I think, as a reader, sometimes it’s really easy to get carried away by all the spiritual and psychological messages in the cards- to try and decipher what we think the cards are trying to tell us. But what if there is no deeper meaning at the moment? Is it so strange to see the Death card telling you that your favorite pair of shoes has finally seen its last day out and you need to chuck it? Or that the 5 of Cups is merely you spilling your last cup of coffee but you can instead make yourself some tea? Or perhaps the Strength card is telling you a dentist visit is needed.

Someone once commented that I was disrespecting the cards by giving it such a simplistic and ridiculous interpretation, when the cards actually mean so much more. But, really, I can’t help thinking- is it so ridiculous to think the Tarot can speak casually and about insignificant things too? After all, just because a card’s message can be very profound, it doesn’t mean it always has to be.

At the end of the day, I think we sometimes need to take a step back and let the cards speak to us in the ways they can rather than always trying to find a deeper meaning in them. After all, we aren’t supposed to be experience life-shifting drama or emotions every single day. Perhaps the problem isn’t that the Tarot is unable to speak simply, but that we as readers don’t allow it to.

In some ways, it kind of reminds me of a serious and wise teacher interacting with his students. The teacher’s serious side is all the students know him to be, so they would never dream of joking with him the way they might do with others. But it certainly doesn’t mean he’s incapable of doing so- and I’m sure he does, with others who don’t view him so much as the intimidating figure of authority.