Would You Continue To Read Tarot Even If It Aged You?

[Padma]

Tell you for sure, tarot has aged my soul and made me "other". I don't think you can mess with these things, and not pay the toll...however it may play out.

When I was a tarot reading kid, my father used to say I was a 19 year old person with a 90 year old soul. Tarot belongs to the Old Ways, and stepping back ages you, one way or t'other!

 

[GotH]

Very interesting LP! Thank you for bringing a different perspective to this discussion. I do see what mean and I too feel there has to be some kind of toll.

 

[nisaba]

But is it a "toll" - or is it a benefit? Is it that you are worn out by it, or matured and developed by it???

 

[Tanga]

"What if Tarot aged you?"

Lol.
I haven't read through the whole thread - but if it were scientifically proven that reading Tarot physically caused my natural ageing process to speed up - I would cut my Tarot readings in half.
I don't want to get to the 'too decrepit' stage too quickly - I've only just discovered Kung Fu and wish to have many more years of physically exploring it!!

 

[Morwenna]

Don't forget the zombies walking the street texting...

There are messages painted on the sidewalks at many of our midtown crosswalks to remind people to look up from their texting, most written in a wry style.

As for aging, it beats the alternative!

I say, just as normal. Because normal for me is hardly any! Most of my handling of the cards these days is either studying or just plain ogling!

I'm 67. I still look younger than I am to most people. I can't take credit for that; it's genetic on both sides. And I got my mother's slow-whitening hair. But I'm getting my father's jowls. And to complicate matters, post-menopause I've regained my adolescent acne!!!

But if doing divination would shorten my life SPAN, well...!

 

[MandMaud]

Tell you for sure, tarot has aged my soul and made me "other". I don't think you can mess with these things, and not pay the toll...however it may play out.

I read this as "not pay the troll." As in, beneath the bridge waiting for billy goats.
... Would we still read the cards if there was a troll?

But is it a "toll" - or is it a benefit? Is it that you are worn out by it, or matured and developed by it???

I think the latter.

 

[Curious Dragon]

I read this as "not pay the troll." As in, beneath the bridge waiting for billy goats.
... Would we still read the cards if there was a troll?

This is the Internet, of course there are going to be trolls.

Slightly more seriously, what kind of troll are we talking about? The ones from Discworld are pretty cool, and might come in handy when there's heavy lifting to be done.

 

[MandMaud]

This is the Internet, of course there are going to be trolls.

Slightly more seriously, what kind of troll are we talking about? The ones from Discworld are pretty cool, and might come in handy when there's heavy lifting to be done.

Detritus, yay!

But which kind of tarot would he read anyway?

 

[Curious Dragon]

Tarot of Gemstones and Crystals?

http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/cards/gemstones-and-crystals/

 

[Bookwight]

I wonder how the poll would look if the question was...."Would you continue to read tarot if it made you look like you've had loads of plastic surgery??"

I would change my answer to Stop Immediately!!

Detritus, yay!

But which kind of tarot would he read anyway?

Tarot of Gemstones and Crystals?

Yes! Perfect deck. I’d put on a big coat and go into a freezer to see Smart!Detritus give a reading.

…But not Chrysoprase. “I see in dem cards dat you will pay me gold to stop your head being smashed in.”