Alot is wrong with tarot card interpretation

[Raggydoll]

1 hour ago, katrinka said:

 

That's what I'm trying to say, actually. Spirituality is a helium balloon and real life is the string. Without a string, you don't have a balloon. It floats up about ten miles and pops.

agree! 

1 hour ago, katrinka said:

 

True, you need regulars in order to verify. And working the lines, regulars are the minority. But there should still be regulars. Having too few or none is a red flag.

Yes. But I also think that the stage of verifying ones accuracy belong in the process of learning the skill. Once you’re a professional, you need to know that you’re good at what you do. I don’t think that a really seasoned reader is at risk of becoming less accurate with time, but seasoned readers also tend to have more returning clients. And they’ll have referrals from people who’ve heard about your skills from friends and acquaintances etc. So I agree with you, for sure.  

1 hour ago, katrinka said:

 

 

That's because you haven't ascended, gregory.

I’m glad she hasn’t. Can you imagine if she’d suddenly be Granny from Heaven? The horror! 😱We need our beloved Granny from Hell !! 😁🥰

 

[katrinka]

1 minute ago, Raggydoll said:

agree! 

Yes. But I also think that the stage of verifying ones accuracy belong in the process of learning the skill. Once you’re a professional, you need to know that you’re good at what you do. I don’t think that a really seasoned reader is at risk of becoming less accurate with time, but seasoned readers also tend to have more returning clients. And they’ll have referrals from people who’ve heard about your skills from friends and acquaintances etc. So I agree with you, for sure.  

 

It's not necessary to verify readings once you've learned, but I still like to verify things when I can. I like to know I'm not slipping. 😉 Kind of like checking a bicycle from time to time to make sure the bolts are still tight, lol.
 

1 minute ago, Raggydoll said:

I’m glad she hasn’t. Can you imagine if she’d suddenly be Granny from Heaven? The horror! 😱We need our beloved Granny from Hell !! 😁🥰

 

True. Ascended Gregory would be a harbinger of the apocalypse. We love her the way she is.

[gregory]

I will never ascend. Trust me. I don't even WANT to.

 

 

These are my people.

 

 

[Little Fang]

8 hours ago, gregory said:

I prefer questions like "What do I need to do to have the best chance of getting this job ?" and so on. Gives my sitters a bit of control.

YES!

Action is HUGE to me.  I even wrote a whole blog post about it on my website. 

 

[Guest]

I feel even more enlightened… I am truly blessed to have seen all of this. I am recognising the light in all of us 🧘‍♀️
 

These replies truly embody the meaning behind 7 of Swords… intuitive thoughts, heaven on earth (3 heaven + 4 earth), wisdom & crown chakra (Aquarius), the moon’s influence on us 🌝

 

Once again, thank you all for teaching me so much. Archangel Michael assures  me that you all say what you truly believe 🙏 may all our throat chakras be blessed by him…

 

…For Tarot is indeed the key to the Higher Self 😆

[katrinka]

12 minutes ago, TheAlchemistsAbode said:

Archangel Michael assures  me that you all say what you truly believe 🙏 may all our throat chakras be blessed by him…

 

Archangels are part of an entirely different tradition than chakras.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Archangels

https://www.britannica.com/topic/chakra

 

What's "assuring" you is purely a figment of your imagination.

[Guest]

🧘‍♀️ I am blessed with even more 3rd dimensional knowledge! Thank you so much 

 

I hope one day you turn this knowledge to wisdom 🙏

[katrinka]

16 minutes ago, TheAlchemistsAbode said:

🧘‍♀️ I am blessed with even more 3rd dimensional knowledge! Thank you so much 

 

I hope one day you turn this knowledge to wisdom 🙏

 

I hope one day you come to the realization that new age word salad makes you look like a cult member.

[Guest]

5 minutes ago, katrinka said:

new age word salad

🧘‍♀️ I love this 

 

…and I thought all 7/8 billion of us were one tribe?
 

Are we not? 

[katrinka]

6 minutes ago, TheAlchemistsAbode said:

🧘‍♀️ I love this 

 

…and I thought all 7/8 billion of us were one tribe?
 

Are we not? 

 

Religions are not Frankenstein's monster. What you're doing is sawing them up and sticking them together randomly. It disrespects all of them.

Edited November 16, 2021 by katrinka

[Guest]

I wholeheartedly respect your beliefs 🙏

 

I also respect that you do not believe Tarot is a key to the higher self ♾

 

🧘‍♀️I learn so much from you 

 

I am grateful 😌

[Eric13]

This started out as a good post with a lot (notice how I spelled a lot) of good insightful responses concerning the question and now its become a joke. 

[Guest]

🧘‍♀️ well I hope everyone is laughing at the joke you’ve made

 

😂 laughter is happiness

 

What are we thinking then?!

 

Is the Tarot the key to the higher self?! Or does it divine the future?! 

Edited November 16, 2021 by Guest

[Grandma]

   

16 hours ago, Little Fang said:

some of us are in our element with spiritual and guidance readings, and I can assure you that I am not lazy.

Thank you @Little Fang.

15 hours ago, Raggydoll said:

We have many members who do spiritual style readings, and its really unnecessary and actually a bit disrespectful to call them lazy.

A BIT disrespectful?

9 hours ago, katrinka said:

spirituality should be workable, and guidance should be about telling people about things they can actually do.

Absolutely.

 

[gregory]

I for one am thinking that it's high time I put you on ignore. You don't actually seem to have anything to say, just a desire to tell us we are unenlightened and will come round to your way of thinking when we are, while pretending that you are learning from the rest of us.

