Picturing cards on mind

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 18 Mar 2003, and now archived in the Forum Library.

Inana	18 Mar 2003
Hi all! Since im using tarot cards again, something had happened to me, and i was wondering if this happens to you too. Its about when in a difficult situation, a card pictures alone in my mind, and im seeing it all the time. It happened to me two times. When i was in a interview for a job, while waiting, the Magician was coming to my mind all the time. After a few days, when talking with bf to broke the relation, happened the same with the Strenght card. Dont know why the cards come to mind withouth thinking on them. Did you experiencied this too? And another strange point is: im using RW to learn tarot and make readings most of the time, but the cards that i saw, were from the Marseille deck. Could this mean that i should return to the Marseille and learn with it? What do you think about this?

Diana	18 Mar 2003
Inana: this is a wonderful thing that is happening to you. :) It shows that you are so closely connected to the messages that the Tarot is giving you, that they appear to you in the form of image-thoughts. Secondly, I do not think that you should necessarily return to the Marseilles deck (although of course, I would highly recommend it!). That is really up to you to decide. It sounds like you're highly intuititive so you should follow what your intuition says and trust it. Thirdly, the reason you are seeing the Marseilles cards is probably because your soul recognises the archetypes. The Tarot of Marseilles is the purest and most unpolluted Tarot you can find, because it allows us to understand the minds of those who "invented" Tarot, and therefore we can understand better why on earth they ever decided to do so.

coldsuns	18 Mar 2003
I guess you have been using Tarot Cards too much and seeing thing. Are you overstress?? You sounds to be having haullcation(wrg spelling). Anyway try not to think too much. Have more rest ^_^

jmd	18 Mar 2003
Welcome coldsuns... though you have already posted a fair number, I don't think I've read you before. With regards to cards becoming apparent in the imagination as one faces various situations, this, to my mind at least, shows a deepening appreciation for what either is at hand, or needs to be remembered, as the situation reflected upon is entered. This is the other aspect of working with the cards in deeper meditative ways: on the one hand, one enters the cards, and there permit them to reveal themselves; on the other, the cards re-emerge meaningfully in consciousness as we pass through life's myriad wonders... and there are always new ones to discover! As to returning to the Marseilles, it seems they have never left you - why not combine your studies amongst various decks, including the Marseille?

MST	18 Mar 2003
When you start reading Tarot cards if you do not believe you can actually tap into something on a deep level you will only see random cards. Once you recognize a story being relayed you are able to receive meaningful information. Your confidence builds and you start to know things. You can take this as far as you are comfortable. Many people eventually stop relying on the cards and sense things directly -even channel. Tarot imagery is a tool. It is the means not the end. I know someone who went from trickles of images, sounds to sentences and eventually they were able to channel and allow their limbs to be controled and enough manerisms showcased distinguishing traits of entire personalities. Little by little they allowed more to come through gradually building their confidence and comfort with the process. (By the way: If Tarot sybolism is too cryptic for your needs a ouija board offers distinct symbols for communication -letters of the alphabet, numbers and Yes/No. However for many people the physical aspect of working the board can be the greatest obstacle to get through). On the other hand, a sweet or spicey meal can trigger random images as when we dream. The moment of truth only lasts a moment. When these events occur, the explanation is there if you are open to it. Pay attention to all senses. There may be something you are overlooking. You are capable of understanding these things if they are of significance and distingishing between those which are not. Nothing would be thrown at you that you did not have the potential to utilize. Wasting time, energy and effort is something only humans do.

MST	18 Mar 2003
I meant your answer is in the moment and you have the faculties to understand it.

Kazz	18 Mar 2003
Quote: Originally posted by Diana Inana: this is a wonderful thing that is happening to you. :) It shows that you are so closely connected to the messages that the Tarot is giving you, that they appear to you in the form of image-thoughts. Inana, I agree with Diana. I have had a similar experience with this. This one day, (just an ordinary day) from the time I had gotten out of bed and made breakfast for my daughters and myself, I had the image of the card 'The green Man' (the Fool) from my sacred circle deck, in my mind, but I thought nothing of it.......the image of this card came again and again, this happened for most of the day. As I do daily cards for myself, I thought that this would have meaning for my day, but nothing really came to be relevent, so it wasn't until that evening that I went back to my card for that day and wrote in my journal my days events etc etc...then proceeded to draw a card for my next day...and wouldn't you know it...it was the Green Man. The next day was unbelievable!!...without going into everything, and bore you all to death...that day was a 'green man' (the Fool) day for me for sure. So yes...there was definately a close connected message from the Tarot cards. Cheers Kazz :TQC

Athara	18 Mar 2003
Quote: Originally posted by coldsuns I guess you have been using Tarot Cards too much and seeing thing. Are you overstress?? You sounds to be having haullcation(wrg spelling). Anyway try not to think too much. Have more rest ^_^ Coldsuns, try to be more open than that. I do not believe that this is a hallucination. When you connect with your deck, your intuition, your guide and your innerself it is normal to see things. It might be what your guide tries to tell you, or what your intuition picks up. Of course, there's the possibility that it is, indeed, a hallucination, but personally, I do not believe that this is the case here. Athara

HudsonGray	18 Mar 2003
Making subconscious connections is something you WANT as it makes for a better reader with tarot. I don't see any problem with visualizing the cards while dreaming or suddenly coming up while you go about your day--the mind makes the connections where it will, it's when the barriers go down that the strongest connections get made. Unless the person is seeing tarot 100% of the time or it interferes with their daily or work life, there's not much of a problem there. Inana wasn't frightened or scared, just wondering if we saw this too. I haven't seen cards myself, but have daydreamed about what I'd possibly pull in certain situations that would make sense to explain something--and had them show up in dreams. I've even had cards redesign themselves while daydreaming. Nothing scarey or harmful, just the mind making connections. We need this, otherwise they're just little pictures on paper.

Inana	19 Mar 2003
Im sure thats not an hallucination. Of course, im not thinking on the cards all the time. When they appeared in my mind was just in those two moments, when i was nervous because of the situations. Was like if the cards were trying to make me remember something i needed at the moment. I was asking to you, because im new at those things. I feel i need lots of help and guidance to learn and understand better and i know in this board i can meet people with more experience. So, this is why i needed to share here this little experience that happened to me. Seems that only Kazz happened something similar, but some of you see cards in your dreams or meditation, and guess the connection with tarot is made in many other ways. About the Marseilles deck, its interesting to know it has the most archetypical cards. Didn't thought about it before, Diana. But its true that i like more the Marseilles majors than the RW. Its a good idea to study both decks at the same time. Maybe this can help to understand better. MST, i dont know nothing about channeling and never tried a ouija board. Anyways, ouija dont appeals me much. Maybe because i have heard too many things i dont like about it. I agree in things dont come if we cant not understand them, its only that sometimes i still feel very novice.

HudsonGray	19 Mar 2003
Trust your instincts, you won't go wrong! I'm sure it wasn't a hallucination. Look at it as a learning situation.

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