Tarot Talk & Technique

What are people's thoughts on card selection as a skill or talent? Is this something that people get better at over time as readers? Is it something different people are just naturally better at than others? Is it not a consideration to you at all? I don't see it mentioned much on this forum, everything is always about interpretation. The answer is always in front of you in the cards, you just have to understand it, is the message I see again and again. When reading cards: what makes those the right cards to interpret in the first place?

I'm a relative newbie, and I don't quite understand why a deck would be majors only, or how one would use such a deck. Nonetheless, I now own one, because I couldn't resist the art! Any thoughts, musings, answers welcome!

When I started receiving the completed bond with tarot, it came by form of a feather. I had been cross watching readings to verify my own understanding. Then I saw a reading being performed and her feather kept taking my attention (it seemed perfectly framed in her camera view). I was sitting on my porch during this particular reading. And as I thought to myself, why a feather and why THAT exact one. As the thought breeched, I looked at my flower bed and saw this perfectly upright feather that seemingly propped itself for my eyes to take in. It blended with it's surroundings yet stuck out like a sore thumb. The same occurrence happened after receiv…

My tarot journey started with the gifting of a single deck from my closet friend. She ultimately gifted me my second deck and I felt compelled to use both for the first reading I did after receiving the second deck. Is it normal to feel sure if one or two decks are correct for a particular reading? Sometimes, it feels absolutely wrong to use both decks and in others, completely necessary. I would like to expand beyond the decks I use but feel I'm still being prepared for other types of decks. Would I be biting off more than I could chew by just buying a new type of deck I've never used simply because I want to expand?

I got the knight of wands, the sun followed by the Ace of swords and the magician. How do you think they feel about me romantically at this moment? Any help appreciated ♥️ Thank you xx

A friend told me he had a tarot card reading years ago at some county fair (early 1990’s) The reader told him(so he claims) that he will die at age 57. Now, in my experience (which isn’t a lot) I didn’t think readings actually tell one that specific of details...am I right? I want him to have another reading...& yet do I? (It’s been years since I’ve had a reading, so personally I’m way over due) any insight would be greatly appreciated thank you

Hello, TT&M! Today, a close friend of mine had messaged me that he had found a little shop with spirituality-related items in his city, and was surprised to see a decent assortment of Tarot and oracle decks on display there (decent for similar shops in that particular city, but still a very joyous occasion). Among these was a Circle of Life Tarot deck, the main quirk of which is it's circular cards (I've looked it up on the Internet and also found a similar deck, Daughters of the Moon). As I've previously taught him my approach to Tarot, my friend though that I would be interested to know about these decks, as the shape of the cards allows them to hav…

https://www.marieclaire.com/health-fitness/a35140909/addicted-to-tarot-cards-essay/ This appeared in my google so i clicked it. I thought at first how it would based On buying tarot decks, and books like my fellow tarotacholics understand. Instead it is a worse addiction.. usually played for laughs in comedy shows like spencer kept following the 8 ball advice in icarley. I think of the old lady in the manitou horror movie coming for a card reading but that was for really in my mind entertainment and social interaction Here it is shared how consulted the tarot for everything overtime and how they moved away from it.

Hi! I just wanted to share a picture of my new folder and journal for tarot study. I'll primarily be working with Benebell Wen's Holistic Tarot. I'm excited to get started on Monday when the book arrives, but for now I'm getting organised. I'm going to use the folder for my readings and general notes, and the journal for card interpretation (I'm considering setting it up for each card in advance with stick on images of the cards but it would be a LOT of work. (not pictured: new fountain pen and sapphire ink on its way) I would love to see how others organise their study!

Not asking if you did it, not prying about your feelings about it, but feel free to share anything. I'm just asking if anyone else has been asked to read on when someone would die or if they were going to die (as in someone was ill or had an ill friend or family member). I remember some years back, a fellow reader said her husband was CERTAIN she knew when he would die just because she was a reader! She never read on it, brought it up, he just ASSUMED since she read tarot....

I have seen the expression "Waite type tarot deck", but I have never seen a definition. I would guess it's a 78-card non-pip deck, but is it stricter than that? Would the Mystical Cats Tarot or Transparent Tarot, for example, be Waite type? Does it need to have wands/swords/cups/pentacles and/or page/knight/queen/king? Do definitions need to match Waite's "Pictorial Key"? What general categories do you use to describe your Tarot decks?

I am doing some renovations and had to clear my attic of all my sentimental items (not of any monetary value to anyone) that I have accumulated over years. I have to get rid of all items from attic as this space is now going to be used for something else. As I was going through all boxes to see what I still would like to keep I was going through a box and at the bottom I saw a picture. As I picked I found it to be a tarot card. With not much light it looked like devil and really freaked me out, but on closer look it was a Count from vampire tarot that is Equivalent to Emperor ). I am still shocked as I have no clue how it ended up there. All my decks are kept in a differ…

I hope this is the right person to ask this question. I did a search, but didn't see anything. What is considered the archetype for Ten of Wands?

