Question for the tarot junkies !!!:) Doing your own cards...?!

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Permalink Reply by Nordic Witch on July 29, 2009 at 1:35pm

I ahve been reading cards for about 18 years and I can truley say to read for your self sucks I find it is easier to get someone you don't know too well to read for you friends can be bias stay away from so called professionals a lot of them are in it for the money and have no clue

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Permalink Reply by Azraelwitch on July 29, 2009 at 2:27pm

My lady is very good and I've known her for years, but thank you. I wouldn't just pick someone off the street, I appreciate that advice...Blessings!

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Permalink Reply by Waterdragon315 on July 29, 2009 at 2:30pm

I seldom do a full spread for myself as I (my Ego) am too entertwined with the situation to really be able to intuitively see a full spread. I find the I Ching is much more helpfull for me personally. It is a system more suited for self analysis in a way. I do not do readings for my wife either for similar reasons - ego entanglement, that is I do not trust myself to be truly unbiased in the reading.
I harbor no false delusions about my ability to be unbiased.
However, I am comfortable doing question and answer spreads for myself to gain insight into difficult situations or trends... even so, I must be interested in a real answer rather than just ego re-enforcement for that to work too

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Permalink Reply by Azraelwitch on July 29, 2009 at 3:51pm

I see your point and what you mean. I think I might be able to be objective, but I am sometimes very disappointed in what I see. None of my friends that live close to me do tarot so it's hard toget anopinion at my house . I appreciate the people here telling me theirs . Bless you have a grrrreat day.

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Permalink Reply by Terra on July 29, 2009 at 4:02pm

I use Oracle cards more than Tarot. I DO do my own readings, but more of a case of "What do I need to know?" as a general rule of sorts. I have a couple of friends who are so accurate when it comes to reading tarots, that they can set down a spread, read it, and then call me and ask me what's up...and then tell me what they saw. I can do the same for some people with my oracle cards (depending on whether or not I'm receiving messages for them, and/or have opened up energetically to them).

There are people who tell me I'm skewing my readings when I do them myself. Ah, well. There are many sides to a dice. I think that doing your own readings, and learning to do them as energetically openly as possible, will help you know yourself and your path more and more.

Blessings,
Terra

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Permalink Reply by Azraelwitch on August 3, 2009 at 3:17pm

That is pretty cool, too. I hope everyone is having a good day. I am not trying to make this the discussion that never dies, but I have been ill for a minute. Hmmm now I'm back and I have been doing some work on this. Not sure what to say exactly but thanks to everybody who chipped in...!

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Permalink Reply by Kalinda on July 29, 2009 at 4:04pm

Yes it works for me. Tarot is fun and I give readings to others and myself. It also helps to practice on yourself to get good at reading for other people accurately.

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Permalink Reply by saffron on July 29, 2009 at 4:42pm

You can definitely read your own cards, but it's not always easy. It's hard to get rid of your personal bias while reading for yourself. Usually when there's a situation I want to know about, I already have an idea in my mind as to what the best and worst outcomes would be. It's hard not to see either of those in the cards, and I sometimes flip-flop between seeing both (maybe it's a Libra thing, who knows?). To avoid this, I usually try keeping things 'conversational' with the cards and getting the info out of them little by little. Or I just see if they give me a negative or positive card (this is relative mind you. what's positive to my deck might not be in yours. or your cards may not even really communicate like this. this, of course, goes with my personal belief and experience that different decks communicate in different ways). Sometimes I have to switch to a particular one of my other decks when reading for myself. It feels like cheating because it's so simplistic... but, while accurate and easy to read for my self-readings, it also won't give complex answers like my main deck will.

I think for different people it may be harder or easier to read for themselves. I might have some hurdles to overcome, but you or others may not. As for asking for readings from friends, well it all depends on how good at reading they are. I have friends who are great to ask for readings because they're accurate and insightful. Yet I know other people whom I'd never bother asking because it would be a serious waste of time.

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Permalink Reply by NorthStar on July 29, 2009 at 10:44pm

Oh yeah, I used to read mine all the time. I have gotten very accurate readings for myself and for others. Tarot can be a very good tool for developing intuition and other faculties.

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Permalink Reply by Dailgneachd on August 3, 2009 at 4:02pm

i do my own readings all the time and find them to be very accurate. I've heard that you're "not supposed to". But the person who gave me my first deck told me to practice on myself before I practiced on others, so that's how I learned.

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Permalink Reply by Azraelwitch on August 3, 2009 at 4:22pm

I think that is what I would like to do as well, but I know I need the practice. This is what I want to do next after I do my research on herbcraft. This and one other thing. I thank you for your opinions. It's pretty helpful to know what real people think that really do practice this. Cool, have a good day from Jackie:)

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Permalink Reply by Ross on August 3, 2009 at 7:10pm

You can definitely read for yourself. The trick is to look at it objectively and that can be hard because everyone wants to hear what they want to hear, ya know? So if its a question that you can handle the answer then go for it. However if you honestly dont think you can read the cards (or whatever your using) accurately then i reccomend having someone else read for you.

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