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I think the reading itself is responsible for the decision point that allows clients to break away from any “chains of cause and effect.” It makes them aware of the probable future so they can consciously change behaviors that are leading them us along that path. So, oddly, awareness of our “predestined” future is exactly what triggers free will. I know I’m pretty much repeating what has already been said, but Tarot is so cool!

So glad I've stumbled across this site! I've been reading Tarot for about five years, and I'm trying to form a deeper personal connection with the symbolism in the cards. I'm reading about the connection between the tarot and the Qabalic Tree of Life, and I've just started learning about astrology and its connection to tarot. But I’m really excited about learning from the experience and wisdom you all share in these forums!

There are about a thousand variants of the 3 card spread with a keyword for each, great for a quick reading and easy to remember! Past / Present / Future Mind / Body / Spirit There are some 3 card spread ideas from our members in the past -

I did! I’m sure I will be referring back to it often.

One thing I like about the CC is that the positions can be summarized in one or two words. I like the Counting Crows spread because i know the one for sorrow... rhyme. Any other spreads like that?

Is a hammer for building a shed or for hanging art on the wall? (I'm not trying to sound flippant -- it's a good discussion!) That's how I see the question, because I think of tarot as a tool, and it will be what you make of it and what you're currently capable of.

KD Edward’s series is a world where is actually based on the Atlantean culture. It’s strange but super good found-family.

I don't think there's a one size fits all. Quite possibly there's a multiplicity of phernomena behind tarot. You mention spirits. Perhaps some readers are in communication with spirits and these beings communicate via tarot. This would make sense for people with mediumistic or possibly telekenesis type of skills. For me, Tarot itself has an Intelligence or egregore. The Intelligence speaks to me in numbers, patterns, and probabilities. Many readers wouldn't see it that way. I do. I also use astrology. This is another way Tarot can speak in ways I understand. LOL I'm not very woo. It's mostly numbers, planets, and pattern recognition for me. When reading other people, there's the empathic / intuitive / subtle connection with the client. This is its own phenomenon which to me, is separate from Tarot. I connect with the person to fully understand their need. Then I ask Tarot's Intelligence for the answer and translate that back to the person. It's 2-step and 2 different skills [for me]. Ask 1001 readers this question and you may get 1001 answers.

One possibility is there's an end point / destination. That could be the question that is posed or a message that spirit wants to get across. So it's like colouring in a drawing, or getting images intuitively (which is what the cards assist with because you build on those images by getting other images associated with them). Perhaps each card is like a street that the reader can go down, whether they use the street map (rote card meanings and those we've assigned) or instinct - a sort of direction N/S/E/W we are going in because we have a feeling that's the way to get to the message or destination that is the end point destination (we may not know what that is, but there's something guiding us in the cards). We go left here, right there, and there are features along the way (a building, bridge, park - some sort of place marker that gives us an idea of whether we're going in the right direction - or just a prompt of sorts). If we take a wrong turn somewhere that can impact the reading - a little feedback can be important - asking a question to the sitter that tells us we are going in the right direction or the right direction. An endless realm of possibilities and frequencies to follow, but The frameworks in which we live are the same, as are the human emotions and so on - and these are timeless, as are the cards.

Helloooo....I'm a new arrival too, it's great here. So much great content to check out!

Welcome to the community @ChthonicReverse Glad you have found us here 😀

Quality of fake decks or counterfeit decks is terrible. To whoever wishes to buy one of those they should know that it will not last, both shuffling and reading experience will be lame, simply because material and color scheme are poor. I would suggest buying quality proper decks of an original creator, unless you are unsure if deck really fits you, or you don't expect to hold onto it for a long time. I have a fortune telling cards and decks that are 20 years old and they look brand new. I also have a few fakes that fell apart and bent in all directions after a single use. I was also gifted a few fake decks, simply because a person who bought them was not informed about a topic, and had no idea that is a copy of somebody's work in the first place, and I didn't want to make a huge deal about it.

The advice stands on a practical foundation; is very hard methodically to achieve a level of clarity for self-reading because we need to kind of detach from self, and that requires a big effort. Personally I find reading for others easier, because I am not attached as much as I am to my own existence, expectations, experiences and feelings. But, with practice it becomes easier.

For fortune telling or future detection you would need a natural born oracle, so I would say it is more about the guidance and if there is a solid grasp of future events in a receipt that would be a good bonus.

Well, we all occupy the same real of existence and operate within similar frequencies, so it can create quite interesting web of things.

Empty your head. It sounds easy and simply, but not so easy in practice. If you read for yourself, a self-improvement reading of a type, then you have to work very hard to achieve that state where you are not bound by expectations and feelings.

I prefer the audience, so it would be live streaming. I do need a table, good light and some me-time. So I choose environment and a time frame when I can be focused on my audience. I find pre-recorded videos to be very boring and I also like one-on-one real life readings. I don't know if I need any other prep but a nice cup of coffee, as I am doing this for a very long time.

I dislike a theme of predestination, in a nutshell it says that you can't change a thing so individuals pretty much give up. I believe that we can improve our circumstances with a little bit of planning and conscious decision making. Divination gives us a certain window of opportunity to sit with oneself, or another, and to reconsider possibilities.

Hello @ChthonicReverse welcome to the TT&M Family

Hi! I am Hagal, a tarot reader from Chthonic Reverse. I am interested in tarot and oracle decks, various techniques and experiences of others with similar interest. Hugs 💛

I agree so much. We all have our own baggage when it comes to such things - the deck that feels right to you is the one to start with - unless your main aim is to start "historically" or to study a particular system. If the 1JJ hadn't been the only one I could find at the time other than the Smith/Waite, which I didn't want because my partner had that, I might have been reading MUCH sooner ! (I am very old; my options were limited. But if Pagan Cats or Sweet Twilight had only been around then....)

I agree, there is no deck that is going to be the perfect one for every single person. In the past I have helped friends, family and acquaintances find their first tarot deck. I have often let them look through my collection to see what type of decks they were drawn to. Inevitably, their individual tastes differ a lot. Most beginners though, have wanted a deck that wasn´t "too hard" to learn with. So typically nothing that required a thick guidebook with a complex system. So the best thing is to shop around and look at many different types of decks. I also don´t think it is realistic to think that you will find your ultimate 'soul mate' deck on the very first try. The goal is rather to get you going, and to find a deck that interests you enough so you'll want to actually use it.