Regarding the LWB and reversals

I had a tarot reading on friday night. It came up in the reading that I was frustrated with my own cards. I was asked if I was following the LWB and attempting to read the reversed cards. I was told to through the LWB away and that reversals were confusing and not to bother with them. I just wanted to know what you all thought about this?

wonders never cease

The cards told you to throw the LWB away! EXCELLENT! Your cards are smarter than the writer of the LWB! Trust your cards! They give good advice!

U.k

I think anyone would be frustrated with those LWB i never take any notice with those meanings and just avoid reading from them, take notice of what your cards are saying instead.

Hi StLouisTarot,

Different folk have differing takes on reversals.
If you take a look at the main page of the Using Tarot Cards forum there are a couple of 'note' threads at the top which you may find useful:
How to read - links to questions about reading[/url- - lots of info on reversals.
[url=http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=14874]what do the cards mean? Links to forum discussions on Major and Minor arcana cards

Personally, I didn't start to use reversals for about a year... I wanted to make sure that I had a good idea of what the cards meant to me upright before adding another bunch of meanings.

Now I look at reversals more as blockages.
If a card shows up reversed, I generally think that the card's energies are still there but they are:
1. Delayed
2. Diminished, diminishing
3. Under used
4. Internalized
5. Blocked

Every now and then, I do see a reversed card as meaning the opposite of the upright meaning but not all the time and sometimes I think that a reversal means that I need to return to the lesson of the previous card in the suit as it may not have been learned yet.

As far as the LWB goes, I don't usually bother with them myself..
Some are better than others, so I usually look through the LWB just to see.

Hope that helps a bit.

Love Sulis xx

tarotbear said:

The cards told you to throw the LWB away! EXCELLENT! Your cards are smarter than the writer of the LWB! Trust your cards! They give good advice!

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The man who read the cards is quite good LOL, I am not ready to read them myself yet. I have been frustrated with the cards and the LWB. Ill get the hang of it tho.