My Yes/No Cards

Frindle

Whoa, Nisaba! Mighty take on the can tarot answer yes/ no debate!
Admittedly I am guilty of finding out "the rest of the story" by only
seeing yes/no without further interpretation.
Excellent reminder that the answer is only as a good as the question.
 

Tiggy-cat

I found this older thread recently and have found it VERY useful! However, just to further complicate the debate on yes/no questions, what if a "yes" card comes up reversed? is it then a "no" card? And vice versa?


Sophie said:
Inspired by GoddessArtemis's thread, I thought I'd share my yes/no cards.

I don't often ask tarot yes/no questions - I tend to keep those for Lenormand. But it does happen, and I have programmed my cards to reply yes/no/uncertain.



Fool - Yes - if you take that risk

Magician - Yes, if you use your power

High Priestess - She knows but she's not telling

Empress - Yes

Emperor - Yes

Hierophant - He knows and he'll tell you all in good time

Lovers - Maybe yes, maybe no - you get to choose!

Chariot - Yes

Justice - Evens Stevens

Hermit - No

Wheel - that's anyone's guess

Strength - Yes, but with some effort on your part, working with the other party if there is one

Hanged Man - No

Death - Yes (Dead Certainty)

Temperance - Uncertain: will take some diplomacy

Devil - NO

Tower - NO

Star - Yes, but not immediately - needs time and healing

Moon - NO

Sun - YES

Judgement - NO

World - YES


All the Aces are yes, with varying degrees of speed.

2 of Wands - Uncertain
2 of Cups - Yes
2 of Swords - No
2 of Coins - Uncertain

3 of Wands - Yes
3 of Cups - Yes
3 of Swords - No
3 of Coins - Possible, with some work

4 of Wands - Yes
4 of Cups - No
4 of Swords - No
4 of Coins - No

5 of Wands - No
5 of Cups - No
5 of Swords - No
5 of Coins - No

6 of Wands - Yes
6 of Cups - Yes
6 of Swords - No
6 of Coins - Evens Stevens

7 of Wands - No
7 of Cups - No
7 of Swords - No
7 of Coins - under consideration

8 of Wands - Yes
8 of Cups - No
8 of Swords - No
8 of Coins - maybe, but will require a lot of effort to become a yes

9 of Wands - No and go away (often drawn when you've asked the question too often :D)
9 of Cups - Yes
9 of Swords - No - are you mad?
9 of Coins - Yes

10 of Wands - No
10 of Cups - Yes
10 of Swords - No and no hope
10 of Coins - Yes

All the pages are - too soon to tell
All the Knights are Yes

Queen of Wands - Yes
Queen of Cups - Yes
Queen of Swords - No
Queen of Coins - No

King of Wands - Yes
King of Cups - Maybe
King of Swords - No
King of Coins - Yes



I always try and frame a yes/no question as clearly, and as positively, as I can.



So for instance, if I'm wondering whether the company I contacted the other day will have a positive response, I will ask these kind of questions:

Will I get what I want from Company X?
Do I need to do anything else in order to obtain it?
(if the answer to that is "yes", I would then draw cards in a spread to see what I should do.)


I avoid questions like: Does the fact I've not heard from Company X mean they are not considering me?


It's not perfect, but it works far more often than not. Yes/ No questions act as clarifiers for me, they never replace full spreads to look at the ins and outs of a situation.
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tauruslover

Will I hear from my ex again? yes or no

I have been thinking a lot about my relationship that ended a month ago. I broke up with him and miss him. I asked the cards what I needed to know about our relationship and the strength card came up as well as the sun. I am unclear if I need to strength to move on or if this is a positive omen.

So I decide to ask if I will hear from him again and I receive the King of wands followed by the world reversed and nine of cups. In my mind I will hear from him again but feel as though he will act and be the same as he always was and won't have room for improvement. Any ideas?
 

PattyMc

nisaba said:
I have a rather nice rutilated quartz pendulum ...


To me cards want to talk about something, not say merely yes or no to it.
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I use a smoky quartz pendulum for yes/no questions. As Nisaba said, my cards want to explain the yes or no.

Patty
 

ArchAngelMeshi

I don't see Death as a 'Yes' at all! Or the Knight of Swords to be completely honest.

I see all the Pages as a 'Yes'

Queen of Pentacles should be a 'Yes' too, what's wrong with the op?

King and Queen of Swords should be 'Maybe', but them being a 'No' is understandable.
 

Louis Cyphre

This is a great way to put to use my Marseilles deck, because it doesn´t have the pips drawed I don´t use it for complex readings, I´m still too new to know the meanings of all the pips just watching symbols.
 
moon and star 5 of wands + 3 of swords as feelings