Many tarot readers are also tarot collectors or, as I refer to us, tarot-holics. We will spend quite a bit to get the latest or rarest deck, even chasing down those special, limited edition, self-published titles to add to our collections.
Not only are we acquisitive, we are also inquisitive. We like to see how various artists and authors interpret different cards. It is endlessly fascinating to compare one artist’s interpretation to another’s and to see how that aligns with our interpretations as well. This process broadens …

As with other types of magickal work and energy directing, Reiki can be added here. Along with your own energy, you can send the Universal energy of Reiki into your spell and into your end product. You can even go so far as to cleanse all of your pieces & parts before hand with Reiki and then add more energy into it as you’re stirring, chanting, etc. to charge it.

Usually when we see the this card, we think that it might be a time to pull into ourselves, to retreat from society and get in touch with our intuition, our deities. Perhaps we need to take some time out because we’ve been wounded (I do see him as a wounded healer archetype, occasionally), or are just too darn tired or fed up to take it anymore.

For those who are unaware, Reiki is a type of energy healing. You can find out quite a bit about it in the Healing & Reiki section of MW, where this is an FAQ with threads explaining what Reiki is and is not. It can (and should) be used to heal yourself, friends & loved ones, pets, plants, pretty much any living thing. But, it can also be used as a clearing technique.