About mild results, streched meanings and frequent readings

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 29 Sep 2003, and now archived in the Forum Library.

Alex	29 Sep 2003
After studying the Tarot for the enourmous amount of time I have (1 year and 6 months), I've come to the conclusion (perhaps premature, but that's always the nature of conclusions) that many cards should be given a less dramatic interpretation than their classic counterparts. The Tower showed up for me several times, but my life didn't crumble down, neither have I seen myself raising from the ashes into a new life. The Death often represented no major life change, but a few times, the mourning of some life detail that I had to close. The Fool never signified to me a new beginning, but I happened to literally play the fool a couple of times when the card showed up for me. I once got the 10 of Swords as "the door" signifying a job interview that I failed, and the 3 of Swords was "behind the door", together with the 4 of Wands. And it's true, I felt defeated and got another job that made me happy for a while but... nothing like being stabbed with 10 Swords on my back, and 3 in my heart... If you know what I mean. Judgement... that showed up for me many times about 8-10 months ago... yet there was no "chapter" closed in my life until last month... And now that I've closed a chapter, I see no Judgement in my throws. This quartet, Death, Tower, 5 of Pentacles and 10 of Swords, friends, FEAR THEM NOT. I got these many times and I can assure you, it's no big deal. Have others here also have noticed the same, i.e., when we read regularly, cards loose their... strong meanings? Alex.

Indigo_lady	29 Sep 2003
I don't mean to crash someone's hopes, but the famous *tall dark rich handsome stranger coming to sweep you off your feet* is stuck in traffic together with those guys Alex mentioned... :-P

Kundalika	29 Sep 2003
Hi Alex, I agree with you. Often these supposedly scary cards only scare, they don't actually manifest into something drastic. Ditto for the super-positive cards like Sun and World. I get World quite often, but it hasn't brought any glad tidings:)

zorya	30 Sep 2003
i interpret the same cards for daily readings much differently then i do for the big, less frequent readings. i think the tower showing up in a 'once every six months' reading, should be taken very seriously, but in daily readings, it may represent something that is barely noticed.

isthmus nekoi	30 Sep 2003
For me, it's not the strength that has dissapated, but the literalness of the image and its expression. Strength varies from reading to reading, I've found.

Alex	30 Sep 2003
The World is a mysterious card: I'm not sure I attach any special meaning to it, be that positive or negative. I like the sun card, when it shows up in a reading I tell myself "oh, everything is gonna be OK" and it generally does_ may be because I bring myself to believe it. Alex. Quote: Originally posted by Kundalika I get World quite often, but it hasn't brought any glad tidings:)

Alex	30 Sep 2003
I'm mostly talking about question-oriented readings here. My weekly readings, I have learned to interpret differently because the time span is pretty short. I do not do daily readings anymore because, as you have pointed out, the cards have to be looked at quite differently. Alex. Quote: Originally posted by zorya i interpret the same cards for daily readings much differently then i do for the big, less frequent readings. i think the tower showing up in a 'once every six months' reading, should be taken very seriously, but in daily readings, it may represent something that is barely noticed.

Emily	01 Oct 2003
I do daily readings too and I've noticed too that sometimes when cards come out like the Tower or Death, its quite minor things that will happen. I can get the Tower or ten Swords if i have an argument with my hubby, or if I've been moaning about my job I'll get the Devil lol - but saying that if I did get these cards in a large spread that was future based then I might get a little worried.

Ganymede	03 Oct 2003
Alex, An important factor to be considered is frequency of reading. If one chooses to read for oneself on a daily basis, perhaps, one or two times, then it is good sense to state that powerful cards are more likely to occur on a more frequent basis than if one were reading for oneself perhaps only once a week. This could lead to an individual drawing the Tower card three times or so in the one week. This does not mean that the individual is then going to experience three major traumas in his or her life. Instead, I would interpret this in less major, and non life-changing ways. Intuition is a phoenix rising from the ashes of confusion. If I feel that a card carries major undertones, then I will interpret it so. If not, then I shall destroy the plans for the nuclear shelter and make myself a coffee instead. I use tarot in conjunction with my spiritual and metaphysical beliefs. Thus, intuition and foresight is imperative in my interpretations. Yours. Ganymede.

WolfSpirit	04 Oct 2003
I do a daily reading, but I interpret them as advice not as what is likely to happen. When I get the Tower it tells me I'd better abandon my plans for the day as I will not be able to fulfill them, but I have also seen it as: think of the negative energies you are building around yourself and break that circle NOW so you can make a fresh start. I find it helps me though I don't follow the cards blindly.

Kyrea Gold	04 Oct 2003
i definitely find this is true. i no longer flinch when i see the tower and i sometimes wonder if i will miss an important message. but i have also noticed that when i really really need the cards they are crystal clear and especially when i have a strong need for clarity. just an idea but i have come to take my readings less seriously when i am reading to get practice or from a place of less need. i also notice this is the same when i read for friends...one of my girlfriends struggled for years with pregnancy..2 miscarriages and she was very very upset and feeling she was not going to carry a baby to term. I read for her and i got the most strong sense of her wishes would come true...and she was pregnant within about 7 weeks and carried that baby to term. so does anyone find this to be true? another thing i do is switch decks...i find that my one card, daily type readings are much clearer if i grab an unused deck....kind of like it is trying to seduce me into keepping it around LOL i have many times considered selling a deck i don't click with but then i do a one card pull and that will be the most accurate, meaningful card that i can't do it! Kyrea

lawguy51	05 Oct 2003
Alex: Imagine if you read for yourself once a year and got the Tower card. I think it would have a dramatically different effect on you. I read for myself everyday. The Tower card could just be reminding me to look at say, my employees with a different frame of mind, to allow myself to move out of pre-conceived notions, to allow my higher self to break through on some issue in my life at that moment. Basically, the more you read for yourself, the less impactful the 'impactful' cards can possibly be for you. Except, of course, sometimes they can :). Lawguy51

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