Tarot Talk & Technique

I asked what I needed to Avoid in order to work on my current problem, the problem was the temperance which resonated with me but when the problem it told me to avoid came up as Ace of Cups I was a little confused. What are some possible meanings on this? Perhaps avoiding a new love interest?

A discussion I had in my readings exchange thread with another member prompted me to develop a new layer of understanding to the Majors. I'm sure this has been written about in many books already and it's nothing new to you seasoned readers, I would like to get additional insights to this from others though and see what your take might be on this. So my cascade of insights started with the other member noting that Death is in a sense the opposite of the Emperor. After mulling that over for a while and trying to understand this from an energetic point of view (how I tend to categorize my way of "getting" stuff), I applied this template of thinking to all Majors…

To my knowledge, from perusing this forum and others, it's an agreed upon thing, that there is no explanation as to how the right cards show up in the right place at the right time. Here's an idea I had about this: Imagine, for the sake of argument and this theory, that on the etheric/energy plane, we carry with us in our being, an energetic packet of information, that "law-of-attraction-like" magnetically pulls to us experiences that we need in order to grow spiritually. This packet automatically brings us experiences that our Higher Self/God/The Universe knows will benefit us and push us to mature as a spiritual being. Then imagine a piece of technology that c…

I just wrote this for my personal tarot journal but thought others might enjoy it. If I've posted in the wrong place, I apologize in advance! I've been drawing a single card every day for a few weeks now and yesterday I drew the Devil. This was at 6:00 am so I thought, "Well, my day is shot." I was wrong. Like the other cards I've drawn, I looked at it and asked, "Ok buddy, what lesson do you have for me today?" Once I got past the obvious stuff, my mind went blank so I set the card up beside my monitor and got back to work. Or I tried to. I stopped and glanced at it all morning looking for an insight that resonated with me.…

Hello everyone, So I am experimenting with a technique in finding squares and challenges in my birthchart, pairing the planetary aspects with the Tarot and seeing what insights I can get. I wanted to see your opinions on how the cards Judgement and Wheel of Fortune could create turmoil or opposition in their pairing.

Recently I started a small tarot business as I have been practicing on my own for some time and am trying to make some money before moving out. So it’s been about two weeks and I’ve had three readings I’ve done now for three separate people where I start to get a lot of anxiety out of no where. I’m not sure if it’s just me or if I’m picking up on their energy because they’ve all been trauma readings with the exception of one which was for a girl asking if she’d get back with her ex soon. So I’m a little concerned as to why this anxiety is coming out of nowhere and if it’s something that I should or shouldn’t be experiencing during readings. Any insight would be appreciate…

So, I can't really post the readings cuz they're for other people and I wanna keep their stuff relatively private u_u Last night, I was getting cards for some readings I was doing and I hit some bumps in the road. In one reading, I got two identical cards. This is fine, since the deck itself has duplicates, so I can use the alternate card. However, usually, I wouldn't include the alternate designs since that's A Lot of Cards to shuffle. I didn't think too much of it, but then, in another reading, I got the same card twice, which wouldn't be possible with a physical deck. Should I include these cards, or use the alternate versions? If I do include them, how shoul…

I grew up in the Midwest playing good ole Euchre and IDK if that’s a contributing factor or what, but I hate overhand shuffling. I’m not sure if I’m just too acquainted with playing cards or just plain old superstitious but overhand shuffling doesn’t feel satisfying or “right” to me in any way. Every time I shuffle my cards overhand style I always re-do it; the never feel properly mixed or blended or whatever to me. so...as a result, I riffle shuffle and bridge all my decks (Judge me, I know) and PREDICTABLY, that beats them up pretty badly- especially any with sub par card stock. For a while I was just considering it “the gauntlet” so to speak, like if cards cou…

I hope this is the right place to ask this question. This is my first post here as I just joined. I'd love to know how others see the differences and similarities between the 10 of swords and the death card. Thank you In advance

One of the bloggers I follow, someone who also helped publish the Normal Tarot, is working on creating a deck that's entirely made up of existing cards from other tarot decks. I was wondering if you guys knew of any public domain decks :0 Heres the general tag for info on the project if ur interested, and some more specific posts about it ( X and X)

Is there a way to determine in what part of your life an event will occur? Let's say it comes out of your reading that you will experience a financial windfall and you would like to know from which direction it is coming. Or you will receive some bad news. Or where will I meet my future partner. Like when you read your horoscope and you have work, love and health. I could see pentacles as work, cups as family/friends. What about arts for example? Wands? And Swords? Or maybe other parts of life that currently slip my mind. I could just try to read the card I pull, but not all the cards have distinct 'part of life' feeling about them. But I'm looking for a simpl…

Hi all. I am a seasoned tarot user though not a professional and I've only used them for self-exploration for a long time now (I am 47). In fact, I've recently come back to tarot and have been enjoying exploring decks I hadn't seen before. I came across the Mary-El and loved the artwork, so I purchased them. I still love the artwork, but when I read the book I struggle to understand many of the cards as I feel the meanings deviate significantly in some of them. I struggle most with the minor arcana. I'm not bothered by non-traditional decks - favourites in my collection are the Thoth, Prisma Visions and the El Goliath.I suppose I'm after other people's experiences wi…

i've been entertaining the idea of doing some free readings in public (yes, i know we're in the middle of a pandemic, i've thought about safety precautions-- a topic for another time!) which brought me to this question. i was curious how often, exactly, do most readers cleanse their deck. if, for example, you are booked for a party and do, say, maybe nine or ten readings, would you wait until after the party was over to cleanse your deck? would you do a mini cleanse in-between sitters? after five people? alternatively, when do you know that you need to cleanse your deck? are some people's energy more "sticky" than others?

