Tarot Talk & Technique

I'm posting this here in Tarot, but actually the subject could be related to any oracle. I have been debating a lot the actual usefulness of daily readings. I see them being recommended as a form of practice to get more used to certain oracle and, ideally, I can understand how it works. If you use a language everyday you'll become more fluent, more able to discern subtleties in communication etc. My idea when doing daily readings has always been to exercise that. However... in all my times doing daily readings, past and present, I have found them to be very difficult to interpret properly. The times I got something accurate were also times in which…

I have been doing Tarot on and off for a few years now but recently I've decided to get more serious with my Tarot studies. Reversals have always been troublesome for me to interpret so I've decided that I will start small and work my way up to them in due time. I decided to do a reading where any reversals would be ignored concerning "What is the status of my love life?". I've had some ups and downs being alone, and I would like to know what I can do to cultivate a relationship for myself. I've used a three card spread where: 1 -> Current Status or State 2 -> What is blocking me from getting into a relationship 3 -> What can I do to bring love into my life. The …

I’m finding that I’m having difficulty connecting meaning to the following cards: 3 of Coins 7 of Coins and the Pages and Knight court cards Anyone else have issues with these? I feel like when I see them that it just has a neutral feel, or a very limited understanding. For example, all I can think of with 3 of Coins is teamwork. Reversed, I think only of projects not working out. 7 of Coins I see waiting. Reversed I see spoilage. And the pages and knights all might as well be the same cards because they’re like a blur to me.

Hello! I’m just starting to learn the meanings of the cards. I’ve looked at 3 online sources & 1 book. The book has almost opposite meanings than the online sources. I’m really not sure where I should learn from. Any pointers?? Any would be greatly appreciated!!!

A friend of mine, who has recently started to learn the Tarot, asked me if it's possible to get a timing for a prediction using the Tarot cards. I told her that, personally, I never did it, and that usually the spread itself gives me the timeframe of a reading... I.e., whether it's valid for the next month, six months, or the next few days. With the spreads I use most, I already have an idea of how much time they usually cover, but I can't pinpoint dates, and everything also depends on how volatile a situation is. I got curious though - do any of you use a timing method with the Tarot? Or have you ever tried? How was it in terms of accuracy? …

I’m keen to hear any views on predictive tarot and how you thinks that gels (or doesn’t) with the concept of free will. non-judgemental and non-critiqued (which is crazy hard for a philosopher) … just really interested in what position readers hold. thanks.

Anyone want to talk ethics? [surprising it a topic that causes many to start gnawing there own limbs off] I’ve been looking at different codes-of-ethics on tarot sites and there appears to be very little consistency (or indeed actual ethics) 😯 I’m a philosopher and have an interest in professional ethics so keen to hear any forum members opinion on the below (or other) ethical topics. * most so-called codes-of-ethics are just a list of codified rules to follow … not ethics * there is no such thing as ‘personal ethics’ as this would be divorced of any external method of judgement and incapable of assessing right/wrong … it’s just pure su…

I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this, but I couldn't find any other sections it seemed to fit into. So I'm finding most of my readings to be inaccurate. Many of them relate to things that have yet to pass as they refer to them as a bigger picture, but when I'm doing readings about my day or week or mind/body state they don't happen or aren't accurate. I've heard people say that the cards never lie and if the reading seems inaccurate it's because you aren't looking at the message the cards are sending. But if, for instance, I ask what my day will be like and I get 2 of cups it suggests romance or budding friendships and nothing like that happens…

I'm not sure where to ask this but I ran across this website and if you scroll to the right on the colorful charts it says Numerology and Count of each major arcana for RWS and another chart for Thoth and others. https://tarotelements.com/major-arcana-correspondences/ Can anyone please explain their numerology and count? I thought numerology was literally the number on the card and when I've searched each cards numerology it comes up as the number on the card. So I don't understand this websites Numerology and Count. Thank you very much, Tarot Learner Lonely

I recently pulled out 2 of swords,tower,2 of pentacles regarding my future relationship with a boy. Tower terrified me. What do you think this combination means?

How many of you have engaged with a card's depth by doing an intentional visual mediation with the archetypes and symbolism? I believe I started with a template from Mary K. Greer, but soon adapted for my own needs. I have done so with several cards, all from the Thoth, which yielded some fascinating insights. Not always a revelation, but worth the effort. It's been ages, however, since I've traversed that territory. Thinking of venturing into it again. And you?

