As you'd expect, Tarot has been a constant thread through my life, and with 45 years and somewhere north of 25,000 readings it's been a massive influence on the way I live and see life. If nature has provided the spine of my spirituality, Tarot has been my spiritual nervous system. It's led me gently (and not so gently!) into all manner of other practices and forms of divination including shamanism, magic, astrology, Chinese astrology, and the I Ching. It's been quite a ride.
But of course there have been other strands to life, many of them just as important and equally influential. For most of my adult life I've been a musician, a photographer and a writer, and for significant chunks of my life they've been my professions. Having a passion as a profession brings particular rewards, and particular challenges. If you know, you know! But I've also taught various subjects (including Tarot, naturally) and worked in aviation, banking, IT, procurement, administration, catering, retail... am I forgetting any others?
Possibly. It's not been a straight line CV. 🙂
I've also lived and worked in various overseas locations, and all in all it's given me insight into many worlds within worlds. That's been invaluable, because my clients come from every conceivable background, profession and international location. It's continually fascinating, and I regard it as an incredible privilege.
Ah, but what of love? I've been truly blessed with some wonderful friends, family and romantic relationships, and equally blessed with the experiences of heartbreaks, traumas and long-drawn-out sagas. I've had finances in the black and the red; I've been fighting fit and I've suffered extended chronic illness; I've known true Home, and I've been homeless; I've endured bereavement.
Tarot is a tool. It's an extraordinary, magical, mysterious tool. But we consult it through the prism of our lives, our experiences. This is a snapshot of mine; I look forward to opening this magical realm of archetypes with you in the context of yours.