Alright, let’s talk about this Scorpio tarot cards thing. It wasn’t some grand spiritual quest that got me started, not really. I’m a Scorpio myself, see, and you hear all sorts of intense stuff about the sign. Friends would joke about it, or sometimes ask me things like they expected me to have some hidden insight just because of my birthday. Got me curious, you know? I saw a deck online specifically themed around Scorpio energy, and I thought, “Okay, why not? Let’s see what this is all about.”
So, I ordered one. Wasn’t even that expensive. When it arrived, I just opened the box. Simple as that. Flipped through the cards. The artwork was dark, lots of deep colors, symbols that felt intense – scorpions, eagles, water, that kind of thing. Some images clicked immediately, felt familiar in a weird way. Others just looked confusing. I didn’t really know what to do at first. Read the little booklet that came with it, but those things are always kinda vague, right?
I decided to keep it simple. Didn’t want to get bogged down in complicated spreads I didn’t understand. My routine became pretty basic. Most mornings, while waiting for the kettle to boil, I’d shuffle the deck. Just holding them, feeling the cards slide against each other. Then I’d pull one single card. Just one. I’d look at it, really look at the picture, and think about what it might mean for the day ahead. Didn’t always write it down, sometimes I did, sometimes I just kept the image in my head.
Getting into the Groove
After a few weeks of doing this daily pull, I started noticing patterns. Maybe it was just me looking for them, who knows? But certain cards seemed to pop up more often during specific moods or when I was dealing with particular challenges. The cards people always associate with intensity – Death, The Tower, some of the Swords cards – yeah, they showed up. But it wasn’t always dramatic or scary like you might think.
Here’s what I found doing this:
- The cards often felt less about predicting the future and more about reflecting my current state of mind, the stuff bubbling under the surface.
- That Scorpio theme? It really emphasized transformation, intensity, and looking into shadows. Stuff I might normally avoid thinking about.
- It wasn’t always comfortable. Sometimes the card felt harsh, like a blunt friend telling you what you don’t want to hear.
- I started using a simple three-card spread sometimes – past, present, future, or situation, obstacle, advice. Kept it manageable.
Honestly, sometimes I felt like the deck was just calling me out on my own Scorpio tendencies – being stubborn, maybe a bit secretive, holding onto things too tightly. It wasn’t magic, felt more like a weird mirror. Seeing the Eight of Cups (moving on from something emotionally draining) or the Five of Pentacles (feeling left out or insecure) forced me to acknowledge feelings I was trying to ignore.
It’s not like this deck suddenly gave me all the answers. Far from it. There were days the card made zero sense, or felt completely irrelevant. And I think that’s okay. It wasn’t about fortune-telling for me. It became more of a tool for introspection, a prompt to check in with myself. Using a deck themed around my own sign just made that process feel a bit more personal, maybe a bit more pointed.
So yeah, that was my dive into using Scorpio tarot cards. Got the deck, messed around with it, found a simple way to use it daily, and paid attention to how it felt. It was interesting. Definitely gave me something to chew on regarding all that intense Scorpio energy people talk about. Made it feel a bit more real, less like just an astrology meme.
