When I started on my journey some 30 odd years ago, I would not have Ever thought I’d be where I am today. LOL. Strange things have gone on through my life, more than likely setting me on my path. I did say 30 odd years…but it has been most of my life…I just really got Serious in the 90’s, just as the 2nd “New Age Movement” was starting. Peoples can look up when the 1st New Age Movement started. Research people! You might notice that I Will ALWAYS stress RESEARCHING things for yourselves.
Well, sometime AFTER like 8 years after, so this would have been late 90’s; started doing readings. To me there are two types. One is Intuitive. The other is using tools. Intuitive is what people will consider (ESP/PSI). Whereas the Tools are like: Tasseography (Tea-Leaf reading), Phrenology (reading the bumps on a persons head) just examples, there really are too many to list and if you are interested, guess what.
There is one that is more popular and most represented in Movies. Tarot Readings. Let us get ONE thing clear first. The “Death” card Does NOT MEAN Physical Death. And the “Devil” card does NOT MEAN the Devil/Satan is there influencing you or possessing or anything else! There are other cards that will tell you. That is also what I will be posting today a How to make your own Tarot Deck. There is a reason for this and one I will share in a story. As mentioned, I Used to do readings…all types. Tarot being one of them. After a bit, due to out growing the sets I used or ego, the images stopped giving me anything. Even though I Knew what each card meant, the correlation between the cards and the querant (person getting reading) was gone. I drew blanks each and every time I did readings. Needless to say I Stopped using the Tarot and used other methods, but I LIKED doing Tarot readings. So guess what I Did. Yes. I meditated and I was told “You can no longer use another person interpretation of the Tarot. You Will develop your own.”. That of course lead me on to more, you know what to insert here. LOL
Research I did. Not for long. Since I Knew the history, the stories behind each card, etc. I did not do much. What I DID research was What Subjects were used for the Tarot. While the Major Arcana have a majority of Male Archetypes, There are also Female Archetypes. I also knew of TWO that were strictly Feminine Oriented. So I decided to make a Masculine Deck. All Male. This was not easy. Changing the Archetypes more so, but I was able to wit RESPECT. While the Tarot is a “Tool” as such, they are still imbued with Energy of a type. They Exist. Do not Ever forget that. After many years of people giving energy, each card Exists. Perhaps not Physically, but Spiritually they are just as real as we are. Remember that.
There were other questions to be asked:

  • What will the subject be…i.e. Flowers, stars, Constellations..etc.
    • This choice could also decide on the following steps.
  • Major Arcana only or a Full 78 card deck
    • By deciding this one, will follow into the next question
  • Will only the M.A. be fully illustrated or the whole deck
    • This can also be when one chooses to use the traditional Swords, Cups, Pentacles and Staves. OR choose other symbology. I.E. Swords – Scissors, Pens, Obelisks..etc.
  • What type of material will be used to make the cards
    • Card stock, tarot sized cards…etc
  • Will the Illustrations be all in color or highlighted or B/W
    • If color will it be charcoal, water colors..etc
  • What will the back of each card have one type or different backings
    • Most decks will have ONE type of backing like a design of some sort, I did a different “character” of a Sun/Moon face in profile, masculine and feminine (I was told by S.A. to add Feminine and this was one way to do it).
  • What will the Deck be used for.
    • I imbued My Deck with Healing Energy. So it was Healing while I did readings. Decks one Buys will be blank, one can use the deck for any general purpose. Some readers will want to specialize with different decks. Choice is up to the reader. When making a Tarot Deck, provided one has the energy, it can be imbued with whatever it is one wants the Deck to be used for.
  • What will in be contained in.
    • Some readers choose to use a natural cotton bag, others will use Silk, still others choose a wooden box. This is really just a personal choice. I used a leather bag to hold my Deck in.

And that is pretty much it. IF you have any other questions, as always ask. Research, research, research. Laterz!

New Start – How will you proceed if you do not know who you Are?
This is New Start from My Tarot Deck. I used Tritons instead of just Humanoid figures. This was also because my deck was a Healing Deck, which mostly stems from Emotions, which is ruled by Water. See how everything ties into how and why I chose and made my deck. 😀
I also did made New Start On Heromachine 3: http://www.heromachine.com/heromachine-3-lab/