On the cards: How Kirikiroa is growing a Tarot Community.
Have you thought about what your future would look like, or do you want to know how your day might go?
Kirikiriroa Infinity Spiritual Centre is one place you can go to seek some insight. The family-owned business was started by Barry Bartlett over twenty years ago as a crystal shop. Over time, it has expanded into a ‘heart-led healing space’ with a range of goods, services and workshops to open the spiritual world for customers.
One of their services has been a growing community of tarot card readers. Over the past ten years, Stacy Sadler, a reader at Infinity, has seen the community blossom with a significant increase in people joining tarot classes.
Sadler, who is self-taught, picked up an interest in tarot when she moved to Australia and flatted with a tarot reader. This inspired her to start learning.
“I started tarot readings in 2015. It took a lot of proper reading, research and developing my own reading style before I got to practise (for clients). Tarot can be self-taught, but it takes time to learn each card.”
Sadler said tarot readers and clients are a diverse community, all tarot cards tell different stories. “The cards give people an idea of where they are coming from, where they are now and where they are going.”
“People are becoming more drawn to tarot, and although it has always been there (as a spiritual guidance tool), more people are switching to it. Some people want guidance from other sources on specific topics, and some want to pull a card in the morning and see how the day goes.”
Cards give people an idea of where they are coming from, where they are now and where they are going.
She runs a basic beginner tarot card class at Infinity to bring the readers’ community together at the end of every month. They start by learning and practising each of the 78 cards, all of which have different meanings.
After the beginner’s sessions, she teaches ‘Beyond Basics’, which includes the different spreads and the interpretation of cards. She often runs an hour workshop at Infinity where beginners can learn and practice on each other.
“When aspiring readers come into a space where they are all learning and if a message resonates with the rest, it becomes encouraging for them to continue.”
Sadler said there is a lot that comes through intuition and psychic messages, which is incorporated in the card reading.
She advises aspiring readers to go with cards they feel drawn to or aligned with and consider artwork and different designs. These are also important as the cards are so visual.
Sadler said the community is growing and many people are embracing tarot, both as readers and clients, “It is no longer seen as a ‘wayward’ thing”.
She stressed that a reading is a personal process and varies between people as ideas are communicated. Being open-minded rather than fixated on specific outcomes is important. Sadler said, “It is not always black and white. Sometimes I get messages, but I perceive them differently because it’s for somebody else. It’s not set in stone; things come in differently, but there are always signs for everything.”
Sadler said that she tries to give general readings “As a tarot reader, I am aware of putting specific dates to readings on sensitive things, like dating and giving birth, as it makes people fixated.”
If you are going to learn, to read, to receive, or to just try something new, the tarot card community is here to stay.
For more information https://infinityspiritualcentre.co.nz/our-people/.
