This month, I started adding something new to The World to Fool newsletter: Tarot Field Notes

‍It’s a peek inside the real, lived practice of tarot—part reflection, part insight, part tool you can try out yourself.

I’ve been walking with tarot for a long time. It’s been one of the most steady, flexible tools I’ve had for navigating uncertainty, untangling old stories, and finding my way back to what matters.

But what makes tarot meaningful usually isn’t the big, polished spreads.
It’s what you notice along the way.
The scribbled insight after a card you didn’t expect.
The pattern that shows up when you weren’t looking for one.
The moment when the question shifts—not the answer.

That’s what Tarot Field Notes is about.Little moments. Big insights. The stuff that doesn’t make it into the guidebooks.

Each month, I’ll share:

• Something I’ve been noticing in my own practice (or in the collective energy)
• A shift in perspective or a question to sit with
• A small tarot tool or prompt you can try—no pressure to get it “right”
  
  

This isn’t about mastering the cards.
It’s about staying in relationship with them in a way that helps you move through life with more clarity, connection, and trust in yourself.

You’ll see it once a month, folded into the regular rhythm of From World to Fool newsletter.

If there’s something you’ve been wrestling with in your own tarot practice—feel free to hit reply and tell me.
You never know—it might show up in a future Field Note.

First one drops now…..

‍Tarot Field Notes #1: You don’t need to know all 78 cards

‍I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve heard someone say:
“I’m not ready to read for myself–I don’t know the cards well enough.”

And every time, I want to say the same thing:
You don’t need to know all 78 cards to start.
You need a reason to pick up the deck and a willingness to see what shows up.

That pressure to know it all before you begin?
It’s a holdover from school, systems, and spaces that told you there was a right answer and a final exam.

But tarot’s not a test.
It’s a tool. A relationship. A conversation. One you learn by being in it–not by mastering it first.

The truth is, even after years of working with tarot, I still pull cards that stump me.
That’s not failure. That’s the work.

Every time you sit down with a card you don’t “know,” you’re building trust.
Not in the card–but in yourself.

So if you’ve been hesitating, waiting until you’ve read a few more books or memorized a few more meanings…this practice is for you.

Tarot Practice

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‍Pause. Breathe.
Pick a card.
And ask yourself:

• What do I notice first?
• What does this card remind me of—in my life, in my body, in this moment?
• What might it be asking me to pay attention to?

That’s your Tarot Field Note for the month.
Let this be a small invitation back into practice. Not for answers, but for connection.
No pressure to get it right. Just a moment to get curious.

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