Grizabella
I don't usually use reversals but sometimes I do. If I do, then I usually see the reversed cards as being blockages of energy or, with the Courts, I read them as the negative side of whatever the Court card is---like what the King of Coins is like on a bad day, for instance.
The other day, though, Barleywine posted that Arthur Waite (I think it was) said that a reversed card referred back to the last card drawn just before the reversed one. I've forgotten the exact details, but that seems like a reasonable way to read them. Maybe Barleywine will come back to this thread and tell us what it was he said in that other thread.
At any rate, if I do use reversals in a reading, I go back through the deck after the reading and upright all the reversed cards. That way I have a fresh start with the deck next time I read with it. If I decide again that I want to use reversals, I just reverse part of the deck while shuffling.
The other day, though, Barleywine posted that Arthur Waite (I think it was) said that a reversed card referred back to the last card drawn just before the reversed one. I've forgotten the exact details, but that seems like a reasonable way to read them. Maybe Barleywine will come back to this thread and tell us what it was he said in that other thread.
At any rate, if I do use reversals in a reading, I go back through the deck after the reading and upright all the reversed cards. That way I have a fresh start with the deck next time I read with it. If I decide again that I want to use reversals, I just reverse part of the deck while shuffling.