magpie9
Everything varies. But random finds it's way.
But random finds it's way.
I don't know about anyone else, but one reason I don't like the fanning and pick-a-card thing is you're supposed to pick the cards you're "drawn to" - and I'm not "drawn" to any of them - I'm just picking at random. "Pick the card you're drawn to" feels foolish to me. Just deal 'em off the top of the deck.
Not to go 'meta' here - but reading this thread it did occur to me that if you have a very important question that needs an answer and you do the usual 'ask the question while you shuffle' routine - why would you then fan out the cards and then 'randomly' chose a few? Wouldn't it make sense that the cards that answer your question should come to the top of the pack for your convenience? (This is the theory that shuffling is not as much a 'dispersing mechanism' as it is an 'ordering mechanism'.)
I see the shuffling process as building up a connection to the cards and then choosing the right ones. I don't think I could shuffle that good to completely redo the order from last time. Picking cards at random gives a better mix, I think.Not to go 'meta' here - but reading this thread it did occur to me that if you have a very important question that needs an answer and you do the usual 'ask the question while you shuffle' routine - why would you then fan out the cards and then 'randomly' chose a few? Wouldn't it make sense that the cards that answer your question should come to the top of the pack for your convenience? (This is the theory that shuffling is not as much a 'dispersing mechanism' as it is an 'ordering mechanism'.)
I can see where fanning the cards out for a Querent to do the "The Card You Chose Will Reveal Your Fate" type stuff, but shuffling them to mix them up and then fan and pick randomly doesn't seem to be a sound way to get the answer when you have a definite question...
Just random thoughts before I have my morning coffee ...
I know the question of shuffling has been discussed already and that more than once but to the no-fanners: how often or how long do you shuffle to get a completely different order?
I know the question of shuffling has been discussed already and that more than once but to the no-fanners: how often or how long do you shuffle to get a completely different order?