TAROT DECK OVERWHELM, BUYING HABITS, SPIRITUAL SLUMP? WHY COLLECT DECKS? HEALTHY SPIRITUAL PRACTICE?

*TIMESTAMPS & CHANNEL LINKS BELOW
**This video includes references to my own experience of depression, anxiety, ocd and ptsd
Hi everyone,
Today I’m sharing a VR to the amazing folks in the Tarot Community, with thanks to everyone who has spoke to this topic of DECK COLLECTING, DECK OVERWHELM and FEELING SPIRITUALLY LOST etc.
Here's what I’ve been mulling over, during the last few months, and I have been so grateful and had so much respect for everyone who has spoken to this topic. I have listed all the CHANNELS MENTIONED with LINKS TO THE VIDEOS below.
***I would also like to mention another channel, which I didn’t refer to in the video, and retrospectively I wish I had remembered to, so apologies for that, but I really did appreciate their video a few months ago now. CORVIN at TALE RAVEN TAROT made a video about this topic called In Defense of Deck Collecting - • Video
I’d love to hear your thoughts if you’d like to leave me a COMMENT below and connect with others regarding these conversations. I ask that we keep this space safe for all and that all comments are polite and constructive. Thank you.
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Em x
CHANNEL’S MENTIONED:
Hanni at Fierce and Pretty’s video - • A Lost Seeker - Person...
Lennan Smith’s VR to Hanni - • IS anyone AWAKE? VR to...
Manuela at Place of Stillness’s VR to Hanni - • Video
Mixtress Rae’s video - • Tarot Deck Capitalism:...
Bonnie at Old Soul Mermaids VR to Mixtress Rae - • Deck Collecting, Over ...
Hazel Jane Tarot’s VR to Mixtress Rae - • The One With The Sprea...
Juli at Peekaboo Rose’s video - • Deck Collecting and Co...
Pappa Squirrel’s Feeling Lost video - • Video
Pappa Squirrel’s Flex Culture video - • Video
Lisa Papez’s channel - / @lisa_papez
TIMECODES:
00:00 - Intro to the response to the TarotTube community about deck overwhelm, deck collections and buying habits, as well as feeling spiritually lost
03:33 - Response to Hanni at Fierce and Pretty, plus my spiritual slump and my tarot and witchcraft practice
12:35 - Tarot deck overwhelm and spending habits in the Tarot community conversation; personal responsibility and projection
15:37 - The use of clinical terminology in the conversation around deck collecting
19:07 - Response to Bonnie at Old Soul Mermaid; responsibility as content consumers and deck collectors, and responsibility as content creators
21:23 - Response to Pappa Squirrel and ‘flex culture’ as it relates to the Tarot Community and TarotTube
22:28 - Return to response to Bonnie at Old Soul Mermaid; responsibility as content consumers and deck collectors, and responsibility as content creators; plus my spending habits and some tips and advice for supporting yourself as a consumer of content. What I do to feel nourished spiritually
28:37 - Coming back to my response Pappa Squirrel and ‘flex culture’ as it relates to the Tarot community and TarotTube
30:37 - Why I collect Tarot decks and create content; personal responsibility and mindfulness
34:52 - Final thoughts
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TAROT DECK OVERWHELM, BUYING HABITS, SPIRITUAL SLUMP? WHY COLLECT DECKS? HEALTHY SPIRITUAL PRACTICE?

[@atwinflamelove6553]

I’m so grateful that this video popped up on my feed. This is so important. I worked for a number of years as a mental health clinician before I lost my father, which is when I left the field because I needed to focus on my own mental health and heal myself from a lot around that. I wish the world would understand everything you are saying-especially about clinical terms being loosely thrown around. You spoke so beautifully and I appreciate you so much. So much love to you and a big warm hug. Stay well sister ❤.

[@simonfernandes6809]

I've been feeling a sense of 'overwhelming tarot consumerism' for quite a long time now but it has intensified this year. I have been buying decks for 18 years but especially over the past 4 years. This year was the end. I have bought three decks this year but no more. I read professionally with the RWS and for myself with three decks, of which one is the RWS. This despite the fact I have over 100 decks. The avalanche of deck releases and unboxing videos is just too much. Way too much. For a spiritual practice, tarot has become a humongous consumer driven monster. Nope. My professional reading gives me focus - that and my magick practice. And I just focus on that. No more decks, focus on particular practices.

[@EmilysTarotandMagick]

Thank you for sharing your experiences and reflections on this topic! I too find myself reaching most frequently for my RWS. There's definitely something in this for me and something to really consider whenever there is that craving to buy another new deck. Perhaps having a strategy might help some, whereby before someone buys a deck, they look at how they would use the deck and why they really want it/ need it and really question that desire for the deck before they hit the buy button. I think those questions would probably need to be different for each person, but perhaps there is an idea for a blueprint approach to making those decisions with more discernment.

