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Or at least reshuffle in a way that accounts for it.

EDIT: People are misunderstanding what I'm saying. I know reversals are not inherently negative. I'm saying that when SOMEONE reads them as negative only, they should be even more conscious of where their deck is at. Also I'm saying when someone has their deck upside down and they are confused why they're getting a lot of reversals, when they didn't shuffle in a way that accounts for it or didn't check. Tarot is meant to be read upwards originally and reversals are there to add nuance. If your whole deck is upside down, something is wrong (and you can often tell by the back of the deck that it's upside down. This is about a very specific group of people I've seen. Most likely it's not about you either. :p

I find it really annoying when a person starts reading and clearly their whole deck is in reverse, with a couple cards being upright. Especially when all the reversals are negative in their eyes.

Then all the cards come out reversed and they go "oh wow, why is there so many reversals today, such bad energy!"?

Idk, maybe because your whole deck is.

Last month I submitted myself as a tarot reading vendor at a local market on a "what the hell" lark, and I got accepted... which immediately sent me into a "what have I gotten myself into?!" panic. I've spent the last month prepping, getting booth supplies, and playing with my decks more.

The market is tomorrow. I have no idea how many people will actually stop by and want readings, so I could use some good thoughts coming my way. Please wish me luck!

EDIT: Thank you all SO MUCH for the support! I just posted an update here.

so far tarot readings are all “you’re an earth angel” “they fumbled you” “they messed with the divine one”, i’m just wondering if any tarot readers ever had a client where the client was the “toxic” one in the relationship/family or they were the one messing with others and how do you say that to your clients?

Are there any decks that are not mini but at least smaller than your average deck? I have small hands and its hard to shuffle. 🙁

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I'm wondering how others have handled this situation. Im stuck between two feelings/urges when it comes to doing readings this week. I did a 4 card pull from the top of my deck yesterday and got 3 really really difficult cards to do with my question, the 4th was thankfully a good resolution for the prior 3, but still says I'll have to go through the distruction and misfortune first.

So its clear for the rules, I'm not asking for anyones inturpritation of my cards. But *what I am asking is how you handle emotions after a hard/emotional spread/draw? And how you proceed with the spreads and draws after that.* The two conflicting feelings/urges I'm having are either 1) not wanting to draw cards or do more readings this week out of fear of more misfortune, building on my fear and stress . Or 2) wanting to draw cards/do more spreads in hopes of finding more resolution and knowledge around my difficult cards yesterday.

Im stuck between those two urges/feelings.

Thank you for your insight 💫

I've been doing tarot every now and then but I still don't have a solid grasp on the whole practice. I'm not sure if my energy sometimes spills out to the cards I read which affects the results, or if my intuition could be off.

Earlier though, when I was asking about someone I liked, I started the reading by asking how I felt about them. I was curious to see which would come up and if the card would be related, just as a way to double-check my pulls' accuracy as I've been struggling to interpret things lately (dunno if that's a thing!) The card that came out was indeed true to how I felt, but it didn't catch on to the romantic feelings I held for them. It instead drew my concerns about them. Again, sure, it was accurate, but it wasn't what was at the forefront of my mind.

I'm wondering if tarot works like that? It doesn't always answer with the main thing I want to hear, and instead reveals pieces? Asking as well because I've been pulling about this guy a few times and it feels like I'm being told only a part of the story each time.