Okay so today I tried this tarot thing myself, focusing totally on how to kickstart a fresh chapter. Honestly, I wasn’t feeling super optimistic, kinda stuck in a rut, y’know?
First, I had to get ready. I grabbed my old deck – the one with the slightly bent corners on The Fool card. My head was buzzing with all the stuff I wanted to change. I found a quiet corner in my place, lit one of those cheap vanilla tea lights (the safer kind!), and just tried to breathe slow for a minute. Clearing the noise, I guess.
Then came the shuffling. I’m still pretty clumsy at this part! Cards kinda went everywhere at first. I focused my thoughts hard on “What new beginning is trying to find me?” and “What’s blocking it?”. Kept shuffling, kinda messy, until it felt… okay? Not perfect, but done.
The Cards That Showed Up
I decided to pull just three cards for clarity. Fanned them out face down, fingers kinda fumbling, and picked the three that felt a little warmer, or maybe just stuck to my fingers? Tough to say.
- First Card (The Situation Now): Flipped it over. The Tower. Ugh. Big, scary tower getting zapped. Yep, that felt about right. Chaos, old stuff crumbling. Not fun, but honestly? Seeing it laid out somehow felt less scary. Like, okay, I see you, destruction. It finally made sense why things felt so unstable lately.
- Second Card (The Action Needed): Took a breath and flipped the next one. Ace of Swords. Clear, sharp sword cutting through fog. Huh. So maybe I need new ideas? Clarity? Stop overthinking and just… cut through the crap? That felt direct. A little push to see things differently.
- Third Card (The Potential Outcome): Last flip. Page of Cups. Curious kid holding a fish popping out of a cup. Looked kinda weird but hopeful. Made me think maybe after all the noise and sharp thinking comes something… fresher? Like being open to surprises, new creative vibes, just embracing the weird feels.
Putting It Together
Sitting there looking at these three cards really hit me. The Tower wreckage making space (painful, but necessary). The Ace of Swords saying “Get real and cut the confusion”. And then that hopeful, slightly odd Page hinting that curiosity and openness lead to the good new stuff. It wasn’t a step-by-step plan, but the feeling made sense.
Actually writing it down in my journal helped even more. Seeing the words “embrace the weird feels” about the Page card? That cracked me up but also felt true. The Tower forced change, the Sword demands clear thinking, and the Page invites gentle exploring.
The biggest step for me actually happened after putting the cards away. I took the Ace of Swords’ message seriously. There was this small thing I’d been endlessly overthinking – reaching out to someone about a simple question. I stopped planning the “perfect” message and just typed a quick, honest text. Sent it. Boom. Action taken. Felt surprisingly freeing.
So yeah, did the cards magically solve everything? Nope. But that whole process – focusing the question, forcing the quiet moment, seeing the crazy images reflect my inner mess, and then the journaling – it created this little pocket of clarity. Today, my fresh start was literally just sending that awkward text. Small win, sure. But it felt like the very first step off crumbled ground.
