Hello Friends,
I’ve been considering offering tarot readings more regularly. It’s a hobby I’ve enjoyed casually for the past two years, primarily within tarot-focused communities on Reddit and Facebook. I find it fascinating how tapping into someone’s energy can reveal a story.
My interest in tarot began after a difficult friendship breakup in 2019/2020. That experience left me emotionally raw and more sensitive to other people’s energies. I became hyper-aware, especially around those I didn’t know or trust well. During that time, I also experienced inexplicable déjà vu-like dreams.
When a college roommate shared the accuracy of a tarot reading she’d received about her love life, I was intrigued. I was also quite skeptical and honestly a little scared. I had never really been interested in the woohoo side of life before. However, a few days later I noticed a Twitter mutual offering tarot readings, so I reached out for a general reading.
My mutual was traveling in Brazil at the time, while I was in Philadelphia. She explained that a FaceTime reading wasn’t possible and suggested giving me a written reading, outlining the process. I agreed, unsure of what to expect. When I received her reading, I was stunned. How the? Who the? Why the heck did she know so much about my life, including things I hadn’t even shared with my closest friends yet? I texted her, “Can energies really travel that far? Cause how can you read my energy all the way from Brazil?”That experience jumpstarted my journey into spirituality and tarot. Also didn’t help that the tarot girlies were out in full force on my TL on Twitter all through 2020.
Interestingly, as I delved deeper, my faith and connection with God strengthened simultaneously. It felt like my perspective expanded beyond the mundane, allowing me to understand deeper truths. I began to understand why my mother, like many African mothers, took dreams and premonitions seriously. Then, I understood why my parents emphasized prayer and fasting, and why people referred to life as being “stuck in the matrix.” Next came the understanding of why that friendship breakup impacted me in a profound way. I realized I had been dealing with an energy vampire, one of several I’ve encountered throughout my life.
Since 2021, I’ve continued to grow and learn. Time, therapy, and tarot have helped me connect with my intuition and understand my current life season. I got my first tarot deck, the Modern Witch tarot deck and then enrolled a course with Charlotte, also known as HappyTwins 11:11 on YouTube. I learned how tarot is essentially using your intuition and creativity to put together a story that tell a scene from a specifc timeline. Since then, I’ve been practicing, primarily offered readings through online forums on Facebook and Reddit, and occasionally on Snapchat for my connections.
I recently posted a “What Are We Celebrating About You?” Pick A Group reading, which you can check out here
If you’d like to learn more about my tarot journey or book a reading, please contact me on Instagram: @welcometotobisroom.
Thank you for stopping by, and I’ll see you next time.
Tobi O.
