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With so many tarot myths, it can be hard to know quite what to believe!

The tarot has been misrepresented in popular culture, we see so many images of the fortune teller, resigned to fairground ridicule and best prized only for their vague entertainment value.

In modern times, we see the rise of expensive premium rate phone lines and SMS text messaging services run by profit based organizations. Many reputable psychics do exist within this niche although there is much room for debate. My advice would be to trust your gut or go from personal recommendation. new age tarot Tarot readers come in all sorts of shapes and sizes and have various roles to fulfil in society. We are a valid and integral part of the community, in the same way that a baker, a bank manager or shop keeper is.

Tarot cards are a tool for personal growth and divination. They should be handled with respect although by no means feared. Learning about tarot card meanings with a deck of your own cards is not the same as trying to open up to psychic energies or channelling for example. For this an experienced teacher that you personally resonate would be recommended.

There are so many myths surrounding the tarot, most of which we have a choice to believe in or not, as many of these things aren't based on actual fact. Examples would be things like you shouldn't buy your own cards, they should only ever be bought for you or it's bad luck to read tarot after midnight and tarot is evil along with a story of how once the aunt of friend of a friend went to get her cards read and was told by the reader sorry, I'm unable to read your cards at the moment (and then of course was dead by the following week). These are all fear based superstitions or urban myths and are not based on the true value that the wisdom of the tarot has in store. tarot readings To clear up the mystery of the death card, it was never intended to predict a physical death and I wouldn't trust anyone who claims they can do that! What would be the point? The death card is a symbol for change and transformation, such as the end of an era within a job or relationship and simultaneously the beginning of a new one.

The death card is the 13th card in the tarot, perhaps another reason why this number has gained fearful superstitious respect over the years. People still worry about Friday 13th and even many house numbering systems will try to avoid the number 13, by either missing it out or calling it 12A. The same goes for the 13th floor of a building.

Anybody who suffers from the phobia of the number 13 or Triskaidekaphobia as it's otherwise known should remember the positive attributes that the number 13 holds. In nature there are 13 cycles of the moon in 1 year (minus 1 day) and nobody ever talks about how there were 13 people who ate at the last supper, including Christ himself. 13 is also the age that we more or less move into adolescence, one of the first major transitions that we go through in life. unique gift The death card may also point to our own fears surrounding death, reminding us of our own mortality. I have to say though, that the beauty of the death card is that it shows death not to be the end. There is no such thing! Along with death comes rebirth, in harmony with the natural rhythms and cycles of life. Just as winter becomes spring or day becomes night even, death insists that life continues beyond what is apparent in our fields of perception.