An "awakening" is a moment of clarity in which a new insight or understanding is gained. With this new awareness the experience of life is seen differently, and new possibilities are opened. Changes in patterns of thought, emotions, and behavior occur. An awakening allows the possibility of growth to new levels of psychological and spiritual maturity.
Which is a very succinct summation of the Hero's Journey, a journey that I have read a thousand times and that I continue to live in various stages and parts of my life. To my great delight, I recently learned something that I knew once, a long time ago, that links Tarot and the Hero's Journey. You may ask, how can you learn something that you knew? Well, that's easy enough. Some things we learn and forget that we've learned them, or don't know that's how we learned them and then a new connection gets made and we realize that we knew something in a way we couldn't put words to and thus we learn it again.For certain Tarot Card readings, the querent (the person asking the question) is asked to pick a card to represent them. I have always and forever picked the Fool as my card in the deck.
