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I know this may sound stupid and you will most likely tell me Tarot cards are just pieces of cardboard but I need some interesting opinions to explain this ...
A friend of a friend asked me to do a reading for her. I often do readings for friends and some workshop participants and I often notice that so far, the querents I have had really do seem to have a sincere desire to seek answers to their questions using the tarot. Sometimes, I just do general readings and often, I still get them to appreciate the insights they could derive from the interpretations. To put it plainly, so far, doing readings have been all right.
Recently, i encountered my friend's friend who wanted a reading. Since she did not have a question, I did the celtic cross. She was surprised that the cards she picked seemed to have surfaced some insights which caused her to think some things through. And then, she got into the mode of 'challenging the deck' to see if it can figure her issues about her relationship with her husband so she drew out cards and cards such as Tower, three of swords, Death, five of swords and so on came out, so i merely gave interpretations.
She did admit that the cards captured her 'thoughts' and then she continued... and as we continued, I started to notice that the cards were already coming out with strange combinations, sometimes, majority were even reversed. Then it occured to me that the cards seem to be 'reacting' to her. I know i am the one feeling it and therefore it may not be the cards, but somehow, I had the sense the cards were reacting because i can no longer make out their meanings particularly when i integrate them or try to see connections. In short, they no longer made sense.
So i told her we needed to stop because it was getting to be 'difficult'. She said - "I think your cards got irritated with me because it sensed I was challenging it. " asked her why she thought that way. She said she noticed that "everytime i draw them out, they were mostly reversed. Initially, we didn't start that way and you did mention that you don't read reversals. Now, they are almost all reversed.". I told her that we need to respect the "sacredness of the tarot" ... at least I do. The tarot is an intuitive tool and sensitive to one's imagination. I told her that intellectualizing it too much may not be the best way to use the tool.
i only realized she was challenging it after the drawn out cards started to be difficult.
I thought about it ... I am wondering if you encountered something similar... would love to hear your own thoughts.
A friend of a friend asked me to do a reading for her. I often do readings for friends and some workshop participants and I often notice that so far, the querents I have had really do seem to have a sincere desire to seek answers to their questions using the tarot. Sometimes, I just do general readings and often, I still get them to appreciate the insights they could derive from the interpretations. To put it plainly, so far, doing readings have been all right.
Recently, i encountered my friend's friend who wanted a reading. Since she did not have a question, I did the celtic cross. She was surprised that the cards she picked seemed to have surfaced some insights which caused her to think some things through. And then, she got into the mode of 'challenging the deck' to see if it can figure her issues about her relationship with her husband so she drew out cards and cards such as Tower, three of swords, Death, five of swords and so on came out, so i merely gave interpretations.
She did admit that the cards captured her 'thoughts' and then she continued... and as we continued, I started to notice that the cards were already coming out with strange combinations, sometimes, majority were even reversed. Then it occured to me that the cards seem to be 'reacting' to her. I know i am the one feeling it and therefore it may not be the cards, but somehow, I had the sense the cards were reacting because i can no longer make out their meanings particularly when i integrate them or try to see connections. In short, they no longer made sense.
So i told her we needed to stop because it was getting to be 'difficult'. She said - "I think your cards got irritated with me because it sensed I was challenging it. " asked her why she thought that way. She said she noticed that "everytime i draw them out, they were mostly reversed. Initially, we didn't start that way and you did mention that you don't read reversals. Now, they are almost all reversed.". I told her that we need to respect the "sacredness of the tarot" ... at least I do. The tarot is an intuitive tool and sensitive to one's imagination. I told her that intellectualizing it too much may not be the best way to use the tool.
i only realized she was challenging it after the drawn out cards started to be difficult.
I thought about it ... I am wondering if you encountered something similar... would love to hear your own thoughts.