Do you use reversals?

Do you use reversals?

  • Yes, always

    Votes: 103 26.2%
  • No, never

    Votes: 131 33.3%
  • Sometimes

    Votes: 115 29.3%
  • Not yet (still learning)

    Votes: 44 11.2%

  • Total voters
    393

Owl Song

I don't use reversals.

For me personally, it doesn't make sense to "read" an upside down image. The imagery is so important. I want to interact with it, ponder over it, enjoy all the little details. Yes, you can flip a reversed card to take a closer look but it just feels wrong to me.

I use reversal "concepts" but I don't use reversed cards to get there. I believe all cards have many nuanced shades of meaning and degrees of significance. I look at spread positions, the context of the question, patterns, and themes. Tarot is a living language of symbols and each card "vibrates" along a wide spectrum of meanings and interpretations.

I don't think my way is "the right way." Every reader is different and everyone has to do what is comfortable for them.