Tarot Talk & Technique

I am not sure if this is the right section for this but I have been having this problem for quite a while and need help. I have been feeling disconnected from my cards lately. Every time I touch them, I feel like something is not quite right. It is like a I sense another energy on the cards. As if someone else has been reading with my cards. I knew some people allow others to use their cards and they are fine after using them. Is it possible that if someone is using m cards, for me to feel their energy while using it or could it be something else. This feeling of disconnect has also caused me to not be able to read as well as before. Sometimes, I…

It's the penultimate month of the year, and some are already making plans for next year. How about you, what are your goals, objectives, or vows regarding the Tarot for 2018? Have you already drafted a detailed program as to how you wish to conduct your Tarot studies or do you just have a general plan that you wish to implement? Or maybe you just want to wing it? ;) Do you plan to focus on collecting certain decks (like historical, esoteric, etc) or is it grab-what-you-want? Are you going to impose a limit on your purchases? Or are you -gasp!- going to execute a moratorium on deck buying? Please do share your schemes. Who knows, you might just influence someone else…

Hey there! :) So, without getting into too many details, my husband doesn't want me to use tarot. He thinks it's "derived from the Devil" and has told me he doesn't want it in his house. I can totally understand where he is coming since he comes from a very religious background. I do too, but I have found my own way. When we met, he knew of my different spiritual beliefs and use of Tarot. It wasn't a problem, but now it is. Tarot is a part of me. It'd be like me telling him I didn't want bibles in the house. He asked me to show him how I do a typical reading. I did. Y'all...it was like tearing myself open :( the look on his face. Anyone else have experience with…

Hi - I’ve been looking at Biddy Tarot’s Mastering the Cards Meaning classes. Does anyone have an opinion on whether it’s worth the cost? I’ve recently picked up Tarot again after a very long break and feel it might help me refresh my knowledge. Thanks in advance xoxoxo

I learned tarot by studying books by Eden Gray and others. Ms. Gray says in her book that hair color of the seeker should match the hair color correspondence of the specific suits. For instance a Sword court card for a dark brown haired person. I often find that a card going by hair color alone doesn’t fit the quarant personalities. Like I might have a very artistic dreamy person whose hair is dark brown (Swords) but a rather a Cups court card instead. So I choose based on their personality trains rather than the tarot definition. In the reading itself I pay more attention to hair colors. How do you feel about this topic? Of course sometimes a Major see…

Not sure if this the proper place to ask this question. Beginner here. Can you use the tarot for insight into another person? For example, I wanted to see what the cards would show if I asked about my mother. I was vague in the question. The cards I pulled don't represent her at all, but wondering if the cards actually reflected what I needed to relate to my mother. Just curious.

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? 🙂

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?

Trevisan Crystal Tarot Lo Scarabeo 2004 my scanner and my eyes and the two narrow lines are all fighting. So I trimmed bottom border and bottom narrow image off. Now scanner/eyes/card are all getting along. Life is good :) Click on the image to enlarge it Edited to add: as sometimes happens with trimming the deck becomes a brick to shuffle. Not sorry I did it though.

Do our desires only influence the interpretation of the reading or can they also influence the drawing of cards? For example: I really want to pass an exam. In a reading, draw very favorable cards related to approval. What I want to know from you guys is: while I know that my strong desire can influence how I analyze this result (I want to see my approval, therefore I see it - confirmation bias), can desire also pull favorable cards that do not correspond to the true situation? even if it's a blind draw? Influence of the subconscious? If so, is it really possible to do a neutral reading (mainly for ourselves)?

I was reading a book called Quabalistic Tarot by Wang, and in his section on Gematria (reading of letters as numbers), he gives an example by Westcott (of GD fame) and republished by Crowley, which appears on the surface to be wrong, or at least inconsistent with the system espoused by Wang and it is implied by Westcott (the standard mispar gadol). But does this invalidate the insight given? It got me wondering in general if conclusions arrived at through erroneous means are any worse than those arrived at by accurate ones. On the one hand we are told to trust our intuition, on the other what's the point of learning the tarot system if you are just going to make it up …

Does anyone here has some light to shed on regarding some individual cards and card combos that not only indicate the asker's romantic interest doesn't have any feelings for them but they possibly feel sorry, disgusted or even petrified of them--like they feel you/the questioner is a weird, stalker sort of type to the point that they are almost about to call the cops or do other sorts of protective measures against you??or they desperately want to see you or the asker be happy and move on with somebody else? For my little personal experience reading myself and others, the following cards indicate no romantic feelings: -Death (80% of the time I've pulled this card a…

I hope this is the right place to post this. I want to avoid using Amazon but I need some recommendations for good alternatives for Tarot, preferrably in the EU (because of customs). Where do you get your mass market decks? I want to buy a couple of new ones but I'm having a hard time finding them elsewhere.

