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dragonsmoon says: |
This is a Promotional and Educational discussion with a Bonus at the end.
NOTE: This discussion is about the tarot and how it works as a divination deck. After reading this, you may want a tarot reading or you may have questions about tarot. Also, I would love to answer any questions you may have about the art of Tarot reading. You may even win an Energy reading.
THE EDUCATIONAL PART
The History of Tarot~
Master researcher Stewart Kaplan states that tarot started as a card game in the early 1400's, 'Tarocchi'. However, it would be another 200+ years before tarot would be used as a means of 'parlor fortune-telling'.
These fortunes where very much tongue and cheek. 'In early spring, you will meet an older man who will take you as his bride'.
Another 100+ years later, an archeologist associated the pictorial of the cards to the Egyptian book of the Dead. Several years later the deck was given occult meanings by Eliphas Levi, a master in Kabbalah, who associated the cards to the magical aspects found in the Hebrew alphabet.
This was the beginning of where today's tarot gets its magical divinatory associations.
The first tarot deck published as a divination deck was in 1910. This is the popular Rider Waite Smith deck. Rider being the publisher, Waite being Arthur Waite, a member of the Order of the Golden Dawn and Smith being Pamela Smith the artist commissioned to create the decks imagery.
Shortly there after, Aleister Crowley had the Thoth deck published. He was also a member of the Order of the Golden Dawn and his artist was also a woman, Lady Frieda Harris.
Where the Waite deck is more European and medieval in look and feel, the Thoth deck has more of an Egyptian/ Kabalistic feel to it.
The Tarot Deck~ ‘What defines a Tarot deck?’
There are no hard set rules in tarot other than the structure of the deck itself. The Tarot is a deck of 78 cards which are divided into two Arcanas; the Major Arcana and the Minor Arcana.
The Major Arcana is a small deck of 22 cards numbered 0-21. They are considered the Trump cards of the deck. The Minor Arcana is very much like a regular deck of playing cards, having four suits and a set of four court (face) cards. The Minor Arcana are numbered from Ace to 10 and have Page, Knight, Queen & King for the court cards. Some decks will give different names to the court cards and the Trump cards.
Any deck that falls short of this format is not really a tarot deck, with the exception of a Trumps only deck.
The Tarot is just one of many kinds of divination decks in print today.
Myths of Tarot~
Two common areas of misconception are how one gets a tarot deck and who can touch it.
It is often said that you should be given a deck for it to work. I can personally tell you that the process of choosing your deck can be a wonderful experience. However, gifted decks are often found to be special in some way.
There are three different lines of thoughts on people handling tarot decks.
1- ‘Never let anyone touch your deck, their energy will enter the deck and not work for you..’
2- ‘The person getting the reading MUST shuffle and cut the deck to put their energy into the reading.’
3- Energy is energy and it does not matter who touches them.
I agree that there is energy, that is a fact, and energy does transfer from one object to another, that is life. Energy is constantly in motion.
For some readers having the clients shuffle the cards is how they connect to the energy of that person.
Lastly- ‘OH NO- I got the DEATH card! Am I going to die?’
The Death card is often feared because so many think that this card means that they or someone close to them will die. This is rarely the case. If the Death card shows up in a reading, it is usually a card that reflects a message of change. Out with the old and in with the new.
How Tarot Works~
Each individual card has a very specific root meaning to it and while it may be similar to other cards- it is still different.
For example, all Ace cards speak of new beginnings. If the card is a Cups card then it is about some emotional beginning and if it is a Swords card then it is some new way of thinking. The depth of the cards meaning just builds from there.
The finer details are found in the numerous symbols that are seen in each card, as well as how several cards interact with each other.
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'How does a person read for another if they are not sitting with them?'
This is again about energy, the collective unconscious, the Anima Mundi which means World Soul. There are many who believe that we are all connected in spirit. It is this place of connectedness that a psychic will reach into and gather the information that is needed. Some use guides to help them through the Ether, others will use runes, tea leaves, what ever.
THE PROMOTIONAL PART
~ Who I am as an Intuitive Reader of Tarot~
My love of playing cards started when I was very young. I was a challenging player in any game taught to me.
My interest in card reading started when I was 12 and my aunt read for me with a pack of playing cards. It would be a few years before I had an actual Tarot deck and that was 18 years ago.
When I do readings, all I want is the question or focus for the reading, I can also do a ‘general’ reading where no question is asked and the cards are just drawn and the message from spirit is relayed.
The card images and symbolism triggers my connection to the Anima Mundi. It may be a vision, a smell or some other impression I feel that brings more depth and color to the reading.
BONUS
If you have a question about the art of tarot reading or the tarot deck itself, you could win a one card Energy reading.
For every group of five people who ask questions, one will win the Energy reading. If you have asked a question and did not win, get into the next group of five people with a question. Your odds of winning just went up.
