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tigger759
June 10th, 2001, 11:36 AM
SO this is my situation- My husband and kids know i'm learning the tarot and a few friends. My family sisters and parents don't. They are really strict catholics(something i have my problems with as i dont' believe what they do!). I'm sure they won't be too happy but i would love to share with them? Do i tell them or wait it out. My sisters go to tarot readers at lily dale with me but have no clue of my interest in them?
Just thought i would how others told people about them reading and learning the cards.
thanks
tarotbear
June 10th, 2001, 02:35 PM
Your sisters go to readers, but you don't want to tell them? They probably don't take the readers 'seriously'- just doing it for fun - kinda like doing something 'forbidden' by consulting a reader.
I would wait until the next time they tell you they went. You should ask them about how the reading was, what happened, etc. , then make a comment that you 'could' do the same thing for them.
tigger759
June 10th, 2001, 02:54 PM
Yeah i know. My one sister keeps telling me it's the luck of the draw! But i didn't want to get into with her so i let it go but boy did hate that statement!!
If she would take a minute to understand that it's more then that.
Dagda Moon~Lily
June 10th, 2001, 10:35 PM
Tigger,

Maybe she has thought about it, and it scares her....so she just blows it off as luck. <shrugs shoulders> For some people it's just too much...too,...Freaky.

My family knows I'm into all types of "Mystical" stuff....and they know I'm pagan. (At least my mom does) ...but then again, my religious upbringing was fairly non-existent. We went to a non-denominational church occasionally.

I think I would just test the water first....if the reaction is fair-ok...then tell them....if not, I would wait for another time. ;)
Semele
June 11th, 2001, 08:10 PM
Just do like I did and tell them you were curious and found it more enlightening then you thought it would be. There is a great lesson in tarot....tell them about the fool's journey and compare it to other psychological theories such as Freud or Carl Jung. The fool's journey via the majors is very well parallelled to some of the other developmental stages found in psychology.