Ok. I have a question .
I drew a reversed devil card for a relationship spread regarding "obstacles to a relationship "part.
I have never thrown an reversed devil card before. Thoughts?
Is the person who you drew this Obstacles in the relationship reading for a divorced person? Or a person who was in a bad relationship for a long time and has recently ended the relationship? Or perhaps they had a bad prior relationship(s) and have a fear of more of them so they get in their own way of that because of prior bad relationship?
Glad I could help. It's funny but I can't read or come up with those ideas for myself but I can for others at times. ?
So, I was reading that Mercury is dancing across the sun on Monday. Is that important, and will it make the full moon more important? Will either of them help the collective?
@lovendures The difference between Tarot and oracle is that Tarot has a clear structure and Oracle cards have no structure at all.
Tarot: 78 cards, 22 Trump's that are archetypes of the hero's journey and four sets of 14 cards, which are Ace through ten then court cards. The Tarot uses numerology and ancient meanings that are handed down. There is an order to the Trumps, the Aces, the courts, and all are based in the four element of Earth, Air, Fire and Water. The Tarot is powerful an tells you where you are on many levels. Tarot spreads contain more in them than most are likely to get from them. It's is especially good to read a spread with a group so you can have many people weigh in and get the power of the meanings.
The oracle decks do not follow a particular order, no particular length, no real structure. They are easy to read because you just pull a card and see what you feel about whatever is displayed there. I'm sure people can find power in these cards, but they are more simple, sort of divination "lite."
I like oracle cards when I just want a simple message or when I'm too anxious to read for myself. For example, angel cards are oracle cards. You can ask, what do I need to know right now? You might get "solitude" with a picture of a sweet angel sitting by herself. Not too heavy, right? Easy and comforting.
I also have made my own Oracle cards out of wisdom sayings I like, which I then draw at random when I want some words of support. It probably differs according which oracle deck you use, but I think of oracle cards as simply standing on their own each time you pull one. If you pull three oracle cards for past, present and future, you can link them together but there's no larger numerological structure involved. (unless you happen to have a numerological oracle deck, which I bet there are).
Oracle cards do not require any lessons to use them, just ask and pull. Find a deck that you like and your can enjoy it.
I am sure however that there are Oracle readers who go very deep and give amazing readings. Also there are tarot readers who don't really know the structure and just read them like Oracle cards. :-)
One of the students in a Tarot class asked a good question so I thought I'd answer it here in case anyone else could benefit.
Question: I’m having a hard time determining which cards are most appropriate to use with which spread. For example, is it more appropriate to throw all the tarot cards or just the trumps for a spread like the one you shared called “#19. My Purpose”? Do you have any tips for how best to determine the proper cards to throw and for what type of spread?
This is a great question. While some readers will use all the cards for any spread, there are some spreads that are specifically designed for using only the Trump cards, like The Court of Law Spread. Then there are spreads that I prefer to use just the Trumps or the most powerful cards because the questions I'm asking need to elicit powerful answers.
For anyone unfamiliar with the Tarot, it is divided into sections: The Major Arcana or Trump cards and the Minor Arcana or everyday cards. The Minor Arcana includes some powerful cards too, i.e., the Aces and the Court cards. The Trumps are the most significant as they are major archetypes and passages in life. The Aces are also powerful. And the Court cards have another kind of power since they are royalty.
Here's the spread you mentioned:
- MY PURPOSE
- What is the purpose that I was brought here to fulfill?
- What obstacles do I need to get over?
- 3 Lessons (lay out 3 cards) I need to learn along the way.
- Who or what can help me attain my goal?
- What can I give to the world?
In this spread I would want some big cards for the first and last questions, because I want big meaningful cards in my answer. 1. What is my life purpose? 5. And What can I give to the world?
So I would use all but the pips (2 through 10) for those questions, i.e., Aces, Courts, and Trumps.
But you can do whatever you want except when the spread specifically calls for just Trump cards.
I posted this in the thread discussing RBG and the Open Supreme Court Seat. It came up for me when I read about two different interpretations of the same card throw....
So this is the fascinating part of throwing cards to me. The multiple interpretations. But it also is confusing. It reminds me of a game that I play with my kids. We have seven die with pictures of key story elements, like a house, light bulb, lightning, etc. The player rolls the die and has to tell an original story using the images each only once. For an experienced stage performer and improviser like me, it is easy to steer the story anyway that I want. So there are so many ways that it can go which is the fun of it. But I control the path. How does one not control the path of the tarot reading? (I probably should post this in another thread more related to this topic as well.) Your two very different readings made me wonder about this.
Looking for guidance...??
Great comment! The cards must be just a framework for an intuitive interpretation that really comes from within. I remember viewing a You Tube psychic doing a tarot reading on Vanessa Guillen, the Fort Hood soldier who went missing and was later found dead, murdered by her boyfriend. To me, the cards that she threw did not seem to indicate any sort of catastrophic event, but the reader's interpretation hit the nail on the head. As a beginner, I feel limited more or less to the traditional interpretations. I hope as we gain experience and intuition the cards will speak to us differently. I hope @jeanne-mayell will weigh in on this topic.