Where do I start? Can I even start? Do I have to wait to be gifted a deck? Do I need a teacher? There are so many myths around tarot and starting out on your journey with it. Some backgrounds do say you need to be gifted a deck by someone. There are many stories of where this comes from. One of which was to do with the Romany community. You were taught by an elder, and you were taught respect, care and secrecy as part of it. This was in part because they were persecuted. And