I started out like the kids on the Psychic Kids show -- talking to "people", seeing shadows, etc. I'm a 4th generation psychic, but my mother didn't want my skills to develop (she had seen deaths and accidents and didn't want me burdened with the gift). But as we all know, that just doesn't work. I was reading for people with a pendulum at 10, and by 14 I was reading playing cards. I had several school detentions for "reading" for friends in the cafeteria.
Graduated to Tarot when I moved to Los Angeles in 1979. Did all sorts of New Age-y things until I found out that the only thing that most people wanted to manifest was money out of MY wallet. Moved on to Neo-Paganism, and became a High Priestess in the mid-90's. Moved to Florida in 1996. (Oh, did I mention that I had worked on the Space Shuttle all this time?) Started a CUUPS (Covenant of Unitarian Universalists Pagans) chapter at the local UU church, and began teach Tarot regularly as well as reading for people.
Was laid-off in October after 30 years of working on the Shuttle program. (Yes, I saw both the Challenger and Columbia accidents in the cards -- but NASA doesn't work off Tarot readings.) I currently am a grad student, working on my Master's degree in Instructional Design. Future plans -- expanding on reading for people and coming up with more creative classes with the Tarot.
