Specific Questions

[poivre]

What specific question(s) or spread(s) do you use,
to get your most accurate answers?

Wondering "what works for you?"

I'm at a standstill!

Feel like I could read better and need
some ideas that I could study with.

Thanks!

 

[Morgane_49]

I try to steer away from questions with yes or no answers, and I use many different spreads, depending on what I need from the cards at the time.

I try to phrase the questions in a way that will be enlightening to the person asking them, even if that person is myself. "How can I..." or "What should I do..." are very good places to start.

What have you done to 'study' so far? Are you journalling your progress? Doing daily draws for yourself?

 

[SarahRacheal]

If I'm reading for myself I mainly stick to 3 card readings, you can get a lot of information from 3 cards or if you are in a rush you can still get the gist of the reading. You can use standard past, present, future or customise on the spot - situation, out come, aftermath!
The type of questions I ask are always open one's ie what will happen if I do X? whats the best way for me to handle this situation etc
Hope that helps

 

[gregory]

I like to use very few cards - you can get loads from a single card.

But for a straight question - I do often like using three cards: Yes if; no if; maybe if.

(thanks to Ricklef !)

 

[nisaba]

What specific question(s) or spread(s) do you use,
to get your most accurate answers?

That depends entirely on the client's situation. If they don't name a situation they want a reading on, I use this, most times. If they are looking at the interactions between people on any level and in any situation, I use this one to see what people are bringing to the situation.

With specific questions, I usually come up with a spread on the spot that give me the information they need. I find that works better than trying to force a pre-existing spread out of shape to yield slightly different results to what it's designed for.

However, after all of this, the spread you use doesn't determine accuracy: the skill of the reader and the honesty of the client do.

 

[poivre]

Thanks for advice.
I do journal somedays but I find I don't read well for myself.
I'm interested in playing cards. Find they are simplified.
Maybe I'm just tired of trying to find perfect answers.

WHAT...there are none?

 

[nisaba]

I'm interested in playing cards. Find they are simplified.

And some people are *made* to read with those! I have a RL friend who can't use anything except playing cards, no matter how hard he tries. He loves my collection and pores through them every time he visits - and has impromptu lessons every time he pores through them - but just doesn't have the kind of mind Tarot hooks into. But playing cards sing to him, and not to me.

Maybe I'm just tired of trying to find perfect answers.

WHAT...there are none?

<gentle cackle>

 

[poivre]

And some people are *made* to read with those! I have a RL friend who can't use anything except playing cards, no matter how hard he tries. He loves my collection and pores through them every time he visits - and has impromptu lessons every time he pores through them - but just doesn't have the kind of mind Tarot hooks into. But playing cards sing to him, and not to me.

Thanks for this.

I love numbers and playing cards but feel that after I spent the
time to learn Tarot, playing cards are plain.

If I trade my study to playing cards and numbers,
my time with Tarot was well spent!