Lycanthropos
I'm curious... I've been reading about a month, mainly for me and a few times for my best friend and close family members. I'm all for having the querent shuffle and cut, but I don't fan the cards and pick either for myself or have others pick. When the cards are cut and restacked, I draw from the top of the deck. So far the the results have been very spot-on. I tried fanning the deck once and picking cards, but it didn't *feel* right at all. I never read the cards I picked. I put them back, reshfuffled, cut, and dealt from the top. The energy just felt totally off when I was picking from the fanned cards. It's hard to explain other than it almost made me feel ill. Why I had that reaction I don't know. If someone requested to pick from a fanned deck I would certainly let them, but so far no one has objected to my technique. Am I alone in this? Does anyone else lay cards from the top of the cut deck?