Tarot Card/Rune thread.

So, Wildscribe is kind of walking me through how she reads Tarot, and I'm thinking other people could use that kind of help.

This is a thread for all the Tarot/Rune reading questions you have. Or talk about your decks, or what spreads you do, or other Pre-cognition type of things.

I have two lovely decks; my Celtic one is really beautiful. I'm hoping once Wildscibe is finished tutoring me, I'll be able to use it!

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Maybe someone could start another thread for spells and potions? Make this Pagan forum a nice reference place?

All questions are ok! I don't know about that, but its an interesting idea. Like I said, I'm not the best reader, but hoping to learn. I think being taught by a person is better than trying to memorize or learn from a book. But that's me, some people do well with books.

Well, today I dragged out my old Rider deck. The first deck I ever bought. I flipped through them, studying the pictures.

I think it's a good first deck. After talking with you all and Wildscribe a little, I was able to pull a meaning from each card based on the images. I'm going to play around a little with them. I pulled some for myself, and three times got similar cards. Page of Cups kept coming up, as did the Hierophant.

I was kind of intrigued by the fact I got both Queen of Cups and Hanged Man. Two different readings, but they were in the same location in the spread - I pulled the Queen in the first, Hanged Man in the second. I think they both have to do with vision. The Cups cards are pretty easy to read, and some of the swords are self-explanatory. Like the three - three swords through a heart. Easy, eh? LOL

I hate to rely on the Rider deck, though, because I have the Celtic deck that I really want to use, and the pics aren't the same, obviously. They're much more esoteric, less obvious. WildScribe said she calls certain meanings by number - one is beginnings, two duality.

Anyone else do this? I've found I've been able to get the "Face" cards down based on suit and title - like Queen of Wands - Wands is the fire suit, so I see the Queen as a courageous woman with a strong personality. The King of Pentacles (earth and material things) as the epitome of a business man - good with money. Pages are usually messangers or young men. Knight of Swords - swords is a suit of might, Knights are protectors. That's how I've started to read them.

It's the number cards I have trouble with.

So what kind of spreads does everyone do? I usually do the celtic cross spread, it's what I learned so I know it by heart. It helps me keep everything in order.

(this reminds me, when I was in High School I had a friend who had a Cat People deck - it creeped me out.)

So if you pull five cards, what do you 'assign' them? Do you know what I mean? Or do you just read the card as is? Because the CC spread gives meaning to the position as well as the card. Future, fears, family, etc.

I could do a simple three card spread - past, present, future.

I've given up with reversals too - it makes things over complicated. This is turning out to be most educational!

Wow, how exhausting.
I spent most of the day looking over my two decks, making the connection between them, studying their faces so that I could associate their meaning with them in my head.

I felt the connection, almost like a pull. How tiring. Fun, but mentally draining. I'm going to start doing readings more often so I can get some practice. I'm going to practice a couple of different spreads too - I found a druid's star that looks good - I think it's a six or card draw.

Off to make some incense. I have to find a better way to store it though and display it for craft fairs.

I want to go find a Harry Potter deck. LOL, do you think such a thing exists. It'd be a riot if it did. Voldemort as the Death card... Dumbledore as the Hermit. Gryffindors as Wand face cards, Hufflepuff for Cups, Ravenclaw for Coins, Slytherin for Swords.

It could SO work!