Wandking, I have a somewhat similar story about myself. Shortly after the union with the Inner Beloved in April 2004, the newly emergent Sophie requested that we go for a Tarot reading with my creativity teacher. Similar to when one's spouse or intimate partner makes an important request, I knew that to ignore Sophie's leading would be to do so at my peril.
Before the union I would not have even considered doing so, since I thought the Tarot was the work of the devil. I certainly trusted my teacher, but I didn't trust the Tarot - was the knowledge from God, and wasn't knowing the future in itself a curse?
Realizing my concerns, my teacher or mentor suggested we use the
Connolly deck. I prayed the invocation from page 214 of
Tarot: A New Handbook for the Apprentice and all went well. I tested the cards by asking, "Who Am I?" We proceeded with a Celtic Cross and the very first card I turned up, for Situation, was Death/Transition, which was exactly what I had just been living through. The reading was very accurate, and ended with the Star in Outcome.
For the second reading my mentor used the
Goddess deck, which is her favourite.
Connolly was a wonderful way to be introduced to the Tarot, and a natural choice for my own first deck, together with
Tarot: A New Handbook for the Apprentice, which I bought in mid-September 2004.
David