Electrical issues around tarot readings

[chloe]

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 declining certain positions that were offered to me. Before each reading, I ask my spirit guides, and often ask Saint Michael too, to protect me and give me guidance during the reading.

 

About 2 months ago, I started having electrical issues around my place after I did tarot readings. After one reading, my modem stopped working so I bought a new one, but the new one also died about 3 weeks later after another tarot reading. I'm now on my third modem in about 2 months and terrified of that one going bad since this is getting expensive and time consuming. I also had light bulbs burn out in two different lamps that are on opposite sides of the room. When this started, for both lamps, I was replacing light bulbs about every week or so (and this was after I had slowed down to only doing tarot readings about once a week) and the light bulbs always burned out on the day I would do a reading. I had previously only needed to change them every 6 months or so but now was doing this once a week. I also had things like my computer mouse suddenly stopped working after a reading. And then my oven stopped working (which turned out to be a breaker issue, but still it happened right after a reading).

 

You could say that it's all due to some electrical issue in my apartment. But as soon as I stopped doing readings, the problems stopped. I haven't done a reading in about 3 weeks (due to this concern) and in that time, no light bulbs have burned out and no modem or other electrical issues have occurred. I now dread doing another reading as I just can't afford to keep replacing electronic equipment. But at the same time, I'm down to being one of the final applicants being considered for a position, and I so desperately want to do a reading to get some insight on what I should do but I'm terrified of losing more expensive equipment.

 

For some background, I only started doing tarot in earnest in the past year (prior to that I only did it maybe one or two times and usually online). However, I do have some psychic abilities (I'm an empath and can also get psychic perceptions that turn out to be true) and have the ability to work with energy (years ago when I was doing massage work, I did some reiki work and was told I was good at manipulating energy). I also had a psychic reading done on me a few years ago that was done over the phone and at the time, I could hear voices in the background (I'm guessing spirit guides) through the phone at the end of the reading and I had a huge headache afterwards and was completely drained (and I don't usually hear voices :), so I think I have some energy connection to the spiritual world. I've heard of psychics getting headaches after doing a psychic reading, but for me in that case, I got a headache as the person getting the psychic reading.

 

I'm wondering if others have had things like this happen where it seems like electricity is affected by doing tarot readings. I've heard of people who can turn streetlights on and off. I haven't noticed that ability but I assume it's similar.

[Raggydoll]

Sounds stressful. But aren’t you getting your new modems refunded? Surely they have a warranty and are meant to last longer? It’s not like they can say “we bet you did a tarot reading which caused electric mayhem and ruined the modem, so it’s all your fault and you can get a refund”.
 

Also, why not do your readings outside or in a public place? 🙂
 

To be clear. I do not think your readings are causing these electric issues, I think they happened somewhat simultaneously due to unrelated issues. I would be sure to check the warranty on all newer supplies and also switch to LED bulbs. If they burn out after a few weeks or even 6 months, you’ll get your money back. 

[DanielJUK]

If you are happy with this area for this discussion about tarot and the strange occurrences, that is fine @chloe. Some people post their interesting experiences in the Mediumship section of the forum under spirituality as well. But it does involve tarot so okay here 🙂 .

 

I think this issue depends on how you personally believe tarot works. Like if you believe it has a psychic or spiritual energy in some form. There are no right or wrong answers, it's just what we believe.

Personally I think divination reading comes from us but the knowledge comes to us in some way which I don't know. I also don't believe the electrical issues are caused by the readings, because we have thousands of members here and hundreds of readings posted. How come none of them have ever had electrical situations in the same way? Unless it's some showing of the energy from you in some form. I don't believe tarot can have such an effect around us. I do get fascinating intuitive experiences using my intuition but no manifesting like this. The cards are just cardboard, the energy part comes from us. I think it's just a strange coincidence.

