dwelling Posted January 1, 2019 Posted January 1, 2019 To what extent, in your experience, do a querent's unspoken hopes affect the cards that come up to illustrate the future/ outcome of the situation on which they are reading? For example, being fired from a job, or a rejection of some kind, may seem like a "negative" outcome to most people. If the querent, however, wants such an outcome (and is conscious of their wish, but does not speak of it), might it show up as, say, the Sun, Knight of Cups, or Page of Cups (cards that traditionally refer to good news) where for others it might have shown up as the Tower, Death or Ten of Swords? On this note, are such cards as the Tower, Death and Ten of Swords more likely - in your experience - to arise in relation to how the querent would experience the outcome, or how most people, including the reader, would experience it, should the two differ? Every situation can be viewed from multiple perspectives, and involves a convergence of energies. I am often curious about what influences which card comes to fore.
DarkElectric Posted January 1, 2019 Posted January 1, 2019 In my experience, I've discovered that the unspoken hopes which the querent is usually unaware of, are the ones which come up in their readings. Someone asks me about their employment situation, gets the Emperor, or King of Pents reversed, the 8 Swords, the 10 Swords, and the Ace of anything. I ask if they feel trapped in a situation with a tyrannical boss, in a job they wish they were free of. Invariably they start to tell me how much they like their job, then stop, look down at the table, and tell me the truth. They hate their job. The boss is a demanding control freak. They live in fear that they will be sacked any day, are terrified to try to look for something better, but didn't want to look too closely at any of that until there it was, right before their eyes. The same goes for relationships. Somebody gets the 7 Swords, Page, or Knight of Cups, the Tower, the Ace of Cups, the Lovers, and 9 or 10 Swords. I cannot tell you how many times I've seen these cards come up when someone wants their relationship to end, but doesn't want to face that fact, or have to deal with the discomfort of telling the other person involved. Perhaps they've met someone new, or they just don't feel the same way about their partner anymore. So they sabotage it in some way that causes it to end in no uncertain terms, but claim they don't even know they're doing it. So I would say that the querent's subconscious, instead of conscious, hopes affects the reading more, because tarot tends to get to the root causes and underlying issues of things.
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