Trying to gain more insight...

[4illornil]

Hi all. I have just recently begun trying to understand Tarot and all of the vast meanings for each card. It seems no matter where I look, someone has deciphered the images in a different way. Today I pulled my own cards in the hopes of gaining more insight into a budding (or if not budding, at least slowly growing) romance with a man I have known

Comments

[gethenian]

If you're using a spread with set rules, the cards should always represent whatever position they are drawn in. Otherwise, it's not so much a reading as it is... you purposefully assigning a card to a position in order to give that position the meaning you WANT it to have. Which seems to me to defeat the purpose of using the cards in the first place

[4illornil]

Thanks for your response. I was just wondering about the spread that I used, as Judgement had come up as Obstacles/Conflict, and my book didn't explain how it could be considered in a negative light.

I had looked at a few beginner decks, but none of them really spoke to me. The deck that I bought is a little non-traditional in that it doesn't really show the meaning of the cards in the picture. What I meant was, I probably should have chose a deck that was more in the traditional style of Tarot so that the images would be more clear to me.

I feel that for this particular reading I was definitely in the right mindset. I have only pulled my cards a few times and had them really speak to me. This particular time, it's pretty obvious that they are trying to tell me something. Just having a little bit of trouble deciphering them based on the spread I used.

[thegreencall]

Part of reading the tarot is having a good question. Was this reading for yourself or man you're interested in having a romantic relationship with

[4illornil]

My question was basically, "Does he really have feelings for me?" but I also just concentrated on him and the situation as well. Your interpretation seems pretty accurate though! I am just trying to figure out whether it's referring to him getting burned in the past or me, because technically we both have. Also, he has burned me, so I guess it could refer to any of these situations.

Thanks very much for your advice :) It's funny that you said we should take it slow, as we had just talked the other day and I told him I'm in no rush to get into anything serious. Let's hope he's ready sooner rather than later :P