 

Anyway that's just my personal take on it and if you think it is caused by reading, I wonder if you can find a solution with it? Perhaps you can ground yourself in some way (many websites have ways of doing this) before reading or maybe use crystals and gemstones. I'm not suggesting reading on a rubber insulated mat though

[MuninnMissinHuginn]

@chloe,

 

My partner is quite capable of causing electronic devices to misbehave, especially when they are stressed or angry (my partner, not the electronics).  Nicola Tesla used the Tesla coil to send electricity out through the air (this has something to do with electromagnetic energy, which I won’t pretend to understand).  Semi conductors are printed (or whatever) smaller and smaller all the time, and it is quite the task to keep the charge from jumping the rails so to speak, (again as I understand it).  I agree with Raggydoll you should get a refund!  And with DanielUK, the energy probably comes from you.  All of this above is to say there is so much we don’t know or completely understand about this crazy world.  Maybe you, like my partner, have a really strong energy!

[chloe]

9 hours ago, Raggydoll said:

Sounds stressful. But aren’t you getting your new modems refunded? Surely they have a warranty and are meant to last longer? It’s not like they can say “we bet you did a tarot reading which caused electric mayhem and ruined the modem, so it’s all your fault and you can get a refund”.
 

Also, why not do your readings outside or in a public place? 🙂
 

To be clear. I do not think your readings are causing these electric issues, I think they happened somewhat simultaneously due to unrelated issues. I would be sure to check the warranty on all newer supplies and also switch to LED bulbs. If they burn out after a few weeks or even 6 months, you’ll get your money back. 

 

Thanks for your response! I get my modems over ebay as I buy from sellers with 100% positive feedback and can get great deals on new but discounted modems. That means I sometimes can't get a refund. But I've always done that and never had issues until the tarot readings started ramping up recently.

 

I am reluctantly switching to LED bulbs next time I go to the store, but I still find it odd that I went through about 6 or 7 bulbs in the past couple months when normally that would last me over a year at least. I don't remember changing light bulbs much at all in the past before my recent tarot interest and increase in readings in the past 4 months or so.

[chloe]

3 hours ago, DanielJUK said:

If you are happy with this area for this discussion about tarot and the strange occurrences, that is fine @chloe. Some people post their interesting experiences in the Mediumship section of the forum under spirituality as well. But it does involve tarot so okay here 🙂 .

 

I think this issue depends on how you personally believe tarot works. Like if you believe it has a psychic or spiritual energy in some form. There are no right or wrong answers, it's just what we believe.

Personally I think divination reading comes from us but the knowledge comes to us in some way which I don't know. I also don't believe the electrical issues are caused by the readings, because we have thousands of members here and hundreds of readings posted. How come none of them have ever had electrical situations in the same way? Unless it's some showing of the energy from you in some form. I don't believe tarot can have such an effect around us. I do get fascinating intuitive experiences using my intuition but no manifesting like this. The cards are just cardboard, the energy part comes from us. I think it's just a strange coincidence.

 

Anyway that's just my personal take on it and if you think it is caused by reading, I wonder if you can find a solution with it? Perhaps you can ground yourself in some way (many websites have ways of doing this) before reading or maybe use crystals and gemstones. I'm not suggesting reading on a rubber insulated mat though

 

Thanks! I do try to ground myself but I think I could do a better job with that, so will try to incorporate more of that in my pre-reading preparation, if I dare try a reading again. 🙂

[chloe]

48 minutes ago, MuninnMissinHuginn said:

@chloe,

 

My partner is quite capable of causing electronic devices to misbehave, especially when they are stressed or angry (my partner, not the electronics).  Nicola Tesla used the Tesla coil to send electricity out through the air (this has something to do with electromagnetic energy, which I won’t pretend to understand).  Semi conductors are printed (or whatever) smaller and smaller all the time, and it is quite the task to keep the charge from jumping the rails so to speak, (again as I understand it).  I agree with Raggydoll you should get a refund!  And with DanielUK, the energy probably comes from you.  All of this above is to say there is so much we don’t know or completely understand about this crazy world.  Maybe you, like my partner, have a really strong energy!

 

Thanks! That's interesting about your partner! My ex was unable to wear watches as they would always stop working and we thought that was due to his having strong energy. I never had issues like that before recently, but for me, it was only happening the day of readings. I'm not sure, but maybe during readings I tap into the spirit world and bring some of that energy over, or maybe spirits are somehow gaining access to my place (and my light bulbs, etc 🙂 during readings), like I've heard can happen with ouija board readings. I think I need to do more grounding and meditation before readings, as I frequently rush through that process and don't give it enough time and respect.

