Image via WikipediaLife is a process of cycles. Using a symbol tool like Tarot is a way of finding out which cycle is in operation in our life, and where we are in each cycle.
The Tarot cards cover all forms of experience, and existence as we know it. When we draw a card, the cardboard and the symbols on it become a clear mirror in which we see ourselves and our situation.
Buy a set of Tarot cards.
Also, buy a blank, unlined notebook to use as your journal. You want the pages to be unlined, because you want to be able to create pictures in it. A few pens of various colors are also useful, as are coloring pencils or paints. Even if you decide that you will write your journal on a computer, do get the blank unlined notebook for your drawings.
You can’t draw? Nonsense. If you can draw a line, a triangle and a circle, you can draw. We’re not selling your drawings as works of art here. They’re not meant to look good. They’re meant to exteriorize your feelings. Let me give you an example.
I’m going to suggest that every morning, when you come into your office, before you start working, you sit down and draw a Tarot card so you can get in touch with your subconscious mind and use its help throughout the day.
The card you draw is your Daily Card. As you calmly and quietly contemplate the card, a number of feelings may come up. You take your journal, turn to a blank page, and start doodling. Just draw a doodle, using as many colors as you wish, or just use a pencil or a pen.
Doodling is fun. In fact, keep pads and pencils around your house, so you can doodle as the feeling strikes you.
L.J. Read of The Enchanted Mind, wrote:
“It is well established that much of our creative expression is birthed in the unconscious mind. To use creative expression and solutions in your everyday life, it is necessary to dip into the unconscious at will. Doodling is one way of doing this. Doodling allows the unconscious to render in symbolic expression. Symbols have universal as well as personal meaning. When you are stuck for an answer to a problem or looking for creative innovation, the technique of doodling will unleash the hidden symbolic powers of the unconscious mind.”
By no stretch of the imagination would you ever call your doodles works of art. They’re not meant to be. They can be as ugly and as meaningless as you wish. The thing is, they won’t be meaningless. They are you, communicating with you.
