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Hey everyone,
I’ve been feeling like my life is a bit of a juggling act lately. I have a lot of passions—gaming, some gambling on Stake, and other hobbies—but I also want to make sure I’m staying responsible and keeping everything balanced.
I’m curious what the tarot cards might say about how I can better manage or harmonize these areas. Any insights or advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!
The hanged man, the 6 of swords and the fool, in that order
(The fool was the only one that didn’t jump out when shuffled)
(To me it was a positive reading)
Not literally, but I have a few cards that pop up pretty frequently in readings and I feel like I'm having trouble interpreting the meaning. Typically, I just ask what my spirit team wants me to know for the day; for the past week, I've pulled Death 4 times, King of Pentacles 3 times, and Ace of Pentacles 3 times as well. All in separate readings, but I'm wondering what it means if I continuously pull them.
I'm new to reading tarot, I started two months ago today. My interpretation is something along the lines of I'm putting an end to certain parts of my life by pulling Death, and welcoming in a period of new beginnings as well as stability and security following King of Pentacles and Ace of Pentacles. The readings I've done are a general five card spread and that's what I feel they've generally been trying to communicate for the past week or so. Thoughts?
So, I've been getting more in touch with my spirituality recently and did some Tarot readings for friends. My cards are lying in a stack on my table next to me, face down. Yesterday, however, I saw that the Knight of Swords was lying mext to it face up (I hadn't touched the cards prior to that, mind you and in none of the redings had I pulled that card). Today, I look over at my cards and I notice the bottom one slipped out to the side, the Hanged Man. I can't help but feel intuitively that it wants to tell me something, but I'm not quite sure. Do you think this has any meaning?
Hello, baby witch here! I'm working on my tarot skills and was reaching out to any deities who would like to communicate/work with me. However, as I'm still learning I don't know who to interpret was communicating with me through my tarot spread, so any help would be great. Also, I very well could have been not talking to anyone and I just interpreted it wrong lol If so, guess I will have to work a little harder! Please be kind!
My tarot spread was:
Would any deity like to get ahold of me - ten of cups
are you female? - eight of pentacles
are you male? - six of cups
Can you give me cards that represent you? - Page of pentacles, two of pentacles & two of wands
Hopefully you guys can help!
upd - I found the card, so now it's just a review
Does anyone have "The Flow" Tarot, Tarot of the water element ?
you can see it here https://thedreaminglotus.com/deck-detail/
I absolutely love this deck. It marries metaphysics and physics, the pictures are incredibly beautiful and to the point. and every card has an alternative name, which is absolutely exact and simple at the same time, and gives a new dimension to the card. For example, the Emperor is "a vast network". the Sun is "A radiant companion".
and one other thing. this deck doesn't feel like I'm receiving the information. It feels like I'm receiving the practical, tangible flow. when doing spreads I feel that I'm not learning in a rational sense but that something happens at the very momnt when I'm dragging the card. happens with me, with my life.
I even took one card out of the deck and took it with me for couple of days.
we all need water...
Question: How Will My Love Life Be After [Ex-girlfriend's Name]?
I honestly only ever do this basic cross pattern, I find it's good and simple for the questions I ask:
The cross is 5 cards, 4 points and the center. Starting from the bottom (in front of me) there is Beginning; up from there is the center card, the Desire; then you move to the right with Ally; then you move back over to the left with Enemy; and then the final card, the top of the cross, Outcome. So:
B: for my beginning, that is, the place I am starting from, I got 9 cups
As I see it, this is telling me that I am starting with the knowledge of what I want and enjoy, I've already dated my ex-girlfriend, and that relationship helped me discover what I like and need
D: for my desire, that is, what I hope for, if not what I receive, I got 2 coins (inverted)
My reading of this was, as the person in the card weighs the two coins, it is about weighing your options and choosing carefully; since it was inverted, I interpret my desire to be that I don't want to choose carefully---I want a clear, undeniable choice, I want an easy answer, the perfect match, etc.
