r/ExploringTarot

Hey my tarot spiritual people. I wanna run an idea by yall. I've been studying the tarot deeper and it's connection to Kabbalah. Which was watered down and introduced in the 1800s... which always made me feel weird. And since I'm a writerly person \*and\* always wanted to make my own deck, I thought it'd be more fitting to create a deck based on the Hero's Journey. So 1-17, through the lens of emotion and love for cups, then still have the court cards, and then of course other suit themes. And major arcana also going through Hero's journey, named chapters to indicate it's a major life transition rather than minor daily guidance. Thing is it'd be over 100 cards. Could yall imagine being comfortable with that large of a deck? Would the Hero's Journey feel intuitive to yall?

I keep a tarot deck in my living room so I can do quick reads, card-a-day pulls, stuff like that. Kind of like, whenever I get the urge to give myself or a situation a quick read without wanting to get too involved in a longer reading.

My boyfriend wasn't feeling well one night and was laying on the couch, and ended projectile vomiting *everywhere.*

Once everything was under control, I went to go clean the living room and saw my deck basically covered in vomit. It's the Woodland Wardens deck, and if you have it, you know the cards (while amazing quality) are like, a matte finish and don't have like ... a laminant feel (I don't know how else to describe it.)

I believe the deck is ruined at this point, so I was wondering, how would I go about getting rid of it? I feel like just throwing it out is almost sacrilege, or maybe that's just my fear of something bad happening for disrespecting a spiritual tool.

Thank you for any and all advice

I’ve been experimenting with a different way of reading tarot and would love some feedback.

Instead of using all the cards for a reading, I’m considering a two-step approach:
Major Arcana = Where is the querent in the Fool’s Journey?

The Major Arcana provides the larger archetype or life stage influencing the situation. I pull that card first to understand where is the querent in the journey.

Minor Arcana = How is this theme expressing itself in everyday life?

The Minor Arcana provides the details through the lens of the suits and numbers.

For example, if I pull Judgement, I might interpret it as the querent is going through a period of awakening. This is where they are in their journey.

And then pull minor arcana cards, for example - Three of Coins, I’d read that awakening as expressing itself through collaboration, learning, or building with others.

Has anyone experimented with a similar reading style? I’d love to hear your thoughts.

I asked them if we were connected and they said yes. And my readings have been accurate and I hold them ALOT and I slept with them under my pillow for a while and I even went through every card and complimented something on each one and I interviewed my deck. But when I try to do the tiktok trend where you get a card from a filter and then shuffle ur deck for that card it doesn't work for me, any tips? Anything is appreciated and thank you

I legit jouned tarot classes from a person who was recommended by someone I trust. And today was the orientation. But something has been bothering me ever since, she mentioned that she doesn't do reverse cards, treats them upright only as reading reverse cards can make it inaccurate a bit. But she also said that she would teach reverse meanings and readings if we wish to.

And idk why but this keeps bugging me! I have already paid for it, plus everything else seemed really nice. My main purpose was to learn the practices and rituals around tarot which I think I'll be able to learn nicely with her. What are your opinions?

Hey!

I'm reading tarot for a few months.

I know magic works best when you keep it silent. However, recently I had such a good reading about my future that I wanna share this excitement with someone.

How do you resist this feeling? How to treat your cards' advice respectfully, while impatiently waiting for it to come true? 😅

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Usually you use Lenormand cards but you can do similar method with Tarot. Thought I'd share if anyone wants to try or add something to it.

1. Ask:

“Where is my X object?”

2. Pull 3–5 cards and define meaning. For example:

Card 1: location

Card 2: What the object is close to

Card 3: Height/position

Card 4: What is hiding it

Card 5: Advice on where to look

3. Use the pics on the cards literally, for example:

• House - home, room, furniture

• Tower - tall place, shelf, isolated area

• Ship - travel bag, vehicle, something moved

• Garden - outside, public area

• Mountain - behind/under something, difficult to reach

• Crossroads - hallway, entrance, somewhere with many directions

• Book - drawer, box, book, something concealed

• Fish - water, bathroom, kitchen, or something associated with water (could be alcohol aswell)

4. Use combinations.

For example, House + Tower + Book could mean inside the house, in a high place, being concealed.

You can also use north/south/east/west correspondences, but you need to decide on your own what system to use. I'd suggest:

• Wands = east
• Cups = south
• Swords = west
• Pentacles = north

Hello. I tried to post this discussion in the Kemetic subgroup as I was concerned about the gods there and the Tarot, but the mods removed it without explanation.

