Aina
I just wanted to ask everyone: how did you end up doing tarot, what was the story?
courtesy says you must tell your story first since you asked the question.
Maybe you are typing as I speak....
each year I choose something new to learn. This year it was via an archaeology course free from Brown University.
Last year it was MesoAmerican history
One year I saw a course in tarot listed at Barnes and Nobel book site.
I thought Tarot would be interesting because I knew it's history and symbology go back so far. I was right. Still studying. and grateful I saw that class offer. I didn't take it but it has lead me down many paths and they all have been thought provoking.
Prior to that I'd never even seen a tarot deck, although I did know what they were from all the B movies death cards.
My story started with the art. I was self-teaching myself an ancient Indian folk art called Madhubani that was so ancient no one knew where it began....
I bought my first deck after reading John Fowles' magnificent (and enigmatic) novel, The Magus, which contains a quote from Waite's A Pictorial Key to the Tarot. (The quote was removed from later editions of The Magus.)