A: for my ally, that is, what/who will help me on my journey, I got judgement (inverted)
This one gave me the most head-scratches, so while I try to interpret the cards on my own, I went to the internet for others' interpretations of this card when inverted. After the cursory research, I think I understand: this card is trying to tell me that my greatest help will come from not repeating my mistakes and being honest with myself
E: for my enemy, that is, what/who will hinder my journey, I got 6 swords (inverted)
As this card generally means sailing out of troubled waters, "the worst is behind you", and taking what you've learned with you into the future, this card I feel is rather obviously telling me that my greatest enemy will be not learning from my mistakes and living in the past. I find that the A and the E often mirror each other
O: for my outcome, that is, what will end up happening, my answer, I got high priestess (inverted)
This was another head-scratcher, but I feel like it's telling me that, as the card represents hidden messages and secrets, as it's heavily tied to the moon, that with it inverted I will be looking forward to more honesty and clarity (this feels right because I feel my last relationship didn't work out because I had to watch what I said and couldn't be candid with my girlfriend)
But I'm not sure. I thought, why not ask others for second opinions! Did I stretch meanings too far? Were my interpretations flawed or incorrect? I get that no one can probably give me a clear answer because you don't know me, but I'm especially inexperienced with inverted cards, and this drawing was mostly that
I’m still fairly new to the whole tarot scene, but I wanted to do a serious/bigger spread today and I just want feedback as to how my interpretations sound. I hope you guys like to read because I kind of went into it and got wordy haha. This is a relationship/breakup spread for me and someone who recently ended a relationship. I’m just looking for guidance and insight from more experienced readers because the ending was so abrupt, Im afraid of only read what I want to see as I still feel lost.
TLDR Interpretation: the relationship fell apart because he still needs to heal from his last, I was too pushy with my expectations from him. I need to loosen my expectations and grip on him. He needs to learn to heal. The fact that his job sucks rn doesn’t help either and was an external strain. There may be some reconciliation? The Priestess is throwing me though a loop by telling me to trust my guy when I went into this looking for advice 😭
If you like to read:
Three of Pentacles: Main Take Away: Team Work Observations: In this relationship, I admittedly asked too communication and teamwork from someone who was unsure of what they wanted from the relationship itself. The issue is that I made expectations and forced teamwork in this relationship with a partner that wasn’t even fully in the team in the first place and therefore, frustrating them when I asked them to collaborate.
Ten of Swords: Main Take Away: Still Healing Observations: in this relationship, I find this true. This person just got out of a long term relationship. I’m not sure what happened with said former relationship as we never shared about past partners, but I can only assume it is a fresh wound that hasn’t healed and therefore he was never ready. This is why my pushiness for expectations may have hurt him again. He deserves to and needs to heal.
What can I do? Reversed 4 of Cups: Main Take Away: Give Space Observations: Haha this makes way too much sense as his last request was that he wanted to be alone from everyone at the current moment. I assume this is asking me to give him space and let him heal.
What can I do Card #2: Reversed Ten of Pentacles: Main Take Away: Sudden Loss/Non Traditional/Taboo Observations: To take in and accept that this relationship is not that deep and I need to stop with my harsh expectations!! Or understand that this relationship was built on rocky foundations and wasn’t meant to last.
What can He Do? Reversed Eight if Wands: Main Take Away: Slow to Action/Planning Ahead Observations: I am assuming this card is asking him take his time as he collects himself. I should understand that if he wants to reach out, it will take time and thought so he should avoid any confusion. The relationship itself was also surprisingly slow with little touching and no mentions of sexual contact. Long delays between messages, however they were still daily and lighthearted. Very low intensity and slow.
Other Influences: Seven of Pentacles: Main Take Away: Investment Observations: My card doesn’t show a man looking exhausted over his crop/harvest. To me it shows someone still watering their plants. I wonder is this is suggesting that he is currently focusing on his harvest, aka his job. Perhaps the relationship was straining him and he sought the need to focus in his job rather than a relationship seeing as the job was already taxing on him. Unfortunately fostering relationships doesn’t pay rent.
Can it Be Saved? Ten of Cups: Main Take Away: Reconciliation Observations: The rainbow here is extremely interesting to me and draws me in as the day we met, I saw a double rainbow. And the say we solved our first issue, there was another double rainbow. Once again, I don’t have stereotypical cards. But these foxes look to be reunited and excited.
