Remember, I did say in the thesis post that knee jerking might be a mythtake. I’d prefer folks to ask me why I say something, rather than flat out tell me I’m wrong, or use a hypothetical example, or an example from a thread not referenced.
So let’s examine another myth; that
You should be given your first Tarot deck (as a gift).
Never have I seen a post where anybody has even attempted to explore or explain this one. What we get are posts stating, “It’s not true!” “It’s a stupid harmful legend!”
Yeah perhaps it is. Perhaps it’s not. Anybody ever look at it? Examine it for signs of life?
Take a look at the Major Arcana as a Whole System (It’s all inter-related as opposed to static unrelated pieces – Geeze I wish Stewart Brand was a Tarot aficionado…) and you will observe how folks get the ‘Hero’s Journey” thing (or the Heroine’s Journey, or the Fool’s Journey, or…). The twenty-two cards can make a storyboard of infinite complexity… Books and books have been written about this very thing.
In any of the Journey Myths of Tarot, lies the act of Initiation.
And gifting a deck IS an act of initiation…
It tells the recipient that their gift is recognized. This is radically different than going out and purchasing your first deck, which is ego-centric (“I’m special, I have the gift, I’m gonna be a fortune-teller”), a stance not embraced by much of humanity.
And if Granny gives you her deck! Oh my GAWD!!! What a gift! What an initiation! What power!
Okay…so…do you have to wait to get your first deck?
No.
But do you understand the power of receiving your first deck as a gift? Do you understand the power that you can become a part of by gifting a deck?
Just a thought…