I really want to trim my Druidcraft. This thing is huge and so hard to shuffle. But 20 Youtube videos later I'mstill too scared to do it. Realistically I can afford to replace it if I stuff it up but I still don't want to ruin the deck. Tell me your deck trimming success stories?

so i pulled some cards about how someone is feeling romantically and i’m stuck because i keep getting the moon card rx, the ace of swords rx, the hierophant, and temperance. i just want some clarification on the meanings of these cards because i’m confused

Hi everyone, I'm new here and pretty new to tarot as well (only a few weeks). I wanted to ask for some insight on a reading and it's going to be a bit of a long one as it's 2 interpretations of a spread so I hope some of you will stay with me! I watched this video on Youtube – just general reading obviously – but I felt the woman was way off with her interpretations of them and the question that was being asked. She has a lot of subscribers (and is obviously a lot more experienced than me), but based on the cards I really can't understand how she came to the conclusion she did and wanted to ask for other opinions. The question was, “Has they moved on? Do they…

Last year I read, in a popular page on Facebook, about a method of divination with the tarot to answer Yes / No questions (which I usually avoid). It was something like this: Cut the deck after shuffling into 4 equal stacks Draw from the top of each stack until you either: A.) Draw and Ace, or B.) Draw X number of cards. The # of aces you pull, between 0 and 4, influenced the answer. I do not remember when you are supposed to stop drawing ( X = ?) It would be fun to experiment with, but I cannot find the post. Has anyone definitively heard of this, and can you provide the possible missing details?

I originally did quintessence by only adding minor arcana (excluding courts) and now I add all including courts (I don't use reversals but if I did I would subtract their values) and I was just wondering 1: how those of you that use a quint add up the value and 2: do you view it as an overall outcome, theme, hidden factor, etc? Side note: I've heard some people add the bottom card of the deck's value, why?

I hope that I'm putting this in the correct place. I just finished a big reading and I've noticed that while I'm doing my readings I get SO hot. I have to turn on the air conditioner and then when I'm done my body cools down. Sometimes my hand will also move to pick up specific cards while I'm doing my readings. I'm wondering if anyone else experiences certain sensations while reading tarot? I once saw another lady say she also gets hot while she's reading tarot but I feel like there are probably countless other cool things that could happen while you're working in all that psychic energy. I'm interested in learning about all of it! So, feel free t…

I'd be interested to hear people's thoughts on this please, as a newbie trying to figure all this out! I am learning with the RWS. I really like the imagery and feel it's assisting with my learning. I have a few other Tarot decks which I bought predominantly for the imagery, but want to build my relationship with the RWS first and feel more comfortable with the card meanings before branching out. Out of curiosity though, I compared The Fool card from the RWS with the one from the Starchild Tarot (Akashic version), which is called 'Starseed' in that deck. Whilst the meanings from the Starchild LWB are similar as it's based on the RWS system, from ju…

I wonder how many people here take direction of a card imagine into consideration. For example if two court cards are next to each other but the people are facing away from each other rather than looking at each other, do you use this in your interpretation? Or do you rely solely on the position, e.g. past - there was someone like the Knight, future there will be someone like the Knight. The reason I ask is because it's the one thing that messes with me a little when it comes to decks where the person in the court card is facing front on - I feel like I might be lacking some information. For example, in the Knight of Wands pictured below, the Knight's facial e…

When doing readings for yourself, which cards do your decks typically use to signify you. For example, if I pull The Star or the Queen of Swords, I know that my cards are speaking about me as opposed to someone else in my life who is influencing me. Do you also have cards that signify people in your life? For example, if I pull The Sun, I know the cards are talking to me about my girlfriend. My cards would also drop the Page of Coins whenever they were talking to me about my ex. I wonder if other people experience this and if so what cards signify you and the people in your life?

Greetings, I love a well-used deck. One with fading, frayed corners, a bit of discoloration. Here is my personal Thoth, used for years. Let's see yours.

Hi, So recently I did a reading for myself and asked if I will get into a relationship with a person I was dating. The outcome was ace of swords which left me quite confused. I know all the aces signalize a new begging and if any other ace came out, I’d say it would mean getting into a relationship, but the ace of swords... I just don’t know. This card sometimes confuses me, and now that’s the case. I usually read it as communication, getting new ideas, learning, realizing something, truth coming to light, but what about this ? How to read it regarding this question ? I don’t see it as a relationship card as it’s connected to mental realms and seems cold/neutr…

How would you interpret the Empress in regards to timing? I asked when someone would become pregnant and pulled the Empress. I personally use the suits for timing and am not well versed in the methods of using Tarot to determine a specific time frame. What I found online wasn’t particularly helpful either. thank you in advance 🙂

When I read for myself I feel confident that I and the cards both know what and who we are taking about, and the answers come out coherent to my situation. But when I read for others it seems I might just be reading for myself again... I've read for myself countless times but only read a handful of times for friends. I was never able to feel sure that the answers matched their situation, and twice it actually seemed obvious that the cards ended up referring to my situation, not theirs. When I read for others I think about them and their questions. I've tried letting them shuffle and cut, or shuffling myself letting them cut. The querents have all been my frie…

I noticed in one of the other threads some of the respondents mentioned tarot decks that don't have reversals by design. That's very interesting. I've never heard of tarot decks being set up that way. I think Robbin Wood was mentioned, but what are some other decks like this?