[@luciev.7844]

I'm watching your video and my brain is spinning with all the little comments I want to add and when its actually time to sit down my mind is blank :-) Anyway I very much resonate with you on all the topics you have mentioned. Responsibility, transparency and healthy balance - in everything. I see youtube channels like an online universe with infinite vortexes, people are attracted to different channels for different reasons. But there is always ALWAYS the option to go offline to real world. Grounding in nature is necessary. Thank you for sharing!

[@nicholeparedes8731]

I do love hearing your thoughts. Thank you for having and Sharing your own opinion.

[@MagickUnleashed]

Wow I feel the exact same sometimes! There’s not enough time to practice all the things I want to practice or read and study all the topics I want to. When you’re trying to keep up with a KZbin schedule sometimes you feel your own practice suffers a bit. I resonated deeply with this 💕

[@Gemmagic84]

Really insightful video Emily. So much YES to what you said about people armchair diagnosing others through the internet... it's so damaging for the person being labelled, and damaging to people who actually have those clinical diagnoses. Please stop, lol 😅 I enjoyed hearing your thoughts. Have a beautiful day 🥰

[@aeviwishbone2058]

Thanks for your honesty. Everyone seems to assume that ‘hoarder’ means serious mental health problem/ clinical issue but I think the disorder was named after the everyday use - eg when I was young we used to describe a squirrel as hoarding nuts - rather than the other way round as far as etymology goes. ….I guess maybe the common usage has shifted but I think we need words for ‘gathering a large quantity’ without triggering all these mental illness references. I have experience of mental illness myself and believe most things are a spectrum from diagnosable illness to personal quirk to cultural norm, I feel for me it’s disappointing that when mental illness is mentioned some people seem to get very worried about categorisations to the point where things can’t be discussed freely. (For me this is worse for everyones mental health, especially when so many people don’t get diagnosed (correctly) for years). With collecting & reactions to collecting I also find there are cultural norms that are evident but rarely spoken about; about what volume of shopping is normal, desirable, ‘spiritual’, or would make you worry about someone. (meanwhile social media has been a catalyst for lots of consumerism for everyone)

[@tarotthoughtsinspace]

Thank you for bringing up the intrusive thoughts after having your child… it’s such an important conversation. I’ve encountered quite a number of women with similar experiences.

[@Peekaboorose]

Eloquently said, Emily. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and experiences on these topics with us 💗

[@MixtressRae]

Hi Emily! Honored to be mentioned in your lovely (and so organized! Time stamps and everything, wow!) video. 😍

[@EmilysTarotandMagick]

Ahhhh Thanks so much for watching and commenting lovely! 🥰

[@JensBalancedTarot]

I really appreciated hearing your thoughts on these topics. Nicely said! I think it’s important to evaluate our own practices to make sure they serve us well, so definitely a valid discussion. But it can be a little too easy to project our stuff on to others, so being wary and mindful of that is important. Thank you! 💖

[@thewavesofyoursoul]

Thank you Emily that was beautifully said and regarding deck buying and responsibilty of consummers and creators i agree with you fully. This is something i have been thinking a lot about and your points really resonate with me & you articulated yourself much better than i ever could so thank you ❤ also i am so there with you about needing to come back to nature i can't cope for too long if i don't take ti me for grounding or just going outsidefor some fresh air for a bit it is the best medicine 🌹

[@becurious17]

Hi there! I just discovered your channel and I enjoyed listening to your perspective in this video. I especially appreciate that you touched on the topic of clinical terms being used in a harmful or mindless way. I think education around this topic is so important. As someone with my own experience of intrusive thoughts and anxiety disorders, it really hurts to hear people throw around terms like OCD or hoarder so carelessly. I hope that people will be more mindful with their language and realize that clinical mental health issues are a very real struggle for some people. It is not okay to label someone with a diagnosis if you aren't specifically a health professional being sought out for your service.

[@EmilysTarotandMagick]

Absolutely agree - that's exactly how I feel too. Thanks so much for watching and sharing your experience as well 🙏 Xx

[@KateyFlowersTarot]

Hello! What a lovely treat to have your video pop up in my recommendations today. I really enjoyed your video and how honest and sensitive you were in sharing, and I especially appreciated your thoughts around the use of clinical language and the need for us as viewers to be conscious of what we're watching and why. Thank you!

[@CandySoulAndSoil]

“Sharing joy” well said Emily ❤️

[@VintageMoon-]

Beautifully put….I agree and sympathize with everything you said! 💜

[@AstariaSen]

Hugs. I havent spoken or commented much on this topic but you made a lot of valid points. Thank you for sharing. I have not decided if I want to make a video about any of this yet.

