Reading the cards

[Split from a thread about Louise Woods]

The cards are just a tool that gives the reader a glimpse into the future.
There is a difference between reading the cards and intuiting them.
Rather then working on interpretations, work on opening your third
eye through meditation or other spiritual means. The best readings
I have have had are through people that are gifted and probably could
use any variety of mediums, or none to access the beyond.

Hi Lee1:

"Without being able to use that self-knowledge as a crutch, it seems like the reading would involve a lot of guess work and trial and error."

Not if you have mastered the fundamentals. Any discipline requires that one masters the fundamentals, and then with lots of practice anyone can become a competent card reader. Now to become a great card reader.........that is another matter. Many are called and few are chosen.

HI Dil-gan:

"Rather than work on interpretations, work on opening your third eye through meditation or other spiritual means"

That is bad advice for anyone attempting to learn a discipline. Here is why: Lets say that you want to learn to play classical music. First you must learn the fundamentals, which include music theory, and the physical skills of your chosen instrument. Through many, many hours of practice, these fundamentals and skills become second nature, and recede to the background. THEN and only THEN you will be able to interpret the musical piece, and play with feeling. The process is the same for learning any thing: music, art, dance, real estate sales, sailing, and cartomancy. One must absolutely master the fundamentals before the intuition and begins.

"Bad advice" whomever you are I find you linear in your thinking.
Using the term bad is judgmental. I suggest you curtail your
language. Your fangs are showing.
Never did I say not to learn all you can in your discipline, but
you will never produce a fine symphony unless you have a muse.

HI Dil-gan

Yes, it is bad advice. You have suggested intuition over fundamentals. One can never get to the point of intuition until fundamentals have been mastered. All those who possess skills know this. I will say that again......all those who possess skills know this. And of course, my using the term" bad" is, in fact, judgmental. Things, by their very nature, are good or bad unless one lives in a mind space of ethical and moral equivalency. Being judgmental is something that humans are required to do on a daily basis. Surely you must know this. And no, I do not have fangs, quite the contrary. However, your comments are amusing.

I agree with Izzydunne on the matter of learning the fundamentals of a discipline first before attempting to go beyond them. You simply must master the fundamentals. If you don't need to do this in order to give accurate and detailed readings, then you do not need the cards. It is like learning plain geometry--you must first memorize and thoroughly understand the theorems. Then you can solve the problems quickly and easily. It is like this with learning how to read cards--in time you do expand your ability to forecast. For me, when I have learned the system well, as I did with Martello's, I began to see the cards in my mind when people asked me questions. I actually did not need the physical cards any more. But then I just love cards, the playing cards, not the tarot.

sometimes is not enough to know the meanings of cards,intuition plays the most important role into a reading...anybody can read a book and learn by heart the meanings of cards but those who let their intuition to go behind what they learnt, become good readers..some people found very difficult to interpret the cards though they know the meaning of cards...in her book,Regina Russel were saying `When I first decided to become a cardreader, I searched everywhere for a good book from which to learn. There were a few books available but they seemed to skim the surface, to predict generalities and they left me with a feeling of dissatisfaction....I thought, the cards must have more meanings than I had so far learned.`...so here the intuition comes,to discover what the cards are saying to you...I`ve never seen 2 readers to interpret the cards in the same way even if they follow the same basic method...why?..the cards have a specific and a distinctive language for any person...I remember when I purchaised my 1st lenormand deck,I had no idee what means each card but they talked with me...I let my intuition to speak and my 1st prediction came true despite the fact that I didn`t know the meanings of cards...there is an interesting article writen by Madam Seaqueen in her blog regarding to 2 of clubs card..sorry I can`t find the link but she was saying`forget anything you know about this card and try to see what this card is telling you...`.Overall it would remain one question:how many who learn cartomancy have patience to do this and find their own style to interpret the cards rather to stick into a meaning they learnt from a book