Shortly after writing about believing what you want to, I was texting my daughter. I told her I was going to stop sending her Tarot decks. I’ve sent her a couple along with crystals and other, new-agey stuff. Except, well, it’s been more for me than her when I get down to it.
You know, I have a really good kid there. She was so kind, as she was explaining to me while she loves getting gifts from me and how much she appreciates the sentiment, she’s not really into this stuff and it doesn’t get used. She couldn’t have been more thoughtful in how she said it. And yeah, she was telling me something that, on some level, I already knew.
I’ve not tried to push her into any set of beliefs. I had a belly-full of that growing up, and wanted my kids to have their own choices. She’s respectful of my work and asks for a reading occasionally, but never showed interest in picking up the cards herself.
On the other hand, for quite some time I’ve over-enthusiastically encouraged whatever interest she showed, even if it’s asking if Mercury is going retrograde. I’d go on and on and on. I’m famous for blathering on topics I like. She’s kind enough to indulge me and probably picked up a thing in the long run. But that’s not where her heart is at. Wherever her heart is at is where she should be, not where my heart is at.
In part, it’s because I know she could do well if she choose to pick up cards or the like. She has natural inclinations. But what skills she chooses to develop is of a lot less importance than her having the freedom to follow her own path.
Maybe more than anything, I just very much want her to have all the guidance she can, you know? She’s far away from home and I’m not part of her everyday life anymore. If there are other sources of support and wisdom accessible to her, I want her to have the option.
Of course, I don’t need to be the avenue now, do I? And it’s not like the child doesn’t know how to access information on her own. Kids her age cut their teeth on mousepads. And if you need a message, God knows you don’t have to have a Tarot deck in your hand to get it. There are all sorts of ways that info comes in.
But you see what I was doing? Seeing what I wanted to see, baby!
Do you do this too?
 | This is the last deck I sent. 🙂Universal Waite Pocket Edition by Pamela Colman Smith |
Maybe younger people don’t resonate as much with the concept of archetypes.
The symbols in tarot would have meant nothing to me in my early 20’s, but as I worked at various jobs and met numerous characters on this journey, I began to see patterns and knew that I had encountered that before. The trends and tendencies, like the personalities and situations. So then as I got older I had much more interest in analyzing those as symbols.
When someone really needs those symbols as guidance, they will be comforting. When life really gets difficult, I think that’s when people tend to reach out for each little truth that is relevant at the time.
Maybe younger people don’t resonate as much with the concept of archetypes.
The symbols in tarot would have meant nothing to me in my early 20’s, but as I worked at various jobs and met numerous characters on this journey, I began to see patterns and knew that I had encountered that before. The trends and tendencies, like the personalities and situations. So then as I got older I had much more interest in analyzing those as symbols.
When someone really needs those symbols as guidance, they will be comforting. When life really gets difficult, I think that’s when people tend to reach out for each little truth that is relevant at the time.
It’s there Dixie, Ben Franklin said, “Give me a child until he is 5 and he is mine for life”
It’s there Dixie, Ben Franklin said, “Give me a child until he is 5 and he is mine for life”
All the time!
All the time!
More than I like to admit….
More than I like to admit….
Amy SAYS:
I dixie I love reading our column especially about texting the daughter. I have no children BUT IM PICKING YOU FOR MUM next life. I love all this metaphysical especially the TAROT more and more since Ive begun reading your column. You can be my mum for a day at least
Cheers (little saggie)
That’s very sweet, Amy. Thank you. 🙂
Amy SAYS:
I dixie I love reading our column especially about texting the daughter. I have no children BUT IM PICKING YOU FOR MUM next life. I love all this metaphysical especially the TAROT more and more since Ive begun reading your column. You can be my mum for a day at least
Cheers (little saggie)
That’s very sweet, Amy. Thank you. 🙂