[@thewootiquelondon]

As someone who has just opened an indie tarot store I have had moments of guilt about being “an enabler” for deck collectors. However you have reminded me that shopping (whatever it is) is a personal responsibility and no one should sit in judgment of others’ decisions. I hope that I advertise responsibly and will never have 100s of decks in the inventory to avoid the kind of overwhelm you speak about. 💚

[@melaniejayne414]

Oh Emily, this is such a satisfying video to watch. I could not agree with you more. You expressed yourself so well and I believe that this is the most well put together video on these subjects that I have seen on tarot tube. 👨‍🎓👍🤸‍♀️🖤Thumbs up girlfriend!!! you nailed it. And in no way did you look like a hoarder in that video. 💞

[@BecomingME]

I hear you. It is the same for me as well. To have all these ideas and plans but then paralysis when it comes to bringing it to fruition. I think it is the KZbin component that adds a layer of stress to it. I have kept the tarot to myself - I sometimes want to share. But other times I want it to be mine. A thing I can allow space for it to grow - without having to have it all figured out. Without having to create a video about it. I do feel social media burnout in my channel. I understand what you are saying about consumption. As I do unboxings and now I am thinking about minimizing. Canceling some subscriptions to boxes. I think it happens in every domain. Clothing, jewelry. Etc. even snack boxes. I have a lot of decks. I have not shown. But I do go to youtube for flip throughs. I feel for you that you have to justify what you have and its origin - to commenters.

[@dreaming.willow]

This is my first video of yours that I am watching. I love the openness and honesty. For someone new to youtube tarot community I really appreciate. Thank you.

[@fierceandpretty1365]

Thanks for taking part on the conversations in such a lovely way. This was a video where I should have been commenting all along while watching cause I had so many thoughts but by now my mind is blank. But what I did just after this was that I subscribed to you on Tiktok. That's a first for me 😅 My daughter made me put it in my phone and I have zero idea on what to do with all that confusing mess. But atleast I managed to follow you! So learning something new. Part of my babysteps approach to the lost seeker in me. Thanks Emily. I really enjoyed this.

[@rootsofaurora]

I really like the way you expressed your thoughts here. :) Very honest, yet gentle. Thank you for sharing. I think so many of us can relate to occasionally feeling overwhelmed by all the decks trending and not being able to stop ourselves from that "buy now" button... ;) I'm happy I found tarot back in 2004 because I couldn't splurge the way many people can that start learning tarot right now. I think that for many it actually hinders a good learning curve when constantly having a new deck to look at. But I also think so many of us have those moments you speak of, that we feel we need a break both from tarot tube and from shopping. It's healthy to take those breaks...

[@mistywinters4231]

hi i am my name is misty i am from the usa. I dont comment often due to being an introvert and poor grammer that aside i paused because i had the strong urge to share my personal insight to our generation in regardes to collections i belive there are 2 types the minmalist and the collector and my opionin is what makes you happy do it i am one who likes collections although i dont have any because of funds but if i could i would but if it makes you happy to keep it to a few things then do and like you were saying dont make others feel bad for what makes them happy i love seeing you collection

[@rickigill5206]

Yes I agree with you ,great video

[@NightOwlandtheMoon]

I really appreciate this video ♥️

[@Rosemaryluna206]

Thx needed this video today

[@tamipie]

I enjoyed this one too. I don't like the really hard line...abrasive stuff. I think you made your point kindly and eloquently. Thank you.

[@HazelJaneTarot]

Yes to all of that. ❤😘

[@larizima]

Queen 💗🌸

[@wren1019]

ooo, how pretty you look 💙

[@rickigill5206]

To me it helps me learn tarot

[@thehighpriestess8431]

I know that my buying habits concern me and no one else. I buy decks or whatever I buy because I can. What I do with my money is up to me. Boundaries people! Respect other people's boundaries. If I decide to have two homes, a boat and travel around the globe twice a year it is up to me. It is nobody's business!

[@EmilysTarotandMagick]

Absolutely! x

[@rickigill5206]

That's me it's the art

[@lo.p4089]

Just letting you know that a couple of your links do not work when I click on them. The Instagram one takes you to another person's page and the Buy Me A Coffee says that the page cannot be found. May need to re-link them?

[@EmilysTarotandMagick]

Thank you for letting me know - it's so odd how some of them seem to break! I've updated the links and they are now all working! Xx

[@paganpineapple6537]

I just started your video I'm like 30 seconds in and I LOVE YOUR NAKED FACE. You are so naturally beautiful. 🖤

[@whatever.1765]

She is gorgeous!! However, she is wearing makeup, perhaps not eye makeup though. :)

[@ariellechandler4914]

You should be a model. While you have a very witchy look that I find beautiful you face is perfect for the modeling industry.