Forbidden Readings

[Padma]

Others may pass judgement, but I don't find most other people's judgement more worthy of consideration than my own.

 

I loved the way you put that, High Priestess. :) it's a good reminder to have faith in our own process.

[High Priestess]

Others may pass judgement, but I don't find most other people's judgement more worthy of consideration than my own.

 

I loved the way you put that, High Priestess. :) it's a good reminder to have faith in our own process.

 

Thank you :-)

[Guest Empathic_Cap]

I have read on my own death, yes. I have used my cards to talk to my deceased family members. I have seen physical deaths in my card readings for others, and for myself. Death is a necessary part of life, and is not evil. I see nothing forbidden about it.

 

But I would never attempt to summon any kind of spirit. That's just playing with fire, for the hell of it, and burning along with it when it becomes a truly hellish thing. In fact, I spend some of my energy daily on warding spells, to banish anything that might think about moving in :p ugh! No thanks!

 

I have never allowed any dark decks into my home, nor Ouija boards, nor anything else of the kind. Call me narrow in my views, if you wish. One has to draw a line somewhere, and that is my own personal line. Only the light may enter, and goodness. The Dark can go take a flying leap off a short deck!

 

So with your experience with death with tarot how can you read the cards as a cause of death? If you don't mind me asking because I've tried to myself but I either jump to conclusions or I just get confused.

[Guest Empathic_Cap]

Personally for me,

I'm generally pretty open and easy-going with my work. But my limit would be doing a reading about summoning/talking to a spirit who's soul purpose is to hurt living things out of one's religious beliefs or just out of personal entertainment.

Or giving a reading to some who takes their religious beliefs ever seriously to the point where they are traditional folk for example: Christans having a strong hatred for gay people and etc. But about of all due respects I accept these people and their beliefs outside of my tarot business.

Other then that I'm fine with anything else I suppose nothing can't be as worse then discovering the Illuminati plans for 2018 and the human sacrifices. Believe me that's a living hell after having a soul that was sacrificed come forth seeking help from the living.

[Padma]

I have read on my own death, yes. I have used my cards to talk to my deceased family members. I have seen physical deaths in my card readings for others, and for myself. Death is a necessary part of life, and is not evil. I see nothing forbidden about it.

 

But I would never attempt to summon any kind of spirit. That's just playing with fire, for the hell of it, and burning along with it when it becomes a truly hellish thing. In fact, I spend some of my energy daily on warding spells, to banish anything that might think about moving in :p ugh! No thanks!

 

I have never allowed any dark decks into my home, nor Ouija boards, nor anything else of the kind. Call me narrow in my views, if you wish. One has to draw a line somewhere, and that is my own personal line. Only the light may enter, and goodness. The Dark can go take a flying leap off a short deck!

 

So with your experience with death with tarot how can you read the cards as a cause of death? If you don't mind me asking because I've tried to myself but I either jump to conclusions or I just get confused.

 

Well...that would be a topic for a whole other thread! Lol...In general, when the 3 Swords comes up with Tower, and followed by Death, I can see that as being a heart attack, sudden accident, or a stabbing wound to the body causing the death in question. I imagine that the 9 of Cups followed by Tower/Death could easily be death by alcohol poisoning, or death as a relief to the dying person. And etc.

 

My experience has been with the 3 Swords/Tower/Death combo, since the people I read for subsequently lost family members or friends to accidental death, as well as heart attack. And one because of a surgery that was not successful. But I would be super careful about predicting death, in any case. And most people really would rather not know, anyways. You really have to be sure of your instincts, and certain of your client, before saying such things, imo.

[Tanga]

I agree with this:

I have used my cards to talk to my deceased family members...

I have seen physical deaths in my card readings for others. Death is a necessary part of life, and is not evil. But I would be super careful about predicting death, in any case. And most people really would rather not know, anyways. You really have to be sure of your instincts, and certain of your client, before saying such things, imo.

I don't say it. I can't be sure that it's death (could be severe illness or near-death experience in some form). It could change... etc.  I'm not a predictive reader - my style is more guidance.

And - I don't have any deceased family that I particularly wish to speak to, but if I did - I'd use the cards. I use them to speak to my guides sometimes - though this always ends up being a game... because I don't really need cards to "hear" them.  :D.

 

At some point - I am certain that I will find myself reading cards for other people to contact their dead relatives, and look into past lives and so on. Why I'm certain of this I have NO CLUE because presently I know little about it. LOL.

But whenever the topic comes up - my "ears just prick" and I feel like YES!!..."in my bones".

Weird.

So.  I await the revelation, whenever it will be. I have a couple of good medium friends... and I shall shortly be returning to The College of Psychic Studies... so - I'll see where that takes me.

Ofcourse - this may end up being a possibility that remains dormant.

