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Hey! Another former redditor. Been interested in tarot for about a year and a half, and enjoy reading about other folks’ approaches/philosophies and practices. Personally, I’m religious and my engagement with tarot is pretty secular, though I am happy to commune with people who take a more spiritual approach to tarot and get a lot out reading their takes. 🙂👋
Welcome Suedeltica! I love reading about other’s approaches and philosophies too. The different perspectives really help me out. :D I don’t identify with any particular religion, but I do like some of the nature-focused perspectives of Wicca, so I’m thinking of learning a bit more just to be more familiar with the ideas. I noped out of Catholicism pretty hard as a preteen - it just wasn’t for me, no judgement if it’s your jam - but the unfortunate effect of that was I closed myself off to learning about any religions as a result. I might see if one of the universities has an intro to religion class in their offerings.
Hi there! I'm a Reddit refugee. 😅 I started reading tarot back in 2009, but haven't really studied the symbols in-depth. So I still consider myself an intermediate/beginner tarot reader until now. I prefer using Oracle decks for readings as I find them easier to read intuitively. I'm drawn to "dark" decks like Wisdom of The House of Night, Dark Mirror, and more recently, Dark Light oracle.
Welcome CrystalIntrospect! I love intuitive reading, it’s definitely my favorite. I haven’t gotten any oracle decks yet though. I’ll check some of these out!
Hi! I’m MrsEaves, and I’ve been reading tarot casually for myself for about 5 years. I’m a moderator here because this didn’t exist when I moved over from Reddit, and I thought it should. I take a SASSwitch perspective to tarot, and my favorite deck right now is the Women of Science tarot. I also have two bunnies, two cats, and two dogs.
Hey MrsEaves! New to kbin (reddit migration/blackout) AND tarot. Bought my first deck at my local spiritual shop because I’ve been curious about reading tarot for a while. I am currently deciphering my first reading for myself, reading about each card as I go along so I don’t feel overwhelmed. I have a background in psychology and dream interpretation so this feels pretty natural to me. I’m looking forward to learning more and letting tarot provide the clarity I need.
Ahhh, welcome danymason! It’s great to meet you. 😁
The first thing I would say to myself is if the Rider-Waite deck isn’t working for you, it’s okay to start elsewhere - that kept me from learning and really getting into it for years. So you’re already off to a great start by getting a deck that you are interested in! If it doesn’t work out for some reason, try to identify why and see if you can find or try a different deck. Personally, I need a lot of detail in my deck art - the minimalist style is beautiful, but I don’t have enough visual cues to help me remember the meanings and read intuitively.
The second thing I would say to myself is to read for me and my own decisions, not to cope with the decisions of others that are out of my control. Unfortunately, my start with tarot was part of coping with the uncertainty of a painful romantic situation. In the end, it turned out fine, but it was better to talk directly to the people involved, and where I was guessing or using tarot, that was a sign I wasn’t getting the communication I needed. It sounds like you’re in a good place, but I saw a lot of people on Reddit justify some really questionable sounding relationship dynamics using tarot, and that’s definitely something to watch for and be aware of.
Third - reading about each card is great, this is the way I do it too! What I do is I pull each card, and think of how it relates to my life and the gut feeling it gives me. Sometimes I know the general meaning and it clicks right away, and sometimes I need to look it up. Usually, a story kind of jumps out at me that connects the themes, and changes what aspects of the card I focus on. It’s kind of like looking for the details in a fuzzy picture, and then suddenly understanding the picture for what it is. So I would add that it’s good to focus on each card, but also to review the story that connects all the cards together in the spread. 😁
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