Reversals; different, not always bad
I've always used reversals since my first attempted/actual reading. Like you, I find an extra scope of richness in their usage. Lately I have been doing some mundane/political readings, unlike personal readings, in which reversal gave some nice insights that proved to be quite appropriate. These were posted on another list and concerned Bush, Saddam, the UN. My feeling is that a reversed card isn't bad as such but it is different. The cards, when upright, have a cohesive set of meanings. When a reversed card arises it represents a sort of imbalance, a glitch on the way to another level or area of development. A balance is most often achieved dynamically by a series of imbalances which may be either a ying/yang or recurring series, or a dramatic stumble which requires a crises-like reaction to restore a balance. The reversal seems to recognize our type of rebalancing challenge and how it attempts to keep us in the flow or to drop us out of our flow. That is sometimes needed, isn't it. The issue with "reversals" is not that we can't define them but that we have a challenge in how we synthesize them into our readings in such a way that brings us greater awareness and our clients greater understanding and help. How to fit the cards to a life? How to fit a life to a hope and a useful direction? How to fit one person to another? I'm sure you'll have much to share and I look forward to Bec's start on this thread. Check out her website. It has a lot of useful material. Dave.