Extaroting
Wooow whooo! I have given away my Alistair Crowley tarot pack. The only pack I have used consistently now for the last 23 years. I never had a booklet to go with them as they were 5th hand when I got them. So I've used the pictures, my feelings and common sense. They are covered in little black flexs of my dried sweat and the cards are now almost so thin you'll be able to see through them soon. I lost their box many many years ago and have kept them in a nice wooden box from fair trade ever since. It's funny not having them any more, its like losing a part of myself.
So ok, why would this be a positive thing? Well when I'm unsure, ill or nervous, I use them like a Catholic would use worry/prayer beads. When life is going well I hardly ever need to consult them. Unfortunately one of my friends and neighbours also uses them in the same way. And they aren't even hers! Whats more she has loads of tarot packs herself but prefers mine cos all hers are fluffy and always give her positive life affirming advice and mine are nasty! It seems nothing nasty ever happens in New Age land. She constantly phone me up and asks me to do readings for her over the phone or draws her own 'fluffy' cards and then asks me to get the same cards out as she has drawn and for me to tell her the real hard news. Not that I do, I usually soft pedal all the same. It's really like giving advice using 'headology' and my knowledge her and her situation.
So have I given them to her? Not on your nelly! My youngest sister Anne, who is a pisces with scorpio rising and has always been known as 'fay', has them. I know they'll be safe with her, having so much of me in them now. I've always known that one day Anne will choose to expand her natural gifts, and the day has come. I can trust her like no other. It just felt so right to give them to her. And the nasty thought behind the gift was now C will never be able to haunt me for a tarot reading ever again.
Ps I do have other packs but I'm not telling are you?