Splungeman
I was wondering if the names of the cards themselves distract anyone here. I think they are starting to distract me. I almost wish I could unlearn the names of the Trumps, since even the name is influencing my readings. For example, I was doing a relationship spread for a woman at work. Things are going great until I get to the Justice card. I'm stumped for awhile, nothing is coming that seems right. I keep thinking of the law. "Is this person in trouble with the law or have they ever been?" "No."
I realize then that I am thinking too hard about the concept/definition of "Justice" the word and not the image itself. Finally I say to myself, "Okay, just think only of the image, not its name, not anything else." So I look at it. A woman, sword in one hand, scales in the other, sitting upright. Is she blocking something? She's guarding something? Immediately I understood her to represent a woman in the life of the man the querent is interested in. A woman who has a legal right to him. Welll...turns out he's married!
The name of the card was distracting me too much. Anyone else have this problem? At least I was able to learn a little bit more. I need to disregard the names of the cards during readings. I already disregard "traditional" meanings, and it took awhile to break that. I hadn't thought that even the name of the card itself would be a distractor.
I realize then that I am thinking too hard about the concept/definition of "Justice" the word and not the image itself. Finally I say to myself, "Okay, just think only of the image, not its name, not anything else." So I look at it. A woman, sword in one hand, scales in the other, sitting upright. Is she blocking something? She's guarding something? Immediately I understood her to represent a woman in the life of the man the querent is interested in. A woman who has a legal right to him. Welll...turns out he's married!
The name of the card was distracting me too much. Anyone else have this problem? At least I was able to learn a little bit more. I need to disregard the names of the cards during readings. I already disregard "traditional" meanings, and it took awhile to break that. I hadn't thought that even the name of the card itself would be a distractor.