Struggling to connect with your tarot cards? Ask your deck this question.

Today, I’m feeling called to share about a problem that a lot of clients come to me with as they’re deepening their relationship to the tarot, and let you know you’re not alone if you’re feeling this too.

When many of my students find my work, they’re acknowledging that connecting with the tarot can be challenging. Often, this is related to an issue of self-trust, as we touch on in my free mini-course Ditch the Tarot Guidebook.

But that’s usually not the whole story.

Tarot is not traditionally taught for an inclusive world.

And if you’re one of the many people who first learned tarot 10+ years ago? Forget about it. I think we can all agree that the King of Pentacles is NOT always a wealthy, cis-man and the Empress is NOT always pregnancy. Oh, and don’t get me started on the cups…

Disempowering, tone-deaf card interpretations make the majority of us feel like we can’t receive guidance from the tarot without being invalidated or disrespected in some way; even if it’s a subtle way. Unless you’re a cis, white man who’s always had money and never had body insecurities, chances are you’re in this majority.

The danger with this is that even if your mind KNOWS the exclusionary meanings aren’t true, you don’t always have something to replace them with. So, you reluctantly hold on to the harmful interpretations or you let the tarot go entirely.

It’s okay if you’ve been noticing that you shy away from your cards around certain topics.

As much as I understand why this is the case, as a justice-driven tarot mentor, I want my students to know that it doesn’t have to be this way.

I personally encourage you to ask your deck this question the next time you sit down for a reading:

How would I approach tarot if my deck were a trusted support system for untangling the “socially-unacceptable” parts of my life?

In solidarity and love,

Samara xo

Creator of the Tarot for Justice reader training