Well in my Experience and thoughts, I've been studying tarot for many yrs, I don't consider my self an expert or anything else, I found that with each new deck, it is creature lol of it own, and it will tell you how it likes to be read, read my link call tarot deck that have jobs.
http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=152673 as you can see by that alone, you will find a different meaning to the cards and how they work for you. Tarot is a visual aid to your soul/ intuitions / knowledge. So your always learning you'll never master it, if you did then you have mastered life, and your now God/higher power. there is nothing wrong with referring to books or other means to understand what the cards show you, to see the message your being giving by your soul. Understand your soul/intuition is always a mystery, so we a glimpse into that when we use tarot. as time goes by we change, we grow, so does the tarot, so what we thought a cards meant for one thing is very different for another. just when we think we have, bang tarot does something to through a learn curve ball in. Also what your soul/intuition will and always be different then someone else's there is a foundation already place to open the door, LWB once you have than your soul/intuition does the rest. everyone lives a different life, has different experience, have different levels of knowledge, therefore the tarot works different, it works in synchronizing with that individual. where they are, that doesn't make them a better reader than you.
I'll be back to add more thoughts later. love and peace
Edit example I have dyslecia, I have great difficulting reading and comphending what I read, let alone write or type , I spend more time editing my post thread then anyone I know, gramma, what grammer, speel that out to lunch as well. lol now I'm not going to edit this post any more just cuse what i see on screen is right, with lots of red underlining.
so i'm like tarot, image what it would be like for your to read my post or thread before i spend hrs editing nd editing them it would look to like some strang foren language, you;d be like what is saying, on the other i would know excatly what i was saying smiles
edit as you can know see you cinda figured it out what i'm ttyring to say
edit again another thought, always keep in mind that tarot card are just a piece of paper with a pretty picture on it, but what make that pretty picture come to life is your soul, so nobody is lacking the cards your lacking the understand of your soul, so you just learn to understand your soul at a different pace than at someelse pace, as said above, you will learn you but on your time and understanding level of yourself, this is the magick. now you could look at this way if we if we didn't use tarot as inner suide to the soul, we all be lock in the loonie bin.
edit again here I am going to give you an excercise please try and follow me it will test your soul and you your consciuoness now be prepare for a shocker so get yourself comfy
step don't use a tarot that you already use find one you've never touched
step two gather as many books as you can or internet with card meanings
step three ask that deck what a card means say what does the 9 of cups mean?
this were you have to ignor what you already know about the cards, what you taught yourself for it to mean.
step four lay down 1 card
he he you will mostly get a card and you will go WHAT no that not it, that can't be right
then go through your books etc looking up that card
this is the shocker point. this is where your soul speaks, this is what you will be connecting to, this how you will teach yourself to learn your soul, and your souls wisdom. The card you get will be dead on the money surprise. but at first yopu wont see it, then the light go ding ding. on.
step 6 if you wish to know more about that card and what your souls is telling you pull a clarifying card.
once you've done this a few times you wont feel that your lacking in reading, you may be scared/shyocked/OMgish wow.
I know I have experience this very resent I posted a thread here in the talking tarot section of the forum