What is tarot funk?
Beyond frustrating tarot funk, much like writers block, can kill your confidence and take the joy out of your favorite hobby, profession or in many of our cases obsession.
With tarot funk intuition quiets and your mind goes blank.
You stare at your cards, but nothing comes to mind.
So you look up the card in a book only to find 8 different meanings. Which one is correct? They all can apply to the situation!
There are many ways one can overcome a bad or prolonged case of writers block, but how do you overcome its dreaded cousin tarot funk?
Here are my top 5 ways to overcome that horrible, frustrating, form of writers block that plagues tarotist new and old alike.
Take A Break
This is my least favorite way to overcome tarot funk by far.
I hate taking breaks.
I want to read tarot everyday darn it!
While you may not completely lose all your tarot smarts by taking a break, it certainly can feel like it makes you a little rusty when you come back.
Why wait for yourself to “feel like” reading tarot again? I’m too impatient. I want to read tarot now!
Write It Out
Journaling is a super effective way to overcome traditional writers block that also works wonders for tarot funk.
Write about your funk, write about a card, do journal prompts, stream of consciousness writing, even a story or poem. Write about anything that engages your mind.
Once you have your brain in the right gear it allows that clog to pass and you’ll soon be right back to your usual kick-ass confident tarot reading self.
Have A Beginner’s Mindset
This is the most effective way I have found to get rid of tarot funk, for me anyway.
Go back to the basics with beginners tarot books.
We get so caught up in the complexity and depth of tarot that we forget to have fun.
By putting ourselves back into the beginners mindset we can rebuild our passion for tarot and see things from a different and often simpler, less stressful point of view.
Cleans Your Deck
Naturally when you have a tarot funk it’s the cards fault, right?
They’re too mucked up from residual energy, gave too many readings and need a rest, someone touched the cards, they “insert reason here”.
Cue the sage smoke, card meditations, reshuffling ritual and keep them tucked away all snug and special in a silk lined cloth or wooden box, and don’t forget the quartz crystal on top!
However, more often than not, the cause of tarot funk is caused by, that’s right, you.
With all this said, the most important of these tips is the following idea:
Relax!
Pull out the candles and put on some soothing music.
Setting a soothing scene to do your tarot reading really can make or break a session.
When your not relaxed you block your intuition and read from your ego, a place of self doubt and fear rather than love.
This can manifest in such a way that can negatively affect your self esteem and confidence in your tarot reading abilities.
Go for a walk in nature, meditate, take a hot bath, get some exercise.
Anything that will put your mind and body in a state of ease.
Dealing with the crippling affects of tarot funk is a nightmare.
While not avoidable and not fun or easy to deal with, there certainly are a things you can try to alleviate this annoying and dreadful state of mind.
What’s Next?
Be sure to take account of your progress in your Tarot journal!
Not only will it provide you with your own personalized card meanings, but you will also see how much you grow as a Tarot Reader over time.
Learn more about Keeping A Tarot Journal. You’ll be glad you did!
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