did u already tried one of those online readings?

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 22 Feb 2004, and now archived in the Forum Library.

estroncios	22 Feb 2004
some days ago i was looking for info about tarot over the web and i found some sites with online readings (a kinda of program that do de spread4 u and the interpretation 2) so i was wondering with my self...does that work? did u already tried that? that worked for ya? any suggestion of one of those sites for me? cya ;)

Agathe	22 Feb 2004
I've never tried this but there are people here who have sites like that. I think it does work simply because every time I have a reading done by anyone here, who offers a reading, it does work, even though hey don't know me in person. On the other hand, there is a danger that you will pay money and you'll get unprofessional reading. But I guess this danger does not exist through the internet only. Agathe

estroncios	22 Feb 2004
no no dear u didnt get it...iam not talking about someone that do readings tru internet iam talking about the own site do a reading for ya...like one of those esoteric softwares but instead install it in your machine u can use it tru internet...did u get it now? so did u already tried that? cya ;)

Agathe	22 Feb 2004
Well dear, thank you very much for your kind explanation! In that case my answer to your question in NO! Blessings, Agathe

jmd	22 Feb 2004
Do you mean something similar to that provided by tarot.com? They have, however, far more than 4 spreads available. As far as I recall, the interpretations are 'fixed' - ie, you do not choose from 2 possible interpretations (or were you using the '2' to mean 'too'?). I have checked a number of times (though not for a while) some of those spreads, as I find the interpretations quite well written (by Christine P-T, a member of Aeclectic too, by the way) - though of course it limits the reading from being properly and to-the-specific instance narrated.

Thea Lynx	22 Feb 2004
Hi Estroncios, I've tried a couple of computer generated readings and have had mixed feelings about the results. I feel much more comfortable dealing with a person on the other end of the deck. In a group I belong to, we do readings over cyber space for real folks - someone requests a reading, it is assigned to a volunteer reader who does the reading, and sends it on to the seeker. I have only done three of these - but the feedback has been wonderful. I would rather have a person doing my reading than a machine, if for no other reason than the mixture of our individual energies. Thea Lynx

miss_apples	22 Feb 2004
Well technically....when we do tarot...we are selecting random cards at the top of the deck and we read them with our intuition or what not. So I'd think the computer generated tarot readings are kind of like that. They are selecting random cards for you and giving you a general description and you have to kind of reinturpret it for yourself and your question that you asked it in the first place.

jmd	22 Feb 2004
One of the things a computer generated readings does not do is to interpret, for example, the Four Coins as referring to a four-doored car (unless it was already written in the general description, which I would find strange). The in-the-moment reading of the image may take one away from the standardised expected meaning of individual cards, in the same way that a word may suddenly acquire a shade or meaning quite inconsistent with dictionary meaning (one of the the reasons why automated translations leave much to be desired). With readings especially, where the nuances of the card may be more important than the direct sense or 'accepted' meaning, the computer generated reading will have a flatness to it - no matter how wonderfully skillful with words the author of the phrases is - of course, others may have experienced these differently.

estroncios	22 Feb 2004
well in first place sorry agathe u probably missunderstood my "kind" explanation but thats ok... well i found a site here in brazil with full and free readings but it only uses the major cards so itsnot kinda complete...i realized that the results are kinda compatible with real readings but only if we do our own interpretations 2 de cards... HEY Thea Lynx how can i find your group to make a reading for me??????????????? iam really interested!!!! cy ;)

jmd	22 Feb 2004
One of the major European traditions uses only the Majors for readings, so it is quite possible that the site you mention derives from this... ...though I'm not sure I've understood the third part of your middle paragraph.

katie_here	22 Feb 2004
I have used these sites quite a lot. I don't exactly use them for readings for myself, but because I am practicing I want to know as many explanations of each card in different positions as I can. I find them very useful with their different interpretations of the cards. Here are a few of free reading sites that use all the the cards. www.facade.com/tarot www.webtarot.org www.free-tarot-reading.net hope you have fun with these.

estroncios	22 Feb 2004
thanks KATIE_HERE and thanks ribbitcat for the links... ribbitcat sent me a pm with the follow links http://www.tabi.org.uk http://www.freereading.net http://www.freetarot.net all of them are readings made with real people for free PS: Hey jmd sorry about my words lol dont forget that english isnt my mother language so some times i make some confusion tho lollolol :> cya ;)

jmd	22 Feb 2004
Your English is a thousandfold (or more) better than my German, Spanish or Portuguese!... heck!, I wouldn't even begin to be able to participate in a Forum in any of those (and most other, for that matter) language!!! I wrote that in case I had missed the point :)

TemperanceAngel	22 Feb 2004
I went to have a reading from one of those websites, as I thought it couldn't be a true reading. I phrased my reading so keywords couldn't be picked up on and I got asked to rephrase my question. It's just a computer programme that picks up on keywords :) XTAX And has set answers :)

Cerulean	22 Feb 2004
readings from some art decks from Lo Scarabeo and a few decks that I normally cannot find online. It helps reinforce my study of some art theme decks... www.tarotadvice.com If you look at the bottom of the reading summary, it tends to add a little more detail from the deck that you chose. Some of the different decks include the Alchemical by Robert Place or the Universal by Roberto De Angelis. I don't know if it is helpful---it is different and they do use decks by permission of the publisher.

estroncios	23 Feb 2004
THIS TAROT ADVICE IS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THEY HAVE TONS OF SPREADS AND THE INTERPRETATIONS ARE DIFFERENT FOR EACH SPREAD POSITION AND STATE!!!!!! AMAZING!!!!!! and the best: FOR FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! oh my if u dont know that u should visit it AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! cya ;)

Phoenyx*	23 Feb 2004
Marie, thank you for sharing this, its wonderful!

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