Donnaleigh's Tarot

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Thanksgiving is upon us --

GRATITUDE TIME!!

I cannot believe it.

Beyond Worlds - Your Tarot Tribe will hit its 200th tarot-inspired episode in December, just 2 episodes away! 

It started as a little program with a few stray people in the chat room, and has evolved to a gathering of thousands of tarot-loving enthusiasts, with so many willing to share their expertise with peers in order to push tarot forward.

We've had hundreds of thousands of downloads worldwide, and through this process many (hosts/myself included) have felt educated, inspired, and connected. As for me, I am utterly grateful and humbled by the wisdom and generosity of my peers. Our goal has been to bring intellligent tarot to the world with dignity and variety so that the system of tarot can be accessible to anyone with a computer or iPod.

WHY TAROT?

Because when you connect with tarot, you connect with yourself. You find a piece of you soul. And there is no deeper or more important journey to be taken. Thank you for including us as a small part of this personal walk. I bow down to each of you in great reverence and wonder. And I continue to be amazed at the variety of ways people have used this little pack of cards to change lives and to learn about the world (both inner worlds and the external world).

“Everybody wants to change the world.

Nobody wants to change themselves.”

                       ~Leo Tolstoy

Ahhhh, but when you connect with tarot, you have started to change the world.

Because you have started taking the internal journey.

I have profound gratitude for the people who have written to express how the various voices of tarot have brought them closer to that wise deck of counsel.  I am overwhelmingly grateful for my cohosts and their willingness to share their time and expertise with their community. I am humbled and thankful for an incredible and interactive audience, and to the leaders of the community who have so graciously stepped forward to support this learning process and who have expressed amazing teaching about tarot and kind words about our programming. THANK YOU to you all

The letter below was sent this week by a listener from the UK.

This is why we do what we do.

Hello Donnaleigh;

Just wanted to send the warmest thanks and blessings from a newbie tarotist in the UK. I've been following your podcasts for a short while and literally consuming the episodes, one after the other.

Thank you Donnaleigh and your co-hosts for such informed, illuminating and spirit lifting guidance on the craft and art of tarot. I didn't know that Tarot was such a soulful and spiritual practice and am truly blessed to have found such a wonderful community of Tarot lovers. Already I'm hooked! My small, (but emergent) collection of decks is growing, as too is my book colection. There's something magical about listening to people of wisdom, experience and depth, talk with such enthusiam and knowledge.

Please express my profoundest thanks and appreciation to your co-hosts too. All of you are now part of my life, and I'm learning so much tarot from you all. Most of all, however, I'm experiencing your genuine spirit, and for that I thank you profoundly. In a world that sometimes seems to be full of dark disunity, it's truly wonderful to find so much good heartedness.

For some reason, and after a gap of many years, I re-ignited my interest in Tarot by buying a deck for my birthday, (the Univeral Rider Deck), however, as a thorough going double Virgo, I then had to have some Practical instruction and discovered your podcast on itunes. What I hadn't bargained on was the almost instant click that took place - it all fits!

I now spend a part of each day with my decks laid out, looking at the cards while listening to your podcasts. I'm having a blast and beginning to grasp the enormous scope of these seemingly innocent cards. Thank you for opening up this wonderful world, and lighting the pathway.

Thank You from my heart, and keep the guidance, uplift and humour coming! Loving every single minute Donnaleigh!

Blessings from the UK. With sincerest appreciation and thanks.

Silvia Wray, UK

Thank you so much, Silvia, for taking the time to write and for allowing me to share your letter of enthusiasm. And thanks to our listeners who have shared their tarot enthusiasm and wisdom with us. This podcast has definitely been a community effort.

Wow. It just flew by.

A big hug to those who have joined us in our tarot journey, and thank you for "walking the road" with us. It has been much like a group hug the whole journey.

What's next in YOUR tarot world?

Warmth and gratitude, with a tarot-filled heart,

Donnaleigh

www.Donnaleigh.com