Chronata
I would like to open a discussion on the subject of the attitudes and emotional states one approaches a reading, and how it affects the answers.
It seems like such a basic and simple foundation to reading, and yet...in twentysomething years of doing tarot and divination, I think only now I am beginning to understand it!
I like to think of my decks as having individual personalities. Some of them are cranky, some have loving and giving personalities, while others are cheeky and tricksterish.
But something that occured to me the other day, as I was doing a reading for myself, was that maybe the decks answers are really responding to my emotional state at the time.
And then...well, maybe they are not...
let me explain....
If I am approaching a reading, and I am in a good mood, open and honest, but still keeping my sense of humor...then I tend to choose decks that mirror that emotion. And consequently, I get a reading that is honest, and open, and a little humourous.
If I am in this particular state, and I choose say...the Gothic deck, sometimes the readings make no sense to me. the deck is too dark and dismal and moody for my current state of mind, and so the reading seems muddy.
Now...the other day I was in a fury, and feeling very angry. I choose a "default" deck (the Hanson Roberts) to answer my angry query.
And the deck responded just as a good friend would...with a reading full of humor and gentle defensiveness. Pretty much like someone in the room, trying to difuse my anger. But to me at the time...it made no sense at all.
I switched to an angrier deck (the III Millennium) and the answer mirrored my angry emotions, and the reading seemed happily full of spite, revenge and madness.
Two completely different readings...but strangely, I got what I expected from both of these decks.
And I don't know if it has to do with how I percieve each deck to be, or my emotions clouding my reasoning.
Does anyone else have experinece with this?
Have you read while Angry? Depressed? Deliriously happy? And did the deck respond to your emotional state? Or was it mearely reflecting what you projected onto it?
Does the reading make more or less sense if you match a pretty pastel deck with an angry query?
I would love to hear your take on this.
It seems like such a basic and simple foundation to reading, and yet...in twentysomething years of doing tarot and divination, I think only now I am beginning to understand it!
I like to think of my decks as having individual personalities. Some of them are cranky, some have loving and giving personalities, while others are cheeky and tricksterish.
But something that occured to me the other day, as I was doing a reading for myself, was that maybe the decks answers are really responding to my emotional state at the time.
And then...well, maybe they are not...
let me explain....
If I am approaching a reading, and I am in a good mood, open and honest, but still keeping my sense of humor...then I tend to choose decks that mirror that emotion. And consequently, I get a reading that is honest, and open, and a little humourous.
If I am in this particular state, and I choose say...the Gothic deck, sometimes the readings make no sense to me. the deck is too dark and dismal and moody for my current state of mind, and so the reading seems muddy.
Now...the other day I was in a fury, and feeling very angry. I choose a "default" deck (the Hanson Roberts) to answer my angry query.
And the deck responded just as a good friend would...with a reading full of humor and gentle defensiveness. Pretty much like someone in the room, trying to difuse my anger. But to me at the time...it made no sense at all.
I switched to an angrier deck (the III Millennium) and the answer mirrored my angry emotions, and the reading seemed happily full of spite, revenge and madness.
Two completely different readings...but strangely, I got what I expected from both of these decks.
And I don't know if it has to do with how I percieve each deck to be, or my emotions clouding my reasoning.
Does anyone else have experinece with this?
Have you read while Angry? Depressed? Deliriously happy? And did the deck respond to your emotional state? Or was it mearely reflecting what you projected onto it?
Does the reading make more or less sense if you match a pretty pastel deck with an angry query?
I would love to hear your take on this.