Not long ago, I went through some turmoil, and wanted the cards to reassure me - or at least tell me something certain! Uncertainty can be hard to deal with. However, I was in such a bother that I didn't trust the readings either, and did several, all of which contradicted each other. Realising I was being silly and getting into more turmoil, I laid the cards aside, and meditated awhile. I asked - why am I getting such contradictory answers? Why can't I get some real guidance now I need it so much? In the course of the meditation, the answer came gently: "because you are not trusting yourself, your own heart, your own inner knowledge, and so the cards are simply reflecting this lack of trust. When you start listening and trusting your inner voice again, the cards will start helping you, if you need them. But don't turn to them simply to validate your inner knowing, because then you fall back into mistrust. "
So after that I concentrated on accessing that inner knowing. I meditated on the High Priestess, and eventually heard what I had to hear, and came out much clearer. Trusting that crystalline clarity inside me, I can now read again. But I don't do it on that topic, because I have been given the answer already, and I don't believe in messing with Spirit when it gives you answers to questions you have asked.
I tell that story to illustrate that to me it is actually
not serious to rely on the cards at the expense of the inner voice. It's silly and juvenile. However, the cards can often tell you something that the inner voice recognises. For me it can be, quite often. I'll lay cards, and I'll
know that the story they tell is true. But fairly often, too, I shall access that inner voice without cards or other divination methods. Why then use them at all? Well, I think they can illuminate, and give various angles to a problem. They can show you the stages on the way. They can also help you see something you might not have asked. A typical example is - you ask if you'll get that job or marry that man - and the cards indicate that you will, indeed - but that it won't live up to your hopes and you'll regret it. The cards have gone one further, allowing you to explore the situation more deeply. Divination can also help, once you have taken a decision, to carry it out in the best possible way, avoiding pitfalls, not rushing anything and not missing opportunities.
But knowing where to go, and what decision to take, still comes down to how closely you are connected to your inner voice. Nobody - not cards, not other people's experiences, not therapists, not common wisdom, not even God/dess or your spirit guides - can know better than your own inner voice, if you learn to hear it, listen to it and trust it.
Now that is serious business
