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aravain -> RE: So I started reading Tarot again... (2/4/2009 5:19:19 PM)
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ORIGINAL: aravain
I'm interested to hear others' "methods" for tarot reading, and their various mythologies/dogmas regarding it (if there are any at all).
Do others (regularly) use multiple decks (either together or separated for the same topics? Why or Why not?
What are your beliefs about tarot (either pro or con) and your thoughts on the type of divination and what it does/predicts (if anything at all)?
So to answer my own questions!
I'll read for almost anyone who asks. I don't like the idea of being 'paid' for it (though I was, once, just a few coins), but my philosophy and method of reading Tarot is a bit different, so I don't mind reading for those that I know well (in fact I find it easier to stimulate the critical thinking within them, since I know them better).
I have a very laissez-faire approach to Tarot. In my methods, it's typically the 'seeker' (the person who's being read for) who *actually* reads the cards, while I prompt them with questions, maybe a quick explanation of symbolism if they don't understand it, or at the very least asking them what the symbol means to them. I don't really 'handle' the cards, except to lay the spread (unless I'm reading for myself), and the real only active role I take is if I feel a pull between certain cards (which happens more often than I care to admit. Usually I consider it more successful if the 'seeker' feels the pull). As the practicitioner I'm there to facilitate the reading, not lead it (again, unless I'm reading for myself).
It's my beliefs that it's very much influenced by the subconcious (regardless of if you believe it's a 'psychic' subconcious or not) and I'm very strict about the types of shuffling (it must be contact-only, for instance) to help facilitate it. While they shuffle I try to distract them from the activity by talking, sometimes leading a short visualization. The belief in the effect of THEIR subconcious is part of the reason for my 'hands-off' approach... because (effectively) I'm not the reader (unless I am [:D]).
I only have two decks (though as I've said I'm looking to expand a bit more) but I won't use them together. Usually, when reading for myself, however, I will ask the same question/query and do a spread using first one set, then the same spread with the other after I'm done reading the first. I've been told that I couldn't possibly find similar results, and yet I usually do (sometimes one expounding on the other, such as what happened today). I do this, mostly, because of the different symbols in my decks (one is more 'gothic' than the other).
I don't have hardcore beliefs or mythologies about Tarot, myself. I like having a fluid attitude about it, though at one point I was very hard-core with methods and beliefs and such.
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