IF YOU'RE A HOODOO IT'S OK TO BE ATTRACTED TO TAROT CARDS AND HERE IS WHY:
If you are attracted to Tarot cards or reading with cards, or perhaps a crystal ball, you may have a Gypsy spirit guide.
Today, many consider the word "Gypsy" a slur, and please recognize that this text is rooted in education no less than my other post, in which, for example, the word "Negro" may be mentioned as it relates to the literature spoken of in archives such as WPA and old lore. Today, the word "Gypsy" is still used in the spiritualist church; you will still find it in blues songs; hear it mentioned in Misa Spiritualism, Lucumi, and more to describe a person of that ancrstral lineage who is spiritual. Please be advised of this, but also note today many, but not all, of those who are Romani themselves do not like the term "Gypsy."
In Hoodoo and Afro-American Spiritualism, this isn't just a coincidence; it's often a sign that you have Gypsy spiritual guide working with you.
In the teachings of people like Mother Leafy Anderson (the Mother of modern Afro - American Spiritualism), a spiritual guide isn't some distant angel, but a "spirit returning"—someone who has lived, learned, and decided to come back to help you navigate your life.
These guides are intimately connected to you. They speak not always in booming voices, but through an inner knowing, that gut feeling or inner voice "telling you what to do." When the message needs to be delivered publicly, they have the ability to "mount" or "ride" (possess) their chosen medium, allowing them to speak or act through you to help others.
So yeah, the thing is, if you find yourself obsessed with Tarot, playing cards, or even scrying with a crystal ball, you might have what is often called a "Gypsy spirit guide."
Also, if you’ve taken a DNA test and seen a trace of South Asian or Romani ancestry pop up, it’s entirely possible that this lineage is the very source of a spirit in your spiritual “court.” This guide may be the one subtly pushing you toward card divination. Why? Because they want to speak through the cards.
Description of the photo:
New Orleans, 1942: "Baby Doll" revelers stop in a neighborhood African American bar.
Original description: "Baby Doll celebration, a part of Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1942. Unmasked Indians 'breaking down' with a gypsy woman at Pete's Blue Heaven."
Note: Contrary to the description, this was St. Joseph's Day, not actually Mardi Gras/Carnival season (which in 1942 climaxed and ended on Tuesday, February ). . Baby Dolls and "Mardi Gras Indians" would come out for significant but less elaborate festivities for St. Joseph's Day after the lull for Lent.
Source: WPA photo
Unnamed WPA photographer