 

29 minutes ago, TheAlchemistsAbode said:

🧘‍♀️ well I hope everyone is laughing at the joke you’ve made

 

 

I've been laughing at Eric's stuff since long before you got here. It is at least amusing.

 

Edited November 16, 2021 by gregory

[fire cat pickles]

45 minutes ago, TheAlchemistsAbode said:

Is the Tarot the key to the higher self?! Or does it divine the future?! 

Why can't it be both? I still think this is a false dichotomy. 

[joy]

Ok everyone lets stay on the topic please. Thank you!

[Grandma]

8 hours ago, Raggydoll said:

9 hours ago, katrinka said:

That's because you haven't ascended, gregory.

I’m glad she hasn’t. Can you imagine if she’d suddenly be Granny from Heaven? The horror! 😱We need our beloved Granny from Hell !! 😁🥰

 

I thought I was our Granny from Heaven!!!..........

[Grandma]

 

1 hour ago, Eric13 said:

This started out as a good post with a lot (notice how I spelled a lot) of good insightful responses concerning the question and now its become a joke. 

Well @Eric13 this is demeaning to the people who are still contributing to the actual topic of discussion.  It's unfair to say of the thread that it's become a joke (notice how I spelled it's).

 

1 hour ago, katrinka said:

I hope one day you come to the realization that new age word salad makes you look like a cult member.

It's true that the language, as well as what comes across at least to some of us as smug disingenuousness, is off putting.  That's a shame because I personally find that reading for myself has dovetailed nicely with the spiritual growth I seek as a Buddhist-ish Unitarian Universalist.  This is NOT intended as a promotion of my religious views.  It is to illustrate a point that @Raggydollmade earlier in this thread that "some people are doing spiritual readings as part of a religion, a native spiritual culture or a spiritual role".

Edited November 16, 2021 by Grandma

[Grandma]

Benebell Wen writes that 

“Tarot helps us look within ourselves to understand our emotions, the reasoning behind our words and conduct, and the source of our conflicts.”
― Benebell Wen

and if it's good enough for Benebell, it's good enough for me.

[katrinka]

1 minute ago, Grandma said:

Well @Eric13 that is insulting to the members who are still contributing well thought out 

 

Well @Eric13 this is demeaning to the people who are still contributing to the actual topic of discussion.  It's unfair to say of the thread that it's become a joke )notice how I spelled it's).

 

I don't think that was directed at all of us. 😉
 

1 minute ago, Grandma said:

It's true that the language, as well as what comes across at least to some of us as smug disingenuousness, is off putting.  That's a shame because I personally find that reading for myself has dovetailed nicely with the spiritual growth I seek as a Buddhis-ish Unitarian Universalist.  This is NOT intended as a promotion of my religious views.  It is to illustrate a point that @Raggydollmade earlier in this thread

You just explained what you do in a sensible manner. Buddhist thought can combine quite well with other religions, if one does this in a thoughtful way that's respectful to both.

OTOH, I don't think that claiming the Archangel Michael delivers personal messages about chakras is respectful of Eastern traditions OR Abrahamic ones. (Angels are said to have specific functions, BTW, and Michael is a mainly warrior angel. Not a meditation master.)

[gregory]

21 minutes ago, fire cat pickles said:

Why can't it be both? I still think this is a false dichotomy. 

 

Agree. Most things in life are multifaceted, and tarot is no different. This seems to me like all those old "overthinking it" threads that went round and round in circles in AT... Thinking too hard about tarot can seriously detracts from actually using the cards.

[katrinka]

25 minutes ago, joy said:

Ok everyone lets stay on the topic please. Thank you!

 

Apologies, @joy. I was reading the new posts from the bottom up.

I think I'll take a cue from gregory. I'm really not in the market for fake enlightenment:
 

44 minutes ago, gregory said:

I for one am thinking that it's high time I put you on ignore. You don't actually seem to have anything to say, just a desire to tell us we are unenlightened and will come round to your way of thinking when we are, while pretending that you are learning from the rest of us.

 

6 minutes ago, gregory said:

This seems to me like all those old "overthinking it" threads that went round and round in circles in AT...

 

Yes. Or going in circles for days when everybody is basically on the same page and it was semantics all along.
I don't know where readings come from. Brains, higher self, guides, Popeye, I don't care. As long as it's accurate.

[Guest]

7 minutes ago, katrinka said:

 

I don't think that was directed at all of us. 😉
 

You just explained what you do in a sensible manner. Buddhist thought can combine quite well with other religions, if one does this in a thoughtful way that's respectful to both.

OTOH, I don't think that claiming the Archangel Michael delivers personal messages about chakras is respectful of Eastern traditions OR Abrahamic ones. (Angels are said to have specific functions, BTW, and Michael is a mainly warrior angel. Not a meditation master.)

Archangel Michael I am so grateful 🥲
 

31 minutes ago, Grandma said:

It's true that the language, as well as what comes across at least to some of us as smug disingenuousness, is off putting.

I am nothing but nice to everyone as you can see 🙏

 

36 minutes ago, fire cat pickles said:

Why can't it be both? I still think this is a false dichotomy. 

This is such a valid point right here 🧘‍♀️ We should all meditate on this 

 

[chongjasmine]

Tarot doesn't predict the future. We have free-will, and our free will is what gives shape to the future.

Tarot only attempts to guess what might be the future, but it won't always be accurate, due to free-will.