AVOIDING FIXATIONS WHEN READING TAROT CARDS: PART TWO

Cassy — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:24:06 +0000

Nowadays, tarot authors tend to steer clear of the tougher subjects, such as death and illness, but the tarot was designed to encompass all the psychological, philosophical, and physicalities of life. We may try to help beginners wade into the kiddy pool, but when beginners are on their own, the possibility is there for a big dive into the deep end, which can result in confusion. In my opinion, these subjects should not be sugar-coated. Instead, we should strive to educate as much as possible so beginners can relax and enjoy the oracular experience offered. Let’s bear in mind that any divination tool is a key to unlocking your own intuition. The divination tool is not an entity with a mind of its own. Remember that we are working with energies: our own energy, the energy of the seeker, and the energy of the universe.

We all want to offer the lighter side of the tarot, the excitement, the fun, the wonder. “Will I find love? Will he or she be my perfect mate? Will I get a good job?” But life does have its setbacks, its hard times, its tragedy, and these subjects cannot ever really be avoided. This is part of our walk with Spirit. When we seek, really SEEK to find, we must embrace the ALL, not just the SOME. This is the burden of a psychic. We are not just given the good. Besides which, some tragic events can be avoided if the oracle is properly interpreted. But we want the beginner to fully understand. You must walk before you run. Don’t rush the cards, don’t rush the learning. Spirit opens up to you as you can handle it.

If you become panicked or you are a beginner, and you are concerned about any “grief” cards appearing too often in your throws, I suggest that you remove the offending cards for a brief time, perhaps even a few months, until the feelings of dread dissipate and you’ve gained some more knowledge of the cards and spreads. Doing this resets your pattern of thinking. Once you understand how to maintain the cards and meanings in context, and your confidence is well established, these cards will no longer cause panic, fear, or dread. You will understand their importance in the deck, and you will have learned to accept their message in context.

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Spirit Often Speaks Through Symbols

Cassy — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 13:29:03 +0000

Symbols are an important part of every culture on the planet. We are surrounded by symbols. We interpret many of those symbols without even realizing we are doing so. But when it comes to divining the symbolic meanings of the tarot deck, we can become lost in the confusion of tradition and deeper esoteric knowledge. What a particular symbol means to a religious scholar and what the same image evokes in the average person can be vastly different. As I’ve stated in previous articles, the key to reading the tarot is to develop your own intuitive cues by way of meditating on the symbols, images, colors, and numbers. One has to be brave to depart from tradition and trust their own instinct. But that is precisely what psychic development is all about: learning to trust your own higher wisdom.

Have you ever had a dream that made you feel like some higher power was trying to tell you something? That is a sure sign that your Higher Self is indeed trying to communicate wisdom to you. But how do you interpret a dream that seems so kooky and unnatural? Some dreams are disjointed and make no sense at all. But these same dreams can be filled with strange people, numbers, colors, and symbols. It is how you interpret those symbols, colors, and numbers that help you realize your psychic potential. You may reach for a dream dictionary and look up the key words to these symbols and colors, but those definitions may not match the way your Higher Self chooses to communicate ideas to you. In fact, those definitions can be way off base.

So, what can you do to find answers? You begin a journey that helps you determine what symbols mean to you personally. For example, what do you think of when you see a coin in a dream? Most likely, you will say money. But what if this coin doesn’t fit within the monetary system where you live? What if this coin looks like something from another era? What if the coin has an odd, bright color on it? Is it the coin your Higher Self wants you to focus on, or the color? It can be either, or both. It can be a blending of the two meanings, which make up a whole new meaning.

Keep a journal of ideas and dreams so that you can log your thoughts and perceptions of what colors and symbols mean to you. Soon you will realize that you are on the path to self-discovery.

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AVOIDING FIXATIONS WHEN READING TAROT CARDS: PART TWO

Spirit Often Speaks Through Symbols