Guest libra Posted November 1, 2018 Posted November 1, 2018 For me, one of the major ways that I work on intuitive reading is to work with my cards in an out-of-the-box or of way. Not for reading or contemplation, but just for fun. It gets me out of my head with the cards and stuff comes up when I'm in "play" mode with them that actually is really helpful in my more serious tarot practice! One of my little games is to pull 3-6 cards and create a "family portrait" out of them. Every card, whether it be Major, Minor or Court is a member of the family. A card or two or three steps into the role of parental figures, maybe one is the quintessential vodka aunt of the family, maybe there is a kid or two, maybe the grandparents make an appearance. One might actually be that kinda weird neighbour that is always on their couch, but fixes their leaky sink so they don't kick him out. Here's an example of this type of reading, to get a picture of it! A Family Portrait The High Priestess and The Star wanted to start a family, but only having ovaries between them, were in a small conundrum. Luckily, The Magician was around. No, not to work any magic, he just donated some sperm. They did that fancy switcheroo thing - fertilizing an egg from The High Priestess, then implanting it into The Star for incubation, then doing the same in reverse a couple of years later. All very romantic. Anyway, all weird details aside, they ended up with 2 children - the Page being slightly older than the Four. Four felt a bit out of place in their little family. Page seemed to fit in perfectly with the uber-hippy pair of moms, at least to Four’s view. He didn’t notice how much her parlour tricks - manifesting a fish into every cup she held, for example - irritated The High Priestess. “Low magic,” you know, and a constant reminder of the trickster Magician (he was no longer their life…) Four just constantly felt … out of place. He had fire in his heart and dirt under his nails. The moms tried to love and nurture him in their way, but he felt stifled by the cleanliness of their life. It never occurred to him, though, that he came by his fire honestly. See, he was the son of The Star. She tempered down her inner fire, so as to not blind her family with her radiance, but that made her sometimes seem cold and distant. But she held within her the same supernova as her son. If only he would notice, it wasn’t water she offered, it was fuel. An invitation to break free. This feels like just a lil fun when you're doing it, but at the same time, the example above bright some interesting connections between the cards that I didn't have before, and also brought out some of my views of the cards - like this unconscious bias towards the wisdom and intuition of The High Priestess vs what I saw as "low magic", showmanship in The Magician. There is often meat to dig into about why you choose certain cards for certain roles, and some stuff may come up that you can reflect on in regards to the way you view "family" too! Let me know if you try this sometime. It's one of my favourite activities!
Raggydoll Posted November 1, 2018 Posted November 1, 2018 Brilliant! I love it ;D You clearly have many great ideas that align perfectly with my own out-of-the-tarot-box practice! Thanks for sharing them with us <3
Bookworm Posted November 1, 2018 Posted November 1, 2018 I like this idea a lot too, Libra. Thanks for posting it. I'll definitely give it a try one of these days.
Guest libra Posted November 2, 2018 Posted November 2, 2018 Brilliant! I love it ;D You clearly have many great ideas that align perfectly with my own out-of-the-tarot-box practice! Thanks for sharing them with us <3 Airways glad to share! I like this idea a lot too, Libra. Thanks for posting it. I'll definitely give it a try one of these days. If you do, I'd love to see what comes of it for you! It's a lot of fun, that's for sure!
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