Went to a professional tarot reader.
Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 06 Feb 2005, and now archived in the Forum Library.
| Ceit |
06 Feb 2005 |
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Last week I had a great experience with a professional (for lack of a better term) tarot reader. The tarot cards to her were sacred a part of her religion. She used them to communicate with her spirit guides. She used the Crowley deck. I got the impression that she had read for a long time, judging by the "condition" of the cards and the way she had a relationship with them.
Her comfort level was more like a relationship one would have with an old friend or a beloved one.
She didn't use a spread, but dealt out 6 cards took the ones that spoke to her and began weaving the story, and used "extra" cards to define the ones that were out.
For the most part she was right on. She had said some things that didn't make sense to me, but she was right about the majority of it.
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| Rosanne |
06 Feb 2005 |
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I am glad you had such a good experience with a reader. I went to a reader some years ago and I found the reading good but her method a little cold. She did not attempt to make any connection with me and I sat leaving her do the work, with no involvement by me. I felt she was used to reading over the phone. Her cards were large Rider Waite and no Minors. It confirmed for me that I did not want to read that way. No complaints about her skill with cards tho. Regards Rosanne
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| Magi |
06 Feb 2005 |
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That nudges my curiosity. What religion was she? I read a Piers Antony book that had a similar sacred tarot theme in it & it interested me greatly.
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| Gwynne |
06 Feb 2005 |
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I am glad you had such a good experience with a reader. I went to a reader some years ago and I found the reading good but her method a little cold. She did not attempt to make any connection with me and I sat leaving her do the work, with no involvement by me. I felt she was used to reading over the phone. Her cards were large Rider Waite and no Minors. It confirmed for me that I did not want to read that way. No complaints about her skill with cards tho. Regards Rosanne
Reading on the phone and reading in person is very different, but I can't imagine not involving the querant if they are right there! I often ask how a particular card makes the client feel, if they recognize anyone in the cards, what they expect the reading to tell them, etc.
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| Ceit |
06 Feb 2005 |
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That nudges my curiosity. What religion was she? I read a Piers Antony book that had a similar sacred tarot theme in it & it interested me greatly.
I think she was a pagan/wiccian (What type, I am not sure-- there are several Neo-pagan groups that use tarot as part of their "ritual" -- If you search tarot and paganism in a search you will find serveral links-), just because of the series of books that she rec'ed to me. She was very freindly and very warm and open, and asked to give me a hug after the reading.
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| caridwen |
07 Feb 2005 |
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I think she was a pagan/wiccian (What type, I am not sure-- there are several Neo-pagan groups that use tarot as part of their "ritual" -- If you search tarot and paganism in a search you will find serveral links-), just because of the series of books that she rec'ed to me. She was very freindly and very warm and open, and asked to give me a hug after the reading.
I like that. I often feel very connected to someone after doing a reading for them. As though I have glimpsed a part of their inner selves that no one else has seen. It's a very sacred thing for want of a better word. Also giving a hug is a kind of closure:)
My experience with 'professional' readers has been more negative but let's not dwell;)
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| caridwen |
07 Feb 2005 |
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Last week I had a great experience with a professional (for lack of a better term) tarot reader. The tarot cards to her were sacred a part of her religion. She used them to communicate with her spirit guides. She used the Crowley deck. I got the impression that she had read for a long time, judging by the "condition" of the cards and the way she had a relationship with them.
Her comfort level was more like a relationship one would have with an old friend or a beloved one.
She didn't use a spread, but dealt out 6 cards took the ones that spoke to her and began weaving the story, and used "extra" cards to define the ones that were out.
For the most part she was right on. She had said some things that didn't make sense to me, but she was right about the majority of it.
Did she allow you to touch the cards? I'm wondering if she felt such a connection to them that it would be too personal for you to touch them, if you see what I mean...
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| Kiama |
09 Feb 2005 |
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I like that. I often feel very connected to someone after doing a reading for them. As though I have glimpsed a part of their inner selves that no one else has seen. It's a very sacred thing for want of a better word. Also giving a hug is a kind of closure:)
My experience with 'professional' readers has been more negative but let's not dwell;)
Caridwen has said exactly how I feel. :D After reading for people, you do definitely feel a little closer to them, because with most readings you 'step into' somebody's life for the hour or two you're reading for them...
And so far, the professional readers I've been to haven't been that good either. I've had much better readings from my friends (who probably could be professionals if they cared to.)
I am interested in the way your professional reader read, Ceit. It seems very interesting, and is something I've never personally tried. I tend to stick with the cards that are on the table, and very rarely draw any extra ones. But I do know of readers who do this, and I heard it called the 'Stream of Consciousness Method' once.
Blessings,
Kiama
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| SongDeva |
09 Feb 2005 |
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That's pretty much how I read. Ask Contrascarpe. I'm always going on about guides, and other loving energies. hehehehe :) My tarot practice grew out of my explorations of my spirituality, and I sometimes ask readers who feel stuck or like they've hit a wall, what it is that they believe in. Who do they think is talking to them, etc. through this practice. It's certainly up to everyone individually as to what they think is happening, but there seems to come a time for lots of folks when they need to go beyond a deck of cards. I seem to run into those folks, anyway, probably because of how I do what I do.
It's a beautiful and loving process in my experience. Even when the work reveals difficult truths. I hope Elf responds to this thread, because she works that way too. It's a hot time in the old town whenever we hook up to read together or to do our tarot group.
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| Satori |
10 Feb 2005 |
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It's a hot time in the old town whenever we hook up to read together or to do our tarot group.
:)
Interestingly said, SD.
Yes, I think that both Lara and I are fairly unorthodox about our readings.
I tend to lay out three cards that are the snapshot of the soul in front of me. The top card is the person, and the two under it I consider the foundational cards to why/what brought them to me.
After that, I might ask particular questions, or just lay out levels of cards, and see what the "conversation" is. I'm interested in the spirituality of the person in front of me, regardless of what they might "ask".
And I think I picked up the habit of refering to guides from Lara, because sometimes, stuff is coming out of my mouth that has little to do with the cards in front of me.
And then, I many times bring in a second deck, and read with other decks for the same reading.
One woman wanted to leave her husband.
I had a deck going for her, a deck going for him and a deck/spread going for the affair she was having with a newly widowed man.
That was a phone reading, and boy was it fun. More so for me than the woman I might add!
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