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\"tarot-vierge-blanc\"Once again the Tarot Blog Hop is upon is and this time we are instructed to write about “Tarot, Healing and Creativity” in connection with the holiday of Imbolc or Candlemas.<\/p>\n

My personal\u00a0experience of healing on a physical level is fairly limited as I have never suffered from more than the odd cold or cut, for which minor care will suffice. As for any psychological issues I may have…we manage to co-exist \ud83d\ude09 I am also reluctant to connect Tarot with Healing because as we all know…(altogether now): “Tarot is not a sticking plaster to fix one’s problems!” *<\/p>\n

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*That said,\u00a0I like to think that I use Tarot to help people and if healing is what they need, then I sincerely hope that Tarot gives them a small dose of what they require to help them on their way.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Setting healing aside, I can fully relate to Tarot as a tool for creativity. You may have noticed that my image choice for this post is an image of blank cards. I think that most Tarot readers have, at some point in their Tarot journey, \u00a0a hankering to create their own personal deck in some shape or form, although many of us do not necessarily have the artistic skills (or indeed the time) required to create the artwork for a full 78-card deck. Even tackling just the Major Arcana is a…umm…Major undertaking. However, the therapeutic effect of art and creativity are well-known and I heartily endorse the effect of creative pursuits as an aid to one’s well-being. If stick men are as good as your drawing skills get, well, what’s wrong with that.\u00a0(Adds yet another mental note to do some more drawing for fun<\/i>)<\/span><\/p>\n

Since the theme here is Tarot, I will not venture into my non-Tarot creative pursuits, like knitting (umm, except for my knitted\u00a0Tarot bag<\/a>), cooking (oh yes, I love creating in the kitchen as my blog will attest) and music (I am currently trying to re-learn the piano again<\/em>), although it would be rude not to take the opportunity to drop in a plug for my luxury satin and velvet Tarot bags (click on the pics for my shop):<\/p>\n

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Of course, another therapeutic and sometimes Tarot-related enthusiasm of mine, is writing<\/a>. One of the first things that I learned about Tarot is that doing a reading is about telling a story. Whether you are reading for yourself or others, the cards allow you to see the story of that person or situation and thus view it with clarity. The same narrative within the cards can also be applied in a purely creative sense, allowing you to shed the constraints of real life and write creatively, solely from your imagination – try it, it’s tremendous fun (and very therapeutic) to randomly choose a few cards and weave a story \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Sadly, since I have spent most of January creatively accounting for my Tax Return, rather than creatively creating, I have run out of time to devote to this particular piece of creative writing. Thus, hurrying to a conclusion so that I can get my creative and healing ZZZZs without missing the deadline for this post, I leave you with these observations:<\/p>\n