Tarot Reading

[ButchDandy]

Heyo All! Are there any other tarot readers here? I'd love to hear about your fav books and decks. Of late I've been really into historical tarots so I've been reading with the Jacque Vieville tarot (a very quirky deck) and a reproduction of the soprafino tarot. What's some of y'alls fav decks?

[fablefound]

heya! i'm actually trying to get back into reading tarot again... just as a little self-reflection, grounding practice, and because of the circumstances of how i got my deck haha.
i have a swiss/jj deck from the 70s, which my grandmother gave me around my 20th birthday. she said it was too powerful for her liking, and always gave her bad readings... and then proceded to give it to lil ol' me  i find it's brutally honest at times but still, i really enjoy just pulling a card a day as part of my routine.

[ThunderPerfectWitchcraft]

I'm not serious reader, but an enthusiast. For me, Tarot is the Toth Tarot deck all along - I currently try to create a Pen&Paper system around it -, albeit I see that the Rider-Wait set has a charm of its own. And yes there are beautiful old sets, and the Soprafino one looks great :) - are you aware of the Sola Busca one?

My parents have also some sets at home; only last Christmas, my father showed me a set of cards called "Lenormand" and a set of cards with a highly problematic name (as it contains a derogatory slur against Romani people) that originated in Vienna at the end of the 19th-century - both were clearly products of the upcoming commercialized mass culture (much more than the two decks mentioned above that were created by somewhat reputable occultists), but the passed time also gives them a unique attraction - on top, especially the latter deck had some rather funny cards:


There is a nice little story on the German Wikipedia regarding Tarot:
When the Egyptians noticed that their empire was in decline, they discussed a way to preserve their knowledge, but nothing seemed enduring enough for them: For any language and culture would fall into oblivion after some time, paper would rot, and even painted or carved stones would eventually crumble. Searching for something that would never fade, they realized that the only thing in the world that would certainly exist as long as mankind was there was vice - and so they decided to entrust their wisdom to it.

[cute]

I read tarot and I make decks too ^O^
If you look up cutetarot.com that's me
I've been reading for 10+ years but I favor cute, minimalist art over complex stuff, just in my personal collection

[Bede]

I like to read tarot -- mostly for other people! I only have one deck, which is the The Zenned Out Journey Tarot. I'd like to purchase another deck one day, but I definitely don't need to get into collecting them or anything. (I already have enough expensive collection hobbies, lol)

[BlazingCobaltX]

I started reading because my best friend got into it, and she had a really good friend that is extemely skilled at reading. I was apprehensive about the whole tarot thing (my mind goes to probabilities and confirmation biases), but after getting quite the exposing reading once I had to admit that something was going on. I picked up a Rider-Waite deck and shuffle from time to time. I'm not the strongest reader and still need to consult the internet a lot. I'm actually looking for a physical book to have with me while doing readings. And though it can be fun, I'm always afraid of getting a reading I really don't want. Reading for others is much easier.

[windit]

I love tarot cards. I love them so much. I have been reading since I was a teenager and I'm 35 now. I started reading for friends before I learned how to read for myself, which was a very funny pathway. As I get older I get more interested in the history of the cards than in using them for divination or introspection, but I'd like to get back into a semi-regular habit. I have a 4-card 'day ahead' spread that I sometimes do in the morning, and during periods of time when I read often I definitely feel that I get into conversation with the cards. They can be brutal though huh 

I have to shout out to this website: learntarot.com , I've scoured so many different books and sites over the years but her card interpretations are the ones I keep coming back to (and I know you indie web peeps are going to LOVE the timeless web design!!). I just last year tracked down a copy of her book - The Big Book of Tarot by Joan Bunning - so that I can have the interpretations readily to hand.

Does anyone have a favourite card? I have The Tower and The Star tattooed on my legs, and could talk about The Tower especially for days and days. I find change and lack of control (and being wrong!) to be negative and bad, so embracing this card positively is an ongoing way to try and be okay with those things, which are CONSTANTLY happening in this goddamn life. I eventually realised I needed to balance it out with a little of The Star.

I have about 6 decks, I pick them up here and there and have been gifted or traded quite a few over the years, so I try to gift-on decks when I get too many. It's tempting to collect, but I prefer to have them in use, so if I'm going years without touching a deck it's time to pass it on.

I have a couple of quite old Italian decks, but also a neo-pagan 'wiccan' one from the 90s which is VERY 90s, all women with high-waisted jeans and ponytails in rider-waite-esque scenarios. Some people love it, I like to let people choose what deck they want to be read from.