[MuninnMissinHuginn]

@chloe, I wish you good luck with your electricity❣️

[chloe]

54 minutes ago, MuninnMissinHuginn said:

@chloe, I wish you good luck with your electricity❣️

Thanks! I just hope I can get the nerve to do readings again. :)

[MuninnMissinHuginn]

Hello @chloe,

I was wondering how things were going?

[Eric13]

There's a good joke somewhere in all this. You know, "how many tarot readers does it take to screw in a light bulb? I don't know, lets do a Celtic Cross."

I'll be here all week. 

But seriously folks, there's probably an issue with some wiring where you live, and maybe connecting the modems wrong, or maybe the modems you but on eBay for good prices are made for a different wall voltage. If you have consistently bought the same brand, that could be the answer there. And Ive had new light bulbs burn out quicker than they should have. (And I changed them all by myself.)

[chloe]

On 4/20/2023 at 2:51 PM, MuninnMissinHuginn said:

Hello @chloe,

I was wondering how things were going?

Thanks for asking! I actually did a tarot reading the other day and didn't have any issues. However, I didn't do Lenormand readings that time and I was thinking that I only started doing the Lenormand readings around the same time I started having these issues, so that could be related. I will probably be hesitant to go back to Lenormand for now due to this convern. I never got much out of Lenormand anyway, so I guess no big loss. 🙂

[chloe]

On 4/20/2023 at 4:28 PM, Eric13 said:

There's a good joke somewhere in all this. You know, "how many tarot readers does it take to screw in a light bulb? I don't know, lets do a Celtic Cross."

I'll be here all week. 

But seriously folks, there's probably an issue with some wiring where you live, and maybe connecting the modems wrong, or maybe the modems you but on eBay for good prices are made for a different wall voltage. If you have consistently bought the same brand, that could be the answer there. And Ive had new light bulbs burn out quicker than they should have. (And I changed them all by myself.)

 

I still think it's extraordinary for 3 separate modems to go bad, as well as a computer mouse, about 7 or 8 light bulbs, and my oven going out all within about a 3 week period. I have been using Netgear modems for forever and never had issues until recently. Also, all of the modems would work fine for awhile, so it wasn't like they were installed incorrectly. Then they would die after a few days or a week, but only after a tarot/Lenormand reading. I've also used the same brand of light bulbs forever and used to only change them about twice a year. Now it's 7-8 times in 3 weeks.

 

I originally couldn't find info on this issue related to Tarot when I would do an internet search. But recently, when I did search for "lights going out" and "psychic", then lots of results came up, so it seems like this issue is fairly common with psychics and has a lot to do with spirits trying to make contact. Here are two such links: 

https://www.psychic-experiences.com/real-psychic-story.php?story=6418

https://www.soulandspiritmagazine.com/4-signs-that-spirit-is-trying-to-get-your-attention/

As I mentioned, I have some psychic abilities, so that could be related. Anyway, at least for now the issues seem to have slowed down.

 

In the past, I've heard about seances and other psychic events where lights would go out. Or lights going out when people have spirits in their home. So it doesn't seem that out of the realm of possibility. Maybe this isn't the right forum for this discussion, but I thought people would be accepting of these possibilities, as most who do tarot have an open mind. Of course it could be a very weird coincidence, but that's a lot of electrical equipment going bad in a very short amount of time when that didn't happen before, and these things would only happen on days I did tarot and Lenormand readings, which I cut down to once a week due to concerns about this issue. I then stopped readings altogether for 3 weeks and had no electrical issues during that time.

Edited April 22, 2023 by chloe
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[chloe]

On 4/20/2023 at 2:51 PM, MuninnMissinHuginn said:

Hello @chloe,

I was wondering how things were going?

@MuninnMissinHuginn I should have added that I did a better job of grounding myself and doing protective meditation before my last reading the other day so I think that helped. 🙂

[MuninnMissinHuginn]

@chloe,  I am glad nothing new went out.  ❣️  I hope your electrical problems stay away. Take care.

[The_Aeon]

Hey

Totally believe on you.

My advice: Read in the nature.

Don't dont do it on your home for a certain time and see how you feel it.

