Hi, I have been using tarot almost daily for maybe a year (I know it's not a lot). I am doing readings for friends and family too.
However I am extremely confused with some things. First I have never seen a good tarot reading done on me or anyone else (on YouTube, for example). I have no idea what should a good tarot reading look like.
When using tarot, I do not understand what are "elements". I know it's fire, air, water and earth. Why them? It makes sense that fire is related with work, air with mind (thoughts fly fast), water with feelings (like in Aquarius) and earth with food, body and things that are useful for body.
OK, I read about numerology and I've learnt some things about the symbolism of numbers and what do they usually stand for. I haven't studied the colors yet.
Now how to use all this knowledge? Tarot is such a big thing, so many books, so many decks, such a big business + I like collecting decks and I like shuffling. However I do not have any questions to ask. I am really not that desperate of knowing my future and when reading for others, I am not able to give them clear answers. It's all muddled up, my readings are so abstract, they can mean anything. A person could instead think of a question and open any page of the book and find their answer there. For yes and no, even I sometimes through coins.
Now how is tarot supposed to work? What for? (Please don't tell that I shouldn't use it if I don't know what it's for). I started using tarot for two reasons:
1) To talk to someone wise;
2) To learn the language of symbolism which I needed for my art.
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Now about the readings. Let's say I have 3 cards. The question is "where does this (horrible) smell come from"?
The cards are: ACE OF CUPS - 4 OF PENTACLES - TEMPERANCE (Rider Waite deck)
So am I right saying that:
"The smell is definitely in the house and posibly in the kind of place in the house that is considered as "the fire of home", the centre, the coziest spot where the family likes to gather. It is also possble that this place is near water. (Ace of Cups)
Now the 4 Pentacles would talk about something extremely stable, probably on fours. I would thing the place is square, maybe a box, a shelf, a fridge, air conditioner, under the table where everyone gathers but on the bathroom direction. (4 or Pents)
Lastly the Temperance is showing some movement, some process of give and receive, again water, so I'm supposed to work out the object or is it showing an action? Is it a mobile phone? (box and connection of 2). Can it mean pipes or electricity?"
So I look at these 3 and I do not have a clear answer, I've looked under the fridge, sink and even in the AC but couldn't find the "dead mouse" that I'm looking for. If this doesn't work, I suppose I can't read tarot. Some people have come to me with help of using their car papers, golden earings etc However in both cases they couldn't find them. WHY???
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Another case. We were at friend's place and one friend's friend wanted a reading a lot. He didn't have a question or didn't want to tell at first. So we have a Celtic Cross spread. I don't have it by my hand but it had loads of court cards. I said there is some older man and I've no idea who he is but he seems important. It also showed the thing about NEWS.
I just told him the cards meanings and some hints: there is an older man, a relationship question that concerns the older man. Then he said he wanted to ask a question.
Then we did an answer spread where the cards that came out had many court cards. SO in short, the spread only reflected his problem and showed the true faces of the people in his life right now and showed him "not to mess with the old man" and his mother came in the spread (Empress) who has passed away. What doesn it mean when a person that passed away come in a Tarot reading concerning the current situation. She was the last card and as if she told him "not to mess with the man". After he told his story, I was a little shivering.
So how do you feel what the tarot is referring to when spread out? Do you have any advice on how to achieve more clarity and understanding of what the cards are actually saying and which of the cases is which? Also is there any good card reading sample on the net that I could get a look at?
After writing this lengthy article, I still don't know if I was able to express myself well. I feel that something is contradicting within me. Also people who constantly say that "tarot readers are frauds" (I've been watching some TV shows) put me off. They make me ask this question to myself. Why amd I using it, is it fraud, why is it fraud and what is it for? How can tarot help someone? Only reflecting them like a mirror? I think going further than that and saying things like "I see you were born near the sea and you had 2 siblings" when in "How will my work go? is a little unrealistic for me.
Also recently I was concentrating on lost thing readings mostly as they seem to be most in need. But when I tried to do a reading on Malaysia plane, it showed Moon, Star and Devil and I couldn't understand it. I would really appreciate any help, tips, sharings. Thank you.作者: 汽车人 时间: 2014-4-21 14:31
这是个很好的讨论的话题，大家有兴趣的话可以查看原帖子，也可以在这里讨论。塔罗占卜或者塔罗解读应该是什么样的？什么样的解读是到位的，很不错的呢？作者: admin 时间: 2014-4-30 11:49
恩，一次到位的塔罗分析解读。