bonebeach
I think tarot can pick up on antisocial personality disorder cases just fine. Whether or not any particular READER can interpret that--ymmv. There's a lot of highly specific context to spotting that kind of thing.
Problem one is still using the term "sociopath." I'm never met someone who used that as their catchall term for APD like cases that could reliably spot one. It's not in the DSM, and neither is "psychopath," and there's reasons for that. It's not like the movies or TV or *cough* most of the stories you hear people tell. Frequently people are describing clinical narcissists, etc.
That said I'm not sure how I would spot APD with tarot, though I do have some other mental health specific associations.
ace of swords reversed + devil (upright or reversed) is my personal combo for eating disorders, especially of the restrictive type, which makes sense--it's an addictive behavior, mind over matter to the determent of the body, etc.
I have a friend who shows up as Justice reversed + the Sun reversed whenever he is or is about to go through a significant depressive episode.
Temperance reversed, repeatedly, for people where alcohol is a problem, which is one of those times tarot is so literal it would be funny if it wasn't sad.
Maaaybe the Magician reversed plus the Devil plus one of the sword courts for a high functioning APD case? King of swords reversed would be someone I looked at more closely if the other cards seemed to indicate the need for closer scrutiny.
I don't want to be That Guy in this thread, but a high functioning APD person isn't going to be easy to spot as one might think. The high functioning ones aren't flat at all, and are very, very hard to find out unless they want to be found out.
Problem one is still using the term "sociopath." I'm never met someone who used that as their catchall term for APD like cases that could reliably spot one. It's not in the DSM, and neither is "psychopath," and there's reasons for that. It's not like the movies or TV or *cough* most of the stories you hear people tell. Frequently people are describing clinical narcissists, etc.
That said I'm not sure how I would spot APD with tarot, though I do have some other mental health specific associations.
ace of swords reversed + devil (upright or reversed) is my personal combo for eating disorders, especially of the restrictive type, which makes sense--it's an addictive behavior, mind over matter to the determent of the body, etc.
I have a friend who shows up as Justice reversed + the Sun reversed whenever he is or is about to go through a significant depressive episode.
Temperance reversed, repeatedly, for people where alcohol is a problem, which is one of those times tarot is so literal it would be funny if it wasn't sad.
Maaaybe the Magician reversed plus the Devil plus one of the sword courts for a high functioning APD case? King of swords reversed would be someone I looked at more closely if the other cards seemed to indicate the need for closer scrutiny.
I don't want to be That Guy in this thread, but a high functioning APD person isn't going to be easy to spot as one might think. The high functioning ones aren't flat at all, and are very, very hard to find out unless they want to be found out.