 

 

I do this - weekly/monthly, with modified LBRPs (Lessser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram) and other rituals etc:

I spend some of my energy daily on warding spells, to banish anything that might think about moving in

 

 

And - I have a bunch of "dark decks" and 3 ouija boards in my house - currently I hardly use the boards.

[Padma]

Tanga, I admire your (and others') bravery re dark decks etc. I think I am one of a *very* small percentage of readers who doesn't have any! Different strokes and all that!  :P I was merely stating my own prefs/rules for myself in regard to the OP's question. I certainly didn't mean to cast aspersions upon anyone else's path or rules.

 

PS I do agree about not necessarily letting on if you see a death. To my (predictive) way of thinking/reading, it really, really depends upon a) certainty of what you are seeing and b) the temperament of the client, as well as their level of desire in what they wish to know.

 

I am sure we have all experienced that phenomena whereupon the same card or card sequence can mean ten different things, depending upon what and whom you are reading...! Gregory will tell you that a Ten of Swords once predicted a very happy marriage, in a reading that she did. :)

 

No hard and fast rules with tarot, to be sure.

 

ETA I just reread your post, I think you edited it while I was typing out mine! I wish you luck in your future endeavors - and nice that you "know" about what they will be, though I am not at all surprised that you do! ;)

[Tanga]

Tanga, I admire your (and others') bravery re dark decks etc. I think I am one of a *very* small percentage of readers who doesn't have any! Different strokes and all that!  :P I was merely stating my own prefs/rules for myself in regard to the OP's question. I certainly didn't mean to cast aspersions upon anyone else's path or rules...

 

I wasn't offended Padma  :) xx.

 

I am careful with what dark decks I choose - some imagery "disturbs" me and some doesn't

(as you can see from my collection).

I don't buy the ones that leave a particular quality of "little creeping doubt" in the back of my head. And also - the ones that I just think are ugly. Lol.

One has to tread quite carefully with whatever lurks in the deep psyche imo.

I have a Catholic background too - so definitely some interesting beliefs about the "dark side" engendered in there.

But I am now a progressive Wiccan.  And now-and-again, I sit in a room with Chaos practitioners, some on the scale leading to "left-hand" - because I believe it's better to know about stuff.

 

And also - it's really good to be clear about ones own boundaries. Lol.

That's a building block of self-protection.

[Padma]

I very much agree that it is good to know, Tanga. Dispelling misconception and superstition is certainly healthy! And an informed approach is always best, imo. I do admire your open-mindedness.

 

PS I laughed very much at your comment about the just plain ugly dark decks! Ha!  ;D I have certainly seen some of those!

[MysticoftheDamned]

I don't really summon spirits, however when I'm working a tarot reading event and querents don't have anything specific they want to ask about, then I ask them about loved ones who might have passed on whose presence they still feel.

 

When I do that, I feel like a medium and the cards the conduit, and the readings have been spot on every time. If someone had a deceased husband or parent, I'll just ask their name, do a silent prayer to this spirit to relay any information they want the querent to know and I read the cards.

 

That is the closest I've come to summoning spirits.

[cookie88]

Interesting topic!

There's a deeply dodgy tarot spread called The Mind Reader.  it lets you read the mind of someone ... tarot is very powerful. 

It's not or everyone and it takes a bit of knowing your cards:  it goes like this:

1.  Their Last conscious thought for you.

2.  Their Last subconscious thought for you.

3.  Their Last Atziluth (the beginning of the Kabbalah Tree of Life ... where all primary thoughts & feelings are conceived) thought for you.

4.  Their Last Conscious feeling for you.

5.  Their Last subconscious Feeling for you.

6.  Their last Atziluth feeling for you.

 

    Spread like this.  And ask "what were .... last thoughts and feelings for me.?"  And sometimes you can imagine them sitting in front of you with a white lightbeam going from mind-to mind.  But not always necessary if you know person welll and are "connected" to them 

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It's not for everyone.  It may be unethical... it maybe not.  We're just utilizing natural forces and gifts that we've lost to the modern world and time.  It's very useful if you want to know if someone fancies you or not, or if you've split from someone and you wish to know how they feel.  If you catch them when they are thinking of you, you can see the cards moving from subconscious to conscious, or sometimes the thoughts/feelings growing like say someone has sexual designs on you, you can see the cards move from the Ace of Wands in Atziluth to the 2 of wands in subconscious (or another sex card) to the Magician or the Devil or some Lothario court card in consciousness.  If a bloke see's you as a just a conquest you'll see the 6 of wands for example.  Also useful if you want to ask the boss for a raise ... see what mood he/she is in, or you need to spk with someone about a sensitive subject etc. 

Word of warning:  I wouldn't use it to spy on people esp your boyf/girlf, for you might get the shock of your life if they are thinking of your best friend etc .  It's dangerous game we play sometimes...we make our own karma.  Be careful if you try this.