@cute I am checking out your website rn, cool!!

[windit]

Hello, I am jumping into this thread again with a GUILD SUGGESTION - I think it's time for a Tarot Readers Guild!

To make it practice-based I was thinking of stealing the concept of the 'wednesday website club' and naming it:

Tuesday Tarot Club (?)
Tuesday Tarot ... Tavern (?)

Pls help me make alliteration work.

With the intention being that members do a reading once a week and share about it within the guild. Does this sound good? Any other ideas for guild purpose?

xx

[BlazingCobaltX]

Hello, I am jumping into this thread again with a GUILD SUGGESTION - I think it's time for a Tarot Readers Guild!

To make it practice-based I was thinking of stealing the concept of the 'wednesday website club' and naming it:

Tuesday Tarot Club (?)
Tuesday Tarot ... Tavern (?)

Pls help me make alliteration work.

With the intention being that members do a reading once a week and share about it within the guild. Does this sound good? Any other ideas for guild purpose?

That would be really cute so I'm in. I think Tuesday Tarot Tavern is the best possible alliteration here.

And thanks for mentioning The Big Book of Tarot. With the amount of web consulting I do during each reading I feel the need to have some offline reference too. Mileages may vary but I find the interpretations to Labyrinthos Academy quite good too.

[torrent-empress]

Hello, I am jumping into this thread again with a GUILD SUGGESTION - I think it's time for a Tarot Readers Guild!

To make it practice-based I was thinking of stealing the concept of the 'wednesday website club' and naming it:

Tuesday Tarot Club (?)
Tuesday Tarot ... Tavern (?)

Pls help me make alliteration work.

With the intention being that members do a reading once a week and share about it within the guild. Does this sound good? Any other ideas for guild purpose?

xx

I'd love to! I have been getting far more deep into my traditional astrology practice but I've been a tarot reader since I was 17... I'm 31 now, and my mother has also read for most of her life. I love the idea of sharing as I'm working on a tarot project for work.

Heyo All! Are there any other tarot readers here? I'd love to hear about your fav books and decks. Of late I've been really into historical tarots so I've been reading with the Jacque Vieville tarot (a very quirky deck) and a reproduction of the soprafino tarot. What's some of y'alls fav decks?

I have about 7 decks, All are Rider Waite decks as I'm not a fan of Thoth decks (or Crowley in general) and I have an oracle deck. I love the system of tarot and the symbolism. My most recent deck is a very beautiful Sailor Moon fan-made deck that's sooo gorgeous, but I also have the Shadowscapes, Welcome to Nightvale deck, Dungeons & dragons deck. A few more. I love how every deck seems to have its own "voice" but I will say this particular Sailor Moon deck really wow'd me.

That would be really cute so I'm in. I think Tuesday Tarot Tavern is the best possible alliteration here.

And thanks for mentioning The Big Book of Tarot. With the amount of web consulting I do during each reading I feel the need to have some offline reference too. Mileages may vary but I find the interpretations to Labyrinthos Academy quite good too.

I looove Labyrinthos too!

[windit]

@torrent-empress The guild exists! Come join us!

[MrsMoe]

I've always wanted to get into tarot reading (even though I'm DEEPLY unsure if I think they're legit or not), but my trouble is that I have no idea how to tell which cards I should be picking. I get that you're supposed to shuffle them and maybe pick them at random, but I terrible at doing things randomly. I don't even understand what people mean by sensing "energy" for the right cards. In general, I'm not good at instinctual sixth sense stuff like that because they don't occur to me. I probably have a very simple understanding of it and for that, I apologize.

[torrent-empress]

I've always wanted to get into tarot reading (even though I'm DEEPLY unsure if I think they're legit or not), but my trouble is that I have no idea how to tell which cards I should be picking. I get that you're supposed to shuffle them and maybe pick them at random, but I terrible at doing things randomly. I don't even understand what people mean by sensing "energy" for the right cards. In general, I'm not good at instinctual sixth sense stuff like that because they don't occur to me. I probably have a very simple understanding of it and for that, I apologize.

I'm a pretty long time tarot reader, worked professionally in it and just wanna say you're under no obligation to use them as a divination system. There's lots of people that just them as a practice in self-reflection, you can totally just pull cards and like, think about them in terms of how the themes and imagery fit into your life and make you feel. Can be good if you're into Jungian psychology (Jung's archetypes are based on tarot - the major arcana). You could just not be into the divination part which is fine.