🌿 Welcome to the community, @Nicollette Johansen We're so glad you're here. This is a space for thoughtful tarot readers, curious seekers, and people who believe the cards have more to offer than quick answers. Whether you're just beginning or you've been reading for years, you'll find opportunities to learn, reflect, ask questions, and grow alongside others who share the journey. When you have a moment, we'd love for you to introduce yourself in the comments. Tell us a little about who you are, where you're from, and what drew you to tarot. We'd love to get to know you. A great place to begin is the **Start Here** section inside the **Classroom** tab. Welcome to the circle. We're looking forward to walking this path with you.

Most people ask, "How can I become a better tarot reader?" I'd like to offer a different question. Who are you becoming because of your tarot practice? Has it made you more patient? More honest? More willing to sit with uncertainty? Better at listening? Kinder to yourself? The cards aren't just here to give us answers. They're here to change the way we see ourselves and the world around us. I'd love to hear your thoughts. How has tarot changed you - not your readings, but you as a person?

The July Adventure and July Quest are now waiting for you inside the classroom. This month, we're slowing down. Instead of trying to become "better" at tarot, we're exploring something much deeper: Who are you becoming as you read? The Adventure is available to everyone in our community and begins with an overview that introduces this month's journey. After that, a new week's practice will be released every Monday throughout July, giving you time to reflect, notice, and integrate rather than rushing ahead. If you've unlocked access to the July Quest, you'll be taking this work even deeper with guided reflective practices designed to help you notice the stories, assumptions, and patterns that shape every reading. And because I wanted to make this month's Quest feel a little more special, I've included a companion journal called Reflective Notes for Quest participants. It's a quiet place to capture insights, questions, and the subtle shifts that happen when you return to the cards with fresh eyes. No pressure to finish everything. No race to the end. Just one week One practice One conversation at a time. I'll see you on Monday for Week One.

Every community develops its own way of seeing. This is ours. These aren't rules to memorize or boxes to fit into. They're the principles that guide how we approach tarot, how we learn together, and how we walk beside one another. We practice attention. Before we interpret, we observe. We notice symbols, patterns, relationships, emotions, and questions before reaching for meanings. Tarot begins with seeing, not knowing. 1. We choose curiosity over certainty. Tarot is not about finding the "right" answer. It's about asking better questions. We stay open, explore possibilities, and allow meaning to emerge rather than forcing conclusions. 2. We trust relationship over memorization. Books are valuable. Teachers are valuable. Experience is invaluable. The cards become meaningful through relationship, reflection, and practice - not by memorizing definitions. Your relationship with the deck matters more than anyone else's interpretation. 3. We practice discernment. Tarot isn't here to replace your judgment. It's here to strengthen it. We learn to think with tarot rather than asking it to think for us. 4. Nothing human is unwelcome here. Joy. Fear. Grief. Anger. Hope. Confusion. Shadow. All of it belongs. Growth doesn't come from pretending difficult parts of ourselves don't exist. It comes from meeting them with honesty. 5. We honor the person before the reading. This is a trauma-informed community. We never use tarot to shame, manipulate, frighten, or diminish another person's agency. People matter more than interpretations. Always. 6. Your voice belongs here. You don't need decades of experience to participate. You don't need permission to notice something others missed. Questions are welcome. Different perspectives are welcome. Respectful disagreement is welcome. This community grows because many voices contribute to the conversation. 7. We practice with integrity. If we don't know, we say we don't know. If something is uncertain, we leave room for uncertainty.

Every community evolves as it grows. The original "Crone's Tarot Code" was written to establish boundaries and protect the kind of space I wanted to create. Over the past several months, something has shifted. We've become less focused on what we're not and much more focused on what we're practicing together. This isn't a change in values. It's a clearer expression of them. So today, I'm retiring the original Code and replacing it with 'Philosophy of Practice' - for how we approach tarot, each other, and the conversations we have here. Welcome to the next chapter.