All of these stories are very interesting to read!

I can't remember when I first became interested in tarot... but it was sometime in my teens.  My family is christian and I was raised that way... but I have always felt separate from them.  My mom jokes they are all hands and I am a foot.  I have always been drawn away from religion and towards spirituality.  I am very much in my head.. always thinking and always searching.  My first love was astrology.. I think from my interest in psychology and people's personalities.  Then I found tarot.  I think I got a deck when I was in my teens with my friend.. but we both had to hide it and couldn't keep it long. As all of my spirituality books and interests had to be hidden growing up.  So I think my first personal deck was around 22 or 23... so only a few years ago.  I have rarely read for anyone but myself.. but recently I've realized that I seem to be better at reading for others than myself.  I still feel that I haven't found my favorite/meant to be deck yet.  Maybe I will go hunting for it again soon.  I find it so fascinating tho.  I would also love to learn to read playing cards as that seems amazing to me since there are no images to help you with.  Tho maybe it takes more "powers" of divination... which tho I try and try and easily believe in many mystical based things.. I seem to be lacking in psychic anything.  Oh well.. I do love it all no matter what.