 

 

 

[Misterei]

On 4/20/2023 at 4:28 PM, Eric13 said:

... "how many tarot readers does it take to screw in a light bulb? I don't know, lets do a Celtic Cross."

@Eric13 that's a good one. Gonna use it };>

 

@chloe I have seen electrics go "haywire" due to psychic energy ... but ONLY in moments of INTENSE psychic energy like with groups of people or peak moments in a ritual or whatnot. So it seems a bit extreme for Tarot readings (?).

 

@MuninnMissinHuginn mentioned peak emotional moments with her partner ... but again ... Tarot isn't usually a peak emotional moment. So, hmmm.

 

I once had a BF who was a medium and could see (and attract?) ghosts. So if he was doing this ... lights would behave oddly. Flicker, burn bulbs, etc. So if you have mediumistic activity whilst you do Tarots ... it would be similar to this ex BF.

 

I've also noticed a general downtrend in quality of consumer products. I've noticed lightbulbs and electronic appliances seem MUCH WORSE quality than they used to be. So, it might be this, too. QC is in the sh*tter right now. Vendors ship cr@p that may or may not work and often doesn't last.

[Grizabella]

I tend to think it may just be coincidental.  You may just be more aware of these things happening now that you're using the cards.  There are no mysterious. malicious, destructive energies associated with Tarot or Lenormand either one. However, there's been a faction of people who have built a malevolent mystique around using the cards and in the back of the mind it can influence our experiences because we have a "what if it's true?" little voice in the back of our minds without full believing it. I was raised in a cult-like Pentecostal version of Christianity so when I first started learning the cards, I had that little voice in the back of my mind.  I've been using the cards for 20+ years now, though, and have learned that the cards, psychic ability, etc. are not bad.  They're labeled "occult" but the word "occult" doesn't mean anything bad or ominous.  It just means unknown.  
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I'm not a medium because I do believe calling on spirits can be dangerous unless one is aware of the possibility of inadvertently contacting evil spirits and  how to deal with them (I'm not versed in that) but just using the cards without trying to contact spirits doesn't bring them.  The cards are card stock and ink----any magic involved with them is within us.  My personal belief is that the information we get when using cards comes from psychic sources (check out books by Dean Radin PHD and Amit Goswami PHD) within ourselves when we learn how to listen for that information.

 

I switched to LED light bulbs because the older style were burning out so quickly.  And when I lived in Washington I lived in an old hotel that had been converted to cute little vintage apartments that still had those old round glass fuses and every so often, the fire alarms would go off and the whole building would have to evacuate, rain, snow or shine, till the fire department could come and check out the building.  Residents thought it was from one of the tenants burning their dinner or something.  Later, after I came back to Oregon, they found that it was because of the old wiring causing sparking in the walls and now they've switched to better wiring.  It also affected our  computers and such.  

 

Don't worry about your problems being caused by your card use.  I have no doubt that it isn't you card use bring any strange energies or spirits around.

 

 

 

 

[Silk]

It would be interesting for you to look at what might have been happening in you transits.  Uranus ("The Great Disruptor") rules electricity, Neptune is most closely associated with the other realm and with psychic activity (although I'd say Uranus has been involved at times too.)  It could be that you were experiencing  Uranus transit or that a transit was activating your Uranus or Neptune perhaps... just some thoughts.  I had a time years back when my 8th house (the house of the dead, the occult, etc.) was activated by transits  (see next msg)

[Silk]

(Sorry, 100 character limit!)  

 

(and I didn't know it at the time as I was not aware of transits) and every night I had what I would call "spiritual attacks" while I slept and could also feel the presence of something when awake.  It was bothersome enough that I had a lot of trouble resting and at one point slept with the lights on for 2 weeks.  I was quite obsessed with astrology at that point and I will say that I got so tired of things happening that  (see next msg)...
 

[Silk]

I packed away all my astrology books and notes and charts into  storage closet and it stopped.  That doesn't mean I think astrology is evil by any means but I was desperate for the nightly attacks to stop (and they did.)  I was not doing tarot back then.

Anyways, if you have noticed strong energy abilities, you likely might have some strong influence from Uranus or its sign in your chart too, although I wouldn't say it's the only way it can show in the chart.  I very much see it (my personal viewpoint) as being connected to energies.

Edited June 9, 2023 by Silk