So, you know, I’ve been playing around with tarot for a good while now, and honestly, it’s not just for predicting doom and gloom or figuring out if your crush likes you back. For me, it became this really neat tool for, well, making wishes happen. Like, actually manifesting stuff you want in your life. I didn’t just wake up one day and decide this, nope. It was a whole journey of fumbling around, trying things, and seeing what stuck.
It all kicked off a few years back when I was feeling pretty stuck myself. My job was just, ugh, not clicking, and I really wanted a change, a big one. But I felt totally lost, didn’t even know what to wish for exactly, let alone how to get it. I had this old Rider-Waite deck lying around, mostly just looked pretty on the shelf after a few half-hearted attempts at reading for myself. But then I stumbled across some folks talking about using tarot not just to see the future, but to shape it. That got my attention, big time.
My First Steps: Setting the Stage for a Wish
First thing I did was just clean up my space, you know, make it feel calm. Lit a candle, pulled out my deck. Nothing fancy, just trying to focus my mind. Then, I sat there and really thought hard about what I truly wanted. Not just “a better job,” but like, what did “better” even mean? More freedom? Better pay? A different kind of work entirely? I wrote it down, clear as day, on a little piece of paper. This wasn’t about asking the cards to grant a wish; it was about asking them to guide me on how to make it happen myself.
Then came the actual reading. I started with a really simple three-card spread. Nothing complicated. I’d seen a few ideas online for “manifestation spreads,” but I figured simple was best to start. I assigned the positions: one card for “what I need to release to achieve this wish,” another for “what actions I need to take,” and the last for “the potential outcome if I follow this guidance.” I shuffled those cards, focusing on my written wish, really pouring my intention into them. My hands were a bit shaky, honestly, feeling a bit silly doing it, but also kind of excited.
- I remember pulling the Eight of Swords for what I needed to release. Man, did that hit hard. It’s all about feeling trapped by your own thoughts, right? Blindfolds and swords all around you, but the path out is open. That was me, absolutely drowning in self-doubt and feeling stuck in my own head.
- For actions, I got the Chariot. That one was a bit of a kick in the pants. It’s about taking control, moving forward with determination, but also about balancing conflicting forces. For me, it screamed: “Stop overthinking and just do something, even if it’s a small step.”
- And the outcome? The Ten of Pentacles. Talk about a dream outcome! Family, community, security, lasting wealth. It felt like a massive reassurance that if I pushed past my mental blocks and actually took action, good things, stable things, were definitely on the horizon.
This wasn’t just some magic trick, mind you. Getting these cards didn’t instantly make a new job appear. What it did was give me a really clear picture of what I was doing wrong (my own fear and inertia) and what I needed to do right (take decisive action). It was like the cards called me out on my own BS, but in a really helpful way.
Taking Action and Seeing It Through
After that reading, I didn’t just put the cards away and forget about it. That Ten of Pentacles stuck with me. It was the future I wanted, and the Chariot told me how to get there. So, I started small. I updated my resume, which I’d been putting off for months. Then I actually started applying for jobs, not just browsing. And every time that Eight of Swords feeling, that self-doubt, crept in, I’d remember the card and tell myself, “Nope, this is just me being trapped in my head again.”
I kept a little journal too, jotting down what I learned from each reading about my wish. Sometimes I’d pull a single card for “today’s guidance” related to my big wish. It helped keep me aligned. It wasn’t always smooth sailing. There were rejections, there were days I wanted to throw in the towel. But having those initial insights from the tarot, that personal roadmap, really gave me something to hold onto. It wasn’t about destiny being fixed; it was about understanding the current energies and then actively working with them to manifest what I wanted.
And eventually, after a lot of applications and a few interviews, I landed a job that was surprisingly close to that Ten of Pentacles vision. It wasn’t just “a better job;” it was work that felt meaningful, with people I connected with, and it provided a level of stability I hadn’t seen in years. That whole experience really cemented for me that tarot, used with intention and followed by action, can be a powerful guide for manifesting wishes. It’s not about the cards doing the work for you, but showing you what work needs to be done.
