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Contemplations about Tarot: Introduction

What I want to talk about is the way I personally do it. Not that I believe there is anything special about my way of reading - some might even call me intuitive. Except that I'm not, not really. I abandoned the traditional style of doing readings almost ten years ago.

Divination as Dialogue

At its core, divination is a method of communication. If something is communication, it implies a dialogue. And dialogue implies language.

On Venelestis, Divination, and Meaning

I do not believe divination exists solely as a tool for self development. It can be used that way, but reducing it to that is like using a plumbed kitchen sink to store water you carry in from outside. At its best, divination is communication with forces, entities, intelligences, or spirits that are not you or the very least are your higher, divine self.

Contemplations about Tarot: Part 4

When you take a deck into your hands you have to assume everything that happens after that is out of your control. And don't get me wrong, that is exactly how you want things to be. You want to loose control, to become a passenger, just tagging along for the ride.

Contemplations about Tarot: Part 3

Divination of any kind, using cards, pendulum, tea leaves, or the leg bones of a camel, is an act of doing magic. Our mind, plagued with logic, discipline and the mundane world, is not capable of performing magic. What you want, when trying to read the cards, is the cards to be your bridge to your subconscious and to make relevant bits and pieces come floating out and up into your mind.

Contemplations about Tarot: Part 2

In order to be able to give relevant readings, whether you interpret the cards traditionally or in a different way, the key is to know yourself and to be able to distinguish what you would like to see / hate to see happen to your querent (again, another reason I don't read for myself) from what the cards / your intuition / your guide is actually saying.