So I decided maybe people here would discuss with me their thoughts! Original post below:

I went down the Tarot rabbit hole and learned that other than his occultism and religion of Thelema that he and Frieda Harris created the “Thoth School” Tarot, for lack of better terms, combine the Netjeru with his Thelema core values.

I know Tarot is modern. I’ve always been interested but whether it’s neurospicy brain, lack of “confidence”, excuses of no time with work etc I’ve never got the cards myself. I have always also been told or “guided” I suppose to not just grab a deck unless it calls/speaks to you for stronger connection.

So Here’s the thing/reason I’m posting for discussion.

I would love a deck depicting the artwork of the Gods. Or even a mix of celestial/space and the Gods, but I am a bit unsure if the history of the cards or the “direction” if I pick Egyptian diety based cards will lead to the Aleister Crowley tarot cards and if *that even matters? (Since tarot is modern and not of Egyptian creation anyways)*

Would it be frowned upon though because it’s likely a very false teaching and then possibly an insult to Thoth? Or am I overthinking it?

In that regard to tarot in general; what “origin” of form of tarot do you prefer to connect with the Gods?

Let’s discuss!
Thanks for reading

A lot of videos on social media feels completely pointless in my opinion and is just rehearsal. Whether it's fake tarot videos that tricked me in the past with continuous rehearsal of same content by fake readers trying to make content for money and fame. It's the same content repeated over and over. I believe some tarot readers have good intention but their channels often have very few subscribers. Feel as if the rest sold out to the illuminati literally speaking, and same with other influencers.

If these tarot readers actually believe their own stuff then I honestly believe they suffer delusions. It's basically "OMG who are you", "you got two people fighting over you", "people hate you because of this..", "your stolen inheritage will returned", "if you see this your angel wants you to know", "God got your back".. "I'm so happy with you, "you basically brought me to tears".. like dude do you even know me? why did I bring you to tears? I have not seen you before! Well, it's the algorithm, it's Google, not spiritual information.

The point is, these readers know it's nonsense and they play tricks with gullible naive people like myself. I am gonna get anxiety for writing this cuz these videos have disempowered me, and I end up keep returning even though I now just watch it for the entertainment label given to it, THAT NEVER MADE THIS MUCH SENSE BEFORE!!

And then we have the gender wars, "men are tired of their nonsense", "women now blame feminists", "men are fed up with dating", etc. And then there's the race wars, with blacks and whites, or jews and whites, or blacks and jews, or any other combination thereof. It feels like endless nonsense, mindless consumption. And while some of y'all may get dopamine from this, I feel like shit from all this nonsense cuz it does nothing to me. It's bullshit, that's what it is. And divisive distractions, just like the powers that should NOT be, would want people to spend their tme.

Anybody up for an exchange. I'm experienced with the cards but I am not a professional. I'd like to exchange with someone 18 plus of age and also someone who has a few years of dedicated practice. Thanks. See you in a bit.

We are updating our resources for beginners. We want to know which books have actually helped you move past the basics.

Please vote for your top recommendations below. If your favourite isn't listed, drop it in the comments with a one-sentence summary of why you think it’s useful.

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I am reading tarot at a festival and as a part of my set design I had the four aces as symbol of the elements at the corners of my table. Somehow someone had stolen the ace of Swords. I don’t know how to deal with this. It makes me feel angler, guilt for not paying enough attention. Please help

*Uptade:
It’s the next day and the guy who stole it came back, he returned the card demanded. I’m happy it’s back but sad that the card had to go through pain and destruction. I told the guy that whatever actions he took upon the card of carelessness would find him and get him the same way. He’s getting me a new deck now, or thats what he said.

I recently sorted one of my tarot decks and discovered it is missing the 10 of cups. I love the deck and am totally a believer that my cards have a mind of their own and that card can show up again any time. I’ve had whole decks disappear for months at a time and show back up when they’re ready. So I’m not getting rid of the deck, but I’m unsure if I should read with it either, since it is incomplete. It’s not my only deck, but it is one I reach for most often so I feel bad putting it on the shelf for an indefinite amount of time.

So my question is, if you realize a deck is missing cards, what would you do with it?

Today i bought a new tarot and i was planning on giving my previous one to my friend, who i very recently introduced to tarot.

Ive owned it for maybe half a year -so not really a *long* time- and i figured since she didn't have any she could get more use out of them.
Ive shown her the deck once where we tried a reading for her and she tried to give me one with the cards.

Im pretty new to this stuff and i don't have anyone i know who i could go to for guidance irl, so i was just wondering if i could give that deck to her or if it would actually be a bad thing to do?