Why is it necessary to seek the advice of a professional when using Tarot Spreads for Guidance?

[oliversmith]

Tarot is a mystical instrument that has been utilized for millennia for making decisions, forecasting, and self-inquiry. When done correctly, a tarot reading can present you with new information that you may not have had access to previously. It sets the stage for your intuition to take control, allowing you to gain more clarity in a specific area of your life. That's why contacting a professional for Tarot Spreads for Guidance is necessary for proper knowledge.

[euripides]

Who told you this? I heartily disagree. It's not necessary at all. I mean sure, professionals can be great, and learning and experience can produce really great readers - certainly take advantage of that if you wish.

 

But 'necessary'? No. Tarot can be very rewarding for the amateur, and there are plenty of useful resources to help one along. I suppose it could be argued that using a good website or book is, in a sense, being advised by professionals, if indirectly. But plenty of people do just fine by means of their own intuition, their own understanding of symbolism and mythology, and a decent Tarot deck.

 

Just fyi - the earliest known tarot IIRC is the Visconti -Sforza, dating from the mid 1400s, so about half a millennium. Maybe a whole millennium if you count playing cards that existed before that, possibly as far back as 9th Century in China, but certainly not Tarot. The history is really interesting if you'd like to dig into it.

Edited June 1, 2022 by euripides

[Raggydoll]

This topic should probably be in tarot talk, and I’m sure the staff will fix that later. But I’m confused. Your subject line reads as a rhetorical question given how the rest of your post is outlined. So are you hoping for a discussion or merely informing us of your beliefs? 
 

[gregory]

I certainly don't believe that. And considering I usually do my own thing for a spread, I'm not sure who I could ask, even if I wanted to.

[DanielJUK]

I've moved this thread over to Tarot Talk & Technique where it will fit better 😀

 

Seeking a professional when you can't understand a reading or can't read for yourself is a good idea. But we can do a tarot spread and get guidance ourselves. Both ways of using tarot are perfectly possible 😃

[bellebetty]

Sadly the 100 word limit on me won't let me answer you properly.

 

We live in an age where the technocrat/professional is everything. It is very much like the middle ages, in fact. If you don't have license, don't work for someone famous or don't make money off it, you can't possibly know what you are doing. It is an unfortunate time in this matter. Don't believe it. For most of history this has not been the common belief. Trust yourself about a reader not the professional stamp.

 

 

[RunningWild]

On 6/1/2022 at 12:14 AM, oliversmith said:

Tarot is a mystical instrument that has been utilized for millennia for making decisions,

Millennia?  No.  Several hundred years?  Maybe.  The rest reads like someone trying get others to second guess themselves in order to drum up business.  Anyone can learn the cards and while it might not be easy to be objective when doing self-readings, there are plenty of people who manage it.

[Rosa]

I don't really understand this thread. Is this your opinion and you decided to just throw it out in a thread? Secondly, are you aware of the staggering high prices so called professional tarot readers ask for a reading? A lot of people can't afford that and I certainly would never pay 300 euro for a reading.  Also, what criteria for you is a professional tarot reader?

[fire cat pickles]

"Tarot is a mystical instrument..." This is not entirely true. Tarot can mystical, but to many it is not. It can be an insightful and non-mystical tool for self-discovery.

 

"... that has been utilized for millennia for making decisions, forecasting, and self-inquiry. " As has been pointed out, it has not been around for thousands of years. Historians have proven this to be false.

 

"When done correctly, a tarot reading can present you with new information that you may not have had access to previously." Who's say how it is done "correctly?" Exactly where are the fact-checkers on this? (Hand's up) I'll be the tarot police! Who's gonna sign my paycheck?

 

"It sets the stage for your intuition to take control, allowing you to gain more clarity in a specific area of your life." Intuition? What's that? Who's gonna say whose intuition is more correct than the next person's? The statement just before this one has totally negated this one.

 

"That's why contacting a professional for Tarot Spreads for Guidance is necessary for proper knowledge." Define "proper knowledge"? Again, who gets to do this? The OP?

 

So this person last visited on June 1st when they posted this ridiculous thread. It is safe to assume they were trolling us.

 

 

 

 

Edited July 1, 2022 by fire cat pickles

[RunningWild]

1 hour ago, fire cat pickles said:

So this person last visited on June 1st when they posted this ridiculous thread. It is safe to assume they were trolling us.

 

Yes, but still worth shooting down in case someone comes along and believes it.

[fire cat pickles]

3 minutes ago, RunningWild said:

 

Yes, but still worth shooting down in case someone comes along and believes it.

Absolutely 

[Grandma]

3 hours ago, fire cat pickles said:

So this person last visited on June 1st when they posted this ridiculous thread. It is safe to assume they were trolling us.

2 hours ago, RunningWild said:

Yes, but still worth shooting down in case someone comes along and believes it.

2 hours ago, fire cat pickles said:

Absolutely

 

I couldn't agree more!  On March 3 the OP posted their first contribution to TT&M - "Hello everyone, I'm new here and glad to be a part of this forum. I’m looking forward to getting some knowledge about tarot card readings".  Then not another word for three months and suddenly they are an expert with an opinion that has been soundly countered in this thread.  

 

A troll for sure, and not a particularly good one...

 

 

[DanielJUK]

This thread is starting to go off-topic discussing if the OP is a troll or not, they haven't been back but they did pose the subject of the thread.

Let's keep it on topic, please just reply if you want to discuss if contacting a professional for a reading is essential of if it's not needed.

 

Let's keep it to discussing the original post on this thread ⏬

 

On 6/1/2022 at 5:14 AM, oliversmith said:

Tarot is a mystical instrument that has been utilized for millennia for making decisions, forecasting, and self-inquiry. When done correctly, a tarot reading can present you with new information that you may not have had access to previously. It sets the stage for your intuition to take control, allowing you to gain more clarity in a specific area of your life. That's why contacting a professional for Tarot Spreads for Guidance is necessary for proper knowledge.