A Bit More About Divination

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"What the tarot can be made to reveal is limited only by the capacity of understanding of the one using it." —C. C. Zain

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Divination, in its most deep-rooted and efficacious sense, is not what most people think of when they hear terms like 'Tarot reading'. Divination, for instance, has nothing to do with fortune-telling or predicting the future. In actuality, the process of divination is chiefly about excavating natural, intuitive, and mythic patterns of truth that are already present but which the ordinary state of mind cannot perceive. The role of the seer or diviner, then, is to perceive those deeper structures of reality and reveal them in language to the querent or community. Divination can be a very powerful tool to aid in self-exploration, discernment, and interior work of all kinds. The images or symbols used in divination (for example, the archetypal images used in a deck of Tarot cards) circumvent the hang-ups of the rational mind and allow a skilled and intuitive reader to access insights and potential solutions to problems that the conscious mind has not yet been able to perceive. Thus, divination, properly employed, is an extremely effective methodology for facilitating deep self-discovery, personal development, transformation of one's mind, and, by extension, the circumstances of one's outward life.

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I use two primary tools in my divination sessions with clients: Ogam (an ancient Gaelic alphabet, carved onto fews or small pieces of wood, as employed by my ancient Irish and Scottish Ancestors), and Tarot. Both are extremely potent in their own ways. Whatever outward form the tool takes, in doing a reading I am always listening deeply and intuitively for the guidance of my Ancestors and spiritual allies, and allowing the images and their vast matrices of attendant meanings to help me see deeply into the heart of what’s really happening with my client, and to help frame a productive and spiritually edifying way forward in his or her life journey.