She’s ready for her closeup . . .

Well, I couldn’t stop reading TRTR and just finished it. Wow. Thank you for sharing your story. From the heart and full of insights and wisdom and honesty and universal truth. I loved every word of it and am sad that it’s over. Same way I felt after listening to the last episode of Tarot Talk. Raven, never stop sharing your gifts. ~Trish Moreno, CEO of Little Giraffe

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Speaks to the joys & insecurities of finding your true path in life, however unexpected. It’s an honest, insightful read. A glorious book with a strong message for anyone who has/is discovering themselves on a path they never expected! There is a need for this book, and as such it will find its way into every nook & cranny of the ‘verse. ~Pip, As You Wish

 

Raven Mardirosian once dreamed of being a missionary. A veterinarian. An English teacher. All respectable careers. How did she end up being a full-time Tarot reader?

The Reluctant Tarot Reader: Adventures in the Gypsy Trade is a bracingly honest, unvarnished view into the often mysterious auras of psychics, healers and Tarot readers — straight from an insider.

Part memoir, The Reluctant Tarot Reader takes a no-holds barred look at the wild world known as the metaphysical biz — as well as learning to embrace one’s gifts, however reluctantly.

Split into four sections Birth, Heal, See, Love  for a total of 78 vignettes, TRTR offers real-life, compelling stories such as, “Past Lives and Fluttery Hearts (2001)”, “My Angels Prefer Harleys”, “Steps To Being A Powerful Woman”, and “Secrets from the Psychic World”.

If you’ve ever wanted more than just a glimpse into the life of a Tarot reader, The Reluctant Tarot Reader is your very own crystal ball.

 

How does one go from being a fundamentalist Christian to a full-time Taroist?

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 This is the story of a Tarot reader. 

A reluctant one.

 The Reluctant Tarot Reader: Adventures in the Gypsy Trade

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I LOVED TRTR! It was brilliant, funny, honest and down to earth. So much of what you wrote really struck a chord with me, light bulbs kept flashing in my head as things you talked about clarified my own stuff. It was like I sat down and listened to you all day, got a peek at all that wisdom you have. I am so glad you wrote this and shared it with the world. This “baby” of yours is fantastic. I could go on for days over each page, telling how wonderful it was or how much it really touched me or how much I learned but I’ll reign myself in and say…delicious it was and I ate up every word as quickly as I could, hence finishing in a day! ~ Heather K.

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“My Anger Wears a Black Hoodie” is a great piece of writing. I can so relate. Pick up Raven’s new book! ~ Shakowihe S.

I finally had the space to sit down and begin my copy…3 hours later ( I am a fast reader) I closed the final page….!…TRTR flowed as if I was sitting across a table from you Raven, with a big cup of tea and you were not-so-simply telling me your story…conversational easy style, full of deep wisdom and metaphor…just wonderful! ~kerin rose 

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Here we encounter the peculiar habitat needs of the gods. They settle on the summits of mountains (as on Mt. Olympus), have chambers deep below the earth, or are invisibly all around us. (One major deity is rumored to be domiciled entirely off this earth.) The Yana said that Mt. Lassen of northern California—”Waganupa” in Ishi’s tongue, a ten-thousand-foot volcano—is home to countless kukini who keep a fire going inside. (The smoke passes out through the smoke-hole.)

They will enjoy their magical stick-game gambling until the time that human beings reform themselves and become “real people” that spirits might want to associate with once again.

–Gary Snyder, The Practice of the Wild: Essays

Neck muscles like ropes.

Red hair flowing down well past her shoulders.

Body tight, with the carriage of a dancer.

I mentioned that I didn’t feel comfortable doing a headstand since I was on my period.

“Oh, I’m so old, I wouldn’t know anything about that,” she joked.

Old? I thought. She couldn’t have been past 55. Here she was, with her enviable body teaching a yoga class while believing she was old.

Obviously in jest. But I could tell by the way she emphasized “old” that she meant it. Felt it. As if menopause wiped out every remembrance of youth.

Her statement added one more to the plethora I’ve heard from women in their 50s on up. And since I am less than a decade from that decade, I pay attention.

What these women don’t realize is that I listen.

They are the matriarchy for me. More »