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Greetings folks! I'm in the process of creating my own tarot deck, and as a result, I am getting into the fine details of each tarot card from the Smith-Waite deck. Naturally, the internet provides me with a ton of information, even too much at times. There are the occasional instances where I have questions about something specific that I see on a tarot card and when I look it up online, I find that there is more than one answer or opinion. While I understand that the tarot can be seen and interpreted in many ways, some of the imagery is obviously meant to be more concrete: After all, if something looks like a sword then it's probably a sword, right? I would …

Hi, everyone! Yesterday I did a general 3-card spread with my RW-deck. It immediately became obvious that the spread was all about corona. I won't go into detail as this is not the place to do so, but one of the cards was 5 of Swords. At first I didn't see the corona-connection - please correct me if someone does - but then I saw some social distancing going on. Not the warm initiatives started to help the needy, lonely, elderly and people who work in health care. But people keeping distance, turning their head, crossing the street when you approach. Diving into their scarfs, no mask at hand. Unfortunately thanks to corona, going for a walk in nature isn't tha…

This may be a stupid question but when pulling multiple cards do you shuffle in between each card or just before starting?

I have a question about daily cards in general and how you all treat them. I do them for myself, sometimes once a day, sometimes I pull for the week. How do you view them or utilize them? Would you see them more as a snapshot of what the day will hold for you, or more like a meditation to learn more about the specific card? I've started mostly using jumpers for the daily draws, and in cases where more than one card comes out, I tend to take that as more of a message I'm meant to receive rather than just something to reflect on. What are your thoughts?

Not certain if this is the right sub board, so feel free to poke me, close/move, etc. Recently I've found myself having a tougher time finding the energy for Tarot. I am often busy seeing friends, working on other interests, or just trying to find work. As a result, Tarot has gotten harder and harder to do reliably, as I finish and start the day exhausted, Does anyone have any advice? Best, The Babelite

Disclaimer: do not read on if you are likely to become upset when contemplating your own demise. We have been talking about this in my coven, as none of us are getting any younger... We were talking about all our magical tools and books and bits and pieces, many of which are rare, antique or special, and what might happen to them when we are no longer here. We have discussed having a “magical executor” who could deal with all the stuff separately from other bequests. Some of us who are authors and scholars will bequeath papers to various museums and archives; some of us have made specific bequests to loved ones and magical colleagues.…

Hi All, I hope you are well and staying safe :) I have a question! I am new to tarot and had a reading a few days about asking if my ex was going to come back into my life. The answer was 'likely'. Since this reading we had an argument where we blocked each other off everything- so there is no form of communication. Does this mean that the tarot reading has changed now and wont be the same answer? should i ask the question again? Thank you :)

Hey all! To better understand the courts -I was toying with the following idea: Since Majors are seen as higher principles/ideas and courts are often viewed as people/ situations/aspects of our everyday life - I was thinking of pairing each court+ Reversed with its corresponding Major (Mostly looking at the RWS system) This is what I came up with so far and am comfortable with- Feel free to add/change/provide your own insights Queen of Pentacles= Empress- both in terms of creativity, caring for others, growth and of course fertility Queen of Cups= The High Priestess- In terms of being connected to one's intuition, a b…

I've been looking at the correspondence between tarot and astrology and I have a huge problem. All the majors seem to correspond with thier astrological signs no issue...bit when we get to the minors it becomes a mess. My understanding is that each of the majors represent a either a planet or a zodiac sign. And each zodiac sign has 3 minors it is related to called the deacons. If we look at the emperor card, he is also aries. And that's fine...his deacons are the 2, 3,and 4 of wands. Those 3 correspond to certain planets within aries. Looking at the golden dawn correspondence to those 3 cards and referencing numerous sources on astrology , they al…

I got home from work today to discover my husband had ahd an accident with my new Fairy Lights deck. He'd knocked over some water I'd had set up for doing watercolour painting and had spilt all over some of my deck 😭 then instead of cleaning up all the water he just moved all the wet cards into a pile to the side (I do t even know if he dried them off) and put a cloth over the puddle 🙄 I've put all the affected cards I to the hot water cupboard to dry off properly but they pretty buckled! Does anyone have any advice to help save them? Seems like a silly question but can you iron them flat? Any advice would help!

I feel like I understand most tarot cards. I guess the confusing ones that I stop by is always cards like the world & judgment, although I've been working with judgment A LOT. so I would say i'm pretty GOOD at understanding card meanings and what it could mean by just the representation and imagery. I currently even use the tarot deck Wild Unknown, which was my first deck, purchased about 9 months ago. I also bought the OG deck later on but I just didn't want to play around with it tbh. I just love my first deck! but I've also seen the OG one and will think of that one if I ever need more detail :3 But yeah... the connection, it's hard. I can't understand…