(Early) Tarot Tuesday!

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We can go ahead and start calibrating the card-o-scope and check what the Astral Light is up to today, this week or the coming months. So if you have a question, bring it on.

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I've been studying and practicing the Tarot for about 2 years now and having cast a few spreads for friends who found it helpful I thought I might make a deal with anyone that happens to read this.

Here is the deal, I will repost this on the last Tuesday of every month and will try to answer your query before the end of the month. Post a comment below requesting for a reading within the week of posting, depending on the number of comments and the situation I can either offer a lengthy reading or a three card reading. What I request back from you is some feedback about your situation and in case of some outcome what I got right and what I got wrong.

So, if you have a situation where you want to know what the Astral Light is up to, be it personal, general or on a broader scale like political events, or want to know what the week or month ahead has in store for you, why then, you know what to do. I would encourage you to post it publicly below, as for others to get an idea of what I have to offer, to encourage discussion and show what divination is about in general but if your situation is delicate post a comment marked NOT FOR POSTING explaining your situation and I'll consider it on a case by case basis.

That said, divination is like weather forecasting not a tablet of truth handed down from above, so take the advice I give you through the cards as such. The conditions that divination taps into are also in constant flux, the same as atmospheric pressure and the Moon. Any unfortunate situation you get yourself into is entirely the responsibility of the querent!

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Comments

[temporaryreality]

"How did I do?" Great! :) - it's all going to be good meditation food.

Here's what stands out for me (and none of this requires more detailed input from you, I've already taken your time and benefitted from your service, but I leave my thoughts in case they help you):

General: "...all cards reversed...is a strong sign that energies are having issues expressing themselves, that something is blocked or that we are insisting for things to go in a particular way and we refuse to let them happen. It's a sign of resistance, of lack of listening."

This is spot-on. The divinations (with my homegrown Ogham-derived system that I've been using for more than a year) that I've done from time to time when things are in this pattern, including this morning about this particular topic, tend to give me "deficient Air of Air" which can be summarized as "disconnected or isolated situation...communication channels are impeded. Blocked reception/cannot send or receive signal." I absolutely was not surprised to see all cards reversed in your reading.

Center: "Remember that ultimately, prayer is about you becoming like the object of your devotions not about telling it things or even asking questions, its about being open so that you can be shown." - I can certainly be reminded to work to become "like the object of my devotions" in a way that isn't petitionary, though I really am just "petitioning" for relationship and general guidance.

Left: "Praying and divination are not...even about you making the connections, it's about listening and paying utmost attention so that you can see the strings, not about you connecting the dots." Not having extensive prayer experience, I guess I still need to learn the basics.

Right: "Perhaps your oracle doesn't feel motivated to talk to you." Possibly - I'll have to get back to you on this one as I don't know how to assess if this is the case or not. It's a good point, though.

Bottom: "This card in particular could mean lack of discipline, of being disappointed with oneself or having low regard for ones own abilities." Yes, this is very much the state of affairs and I'll work on the next part

"Don't be too hard on yourself...Take your time, to steady your mind, and relax yourself.

Top: This phrase stands out to me "untangling oneself in a situation we might feel restricted because we are walking blindly among things that we might be either scared about or are unknown."

I'll be chewing on this for a while (while attempting to relax, of course :D). Many thanks for your help.

[open_space]

Thank you! It does help me and I'm glad it did to you as well.

By all means feel free to come and keep discussing, this I offer gladly and it's good for me to keep refining my skills. Since I don't have many details I can only point to trends and say general statements so take it that way. Most of the time it takes people a day or two to look at the cards, digest what they are trying to say in my interpretation and see how that reflects in their own life and then come back. I have no strict timeline so if you want a clarification or have an idea feel free to come back any time and we'll revise it. I've done this back and forth for days and sometimes weeks and stuff keeps coming.

It is all very good fodder for journaling and meditation for sure! The Tarot gives wide perspectives instead of sharp answers so it takes a while. Please do read and reread the interpretation a few times to digest it properly while looking at the picture of the spread, that way it might talk to you some other way now that I have remarked the where the signposts are you can follow them and derive the meaning that is closest to you.

Regarding Center for example, in the same general manner, I'm not trying to say that you don't know how to do it or that there is something mysterious about it which you don't know. All the interpretation is more like one big metaphor so take the essence, not the details. As for opening and not petitioning, it is not that it's wrong to talk into a relationship just that you might need to emphasis the listening. Just like when you stare at a painting, you can talk about it a little bit here and there but the most important part is the contemplation part as to unpack what it is trying to say. It is more about looking for the subtle connections in the painting rather than arriving at conclusions if that makes any sense.

Regarding Right and the oracle, I could be wrong, it is the sentiment that it is more important. It's the attitude of something not working, of dissatisfaction, more than the actual specific scenario of it, the oracle scenario was just a guess but it could be something else.