intothemusic said:
this is a subject that really confuses me. there seem to be so many interpretations. i for the life of me cannot figure out if 2 of wands is good or bad! in playing cards it seems bad, in tarot its good. .anyone?
I tend to view the cards as a source of guidance, the way I use the tarot. As such, the interpretations I am comfortable with (my personal system, not the general concensus) would be to view all cards with a Light and Shadow aspect.
Meaning the cards show possibilities, we read both light and shadow in them to see the relevence to the situation but as everything relies on balance, to me there isn't a good or bad card in PC or the Tarot.
We often see the good or the bad, depending on several factors:
1) we want to see what we want to see;
2) we focus on seeing what we want to see, to the exclusion of either the light or the shadow aspect (focus on one, unaware of the other)
3) we look at one facet and not another (frontal view and not side or back profile) which limits our perception of the whole,
4) other reasons I'm sure the members of the forum can share on this thread..
As for methods or systems of usage, I found quite late into my Tarot studies that what's important is what I am comfortable with (within sound ethics of reading, of course) I am better able to deliver the messages without "me" getting in the way.
With a basic foundation I am able to function from, I can continue to build on my journey of learning to use the Tarot. My use of PC came about quite by accident and what I do with readings sometimes, I don't necessarily have a Tarot deck referal, just the basic energy of the card since PC doesn't come with pictures and get a feel of how the energies relate to each other.
It's when I get stuck with a PC card that I draw mental pictures from my Robin Wood deck.
Take care & hope this helps.
Ash