Rhinemaiden
Is this the Playing Card Oracle you're talking about: http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/cards/playing-card-oracles/ ?
CountryMouse
Yes, that's the one!
Is this the Playing Card Oracle you're talking about: http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/cards/playing-card-oracles/ ?
CountryMouse
Yes, that's the one!
Most people who don't understand that Tarot is a philosophical tool, come to a reader (at least in my community) with a problem or a dilemma, or a set of them, and they often don't want to tell you what it is (like the person who goes to the doctor and doesn't tell them the symptoms).
So for the majority of my clients my approach is to look for strengths and weaknesses, opportunities and pitfalls, and then for suggestions as to how they can make the most of the positives and avoid or prepare for the negatives.
If a person arrives tense and leaves relieved, I feel I have been useful and I have done my job. I don't have to get deep every time, and I don't have to stay on the one track. I also feel that I cannot actually tell a client what to do in a given situation in their life: even if there is an obvious course of action, I can only recommend it and point out that any actual decision-making in their lives has to be done by them, not by me.
I usually go with a 3 card draw with Oracles to give me a feel for things that are going on. If/when a card or cards hit on something profound or particularly intriguing in my life at the time, I may draw one or two more cards depending on what is "said" to allow for a better or more complete understanding of the "story" it is discussing with me. It's kind of interactive, if I feel the deck has more to say about something, I draw more cards, giving it a chance to tell the whole story or bigger picture.
When you are drawing further cards beyond the initial 3 cards, do you shuffle in between? Or how do you do that?
Thanks!
CountryMouse