TK_Finch
Hello everyone!
I apologize in advance if this is a repeat. I couldn't find anything similar posted before, but if it has been done, I would love to read it Let me know.
I have been reading Tarot for 3 years, and feel comfortable with my deck and with reading for friends and acquaintances. But until just this week joining AT, I had never been in communion with others who had studied Tarot. It had just been my cards, my books, and me.
In this very brief amount of time, I have been struck by how some of the meanings that I have found in the cards seem to be something I picked up in my own private study that don't match especially closely with what the community at large reads. The 2 of Swords is the main example that has been on my mind:
Biddy Tarot - "The problem at hand needs to be resolved using logic and intellect."
My Reading - "Opposing arguments have fought to a standstill. Logic alone cannot solve this problem."
How do you feel about this sort of thing? Is there a "correct" meaning for each card? Or is the measure of a correct reading how well it resonates with the seer, sitter, or querant? I realize that there are deeper Synchronicities between the cards and other forms of divination, and that an argument could be made for specific meanings in specific cards. But I guess I am more interested in the general case.
It really is such a crazy feeling to go from reading all by myself to being surrounded by so many others! Thanks so much for all of your thoughts.
I apologize in advance if this is a repeat. I couldn't find anything similar posted before, but if it has been done, I would love to read it Let me know.
I have been reading Tarot for 3 years, and feel comfortable with my deck and with reading for friends and acquaintances. But until just this week joining AT, I had never been in communion with others who had studied Tarot. It had just been my cards, my books, and me.
In this very brief amount of time, I have been struck by how some of the meanings that I have found in the cards seem to be something I picked up in my own private study that don't match especially closely with what the community at large reads. The 2 of Swords is the main example that has been on my mind:
Biddy Tarot - "The problem at hand needs to be resolved using logic and intellect."
My Reading - "Opposing arguments have fought to a standstill. Logic alone cannot solve this problem."
How do you feel about this sort of thing? Is there a "correct" meaning for each card? Or is the measure of a correct reading how well it resonates with the seer, sitter, or querant? I realize that there are deeper Synchronicities between the cards and other forms of divination, and that an argument could be made for specific meanings in specific cards. But I guess I am more interested in the general case.
It really is such a crazy feeling to go from reading all by myself to being surrounded by so many others! Thanks so much for all of your thoughts.