Can someone explain to me as simply or as detailed as you choose the ideas surrounding these two, apparently opposite, energies? My brain has been tripping over this for while, and since I'm looking at magician cards at the moment, I was reminded. Are they opposite? Is it ever either/or, or is each never pure? What arrangement are those words actually trying to portray? Some of the problem might be the way words attract meanings and those meanings change over time. For example, receptive, recieiving, irrational, immaterial or without form... these just don't sit well with me because it's like I'm missing the real point. My culture thinks of those things a…

Hey, all. I've been interested in buying a Tarot Workbook to keep organized notes and to learn the cards more personally; I'd like to get some opinions on what others have purchased, or if you've just made your own and called it a day. im looking at getting the Labyrinthos Tarot Journal/Workbook because it's just so appealing to me. Gold on black. There are also some pretty ones on Amazon, but I'm just not drawn to their look the way the Labyrinthos one is. Looking forward to other's opinions and suggestions! https://labyrinthos.co/products/tarot-journal-and-workbook

I have always used a simple sort of altar cloth or scarf to lay my cards and read them, but lately have been itching to get something larger and with more weight, and possibly with some card related imagery on them. Would also be great for instagram I admit! Do you have a special cloth/s on which you lay/spread your cards? Where did you get it from/How did you make it? I'd love to see pics of your spread cloths for inspiration!

I apologize if this is in the wrong section? My cousin has recently moved and after having a clear out given me her Green Witch Tarot but she has lost the lwb that came with it, does anyone know where I could either get a copy or even an online site that might have the meanings? I have tried looking online but not had much luck. Thank you.

I saw a thread on here last year discussing tarot and Myers-Brigg types. I am curious if I wanted to take it deeper and not rely on the matching that has already been done, what sort of questions would be useful to ask my deck. I know there is a lot of debate about personality tests and I am far from an expert or have enough knowledge to engage, but I find them useful as guiding posts to frame my strengths and weaknesses and look at areas I need to develop. I know as an ISTP I need to strengthen my empathy skills. I am curious how tarot can help facilitate going deeper with personality. I searched a bit and didn't find an answer to my question and do hope this is the rig…

So i was doing a spread related to places and i thought that this would be a good idea for a topic. I've seen people doing cards as people or as music but didn't see this one yet. So how do you see a certain card as a place or types of places? I'll start, so i choose Six of cups: •A place that is familiar to the person and that the person created a lot of memories on. It can be the place they grew up as a child or the place that their family/ loved ones reside. Or places they used to feel safe. •It can also be a place that is good to raise children. •A place that has a supportive net (of neighbous/ people that care for you). •A peaceful …

So many of them, even if in the past they've not always had the credit they've deserved! But outside of the obvious big names that spring to mind first and a lot of tarot-y people are likely to have heard of who would you like to mention today? I'd obviously have to mention Chesca Potter, a great artist, environmentalist, and from her writings a feminist, though I don't know if she'd use that label about herself. And getting away from the obvious and to some more recently active creators - Mariza Ryce Aparicio-Tovar, creator of the Gentle Tarot Danielle Barlow, creator of the Greenwheel Oracle and co-creator of the Witc…

I recently acquired the Tarot of Mystical Moments, and while I find the art charming, I was disappointed to see that the sides of the cards are gilded in silver. I generally find gilding annoying and loathe the rise of its popularity in the last few years. It often makes shuffling difficult and renders the cards needlessly sharp, and its ubiquity means that it is not even a special or lux characteristic anymore. However, I do acknowledge that there is variation in gilding quality. The highest quality gilding stays firmly on the card. The second highest quality comes off on my hands in small sparkles as I shuffle. The lowest quality chips on the cards as I shuffle (usually…

I enjoy reading for others. I did a lot of Lenormand readings on AT, I have done some here on TT and Me in the past. But I always just ask for feedback, not an exchange, because at 70, really there's not a question I want answered. How will my lab work come back? NOPE, don't really want to ask that. What part of my body will go first? Nah. It's not because I don't think there are MANY great readers here, it's because I know there are and just don't want the answer to a question I don't want to know. So if I open up Lenormand readings from time to time, and just ask for feedback, just wanted to share it's not because I don't t…

Hey everyone! I recently got a new deck, The Harmony Tarot, and I think it is so beautiful. It seems like a great fit for me as it's for growth and healing, something I'm working on at the moment. My problem is I am not connecting to this deck at all, an issue i've never had before. My last two decks i've picked up, starting reading, and it all made sense. With this one my readings just feels jumbled and don't quite make sense. I'm really not sure what I'm doing wrong. Any advice? 🙂

Botanica shop, Kerman California (rural central valley): I entered the small room, and sunlight washed over the dusty shelves through the open door. A man and woman were in chairs near the single narrow isle, speaking Spanish. "Good morning." I said. The wares were disheveled, with apparently little attention to organization. I cut to the chase: "Do you have Tarot cards, in Espanol?," I inquired. He looked at her, and she shook her head, "no" to me., The weathered older gentleman asked in broken English if I too read, with an inquisitive stare. I confirmed I did, and the woman rose and pulled out 3 packs from behind the cluttered counter. She laid them carefully in a…

Hi all, I am quite new in tarot and would like to know how do you do when doubts cross your mind, like « your intuition is not good » or « you can’t do this ». Thanks in advance 🙏🏻