Taking out for a moment a myriad of dreams-come-true and intuitive incidents, I want to tell you about the first time I had a strong inclination that I was tied to the Tarot more strongly than most.
I woke that morning with a sense of great things ahead, but I quickly shrugged it off and told myself I just woke up on the "right side of the bed" for a change. I could remember my dream very clearly. I had been playing along a cliff, at the top of a mountain in the clouds. There was no fear, but I did have a clear idea of what would happen if I fell.
I stepped towards the edge and stretched my arms out. As I leaned forward I could feel the cool breeze from the updrafts on my face and whistling through my fingers. The cliff dropped away behind me and I was free-falling toward a rocky river bed.
The air pressure forced my face into a smile as I fell, but I am sure I would have been smiling anyway. I looked out over the landscape, rocky crags behind me, a swiftly flowing river underneath, a dew drenched forest a few miles ahead.
Flying is the most amazing feeling in a dream, but this was different. I was in a heightened sense of awareness, and the imagery was exceptionally vivid.
As I made my way to the kitchen I noticed the pack of Tarot cards I left on my coffee table. I didn’t remember leaving them cut and laid ouot on the table, so I went to put them away when I realized the cards were set out in a life reading spread.
"The Tower" was first, symbolizing my great leap of faith. "Ace of Pentacles" laid out in my future symbolizing contentment, and harmony with the earth. My immediate surroundings were shown in "Temperance", one foot in the water, another on land, headed for the forest. The rising sun behind me, both in the card, and also from my kitchen window reminding me that this day was a new and wonderful chapter in my life.
Before I set out that morning I turned over one additional card, "Knight of Swords" and concentrated on it for a minute. I was sure it was telling me about myself, setting out into the world well armed for the things that lay ahead.
A peace came over me as I left that morning, I felt I had truly made contact with myself, and I liked who I found.