Daily Recovery Tarot Journal

Introduction

After experiencing a significant accident, I found myself navigating through a whirlwind of emotions. Recovery was not just physical; it was deeply emotional. During this time I discovered the power of a daily tarot reading as a tool for self-care and personal growth. My trauma psychologist had suggested that writing things down may help me to process what happened, but whenever I tried, nothing would come out and it felt completely unnatural and forced.

Part of the problem was that I had no memory of the accident and the first few days in hospital. I remembered getting off my bus and vaguely remember being on the zebra crossing. Everything that I know after that has come from eye witnesses, police and paramedic reports.

Despite having no memory, I still seemed to be experiencing some trauma related issues. Talking about taking the bus and returning to my daily work routine would lead to floods of tears out of nowhere.

Embracing Tarot for Self-Care

Engaging with tarot cards each day has become a ritual. The artwork and meanings behind the cards help me reflect on my mental state and emotions. I learned to listen to my feelings, acknowledging them as part of my recovery.

I was quite fascinated with how this seemed to trigger something in me and decided to put all of my energy into learning all of the card meanings by heart. (I have since learned that memorisation is not all it takes. I am learning to also use my intuition which is challenging, but valuable)

They really have become the focal point of my recovery and I cannot start my day without them.

As typical with many newbies, I have chosen to use the Rider Waite Smith deck for my journal. I have since discovered a few other decks that I connect with more but I have found, in my research, this style of deck is universally recognised and used the most for teaching.

The posts do develop as you go through them, at least I think they do. I can tell that at first I was apprehensive about sharing too much and this comes through in the early readings. This is a work in progress and also my own personal interpretation of the cards. I am learning as I go but knew that doing this would help me connect with the psychological impact of the trauma I experienced. This isn’t a fancy website and it is in no way intended to be a professional endeavour. I simply needed a place to record everything and to hold myself accountable to building a daily practice. I hate the physical act of writing and avoid it in my day to day whenever possible so a digital format is perfect for me.

Please also note that cards will be repeated. This is me personally pulling a card everyday so inevitably, there will be repetition. I will always give a brief description of the card meaning, but how it is relevant to me will vary each time, depending on what is going on in my life.

I am not sure how long I will do this for, as in record it every day on here as a blog. At the moment it is tremendously helpful to me, not only on a personal level but as a way of deepening my connection with tarot.