@deetoo i find that choosing and mixing colors with the non-dominant hand is also useful. My dominant hand tends to pick colors that i want, but the other hand chooses colors that the art wants, which i end up liking better anyway.
@deetoo Fascinating. The writing began as stream of consciousness, but it quickly focuses on things that interest you. And, the forms of writing: poetry, essays, fiction, non-fiction, varied a great deal. One of my favorite things to do with students for a semester.
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I love this thread!
Love the idea of using the non-dominate hand too.
I am relatively new to the cards, learned about them the first time from different class from Jeanne a year and a half ago. I love what you said about the cards jumping out @seeker4. A good thing to take note of, I find myself taking not of many things now.
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I have used that same technique with my students. It is amazing what comes through.
I'm not fluent in the Tarot, the only book I own is by Hajo Banzhaf. But he recommends drawing the cards for a tarot spread with the left hand, presumably to help bypass the conscious brain.
Do any of you Tarot readers do this?
@gbs Yes, I draw the cards with the Left hand because that was in the instructions. I didn't know why, but thank you for informing me. Makes sense.
Thank you for sharing your experience with card reading! I've noticed that this happens a lot with psychic readings on Youtube. The right cards will suddenly jump out and match completely with the entire theme of the reading. For example, if the reading had a lot of lion signs (Leo, lions), the card that jumped out was about strength and bravery with a picture of a lion. It was very inspiring to know that this phenomenal happens to others as well.
I've had that experience myself today.
I am a skeptic and may forever be one because I don't see the point of trusting in guidance that may or may not be dependable. But on some occasions, I ask God for guidance.
Today, I asked God, the Great Divine, the Universe - everything good - a few questions. If it was a yes, the card I would draw would be an even number. Odd - no. For the first card, I drew 12 - even - yes. The second? 12 again. Even - yes. In the end, I had three 12s (for one question), two 3s (for the second question), and two of the same card with no numbers (for the first question). What I find convincing about this is how the evens and odds were the same number when I drew the cards from different parts of the deck.
For the second test, I wrote down half negative situations and half positive situations. They ranged from jobs to well being. I asked a few questions, mixed the cards, and drew cards that felt right. Am I going to be successful? Success removed link I drew the card that pertained to that question. Interesting. I did that again. In the end, I drew all positive situations (4/8) when I could have drawn negative ones. To me, this told me that I had a good chance of a positive future.
In the third test, I wrote down circumstances (negative, positive, and neutral) on each card in a deck of playing cards. I felt that this wouldn't work since there were too many cards involved, but I asked anyway. Will I find true love? Yes. Will that true love be abusive? No. Then, a card jumped out: "Avoid domineering man." Isn't that a coincidence? A card that related to the question popped out. Is that man good? Yes, goodwill. Also a good coincidence. Then, I had two consecutive cards that related to each other pop out ("yes, job, change" and "yes, hundy, wealth 1%") and another two consecutive cards that were related ("sadness in love, no" and "heartbreak").
Later in the day, I asked a question about whether I would be rich. I didn't believe that I would be part of the 1% although I wouldn't mind having more money, a lot more money than I do now. I shuffled the cards continuously like I had before and kept that question in mind. Will I be rich? "Yes, hundy, wealth 1%" flipped over.
It's hard not to believe with these results.
But it is hard to believe that one can be this happy without any natural and/or financial disaster preventing one from reaching true contentment (Also impossible to believe that one can ever reach so much wealth). I asked how I could avoid future disasters, and the following cards jumped out: warning: natural disaster; no, avoid domineering man; no, harsh environment.
It's an entire deck of playing cards with words written on each card. An equal amount are positive and negative and a smaller portion is neutral ($20-30k, $30k-40k, $40k-50k, $50k-60k, $60k-$80k, $100k, minimum wage, planning delays). It wouldn't make sense if I asked a question about love and ended up with one of the neutral cards or asked a question about career and pulled out a love card.
I also asked how someone close to be felt about me. Am I loved? Yes, supportive. Does God love me? Yes, true love.
I love this thread! All of my wonderful students and others who have been posting regularly sharing information here!
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Regarding which hand you use to pick the cards --
I think that what matters is to take a nice breath before pulling a card or before reading it so you can come from a more mindful place, i.e., from you senses instead of your analytical brain. Also once you develop a habit that convinces you that it's the right way to do it, your intuition is likely to kick in whether you use right or left.
So no matter which hand you use, your interpretation of that card is going to depend on how you read it. If you take a deep breath and let yourself see the picture intuitively rather than analytically, you will likely be using that part of your brain responsible for intuition. If you practice reading cards regularly and breath and ground yourself, and focus mindfully on the question and the image, you will more likely get an intuitive answer.
As for left versus right brain, I've read research that the brain is more complex than the old left versus right idea. In one experiment I read, the reptilian brain was involved. I think we don't know.