I am a newbie in tarot reading. I am not sure how to select the card from the Tarot deck for personal reading. Should I keep shuffling the tarot cards until one card drops from the deck and use it for the reading? Or after shuffling the cards, should I keep them stacked up uniformly and select the first card (and 2nd etc. depending on the spread) from the tarot deck? (How do I determine when to stop shuffling for this method?) Is there a recommended way to select cards for Tarot reading? Thank you.

I don't know how many of you have already heard about the concept of 'Depth Year'. It has become a really popular theme in the tarot community at YouTube lately and many people plan on making this next year their personal version of a Depth Year. (Just do a search for "Depth Year" at YouTube and you'll see ;) ) I want to start out with a short definition of what the Depth Year is, then I will provide some quotes and links at the bottom of this post. My hope is that we could all have a chat about our feelings around this. I also want to mention that for some people this is not the right way to go. Maybe you feel perfectly fine in the stage where you are at - or perhaps…

Does anyone happen to know if there are any matching Tarot and Oracle decks?

Hi! A little poll (now that I learned how to do that!) 🙂 Honestly I didn't riffle my cards so far, I was used to just shuffle them and to cut, that's all. But since I also need to have reversed cards for the few decks that I use I found that to riffle my cards could be a solution! Therefore lately I began to riffle them, then I shuffle and cut them (generally in 3 paquets). You know everything. This could evolve of course! To riffle the cards is something pleasant to do!

Wondering who likes accessories 🙂 I rarely use box they came in unless a tin or a really big deck like Touchstone. Buy, make your own? IF I had to dress my own, they would have to be in baggies, I do NOT have sewing skills.

Just starting to get into using tarot cards more often, and I have a question: have you noticed if there is a particular time of day that works best for you to do your readings? I've tried pulling cards in the morning to get insight for my day, and I've also tried doing spreads at night when I can light candles and really get in the mood. Sometimes I feel more focused in the mornings and can more easily schedule it into my day, but some of my best readings have come at night. What have you noticed? Is there a particular time of day that you like to do your readings? I'd especially like to hear if anyone has a routine at a different time of day than I've tried. Thanks!

Do you believe tarot tells the future or one's higher self? I seem to think alot of card interpretation these days are getting way out of hand.

I wasn't sure which section to post this in. None seem relevant to my situation. I tried to put this in introductions (not knowing where else to put it) and was limited to 100 characters. Please move this if necessary. I've been doing tarot readings for myself on and off for about a year, but in the last 4 months or so, I started to get really into it and was researching it and using online tarot as well as doing readings for myself, often every day. One reason I was so into it was I was looking for a new job and was interested in getting guidance with the job search. The readings were always extremely beneficial and helped me make some hard decisions about de…

When I was young (about 13) I watched a documentary about near-death experiences. An ordinary working class lad who'd had a bike accident was explaining how he'd "died" for a few minutes at the scene. He said his "spirit" left his body and he found himself walking along a path for what seemed like days, and among many exp he said that coming the other way was a really fat man dressed in extraordinary clothes and he was laughing; the lad stopped and asked him why he was laughing, and the man explained he was laughing so much because he was so happy and he was so fat because he was so full of love. Anyway, they revived the lad & he lived to tell the tale. When I g…

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Hi all... I have been thinking of getting a thoth deck lately and was wondering about what you all have to say, people who are using it and used it. I also have heard that this deck may not be of good energy, is that true? I have also heard that this deck is less about divination and more about spiritual ascension. I really like the deck and some of the ideas behind it, the ones i heard and understood. Just want to understand more before i take the plunge... what to expect, dos and don't and stuff like that. I would be very grateful if anyone could respond to this. Thank you 🙏

A question came up this morning for me. Is the Fools journey based on an impulse in which he decided to up and go on an adventure. Of the many definitions it appears it could be an impulsive journey to discover his light, or maybe not. I would love to know others views. I may not be able to respond right away myself.