Is it Worth Saving? The High Priestess: Main Take Away: Intuition Observations: She’s telling me I know the answer, or I know what I want. I know it tells me trust my gut but man… I still have doubts in myself.
I have been using tarot for about a year, I got into it because I was feeling lost in my life and needing guidance from another source, I also watch some on YouTube I have learnt to trust as they resonate with me exactly, it’s always been spot on for me so when it started guiding me towards letting someone go I new instantly who it was about, it took me months to do this because I was deeply attached and refusing to see the signs, realistically it was the only way forward, I was stuck in a pattern with a soul mate and I new in my intuition that the only way forward was to let them go, I followed my guidance in the end and let them go and it has been ROUGH, we had a beautiful relationship but external forces and timing were keeping us apart and although it ended on good terms and we are still so fond of eachother it was seriously effecting me emotionally, mentally and spiritually and I chose to go no contact.
I am proud I picked myself as it was essential for my spiritual journey, moving forward i do pull my own tarot a lot less but I still seem to be overly attached to watching those readings on YouTube and when they lean towards someone coming back from the past which is ALOT it sends me up in arms because realistically this will not happen given the reality of the situation I am in, my logical mind says they will not reach out but something in my inner world still clings to the hope one day we will reconnect, but for someone like me, this is dangerous and what kept me stuck before, I’m in a battle between the logic and dreamer in me, I’m wondering wether anybody has found in healing tarot may actually delay the moving on process because it kind of keeps me in the energy of hoping when i know I have to let go, what other spiritual practices can I use to help instead of tarot?
Hello, I'm looking into getting a set of tarot cards. Both cause I would like to own a deck and cause I'm becoming more active as a Hellenist and heard this is a good way of communication. I've been looking at some decks in big shops near me (e.g. HMV) and I found some for around £20. Is that a reasonable price? I've seen a range of prices but have limited money right now since I'm in uni. I want to make sure I get something that's value for money so any advice or information would be greatly appreciated
I have the antique anatomy deck and love it a lot. However my plant ID skills aren’t that fantastic, and I can’t tell what some of the flowers used are. Is there a list somewhere of what plants are on every card? Google has not been forthcoming.
my readings doesnt make sense anymore and they just feel like pictures on a card that i just pulled rather than something more, i used to feel warm whenever i shuffle the cards as well but i just dont get that feeling lately, it doesnt feel like my readings are right anymore and i dont feel connected to my card as i used to, what do i do?
Hello All,
I am getting readings on an interesting situation with a few and a lot of emotions involved.
Just wondering how much space should I give between a reading? A week? A fortnight? A month?
Readings are professional readings from a person whose predictions have come true - one prediction was about timing! Drew a 10 of swords and said ten weeks, rather it was ten hours... but still I cannot ignore that coincidence. She has also said a few things about my lifestyle that she could have never guessed.
does anyone have good spread suggestions that’ll show outcomes of moving on from ex or deciding to allow them time to sort themselves out (i know that sounds mean but they initiated the break up for this reason)? much appreciated!
I have the first edition of the She Wolfe deck and from the moment I opened it, I’ve hated it. The vibe of the deck didn’t fit with me. It’s not the nudity, it just reminds me of the 70s and the 70s upset me (no idea why, I wasn’t even born). It’s just a very strong reaction to a deck that so many people love so much, and I have never felt that way towards a deck. I did a couple of reading for myself then put the deck away. Years later today I went to check to make sure that all the cards are there, as I’m finally ready to part with it and sell it, and it’s missing 3 cards! Six of pentacles, five of wands, nine of cups 🤷♀️ I have no idea where they could be, it’s been at least 4 years since I last opened the box. What do I do now?
I was asked to set up a stall in a flea market/fair type situation. I’m pretty excited to meet people, but I’ve not done a stall in a while.
Does anyone have any suggestions or inputs or things I should keep in mind? What kind of readings should I offer? How should I approach pricing? What should I wear?
