
--Glass Owl
