What if you don't have any intuition?

[Saturn Celeste]

http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=162705

by Bluebonnet 

 

So, I've been on this forum a few months now...newbie. I bought the Rider deck...slept with it under my pillow (couldn't hurt). And, I am continually learning the meanings through the LWB, googling, and this forum. I'm most comfortable reading 3 card spreads...gives enough information without overwhelming me.

 

So, I'm never confident on my readings. I'm more confident when I can see a story out of the pictures in the cards, but that doesn't always happen. So many here, especially the great readers, say to go with you "intuition". That will always override what you're reading in the cards. What if you don't have any? I've been told to "feel" the cards....and those feelings aren't always correct. My "feelings" of cards come from a memory of seeing them in another reading whether they were a positive or a negative card.

 

So..the bottom line is...to be an accurate, good reader...do you have to have really good intuition?

[HOLMES]

I think over time ..

 

with regular practice readers who are open to their intuition , will find it just developing naturally.. more so if they  practice medition , chakra work..

 

if a person just tries to stick to the books meanings out of fear of intuition building.. (something I went through when I was starting ).. or as someone told me when I was talking about the power of the tarot (they are just pieces of cardboard with artwork on it ).  well inution will be harder to flow through.. if it is kept soley mental.

 

everyone has inuition,, but do we listen to it ?

 

[Wanderer]

I think there are different types of readers, and they can even be the same person. In some styles, intuition is key, and the cards barely matter. But at other times, the cards can give us all the information we need, and we just need to follow the specific standard meanings. I've had this especially as a beginner, or when learning a new deck; the more the cards are unfamiliar or opaque, the more accurate and precise the meanings in the standard guidebook.

 

There's scope for both, but when the intuition grows it will start to take over from the standard meanings. Similarly, as your intuition develops it will tend to generate cards that deviate from the standard meanings. I suspect the times when readings seem really difficult are when the reader is in the intermediate stage: starting to develop intuition, but not yet trusting it. That's the hard part!

[Raggydoll]

It just make for different type of readers, that’s what I believe. I do a mixed style with both traditional meanings and intuition, but sometimes I also read purely with my intuition - and at times I don’t even use any cards or tools, just plain psychic readings. I don’t think that one way is better than the other, all readings tend to have something valuable to convey no matter how they were conducted. I find that it is both fun and stimulating to experiment with different methods and approaches. It just suits me to be flexible I think!

[Jewel]

I also use a mixed a style.  I also combine it with other things I have learned along the way.  One of the key things I have learned is that standard meanings are great for single card readings, but once they are in a spread the cards have an influence on each other which takes it out of the proverbial box of that single meaning.  It took me YEARS to get to that point of understanding.

 

As for intuition, it is something we all have.  Ever had a "gut feeling" about anything?  that is your intuition.  Intuition is like a muscle that needs to be exercised in order for it to become stronger and you more aware of it.  You become more skilled with it as you practice it.  For using it with tarot it is all about practice, practice, practice.  I would highly recommend the book 21 Ways to Read A Traot Card for helping develop the intuition.  There are exercises you can do focusing on the imagery of the card, creating its story and then looking up the traditional meaning and blending it with your own experience of the card.

 

I have to admit the RWS deck leaves me with a perfect intuitive blank slate.  Though of great historical significance it is not deck for me as it sparks nothing.  I find the art represented in the deck to have a significant influence on my use of intuition.