Shuffling

[golden1]

This may be a stupid question but when pulling multiple cards do you shuffle in between each card or just before starting?

[jupiter]

I don't shuffle in between. After I've done enough shuffling, I pull card after card from the top. It's all personal choice though – try different ways and see what sticks 🙂

[Razdrez]

I guess that a personal choice, generally the tarot should "order itself" after being shuffled. But if you "agreed with it" that you would shuffle in-between each card and that it feels right to you, I do not see why that wouldn't work...

 

Usually you let the querent shuffle the cards all the while thinking of their question, so from a practical standpoint I suppose that making your querent shuffle the cards multiple times might not be ideal?

Edited October 10, 2020 by Razdrez

[katrinka]

On 11/13/2019 at 8:34 PM, golden1 said:

This may be a stupid question but when pulling multiple cards do you shuffle in between each card or just before starting?

I shuffle for each question.
I can't imagine laying say, a Grand Tableau and shuffling before pulling each card.

[Wanderer]

If I'm drawing by shuffling (rather than spreading them out as a fan array and selecting each individually), then I always shuffle between cards. For me, it's essential to focus on the position/significance of the card I'm drawing, as I can't get myself to believe that the whole sequence of cards will line up neatly behind the one I stop at. That would be a belief-breaker for me, and would prevent it working. (I could probably justify it by applying some indeterministic quantum jargon, but I can't actually believe it... so I don't!)

 

We all develop our own techniques, and it's what works for us individually that matters.  

[Guest]

I’ve known readers who do that, but I shuffle once for each question as I use both the cut and the bottom card for the surprise.