Can I Buy My Own Tarot Deck?

"It is bad luck to buy your own Tarot cards."

At least that's what I was told when I began my Tarot journey over 15 years ago. 

I started reading in a little diner with some friends. Everyone there had a deck of Tarot cards but not one had bought them for themselves. It was bad luck, they said.

I was gifted my first Tarot deck by one of my friends and had a blast learning to read in the middle of the night at that little diner. I was gifted a few more over that year and then *gasp* I bought my own.

I drove up to the semi-local, major chain bookstore in the area. I browsed for probably an hour in the Metaphysical section and found a deck that caught my eye. I then bought "The Sacred Circle" Tarot deck and book.  Boy was it gorgeous!  I felt an immediate connection with it and realized I had not had that feeling with my other decks.

Due to circumstances beyond my control (typical story of the angry Christian parents finding their daughter dabbling in Wicca), I lost that deck and all the others along with my "stash" of Wiccan supplies and literature. 

I gave up for about a year before I found myself in a hole in the wall Metaphysical shop a few towns over. And would you believe the first thing that caught my eye was "The Sacred Circle"?  And you best believe I *gasp again* bought it. And once again it was taken from me.

So you're probably thinking that turn of events would prove to be bad luck because I bought my own deck, right? Wrong! I bought that same deck one more time when I moved out and have had incredible success with it ever since. That deck has come back to me three times and we all know that the third time's a charm, right?

After a few years I felt a slight disconnect with my deck. It was time to move on. I bought a few others that worked well but none of them ever called to me like "The Sacred Circle". And then about a year ago I found myself on Google and Amazon searching for a new deck that called to me.  After about a week I found one that I just had to have!  So I bought "The Mystic Dreamer" Tarot deck.  This has been my go-to deck for a year now.  I still use my other decks for certain types of readings, but I get the most clear answers from "The Mystic Dreamer".

It's NOT Bad Luck to Buy Your Own Tarot Deck!

Go ahead and browse! Find a bookstore or Metaphysical shop. Order one on Amazon or Etsy. Find one you connect with and leave all that bunk about it being "bad luck" to the skeptics.  If you don't connect with your deck, your readings will suffer. And most likely you will not connect to a deck that is gifted to you unless you have a wishlist set up somewhere.

Think of your deck as an extension of you. You should be attracted to it enough to wear it like your favorite t-shirt or hoodie. Find one you love and then... Buy it!

Do you think it's bad luck to buy your own Tarot deck?

Leave a comment below and tell us why or why not!