The Influence of Emotions
Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 27 Feb 2003, and now archived in the Forum Library.
| scheherazade |
27 Feb 2003 |
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This is something relating to the Truth or Reaction thread... but instead of wondering whether the instinct or the translation is right, I'm wondering how one's emotions can affect a Tarot reading.
I know that we are supposed to clear our thoughts, but it's more difficult to screen out feelings during a reading; sometimes they aid with the reading, as well. But say that your sight is clouded because you're afraid of what the cards might have to say. You might be inclined to see only what you want to see in the cards.
How do you keep this from happening? I'm an emotionally driven person and it's difficult for me to ignore emotions... but I can't have them meddling with my readings.
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| miranda |
27 Feb 2003 |
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Originally posted by scheherazade
This is something relating to the Truth or Reaction thread... but instead of wondering whether the instinct or the translation is right, I'm wondering how one's emotions can affect a Tarot reading.
I know that we are supposed to clear our thoughts, but it's more difficult to screen out feelings during a reading; sometimes they aid with the reading, as well. But say that your sight is clouded because you're afraid of what the cards might have to say. You might be inclined to see only what you want to see in the cards.
How do you keep this from happening? I'm an emotionally driven person and it's difficult for me to ignore emotions... but I can't have them meddling with my readings.
maybe they are not meddling in a negetive way.. you say you are emotionally driven.. welll so am i.. im a cancer ... one of the major emtional ones:) & id say that would be your STRENGTH not your downfall..... your emotional side may actually help you get in *touch* with what the querent is asking ... maybe not what they are SAYING .. but what they are asking
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| Small-tree |
28 Feb 2003 |
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i have the same concern too......i mean lets say i am feeling quite unhappy/troubled about a problem, so i do a reading for it to see what can be done.
Is it possible that the cards will pick up my neagtive feelings and that it will result in a negative answer or negative reply?
I know we are suppose to do readings in a clear state of mind......but well...sometimes it's kind of hard to put emotions/feelings behind.
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| cuddles |
01 Mar 2003 |
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yup, i worry about this, too. but for me it's when i'm worried things are bad or going to be bad...and the cards tell me it's going to be sunshine...am i creating what i want to see?
but for the most part when they have said that it's been true, so then i don't know!
i try not to think about it too hard. but it is important to me to try to keep my desires from affecting how i see what's there. especially when the reading is for myself i can tend to see a card and think, yes, but i know that this isn't totally true so the card must be saying...is that reading it correctly based on the situation or changing the meaning to fit what i want it to say?
is that what you mean?
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| Karenwhe |
03 Mar 2003 |
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I have heard many people discuss this issue. From my experience so far the cards always tell the truth, the interpretation of the person reading is a different thing.
With my own readings…... it hasn’t happened yet that the cards said that something bad will happen and something good did or vice versa.
But it did happen that the cards said something good may happen and that good was misinterpreted.
To be more clear you may get a happy event but it may not be the happy event that you where expecting though it is still a happy event. With the bad events the same applies. That does not mean that you manipulated the cards. The other things that I did see in querents/clients cases is self-sabotage which goes particularly with outcome of good events.
Just my 0.0000001 cents.
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| Small-tree |
03 Mar 2003 |
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Originally posted by cuddles
yup, i worry about this, too. but for me it's when i'm worried things are bad or going to be bad...and the cards tell me it's going to be sunshine...am i creating what i want to see?
but for the most part when they have said that it's been true, so then i don't know!
i try not to think about it too hard. but it is important to me to try to keep my desires from affecting how i see what's there. especially when the reading is for myself i can tend to see a card and think, yes, but i know that this isn't totally true so the card must be saying...is that reading it correctly based on the situation or changing the meaning to fit what i want it to say?
is that what you mean?
Hmm yes ! this is exactly the problem i am facing....i'm afraid that i am creating what i want to see...or i have a subconsious answer in my mind already and i sometimes wonder whether this is reflected in the cards.
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| scheherazade |
04 Mar 2003 |
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Yes... it's just that my readings seem to be rather hopeful for myself... and yet other peoples' readings for me on the same subject are less happy, perhaps a little more realistic.
Perhaps the happiness foretold might have been misinterpreted... that makes sense. The hope might not be what I consider hopeful as of now...
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| Silverlotus |
04 Mar 2003 |
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I'm not totally sure if my emotions influence which cards I pull, but there have been times where the evidence strongly points that way. For several days in a row I pulled the Three of Swords as my daily card. I had been feeling very down and the card had been on my mind a lot. And when I shuffle my deck after finishing a reading, I often find the card on the bottom is the card I have been thinking about.
I do have a habit of unintentionally stacking a deck with I play cards, so this might be the same "skill" in action. I'm not sure how I manage to stack the deck, and sometimes I'm off by one person (so the person beside me gets the good hand, not me). I do my best now to think about nothing when shuffling for cards, and to ask for the right cards to come up with shuffling for Tarot. I try not to focus on emotion or a specific card, but it doesn't always work.
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| scheherazade |
04 Mar 2003 |
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On the other hand, it could be that that card is exactly what you meant to select from the deck - the card may be something you need specific focus on. But we can go in circles all around this one, can't we?
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| Silverlotus |
04 Mar 2003 |
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Originally posted by scheherazade
On the other hand, it could be that that card is exactly what you meant to select from the deck - the card may be something you need specific focus on. But we can go in circles all around this one, can't we?
lol! You may have a point there. I do tend to have to be hit over the head with things before I take any notice. :)
Oddly enough, my card for today seemed to be another one of those where it was exactly the right card. I did my pull shortly after having a conversation with my boyfriend about money, and I pulled The Miser from the Osho Zen deck. It certinally had an interesting message for me. I don't know if it's my deck stacking "skill" at work, or the right card coming out and telling me just what I need to know.
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| Kitty |
04 Mar 2003 |
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Originally posted by scheherazade
How do you keep this from happening? I'm an emotionally driven person and it's difficult for me to ignore emotions... but I can't have them meddling with my readings.
I am sympathise with your problem!!! I too am emotionally driven - being another cancerian on the forum - all my decisions/thoughts are based on what I feel. Now I don't see emotions as a bad thing - but they do need a balance of some logic!
My opinion is that emotions will not influence the cards shown in the spread - but emotions can influence your interpretation of the cards - I feel (I'm doing it again!!) that too much emotion will cause extreme reactions to cards. For example the Tower - now too much emotion can make you say "oh no my whole world is going to fall apart - it's all bad"
Solution? ummmm don't know - all I can say - from my own experience is not to do readings when you are too emotional - be calm when reading and do not ignore all aspects of the cards meanings.
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