The Beginning Hello beautiful readers, thank you for taking time from your busy day to spend this time with me. I began reading my journey into learning tarot in January 2025. I was not something that was even on my radar at the time, but the universe has a funny way of putting us in places at the right time to direct us to where we need to be. I had just left a job that I thought was going to be my forever career. I had started piercing, which is something I have always wanted to do, but the job was anything but a dream. Shortly after getting hired i learned that the owner was a narcissistic, abusive asshole. I put up with it for as long as I could, but there are only so many times a person can be shit on before they finally have had enough. I was broken, and it showed up in my life in some of the worst possible ways. Thankfully, I was able to find another piercing job, but I had to spend several weeks away from my family to go through this company’s onboarding. As I struggled to move past the abuse that I had endured at my last shop, anxiety began to get the nest of me. I began having daily panic attacks. I was so unsure of myself, that i began to shake uncontrollably during every appointment. I was hopeless, and began to feel that not only was my future on the line, but my family and sanity as well. I was one of the most difficult times I have had in my life.
So, one night, as I sat scrolling mindlessly though TikTok, just trying to not feel, my attention was captured my one of the most unexpected things. A live video crossed my page and the creator was doing tarot readings. I was raised to be very religious, and at the time, I viewed tarot as demonic. Before I could scroll away though, the creator’s cat jumped up onto the back of her chair, and for the next few seconds (what felt like an eternity), this cat saw me. I could feel it in my chest that this cat saw past the screen, past my defenses, and straight into my very soul. I could not look away, so I joined the live. As soon as I joined, the cat laid down across the back of the creator’s chair, and went to sleep. I received my first tarot readings that night, and I was immediately hooked. She knew things about me that nobody could have possibly known, and I knew that I had to learn more. The next day, I went out and bought my first deck.
Bare Revelations is Born I have purchased a number of decks since that day to find the a deck that I felt represented me and my goals. Try as I may, i have found decks that work for me, but none have been that perfect fit, so I began toying with the idea of creating my own. The confirmation came to me in a dream and I would live to share it with you. In this dream, I was in a hellscape. Everywhere I looked was destruction, chaos, hurt, and fear. I was fully aware that I was dreaming and felt like I could make choices in this dream world, but nothing I did was able to make it better. I finally gave up and fell to my knees. As I did, plant life, vines, and leaves began to grow from the ground in front of me and weave themselves into a pentagram. They were vibrant, alive, and directly defied the death that surrounded me. The words I heard next have echoed in my mind since then, “The world is in a state of chaos. Chaos is energy that has no direction. Our will, our intention, can direct this energy to make life into what it should be.” When I woke up I knew that I had to create this deck, but my fears had other plans in mind. I told myself constantly that I was not good enough, that I didn’t have the knowledge to design a deck, that there are others that should be doing this, not me. I have to e honest, I let these fears stop me for a while, and the funny thing about fear is that it will continue to control you as long as you let it. Months later, I paid for a reading from another TikTok creator and he confirmed that I was meant to be designing this deck, and that was the inspiration I needed to start. I made up my mind that fear would not keep me from sharing my vision with everyone around me. I had two goals in mind as I began designing these cards, they had to be inclusive, and they had to be vulnerable. I want anyone that picks up this deck to feel represented in the characters they see, no matter what they look like, who they love, or where they are from. I hope to achieve this by representing bodices of all shapes, sizes, colors, and walks of life. As far as vulnerability goes, have you ever had a dream in which you were suddenly naked in front of your classmates or coworkers? What did you feel during that dream? I have had that dream more times than I can count, and each time left me feeling exposed, vulnerable, and unprotected. The question I had was how do I present the characters in the cards at their most vulnerable, simple, make them naked. Only when we are truly stripped of our masks, our disguises, our personas that we try to present to the world, can we really find our true selves and our highest truth. Thus, Bare Revelations was born.
If any. Of what you read spoke to you, you are in the right place. Thank you. Again for taking time to read this. That in itself is such a huge help in me reaching my goal and seeing this deck brought to life. I am so grateful for that support, and I hope to share the rest of this journey with you as I continue to design my heart out. I may not know you, but I love you, and I am so glad you’re here.