kisou
Hello, everyone~
I just wanted to post a small question that has in fact been sort of bothering me as of late and wanted to see what would be everyone else's take on the situation.
Now, when I first started out using tarot I sort of "memorized" the meanings of each card and when I would lay them out, of course what I learned through reading would pop out at me first.
Lately, however, I've been going by more off my intuition on what the picture on the card tells me, even though when I might "look up" the card later in a reference book or online, it's at odds with what I felt the lesson to be. Of course I have been taking into consideration suit, element, astrological qualities, etc., but when it comes down to it, what I feel the card to be is way off base from what books or other sources say it is.
For example, I pulled up a 10 of Pentacles reversed just recently and felt as if the card represented moving away from comforts and luxury and security for something deeper than what is provided by material things. For my particular question, it made sense after some pondering.
Of course, when I "looked it up", something different came up.
So I guess my question is--- how much creedence should be given to intuition versus what you read in a book? Or the other way around.
If it helps anything, I use The Vampire Tarot.
I just wanted to post a small question that has in fact been sort of bothering me as of late and wanted to see what would be everyone else's take on the situation.
Now, when I first started out using tarot I sort of "memorized" the meanings of each card and when I would lay them out, of course what I learned through reading would pop out at me first.
Lately, however, I've been going by more off my intuition on what the picture on the card tells me, even though when I might "look up" the card later in a reference book or online, it's at odds with what I felt the lesson to be. Of course I have been taking into consideration suit, element, astrological qualities, etc., but when it comes down to it, what I feel the card to be is way off base from what books or other sources say it is.
For example, I pulled up a 10 of Pentacles reversed just recently and felt as if the card represented moving away from comforts and luxury and security for something deeper than what is provided by material things. For my particular question, it made sense after some pondering.
Of course, when I "looked it up", something different came up.
So I guess my question is--- how much creedence should be given to intuition versus what you read in a book? Or the other way around.
If it helps anything, I use The Vampire Tarot.