exercises

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 15 Mar 2003, and now archived in the Forum Library.

Wee Amazon	15 Mar 2003
Firstly, I apologize if there is a thread on this already....I have had a look round, but can't spend as much time online as I would like, so am limited as to how much I can browse through, so there may well be one like this already; what I was wondering is this: does anyone have any ideas or suggestions for exercises? What I'm after is something other than reading for myself - I don't have anyone else to read for, and I love just 'being' with the cards, and mooching through them, and looking, and thinking, and so on.....but I would like to have some fairly short little written things I could do, too...I have the odd things from various books, and also like to draw a card at random and write about all that I see - literally and otherwise - in it, but I would like some things to do for practice that are similar to readings, but *not* readings, if that makes sense......... I do like written things, as then I can go back later and go over it, and I find I forget things easily if I don't write them down. Hoping this is the correct place for this thread... love Wee Amazon ......looking to strengthen her 'tarotian muscles' ....... ;)

Hedera	15 Mar 2003
Just picking out cards to correspond with certain situations or events, sometimes in a book I'm reading.... I guess you already have 'Tarot for Self Discovery' by Nina Lee Braden? That consists entirely of the kind of exercises I think you're talking about. It is a wonderful book!

Ruby Red Slippers	15 Mar 2003
Tarot for Yourself by Mary Greer is also a wonderful book. It is a self discovery book for yourself and those close to you. It also has mediatation exercises and a Lifetime card line graph which is very cool to work out for yourself. One of my personal favorites! Let me know if you get it, would l love to hear your comments. Ruby

Wee Amazon	25 Mar 2003
Hedera......thank you, yes, I have that one, and am very fond of it...... Ruby Red - thank you: ordered it from Amazon, got it yesterday, and it's just what I was after. love Wee Amazon

Trogon	25 Mar 2003
Howdy WeeAmazon... At first, I was going to suggest some stretching and calisthenics or maybe arobics... but decided I didn't want to get booed off the forum... ;) You said you wanted to try something "like readings". It sounds to me like you've already been doing some very good excercises with the cards. Maybe you do need to do some actual readings. As you may have already discovered (I know I did early on) doing readings only for yourself can be somewhat limiting. Perhaps you might want to go to the Reading Exchange forum and offer to do some readings for some of the members here? I have found that the more readings I do for people (coworkers, friends, friends on the internet, etc) the better I understand the cards. Just a thought...

Wee Amazon	25 Mar 2003
Howdy backatcha, Trogon :D Howzabout you let me try a wee one for you, then, since it was your idea? ;) and I shall whizz over to the Reading Exchange shortly...thanks for the suggestion..... love Wee Amazon

HudsonGray	25 Mar 2003
I'm not sure but I think you have to have 25 posts before offering readings, or asking to have a reading done--but you're nearly there. (They like to know you're committed to the site here first & won't leave people hanging). Have you tried some face to face readings yet? Asking people you know if you can practice on them? They're a bit different than doing one off the internet so you should get both under your belt with practicing. *grin* Trogon does sound like they're a candidate though! Have you tried a pet reading? You can do one on my diabetic grey cat Hudson, he's 15 pounds, has a white tail tip, former stray. We've had him about 3 years, so he's around 6 now. Try a 3 card reading on him (short readings tell a lot on pets, easier than large readings actually).

lunalafey	25 Mar 2003
one link that might help.... http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11595

DeLani	26 Mar 2003
Def. the Mary K. Greer book. I recommend that book to all my students. I think this is in her book, but one that I like to recommend for beginners to understand the cards is to take all the, say, fives, of the minors, and put them out before you in any pattern. Pretend the people are interacting and journal about what they say, how you percieve them, etc. This is really good for understanding court cards. Also (I'm not sure if this is from Greer or not): make up a situation, for example, bringing home a new kitty. Select a card that you feel matches that situation. Now select 2-4 more cards that tell a "story" about bringing the new kitty home. (does that make sense?). You can begin by choosing the cards face-up. Later, when you are more comfortable, choose cards at random and tell a story based on the cards. Best of luck and have fun!

spunch	26 Mar 2003
Great book for self-discovery and meditation I have is Living the Tarot by Amber Jayanti. I love it. It's about seeking, meditating, pondering, searching. On 345 pages it describes A LOT and it's a very good book. It uses only major arcana, though. I thought you might want to check this one out.

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