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Ashish Goyal's avatar

Man and his symbols - is a good place to start getting to know Jung

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Ila Reddy's avatar

It’s been sitting on my bookshelf forever! Will read it soon :)

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Siddharth Batra's avatar

+1. A good read

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Aditi Taswala's avatar

Love it! I never knew this about Taro. I thought it was for people who believed in fortune telling. But your words show Taro has a deeper meaning. Learned something new today♥️

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Ila Reddy's avatar

It was a revelation for me too ☺️

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Divya Shivaram's avatar

Lovely read. Also I remember 'tarocchi' from second season of The White lotus show :D Didn't realise there was an origin story behind it.

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Ila Reddy's avatar

Haha! I need to catch up on this series…

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Raju Tai's avatar

I have been opening up to Tarot with the speed of a skeptical snail. But but but, I feel like claiming this magic now. Thank you, Ila.

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Ila Reddy's avatar

Haha… if not for Zohra I would be a skeptic snail too 😂 Perhaps I still am, while being open to possibilities, so in a way it’s a good thing :) Thanks for reading, Raju!

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BadBudda's avatar

Interesting, a tool to stay aligned with your intuition, so beautiful.

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Vanika G.'s avatar

Lovely read Ila, you write so beautifully!

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Ila Reddy's avatar

Aww thank you!

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Avishek Chakravarty's avatar

One has to believe some things to see them.

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Ila Reddy's avatar

Indeed 🙌🏾

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Binu Sivan's avatar

A little bit of magic here too in that the first two posts on Ochre Sky were about Tarot 😊. And I love using my deck - the answers are always within and the cards, like writing, can help access those answers.

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Ila Reddy's avatar

Haha, I am sure that was Raju’s curation skills more than magic 😛So nice to hear you have a deck too!

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Sudhir Sarnobat's avatar

Good one, Ila, loved reading this..

Just wondering, isn't this another coping mechanism like God or Religion?

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Ila Reddy's avatar

Thank you! Yes, tarot can function as a coping mechanism, much like religion does for many people. Both provide frameworks that help individuals make sense of uncertainty, gain emotional insight, and feel a sense of control or comfort in difficult times. But religion typically involves faith in a higher power or divine truth, while tarot is used as a psychological or symbolic tool - and there’s no absolute truth. Interpretations and insights keep evolving - and also vary a lot person to person.

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