If you are interested in a tarot reading I am offering discounted price of $1 off per card in the spread.
Three card spreads are $3 off, five card spreads are $5 off.
Convo me with your question for the cards. Please put 'Tarot Dynamics' in the title (that is important) and I will make a new listing just for you with a discounted price.
*I have many different spreads but not all are listed. Depending on your question, I may suggest a spread that is better fitting. |
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Posted at 10:00 pm, October 3 2009 EST - Report this post
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Foret says: |
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Wishing you good luck and good fortune with your endeavors! |
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Posted at 12:21 pm, October 4 2009 EST - Report this post
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rainadelmagick says: |
dragonsmoon, thank you for posting this really clear history of the use of Tarot.
I can say from personal experience that dragonsmoon has quite an extensive knowledge and background in working with the tarot. Her readings are heartfelt, direct and her natural intuition is very apparent. This is an excellent opportunity to learn more about reading for oneself and I encourage anyone who is feeling inspired to try a reading with her. You will be pleasantly surprised how tuned in she is to your thoughts and concerns. |
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Posted at 4:30 pm, October 5 2009 EST - Report this post
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JacBerKitsch says: |
hi dragonsmoon :-)
I had a lesson on reading tarot a while ago, I've had my cards for years and had been playing.
How do you balance having to remember what each card means and each suit rather than using your intuition to interpret?
Thanks :-) |
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Posted at 4:36 pm, October 5 2009 EST - Report this post
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dragonsmoon says: |
Great question JacBerKitsch.
Answer in a nutshell: Open your awareness.
As with anything, practice, practice, practice. The more you work with the cards and intuition, the more you become familiar with YOUR relationship and language with the cards and your personal intuitive manner of communication.
This practice comes relaxing and letting go of the 'having to remember' part, by spreading out the cards, soaking in the imagery. You will noticed the learned meanings in the cards, but these are not so important at the moment so no need to focus on them. Look at the cards as a whole and look for the story they tell or the feelings they express. Certain things in the cards may draw your attention more than others. These symbols or feelings that 'jump out' are tugging at your intuitive strings.
It may help to have a paper and pencil ready and as the mind rolls with a story or impressions, write everything that you can catch.
How intuition works is different for each person. Some have a knowing, an idea or statement may 'pop' into their head. Some get flashes of a scene or object.
Some actually feel, a pain in the body or a wave of emotion.
Being aware of every little thing and not brushing it off as 'usual' or 'normal', for these things may be telling you something. Things can come at you at light speed and it can be a challenge to catch them. How you accomplish that is a personal thing. I had to figure out that there are 'rewind' and 'slo-mo' buttons within myself.
One example from my experiences:
While it is not one of my typical manners of psychic messaging, I once smelled a perfumed smoke as I shuffled the cards and concentrated on the questioners issue about family in general. This question had been emailed to me and I did the reading right then.
I did the reading in written form to be emailed.
As I typed, my typical ways of impressions flowed and I 'hear' Lungs when I come to a card with an elderly lady. This tells me that there is a maternal figure in the family with lung trouble...and I go on from there.
In the opening of my report explaining about the scent of a pipe/cigar type smelling smoke. While I did not understand it, I expressed it. (remember- be aware of anything and not brushing it off)
The client emailed me back and told me (among other things) that she was not supposed to be smoking in the house because her mother in law had a lung condition and that she had smoked and sprayed the room with perfume as she was emailing her my question.
Amazing?...of course, even to me who is used to these sort of things.
~Let go and let it flow. Have NO expectations (can not stress that enough) of how you will get your impressions and be aware of everything. Most of all, practice.
Peace and thank-you for your question
Good luck on the first round of drawings |
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Posted at 4:15 am, October 6 2009 EST - Report this post
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MoonlitHerbals says: |
Wonderful information about Tarot, thanks so much for sharing! :)
Do you ever run into the problem of taking on other's energies and emotions that you are doing a reading for? If so, are there any steps you take to preventing that from happening? |
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Posted at 5:07 pm, October 6 2009 EST - Report this post
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thebirchtree says: |
It is lovely to see psychic readings available on Etsy.
One thing I just wanted to say was don't devalue yourself by charging too little.
Any properly done psychic reading does take energy from you and your energy and your time (and your talent) is worth charging a reasonable amount for. |
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Posted at 5:13 pm, October 6 2009 EST - Report this post
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norsemagick says: |
As you listed the misconceptions over whether it works better to have someone give a deck as a gift or for you to choose your own deck, I can't help but wonder two things:
1. Is there a noticeable difference in terms of reading using a given deck or a chosen deck?
2. What do YOU prefer in terms of decks you will use and why? |
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Posted at 5:23 pm, October 6 2009 EST - Report this post
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