If you’re feeling like you’ve lost the thread…or you’re not quite sure what story you’re in–or what comes next–it might be time to pull a card.

Not to find your story. But to remember that you’re the one telling it.

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We’ve always told stories to understand who we are and why we’re here.

That’s what myths are. That’s what a memoir is. That’s even what the voice in your head is doing when it recaps your day or replays that one conversation again and again.

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We’re making meaning–of life and of ourselves within it.

Tarot can help us with both.

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Not because it tells us what’s going to happen next, but because it shows us where we are now. It gives shape to something we’re usually too close to see clearly:
the story that we’re living.

Often, we don’t even realize how we’re telling that story. It’s hard to see the plot unfolding when you’re mid-chapter. It’s hard to sense the arc you’re inside of.

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Tarot helps us step back and gives us the 30,000-foot view.

And it’s from that perspective where things start to shift because the moment you can see what the story is, is the moment you can choose how you want to tell it.

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And when you consciously tell the story? That’s where the real magic begins.

You start to notice options that weren’t visible before.
You begin to feel more possibility, movement, and agency. Even if everything doesn’t change overnight, your relationship to the story does.

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And I think a big reason why tarot works so well for this is the imagery. Our brains love visuals. We’re wired for symbols, scenes, patterns. And tarot gives us all of that.

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It shows us the full human experience in picture form–
grief, clarity, destruction, rebirth, resistance, desire, purpose.

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It turns something nebulous (your emotions, your memories, your lived experience) into something you can see.

And that card you pull acts like a flashlight beam, shining a light right where you need to be looking.

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Start with a simple question like:

What do I need to understand about my story today?

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Then pull one card. Tune into the imagery and take a moment to reflect. Find that small shift in how you are seeing yourself and tap into what might become possible next.

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Alignment in life isn’t about finding the “right” story. It’s about choosing the one that feels true and letting it lead from there.

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