posted November 26, 2020 06:59 AM            

It could be things you have learned yourself through practice or study, or things you learned from other readers or teachers, etc.

I'll start. There are 3 main mottos which have helped me more than anything else in my development as a tarot reader:

1. Read the cards, not the book

2. Ask the 'right' (eye-of-a-needle level specific) question

3. Make the spread fit the question, not the other way around (this often leads to you creating your own spreads, but I find it way more informative and easier to interpret, than trying to squeeze a question into a standard spread. If you have already employed 2. then you have a good, specific question in which you just have to break down into components, or 'positions')

And tip: Past, Present, Future spreads are really only good for overviews. They are good starting points for further investigation where you then employ 2. and 3.

posted November 29, 2020 08:51 PM            

How have you been lately?

That's very good advice. thank you.
I try not to go-to the book much but some of my own interpretation away from traditional readings can get wordy. lol

I'll reread your advice and am bookmarking it.

It is so hard to believe I've only been at this just under 2 months. Aside from my home random exchanges. There's a lot of learning. I do like to synche into the read via the intuitive side. It's nice also that readers can assign cards their personal meanings ~ molding the card art like an artist does with molding clay.

posted November 30, 2020 03:30 AM            

I'm OK thanks. A bit crippled just now with a poorly back, but fine really. How are you?

Under 2 months You are advancing very quickly then, I saw your astute interpretation on another thread. Yes, that is exactly what I mean: the cards paint a picture, therefore individual meanings can only take you so far. In order to link the cards into a coherent whole, we have to move beyond the individuality of them to see how they relate to each other.

posted December 04, 2020 07:05 PM            

Thank you. It is two months on the 17th. which reminds me, my orb os 17°17 .. so we're wide cnj Sun. We should start a Sisterhood of the ♒ Pants Chapter. lol

I'm learning the hard way in some ways but a few weks back I meditateed to my ancestors for their guidance, to ask if I was going right direction. I was told but forgot my ancestors guides wanted to meet me but might be frightening so they only would do so by agreement. A bit of time passed and the dream from one came. I really thought it was a spiritual attack, yet my ancestor was there to reassure me. So reading feels right. I even have Reader and Oracle in my mame. No kidding. The markings in my chart too so I'm listening to all my guidance. I love helping others too. It reminds me to forget my own struggles. Someone else may need that energy. Sorry to ramble.

Maybe we can get this board thriving again. Besides me, there's another 3-4 newbies. It's growing, I believe.

Thanks again and take good care of your back. I know about them too. It's awful in the cold. Hot shower may help too. Tubs can be tricky when back is bad.

posted January 12, 2021 05:22 AM            

For me, creativity really comes into play when you are linking the pieces of the story together. The former positioning and structuring of the reading is what frees me up creatively to be successful in honing in on the patterns.

I have an earth Moon though, so this may be why this method works better for me, and it's in Virgo which seeks patterns in a practical sense. Perhaps a reader with a water Moon could identify the patterns in a more abstract way without as much structure as I need.