mollymawk
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Lyric said:But the question wasn't "what is intuition?" It's how much credence do you give to that "thing"---call it what you will--as opposed to book meanings? That's what she asked.
So how much credence DO you give it as opposed to book meanings?
For me, I give it more credence.
I agree wholeheartedly with what you've just said and want to thank you for getting this de-railed train back on track!Lyric said:As I understood her question, it was whether (for someone who does know book meanings) if they do a reading and intuition takes over, should they rely on the intuition they got, even if it contradicts what the book meaning is.
So, my answer for myself, once I brought it back to just what her question was----was that I give more credence to what comes to me outside the book meanings, whether you call it intuition or something else. I personally do that---but that's just me. Others may do something else.
My feelings exactly.I give more credence to what comes to me outside the book meanings, whether you call it intuition or something else. I personally do that---but that's just me. Others may do something else.
mollymawk said:As to which specific direction it goes in--that usually comes up in the context of the reading. I think what it means is that you do know the information when you say 'intuitive', you just process it so quickly when you're reading the cards that it seems like it comes out of the blue. So maybe intuition is educated interpretation, you just don't realise it at the time. Like speaking English, if that's your native language. You don't have to stop and think about every letter and every word. Tarot is a language.
The stuff that really does come out of the blue--like when a client walks in and you know before you've laid a card or they've said a word about how their wife was killed in an accident, or how they're going to Russia in three weeks--I think that's something else.
Well, exactly. I have several books listing "traditionally understood meanings" - and they don't agree - and most are by reputable people whose names we would all revere ! As to the ones which come with decks - talk about confusing the issues..... Sure - read books - but you can't use them as gospels. You'd go nuts trying to mesh them all togetherrebecca-smiles said:What do we mean by book meanings? using a book, all books, traditionally understood meanings?
I read that just yesterday. Had never seen it before...I love "coincidence".Apocalipstick said:You know, all this time there was a perfectly eloquent and apropos perspective right at the top of this forum.
A bit long, I suppose, but look at the go this topic had.