Tarot Journal Journey: A New Start

I didn't mention this in my previous blog post about my personal goals for this year, but I've come to the realization that I like to blog quite a bit. I do have a few more readers now, and, as I've always thought, the more the merrier. Seeing as expansion is on my list of things to accomplish for 2013 for numerous areas in my life (i.e. business endeavours, weight-loss and health) why not add the Tarot to my list? Improving one's skills has always been a priority, and the need will arise one day when I must step up my game. Might as well start now- stagnation never prospers.
To begin, I'm starting with every card of the Major Arcana in chronological order, and then on to the Minor Arcana. This will certainly be more than a year long process, but that's okay. Rushing is no fun anyways.

Along with my Tarot journal posts, I also think it's time to make my witchcraft journal more public. I do have a book that I've use these last three years as my witchie journal and partial Book of Shadows, and it's nearly full to boot, but I hate writing by hand. My handwriting is by default atrocious; it's not worth the effort of keeping a handwritten journal if I have no idea what's written in it half the time. This is where the magic of blogging comes in. Yes, it does draw some publicity, but I don't mind people reading about my experiences. Perhaps if ideas and experiences could be a bit more open between Pagans and witchcraft adherents people on the outside wouldn't feel so strange about us sharing their space. But I digress. I'm not here to debate keeping silent, but rather to promote my openness about sharing. Certainly if I have a spiritual experience that I found to be too shocking or inappropriate I wouldn't not volunteer to share it with the public, however this has yet to happen. Maybe some day when I'm older and more experienced with Astral projection perhaps.

I'll post old entries from my Book of Shadows as the weeks go by, keeping my posts relevant to the seasons and Sabbats. Imbolc is coming soon, for example, so I will post some of my writing about Imbolc or experiences I've had during that time. My journal was not a daily one, so my written entries are a bit helter-skelter throughout the year. I'm not good at consistency at times, but I try my best.

Now for you, my readers, I ask if you've every tried journal writing on the Tarot or have you ever kept a Book of Shadows? I always admire those that create beautiful ones with fancy handwriting and personal drawings and such. At least with my blog I can order a print out of my posts, so that's my answer to the Book of Shadows- works for me.