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jlbvt said:I see that some of our members can read with a regular deck of playing cards! I would love the convenience of being able to do this, not to mention the possibility of reading in public without any odd stares. What do you do about the lack of Majors??? I can't comprehend it. How do you do it?
I have used tarot and regular decks and decks based on regular cards etc over the years as for how do I do it with out the major arcana its as easy as doing it with the major arcana.
For me each card I use has a meaning example, the 9 of clubs is luck and the queen of diamonds represents seasons or time, each position of how the cards gets laid out also has a meaning, so say the luck card lands in the position for time, and I look and see the seasons cards and this is in the position for say luck... then I am sure this is a strong message about luck that would come with the 9 associated with it, such as 9 days or weeks, or on the 9th day of a given month within the next 12 months, looking at other cards and positions gives me deeper meaning, so while it is different it is easy.
The major arcana are not what is vital to a reading at least not for me, but the position of the cards, and what each one represents combined with intuition, and tuning into the energy of the reading and the person being read these are the keys to doing a reading, that may mean using a tarot, or major arcana it may mean using an oracle deck or it may mean that I am using regular playing cards. one method uses so many cards that it provides a very indepth reading, and that method only uses 32 cards of the deck never uses the lower numbers cards 2 - 6 of any suit.
so I suppose it is like asking someone how do you get a deeper meaning by only using say a celtic cross spead? Or how can you gain insight by only using say 3 cards or drawing one card for a question?
Getting the meaning without using a lot of cards or with out the major arcana is based on understanding what the card means and making a connection to youor own guides or angels, and knowing that a connection can be made to whom yu are doin the reading for.
Two ways to understand the cards would be to read the book by Deborah Leigh, another might be to use the system that Margaret Ward writes about.
Its interesting because well if you look at gypsy witch cards they show images that match the meanings as well as images that match regular cards, yet the cards and meanings are different if you read Margaret Ward's Gong Hee Fot Choy, and lol even different than if using the regular playing cards the way my grandfather did, as well as a deck of cards [yes regular cards] that came with a book that I got years ago can't remember the title, so I suppose the key element here for reading regular playing cards is to find a system or meanings that seem to works best for you or resonates with you.
While the gypsy witch are interesting and for nostalgia reasons I may want to know more look into them again, I tend to stick to the method I learned when I was a kid because that is what works best for me.
Best thing to do of course if your library has the books is to look through them and try them first before saying purchasing a book that might give you meanings that just won't work for you