Psychics and Tarot cards-has a psychic used regular game cards instead of Tarot?

Question

Hi,

I went to a reputable psychic and instead of taro cards she layed out regular deck cards ..anybody heard of this and how does it work??

thanks

Answer 1

The deck of playing cards is actually based on the tarot deck. It works via the same principle. Hearts are cups (emotions), spades are swords (action communication), diamonds are pentacles (money), clubs are rods (creativity communication)...kings, queens, are the same, and then each number represents the rest, like the major arcana, knights, pages/princess. I haven't used this in a long, long time, but I do remember that much. You can read up on it. They have books at the Wicca shops, sometimes natural food stores have books like this too.

Answer 2

The cards represent ideas and foci to the reader, which are then interpreted based on where they lay in the pattern that was placed for the querent. Therefore, any set of cards with which the reader is familiar will work for him/her. Many readers will use Tarot because the cards usually have pictures that the querent (person for whom the reading is being done) can also identify with, respond to, and understand at a glance. Some readers are particular about the querent receiving information from them directly, rather than having the querent attempt to read or understand the cards being used, so will use either an eclectic Tarot deck or "regular" playing cards.

Answer 3

OK, I read Tarot so I just GOT to answer this question. ;-) Its important, I think, to understand just how card decks developed. A few hundred years ago cards came into being as teaching tools, as art work, as a gaming device, what ever. As cards developed and became more formally structured the deck evolved into a grouping of 78 cards, divided into two sections. That's how most Tarot decks break down, two sections. These are ... The Major Arcana, or major mysteries & The Minor Arcana, or minor mysteries. The Major Arcana are often used by themselves for certain readings, dealing as they do with what's considered aspects of life pertaining to major Universal principles. For this reason they are often thought of as very powerful. People being what they are, and often as not what they are is superstitious, a few hundred years ago folks were afraid of the Major Arcana. As card games developed they used that portion of the deck that deals with more mundane issues, which portion is the Minor Arcana. It was not as "powerful" and so it was safe to play with. The so called Poker deck actually developed from THAT part of the Tarot. So you see, what you think of as a seperate deck of just plain old playing cards is really a part of the Tarot deck. And there are lots of different types of Tarot decks. Most have two sections totaling 78 cards, but not all. I have one complete Tarot deck that consists of 36 cards. Its about 150 years old. I have another that I "invented" that has 54 cards in it. I have another that has 82. If you know what you're doing with the cards you can pretty much use any deck. Anyway, all of this is just my opinion based on my own studies and how I work with the cards. I'm sure other readers might disagree with certain points, and that's OK too. But, for what its worth, maybe this added little bit of info helped. ~ Peace & Blessings ~

Answer 4

It works very similar and it is not unheard of.

There a couple of different ways to read cards. From what I understand, using the standard deck actually is associated with the psychic way in which the reader actually gets the ideas through the cards and comes up with her own meanings for the cards each time it is placed

Where as the tarot cards is a slightly different form of divination in that each card has a general set of meanings and when combined create a personalized prediction for the subject at hand.

I hope this is not confusing and is helpful.

Answer 5

There are a few readers that use playing cards instead of the tarot. I believe that each card has a specific meaning just like a tarot deck.

Answer 6

Cartomancy: Similar to Tarot Card reading only Cartomancy is using a traditional deck of PLAYING cards not Tarot cards.

Answer 7

Regular playing cards are derived from Tarot cards. So they can be used in a similar fashion.

Answer 8

best hand wins..... they take your money ... you go home broke, .. just like any card game .....next time , insist on checkers.