Interesting enquiry.
Have you ever found yourself giving all your power away to your cards because you don't trust others around you, or maybe your own gut?
In a blue moon - only when I know that an either/or answer will fit just as well, because I can easily make it "what I will".
Do you ever find your cards are accurate at predicting NO MATTER WHAT?
Well - not if I keep asking.
Do you find that they ALWAYS give the best advice?
Nope - sometimes I can't fathom it.
Recently I've felt that what I need the most is clearly outside of the cards - what I need more than following my instinct and planning every move is real connection with people. I'm afraid the cards have sometimes acted as a replacement for good old fashioned face to face time with another human being. Or even reading a book about what your concerned over.
Your thoughts?
Absolutely. Read loads, talk to people loads to get a functional/real view of how things work for everyone, do lots of self-exploration/development on yourself via other people and through your own reading (in my case - I've done lots of self-development workshops etc. too).
For me - my database is my experience from doing all these things, and then I see how Tarot speaks, or mirrors these things that I know - or see through my particular eyes.
If one is feeling "I deserve to live, without questioning, without feeling compelled to know..." - sounds to me like one has definitely crossed into obsessive "Tarot is the ultimate answer for all" mindset (Tarot has become a crutch?) and has forgotten how to just BE.
You need a break.
Lock 'em in a dark cupboard and go off on holiday where you just rely on feeling the sun on your back.
And -
"Tarot has helped me open that door, I think it's time I do the rest of the work, and come back to tarot only when I am really compelled to do so."
Please do - there's no rule that says otherwise. And this is how it should be. Ultimately your do your own work.
I liked this:
"Sometimes you have to let a tree be a tree, and a coincidence just be a coincidence, or you will go mad" Indeed.
Out of curiosity, I have this question for all you AT-ers. If you come home from work tired but there is a party to attend, and you just draw a card randomly from a pack or an app, and you draw the 3 of Cups; would you go socialize like the cards tell you to, or take rest which is what YOU want?
I'd do what I want. Drawing at random like this - I would just take the card to mean "there's a party on the horizon now" - and not necessarily "you should go to this party".
I'd draw cards deliberately if I was completely undecided about whether to stay or go, and knew that I had enough energy to go even if a bit tired.
Now I am introverted, sensitive and have delicate health - so burning the midnight oil noisily after a full day of work is something I'd hardly ever be caught doing.
I would plan for the day to be light beforehand (I'm mostly self-employed) so that I could still have enough spoons left (enough energy) to do the party thing. And - it would depend what kind of party too.
This that bonebeach said made me smile (and wince - lol.):
"When I get a little too into my occult studies, I go to the gym, do some squats and deadlifts, and then preferably go dancing that night."
When I get a little too into my occult studies, I go and lie on the carpet, stare at the ceiling and play with my cat - or decide it's time for a little gardening - or go and watch something ridiculous on the tv. Or take myself out for a walk up the hill and go and chat with a neighbourly shop owner.
Interestingly, physical training - is in a way a spiritual pursuit for me - as I often recite chants whilst bouncing about on my trampette (hailing the 4 elements/directions etc.) - or I'm busy thinking about how to improve on my Kung Fu form when I'm lying down doing abdominal curls (stronger obliques means a stronger pai jarn - elbow strike. Kung Fu is a spiritual pursuit owing to how closely intertwined it is with Chinese philosophy... wei wu wei - "action without action", and that sequence of movements described as "praying to Budha 3 times", etc. And belly dancing which I did for many years - is also a spiritual pursuit. All that Goddess wiggling of hips...
). And at the same time - I'm breathing in the physicality of it all. I like to sprinkle magic into everything - but, it can just be, without me having to analyse it all the time. The mundane IS the magical.