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Career Guidance from the
Cards
by Cathy Goodwin, Ph.D.
As a career consultant, I
meet people who feel they are standing at a fork in the road,
seeking guidance on whether to turn right or left. Accept this
job offer? Resign from a frustrating job? Return to school? "I
know the answer is within me," they say, "but how do I gain
access to my inner wisdom?" Besides journaling and meditating, I
often turn to tarot cards, using a simple, single-card method.
As you shuffle a deck, ask
your question. Avoid yes/no questions, encouraging phrases like,
"What will happen if I …" Or just, "Give me an impression of
outcome X." Pull a single card. Often the image will speak to
you immediately. You'll have a sense that your intuition has
been personified in this single card. For instance, Marie had
just completed interviews with two companies. She was also
considering a return to graduate school for a new career
altogether. Marie drew "Death" for both of her corporate
options. She realizes that this card can signify a rebirth.
However, as soon as Marie saw those cards, she felt her
intuition was confirmed: "I sensed rejection all through the
interview." For her third option, a new career, Marie drew the
Five of Cups. Typically the Five of Cups means "regret." Marie
was confused: would she regret the decision to return to school?
However, I suggested, this
card might signify regret from not choosing this option. It
could mean that she needed time to mourn her corporate career.
Alternatively, it could mean that she would regret the decision
initially, but would feel differently later. I
urged Marie to live
with the decision and the card a little longer, gather more
information, and use meditation and journaling to enhance her
intuition. And, I suggested, she could draw another card later.
In my own life, I have found that a two-card sequence
corresponds loosely to a temporal sequence. Alas, the cards do
not yield information about length of each sequence, but you
know there's hope ahead. Another client, Mike, was not familiar
with tarot cards, which he associated with store-front crystal
balls. Mike had been laid off from a lucrative managerial
position, with a generous severance package..
Mike drew the Three of Cups
from a Rider-Waite deck. I encouraged him to study the image
first, before turning to published interpretations. Mike spoke
of three women who seemed to be proposing a toast. They appeared
very focused on the cups and on each other. Mike felt drawn to
the symbols of autumn and harvest: pumpkin, grapes, fruits,
orange and yellow colors. Perhaps, Mike thought, he needed to
harvest the fruits of his previous career. He could celebrate
what he had stored up and use the fruits of the harvest for a
new life. Mike had little interest in studying traditional
meanings of this card. His own answer felt right to him.
Besides this method, I
advocate the card-a-day method to track progress of a life
transition. Keep a tarot card intuition journal. Write down the
question, draw a card, and record your card, Later you can track
the effectiveness of tarot cards for your own life. You may
learn new meanings: "I thought this card meant departure but it
really meant I was supposed to be waiting." My Rider-Waite deck
has become one of the most powerful tools in my career coaching.
I encourage you to use your own cards to gather intuitive wisdom
and enhance intuition as you enjoy career and life change.
About the Author
Cathy Goodwin, PhD, is an
author, speaker and career consultant. For her free Career
Freedom ezine, email subscribe@movinglady.com. This article
comes from her ebook:
http://www.movinglady.com/intuitionbook.html. Email: Cathy@movinglady.com
Phone: 505-534-4294.