The tarot has been in my life for 10 years now. I was given my first tarot deck by a homeless person in 2015 who told me I would change the world with them. I’ve done so many amazing readings with them for people over the years and I’ve absolutely loved it. I’ve tried doing the social media thing with it and I guess I’m not a hit with it on those platforms which is fine I have nothing to prove on those things. I guess I’ve reached a stagnation in my journey? I’m not sure where to go from here? Honestly there is this feeling that I am meant to do something so much bigger with them/my intuition then what I’ve been doing and I can’t figure out what? I don’t know I feel confused and they say the devil causes confusion so maybe I just need to clear that energy?
Hi all,
I recently did a 3 card pull, during which I pulled the hierophant as the expected outcome. This pull was for moving to a new place, and what the expected future would be (open ended and general, so could be financial/love/healthwise etc). I always struggle with understanding the hierophant in this context, as someone who isn't necessarily religious (how I usually see it portrayed).
I figured it might mean a sense of community, as I recall it also can relate to social structures/fitting in, but was curious what you all think it means in an outcome position?
Thanks in adv :-)
I tried to add a photo of my “The Moon” card and selenite but for whatever reason the post didn’t go through!
In any case, how is everyone doing with this Moon tonight?
Do you have your selenite with you?
literalmente qualquer pergunta que eu faça que eu vá tirar algumas cartas, a torre sempre cai pra mim — parece que tenho um imã pra essa carta. o que pode significar? obsessores? muitos karmas? eu sempre jogo e sempre penso "kk ela vai aparecer" e ela sempre aparece; td na minha vida tende a dar errado?
Notes
analysis
So long story short: There’s this guy I’ve been eyeing for a few days and he’s given me some signs too so I was just curious what my cards would say so I would really appreciate a second opinion on my interpretation. Btw I’m not a professional nor very experienced but I tried my best.
His feelings - 9 of swords - He is generally anxious and unsure of what to do. He feels like he’s never enough or he’s basically thinking: “I have too much emotional baggage to deal with that”
His view of me - 2 of wands - He views me as something in the future or a potential partner. Potentially creating something new between me and him
Obstacles - King of wands - Usually king of wands means leadership with vision for me, but in this particular spread I mostly interpret it as a passionate lover taking the lead in a relationship
The path ahead - 8 of coins - I interpret this card as passion, dedication and hard work, but i. this particular case I’d interpret it as both people working in harmony to build a strong foundation
Thanks for reading all that and I’d love to hear what your interpretations are too. Feel free to correct me and give me opinions on anything, I appreciate it.
TL;DR I used a new deck, gave myself a reading and then got trolled by the deck by the very cards I've been studying.
I am extremely new to tarot and am very much in the "gotta catch 'em all" phase of collecting decks. I'm 7 cards in on daily pulls for learning purposes (RWS deck)
I recently got the "This Might Hurt" Tarot Deck and pulled it out today for a full moon reading (past/present/future - what will this moon bring) and pulled Justice, Queen of Cups/The Lovers (they jumped out together) and The Wheel of Fortune. So I journaled about it wrote the definitions and made a little summary sentence to make it make sense to me.
So I say thank you, mindlessly shuffle for practice and go to put it away and I basically dump the cards out on the floor on accident lol
It makes a perfect little swirl and the top card has popped out a bit... It's the 3 of cups. The card I pulled for my daily lesson yesterday...from a different deck. So I chuckle and out of curiosity, check the bottom, 7 of swords...TODAY'S LESSON. And just because I can't leave well enough alone, I split the deck and it's Justice.
This deck is exhibiting silly goose behavior and I love it. I think I may have found my primary? lol Mundane or magic, idk but it feels special and also silly
hi! i’d love a second opinion interpretation on a spread i did the other day. for context, my girlfriend of a year just broke up with me and it was very unexpected. i asked “what do the next 6 months of my love life look like?” the card positions were as follows: 1. past, 2. present, 3. future, 4.bottom of the deck. the cards were 1. ace of wands, 2. the high priestess, 3. the empress and 4. 10 of pentacles.
my interpretation is that there was something in the past that put me on a new path and invigorated me when it comes to romance. i always associate the wands with passion and it immediately made me think about the fact that i’ve felt passionate about romance for the first time in a while. the high priestess makes me think that right now i need to sit in stillness and allow things to happen to me and energy to flow through me. any sudden action could knock me off my intended path. in the future, there’s deep connection and pleasure to be had in my love life. i’ll be able to be in my feelings and it won’t be scary to do so. i normally take the bottom of the deck to be the overall vibe that’s underlying the actual circumstances of the cards so here i see the 10 of pentacles as a sign that everything ultimately works out in my favor. the picture of domesticity that i have in my head is attainable.
i hate to be the person who’s like “this means she’s coming back” but that genuinely was my initial reaction upon looking at these cards. i’d love other interpretations of this though! is there anything i might be missing?
