Years ago when I worked at a bookstore, one of my responsibilities was to organize the New Age section. This was where all the tarot and divination, wicca, and astrology books were (and still are) kept, and it was a fascinating section. Of course, the trouble with being responsible for that section meant I frequently shopped from there, and I snagged a lot of stuff. Books about astrology and love, Atlantis, a vampire encyclopedia and more (after all, I got an employee discount!) I also picked up my first set of tarot cards there: The Goddess Tarot. This is a beautiful set that I love to look at, but not once in six years have I ever tried to read a spread. I bought them for looks alone. Recently however, I’ve started to get into the New Age stuff again…

I’ve been hanging out with my wicca-practicing friend lately, and one rainy day she whipped out her cards to do a reading for me. She uses the tarot standard: the Rider Waite deck. I really like these cards: they are easy to find and easy to interpret. The results of my reading were fascinating, so naturally, I picked up a deck for myself and did a reading for my husband. It turns out that his reading and my reading were the same: proceed with the move to Texas and pursue changes in terms of our careers. I guess our future really is in the cards! This just might be better than the online magic 8 ball.