Major/Minor for daily readings?

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 10 Nov 2003, and now archived in the Forum Library.

Wildchild	10 Nov 2003
For those that do daily card readings for yourself, do you use the whole deck - majors and minors - or do you just use minors? I've tried it with both majors and minors. Then I tried it with just the minors and found it made more sense for me this way. I was curious what other people's experiences are?

Dark_angel	10 Nov 2003
I use all the cards when I do daily readings. I find that Majors come up when something will be of prime importance during the day, an overriding influence. For example, yesterday, the Devil came up, along with the Lovers - my boyfriend and I had some communication problems during the day, caused by insecurities (Devil-esque), but we resolved them and are very happy together (the Lovers). Although it wasn't a serious problem or a far-reaching issue, it was something that felt important at the time. Today should be fun - Nine of Pentacles and Four of Swords; having it all and being lazy! lol! xxx

Astraea	10 Nov 2003
Hi, Wildchild. I use both the Major and Minor Arcana in my daily readings, and just mentally "turn down the volume" on the Majors unless I have a particularly pressing need or question on a given day. On a day-to-day basis, the Majors seem to impart useful information that deepens the meanings of whichever Minors I might have drawn, but without the high level of drama that can be associated with Majors in spreads related to urgent and specific questions.

Majecot	10 Nov 2003
I too use a the whole deck for a daily reading, usually a three card spread, unless I need further clarification.

firestorm	10 Nov 2003
I use the whole deck for every reading. I guess I just don't want to leave any out! ;-)

Jenny-Li	14 Nov 2003
I use the whole deck for all readings. There have been times when I have got 3 majors in my daily 3-carder (and that often happens several days in a row), and then it's generally a pointer to the fact that I need to start putting my forces together to the direction that the cards point out, and that certainly takes more than one day. But then again - no matter how big the task is, it has to start at some point... Jenny :)

Emily	14 Nov 2003
I too always use the whole deck for daily readings. Although I do full spread readings just with the Majors but you really need a specific question to ask, it doesn't work to well on just general no question readings. You could try doing a weekly spread with just the majors and see what happens. :)

knowledge	14 Nov 2003
but I use them only to the weekly spread. day-to-day I use all. I found out that when I use the major the reading are strong and powerfull

Wildchild	17 Nov 2003
Quote: Originally posted by Astraea Hi, Wildchild. I use both the Major and Minor Arcana in my daily readings, and just mentally "turn down the volume" on the Majors unless I have a particularly pressing need or question on a given day. On a day-to-day basis, the Majors seem to impart useful information that deepens the meanings of whichever Minors I might have drawn, but without the high level of drama that can be associated with Majors in spreads related to urgent and specific questions. That's a good idea. Some days the Majors seems a bit too intense. And reading without them makes me feel like I'm missing something sometimes.

Star Spirit	17 Nov 2003
So far I use the whole deck for all my readings. It's all about preference though.

jmd	17 Nov 2003
I personally prefer to use cards from the whole 78 card deck if doing any reading - whether daily or specific. Having said that, I may decide to focus on a particular Major Arcana card for either a particular day or week. In such cases, I either choose with determined decision which card to reflect on, or randomly choose from the Major Arcana only. In such cases, it isn't, of course, properly a reading.

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