Buy, gift or steal?

 There are so many different thoughts about getting your first Tarot deck... 

Must it be gifted? 

No, it is not necessary for your first Tarot deck to be gifted .. This came about with many different thoughts, some of those thoughts began with the Temples, Covens that gave the initiates  their first tarot deck  to begin their Tarot Study from a Mentor, a Teacher within the Temple or the Coven.  An Initiate would also design their Tarot deck themselves after leaning what each card means. How to understand the symbols in a reading?   Another thought came about because of readers wanting to be the only reader in a community so would tell others that Tarot decks needed to be gifted and then they would have to pay the  Teacher, Mentor to teach them Tarot - so in reality the deck would be included in the cost of the course. 

Stealing a Tarot deck ?  

No.. It is not about the magic of the cards, the sense of karma  etc  but the law, the legalities and also the morality of stealing from others.  When you steal from a store - no matter what store it is, it affects the employees, the store profit , this is not just you stealing but includes everyone who steals from the store.  It can also affect the suppliers, the artists, the creators , the printers , the distributors . If something is constantly being stolen, stores will stop ordering it, meaning that it is no longer distributed, no longer reprinted, no longer created. so artists and creators stop being creative .This may not  happen immediately but over time artists/ creators think " Is it worth all that hard work" 

Buy your first Tarot Deck? 

Yes .. it is a possibility.  Begin by looking at the different styles of decks, the different themes.. What art styles interest you?  There are so many to choose from .. I am not saying a gift is not appreciated.. but it is not necessary to start your Tarot Journey.  There are many of us that would never had started learning  Tarot if we had waited for a deck to be gifted....  I brought my first deck and have continued to buy what I like .. yes I have been gifted a couple of decks and I truly appreciate it ... 

My last  thoughts re this topic .. is  To steal from one is to steal from us all , when it comes to Tarot, oracle decks .. as it affects us on different levels over time... 

Go Buy that first Tarot deck, do not wait any longer ...  

Blessed Be! ...