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Do We Ever Know What We Need?
Exploring What I Need From 2 Balanced Perspectives
Welcome to Wednesday and my new post exploring what I need. After I decided to be brave and explore the modified Celtic cross spread and Romany spread for my last two posts, I am now heading back to working through the Tarot Diagnosis spread book. I am finding it so useful during my therapy to do more work on my own to explore what’s going on in the confusing mess that is my head. Sometimes I make a realisation or breakthrough that I can bring to my next session and pick apart with the aid of my therapist.
I am very interested in today’s spread because it deals with what I need. In my experience every person (including me) thinks they know what they need but what they think they need and what they actually need are two completely different things. One of my favourite inner child spread from Lisa Papez deals with this exact split. She suggests a two card spread with the questions “what my inner child thinks it needs” and “what my inner child really needs”
This sentiment is echoed by Professor Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, “The trouble is, humans do have a knack of choosing precisely those things that are worst for them.” Please let me state that I now absolutely loathe JK Rowling and believe she is a horrible, hateful human being. I…
