garyFLR -> RE: Tarot Forum, Everyone & everybody welcome! (6/4/2013 4:21:59 AM)
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Yes, there are many tales & explanations as to why or how you can read the Tarot, ranging from 'you should never use somebody else's deck', to never buying your own decks, to the various 'rituals' you have to follow. This lady, Athena, may have been a fantasist, but she obviously made a great impact on you, giving you the impetus to delve deeper into the Tarot art. Do you still have the deck she gave you? It must be something very special to you. I think you're right, the Tarot is a reflective tool, Carl Jung certainly thought so, a bridge between the conscious & unconscious mind. I don't know about you, but, I have many decks, some I have more affinity with than others, but if I'm doing a reading for someone, I'll always let them look through my decks & let them pick the ones for the reading, there's no point in using a deck they don't understand, as they'll get nothing out of the experience. A reading is a two way street, as I always say at the beginning, I have no psychic ability & I would be sceptical if someone told me they did, so yes, I do rely on tells, but I swear the cards are remarkably accurate, but the reader & the querent must meet in the middle & must contribute equally. This colleague of yours, obviously got a lot out of the reading you did for her, 'it made her think' possibly influencing her to re evaluate her options & lifestyle choices, you were exercising a talent you have for reading the cards, something, one way or another, you spent valuable personal time learning. A Tarot spread does not foretell the future, what it does do, is show a variety of choices that invites you to think about more possible solutions, or outcomes, than you may have thought of before. In no way did you defraud the lady, she enjoyed every minute of the reading, & went away happy & contented, from your point of view, a job well done [:)]. Enjoy the cards, listen to what they have to tell you, my decks speak to me, wait, I'm starting to sound weird [:)]!
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