lawguy51
I've always had two issues with using reversals, and I have recently solved both. Firstly, if you have reversed cards in your deck, which end is up, i.e., what is the top of the deck and what is the bottom? With an upright deck, you would instantly know if you had inadvertantly reversed the deck. Secondly, how long should those reversed cards stay in the deck as reversed? If you don't do some sort of maintenance, some cards will just stay reversed. Both of these issues probably don't bug most people but they both bug me. So, recently, I've done as others have suggested, I cut the deck in three and make the middle pile quite small, maybe 10 to 15 cards. Those I reverse and spread through the deck so that they comprise a minority and there can be no confusion as to which way the deck should go. The second thing I do, because I do a daily spread, is, every Monday morning I remove all of the reversed cards and re-insert new ones into the deck. Also, if a reversed card comes up during the week, I put it back into the deck upright. Am I anal or what!!! I still don't love using reversed cards but I'm trying to expand my abilities to read the cards.
Lawguy51
Lawguy51