gregory Posted January 15, 2020 Posted January 15, 2020 Just look at the picture. What do you see ? And what is that to the left of it ? And why is it there ? and and and.... Dive in and enjoy.
Andy Posted January 15, 2020 Posted January 15, 2020 2 minutes ago, gregory said: Just look at the picture. What do you see ? And what is that to the left of it ? And why is it there ? and and and.... Dive in and enjoy. lol True true.
Arania Posted January 15, 2020 Author Posted January 15, 2020 I always had the feeling my RWS waited until I had all the traditional meanings down and then the images started to move LOL "Now you know all this, forget about it" haha
gregory Posted January 15, 2020 Posted January 15, 2020 That certainly isn't what happened to me.... My RWS attacked a friend and I abandoned reading for a VERY LONG TIME.
Raggydoll Posted January 15, 2020 Posted January 15, 2020 4 minutes ago, gregory said: That certainly isn't what happened to me.... My RWS attacked a friend and I abandoned reading for a VERY LONG TIME. As in : I hate when that happens!!
Barleywine Posted March 7, 2020 Posted March 7, 2020 (edited) On 1/15/2020 at 2:49 AM, Raggydoll said: I will say that I am a firm believer that whatever tool you use, you need to understand it 🙂. So traditional tarot meanings should definitely not be skipped. If you don't understand the more or less universal language of tarot symbolism then you will run into difficulties when you interact with other readers or when you have a client that has actually studied tarot themselves. The tool you use will give you the framework and your intuition will guide you and illustrate the layers that are at play. Another thing: if you intuition is very on point, then I would find it highly unlikely that you would struggle to fit traditional card meanings into your reading. Those should align, not contradict. I have had occasions where I the cards gave me answers to the questions asked, but then I had a vision that told me even more - and unexpected things - that would transpire. Those things were not implied in the cards but they were not contradicted. If you know from experience that your intuitive hits are highly accurate then you can certainly rely even more on intuition for your interpretations. But the legwork needs to be done first, at least with a tool like tarot. It comes with a lot of history and a lot of special context 🙂. Where I am at now, I do a lot of readings without tools and I also do a lot of readings with oracle cards. I like that those readings lack a firm framework and that it can take me anywhere. But it is more draining. Some people will be natural psychics. I have seen spirits and had psychic flashes since childhood so the gift in itself was nothing I practiced to get. However, I could not control it until I actually started doing regular exercises. Those exercises was what made me able to find out specific things and to provoke visions on purpose (previously they were very spontaneous and they could be very intimidating too). And the visions also got more clear with time. I used to struggle to know how they fit in or even who they referred to. I won't say that its crystal clear now, but over all it has greatly improved. Though I still sometimes find it difficult to know if what I am seeing is something from the past or something that is yet to happen. In those cases it helps tremendously to be able to talk to the sitter 😀 This is wise advice. I don't think one can read the cards with finesse and not use intuition to some degree (although I prefer the storytelling terms "imagination, inspiration and ingenuity"). Maybe if the cards only had printed words on them and no pictures it might be possible (and boring), but it's far better to internalize the meanings as reference material without letting it take over your style. This takes some dedicated study and work but it pays off in greater depth of interpretation, and you will always have a fall-back when intuition temporarily stalls but you still have to keep talking and not just sit there gaping. Being a natural psychic is another matter, but in my opinion you're not "just" reading the cards then but using them as a springboard to another place. I don't present myself as a psychic, more a "garden-variety mystic," and In practice I'm more inductive than deductive; I like to work up from the literal to the abstract rather than the other way around, at least in my own mind before I open my mouth for a sitter. But I do it by first taking a "gestalt" overview of the entire spread to see what jumps out at me, a purely intuitive gambit. I then try to work those key elements up into a more encompassing scenario. Edited March 7, 2020 by Barleywine
Grace Posted March 7, 2020 Posted March 7, 2020 My intuition/psychic leanings is what partly drew me to learn more about tarot. I agree that you don't need more than one deck @Raggydoll. I was gifted my first deck and I hated it. Completely not for me. Not my style, the art, everything. I used that deck for over 10 year, just because... Oh well, that's what I have. Tarot was not my primary mode to intuit, so at the time I made do. However, when I bought my REAL first deck (RSW) a month ago after a bit of research everything just clicked so easily. I think that the initial exposure helped, and that internal guidance that led to a deck I actually enjoy did the rest.
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