Another Reader's Vs Your Interpretation

[zhadee]

and if I get a bunch of reader friends we'll try to replicate this. I personally know only one though, so that is not a wide enough sample for me but who knows right? I might meet a coven of them in a party somewhere.

mission accomplished, EK - you're surrounded by a bunch of reader friends ever since gregory mentioned that experiment, I'm curious to do this.
Not sure though, which kind of question suits best, but generally, I'd be game.
So let's play!

 

[gregory]

Give me a day or so and I'll set one up. Not sure where it should go though, so I will consult a mod.

 

[LeFou]

It would be pretty offensive if a client of yours told you that you were wrong and explained how they understood the cards.

When I'm reading, I love when the querent chimes in. On the other hand, I remember some really gifted readers who found it hard to concentrate if I did that.

 

[Amanda]

I really must set up that experiment we did again, where we all read for the same person, and the same question, using our own decks, spreads and methods. We all got different cards and pretty much the same message. But I can't find it (it may have been on another forum,now closed down) so when I have some spare time I will set one up here.

The "Cluster" readings I did were originally in the Experimental forum. When that closed down, they were moved over to the Group Readings sub-forum of Your Readings.

 

[gregory]

The "Cluster" readings I did were originally in the Experimental forum. When that closed down, they were moved over to the Group Readings sub-forum of Your Readings.

That's where mods say it is to go. So when I get around to it....

Was yours the experiment we did that I was looking for then ?

 

[Amanda]

That's where mods say it is to go. So when I get around to it....

Was yours the experiment we did that I was looking for then ?

No, I don't think you participated in those... but it's similar to what you're thinking of, so if you're curious you can do a search on threads I started over there. I tried to keep track of all the other readers' posts within the posts I started.

 

[HOLMES]

what i found was this

I used to sit there and analysis the cards when my friend was reading the to me..
and I realized I wasn't listening to what my friend was telling me.
hence I was losing objectivity and I might as well just go post a reading in your readings..
so afterwards I now just to what they are saying and don't try to see if they were doing it right.

 

[SunChariot]

One day out of the blue you decided to consult a competent reader who drew a set of cards for you. He interpreted the spread in a certain way which you agree is acceptable and does cover the cards' other meanings, but which is rather different from the way you yourself would be inclined to read them. Would you give more credence to his interpretation, or would you choose to still be respectful about it while believing your own analysis of the cards?

The way I see it, we all read differently. There is no actual right or wrong way to read the cards as long as the reader is getting answers that are accurate and not false.

The cards will tend to talk to each reader differently, because we all THINK differently. And don't understand the same things in the exact same way.

Human beings are unique. We have different past experiences, different personalities, different ways of thinking and seeing the world. ...The cards (or actually whatever it is that talks to us through the cards, whatever you believe that is) take all that into account. And the answers are then sent in the form that is easiest for the reader of the reading to understand. It;s my belief that if 2 readers (or more)asked the identical question and were meant to get the identical answer, then each would get different cards to tell it to them. To arrive at the exact same place.

If the querent is a reader as well, their meanings are not relevant to a reading someone else did. Because the cards will be answering in a language that they do not speak. If another reader did the reading the answers came up to be understood in the right way by THEM not by another reader. I know it's hard as a reader not to think of your own menaings, but I believe you just have to really let go and trust. Trust that they will see the message that was sent for them, that is encoded in the way best understood by them alone.

I personally believe that ANY method a reader chooses to use or any meaning they see in a reading (if that is what they see) is perfectly acceptable. I can't think of anything that I would think of as unacceptable as far as reading methods.

Also, since intuition is a part of any reading, and some use it more than others, our intuition can tell us anything at all when we see a card, even if it is totally unrelated to the traditional meaning of the card. I tend to believe it is best to follow our intuition in a reading, wherever it takes us. As the querent we cannot know where the reader's intuition lead them but looking at the cards. But I don't believe we should question the intuition of someone else.

We can't judge that when we see a reading, or no how what they saw came to them. But for me, anything a reader sees is perfectly acceptable if that is what they see in that reading. As you said, you trusted the reader was competent, so I believe you just have to trust whatever she saw and don't question it. And try not to add in your own meanings. I personally believe that our own meanings do not really apply to someone else's readings.

Also no 2 readers have identical meanings for the same cards. And the cards will talk to them using theirs, which can be different from ours and that is normal. The answer was sent to them. For us, but sent to them for them to understand and interpret for us.

Babs

 

[SunChariot]

When I'm reading, I love when the querent chimes in. On the other hand, I remember some really gifted readers who found it hard to concentrate if I did that.

That brings up another question. Of if you just kept those thoughts inside or told the reader about it at the time. Telling them during the reading could have affected the reading. Readers take to that differently.

I can't deal with comments while reading personally. They throw off my concentration completely. I need to be fully focused on what I am doing. That is why I always read only via e-mail that eliminates the danger of that happening. I can't be distracting during a reading as I am alone at the time. But then a reader who reads in person can likely handle that better than me, or they would not choose that method.

But also let's say if a reader was insecure and they told you what they saw in a card and you said you thought it might mean something else, you might throw them off and they might try to follow your train of thought. But they may have been right the first time and then changed to an inaccurate answer.

Babs

 

[SunChariot]

I'd believe his reading.

If you believe that the cards are answering the question you posed, then that 'answer' is designed to be interpreted by the person reading.

It's not designed to be interpreted by anyone else, which is one of the reasons you cannot discuss readings done by someone else in the Your Readings section of AT.

The cards are speaking to the reader and are meant to trigger the appropriate responses in their mind. Have you ever seen a bunch of readers read on the same question here at AT? The cards are all over the place, but the readings tend to converge.

That's because each reader draws the cards that allows them to give the correct answer. The cards I need for that may be quite different from the cards you need for that.

Wow,exactly. Some days I think I am the only one who still sees it this way. LOL

Babs