Hi I’m a creative writing student in college writing a short horror story about where at one point someone gives the main character a reading. They’re a bit lost after a breakup and I want them to have a general reading for their life as they are just unsure about their future now. I also want this reading to be something that sets up that something dangerous and scary is coming for him. I just am not too familiar with divination and want to be respectful and also accurate. Is there anything you guys would suggest for a specific reading or even any other thing I could do instead?
so i started off doing a little reading i only got my cards about a week ago now and i’m going out tonight so i wanted to do a little general reading asking if there was anything i should know and i pulled the lovers card twice and when clarifying the lovers card i got two cup cards and then lovers on the bottom of the deck again and along with the other cards i got it sounds like it unintentionally turned into abit of a love reading lol! was wondering if i’m seeing it the wrong way since that’s what the lovers card automatically makes me think of thankyou if anyone can provide some insight!
Hi everyone, I've been reading tarot for about two years now and I feel like I've reached a point of stagnation. I had a friend who was a spiritual mentor of some sort - she was the one to give me my first deck, we would regularly do readings for each other, and she taught me most of what I know about tarot. However, we grew apart and I recognize that we are no longer meant to be in each other's lives, so I'm on my own now.
I still consult tarot for myself every now and then, but not nearly as much as I used to. I occasionally give readings to friends but find it very draining, particularly because none of them are really spiritual/into tarot. I find that when I do readings for myself, I've gotten rather lazy and don't read intuitively, instead relying on books or the internet, and I'm not feeling emotionally connected to it like I used to.
All that being said, I'd like to start honing my craft again, especially because I know I still have a lot to learn. I'm also interested in witchcraft - I've never cast spells or anything, I really only read tarot, but I feel like learning more. Any suggestions for how to improve my tarot interpretation skills and start learning more about witchcraft? Are there books you'd recommend? I feel a bit isolated, as I've said, since none of my friends are spiritually minded like this and I'm not sure how to meet people who are. Thanks in advance!
howdy folks,
how would you go about finding an in-person card reading in your area? I see plenty of tarot readings advertised at events here and there, but they all seem to use the Smith Waite and fantasy decks. I'm looking either for someone reading tarot de marseilles, but also open to those using older related decks, older oracle cards, or playing cards - really anything outside the main pipeline of Occultist/Golden Dawn/Smith Waite/Astro/New Age interpretation.
I am located in northern New Mexico, fairly new to tarot, and not super plugged into online spaces (mostly a social media drop out). any help is appreciated, thanks!
They are channels on YouTube saying that if you don’t do this or that, you’ll be miserable for the next years. I personally will meditate, speak to God/ the Universe and visualize. What are you doing?
I have channeled a deck that is very important to me and feels like the calling of my soul is to create it. I have all of the cards conceptually planned out, I have the deck format, I have a guidebook written. The essence and purpose of the deck is very present for me. My issue is that I am not a visual artist.
I know there is an option to work with a visual artist and create the deck together. That said I have a very specific vision for each card and I don't know where I could find someone who would share the same sight with me.
I know there are some major ethical issues around AI and beyond that, many people are just weirded out and get bad vibes from the whole thing in general. I also felt/feel similarly. That said I have been exploring creating AI art just for my own creative process just to experiment and see how different ideas pan out.
Much to my surprise, through very specific descriptions, the AI artwork has in some cases really captured the soul essence of some of my cards. I am not interested in just using AI images for the deck, but potentially using them as inspiration and elements of collage art as I build the images to life.
I know some people say the art is the whole point of the deck, but for me it isn't. The art is a visual aid for the spirit of the deck. I really don't know how I feel about al of this and how to move forward in my situation. I am curious as to what people's thoughts and opinions are. I know this is a sensitive subject to a lot of people including myself and would love to open up a nuanced conversation.