way to shuffle?

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 07 Apr 2003, and now archived in the Forum Library.

Rojin	07 Apr 2003
I just got my first tarot deck and a book on how to use it. I want to know how do you shuffle the deck? I don't exactly know how to shuffle cards. :)

Mimers	07 Apr 2003
Hi Rojin, Well, I basically use many ways to shuffle the cards. whatever feels right at the time. You can even put them on a table and mix the all up. You can shuffle the way you would a regular deck, or just keep making stacks and re piliing them if you want. There really is no right way. Just curious, what book did you buy to learn from? I learned with Tarot for Yourself by Mary Greer. Take care, Mimers

Major Tom	07 Apr 2003
Here's a link to a search on shuffling that brought up 19 separate threads: http://www.tarotforum.net/search.php?s=&action=showresults&searchid=89412&sortby=lastpost&sortorder=descending Bascally, you can mix the cards any way that you want to. ;)

Trogon	07 Apr 2003
Howdy Rojin... Welcome to Aeclectic Tarot! As for shuffling... I gather from your post that you just don't know how to shuffle cards at all? Basically, if you've never used any cards (shuffling them for games, for instance) I would suggest you get a few decks of regular playing and practice on them so you can get the "hang of it". The reason I say this is because, until you get a little experience with it, get the mechanics of it, you run the risk of damaging your more expensive Tarot cards. :eek: In the meantime, you can just lay your Tarot deck on your clean table and "shuffle" it by spreading the cards around with a smearing motion of both your hands. I am currently working on a series of pictures to post on Aeclectic(eventually) which addresses a method of shuffling the larger Tarot decks. It takes a little bit of practice, but gives a very good shuffle with little risk of damage to the cards...

azuremariposa	07 Apr 2003
Quote: Originally posted by Trogon I am currently working on a series of pictures to post on Aeclectic(eventually) which addresses a method of shuffling the larger Tarot decks. It takes a little bit of practice, but gives a very good shuffle with little risk of damage to the cards... Trogon, let me know when you get that posted as i'm quite interested...i have long fingers, but small-ish hands...i've gotten used to my RW deck for shuffling, but some other decks are bigger and they "intimidate" me ;) hehe many blessings to all...

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