tarot readers.....?

Question

has anyone had much experience using the Gothic tarot deck by Joe Vargas? I am breaking one in and thought it would be hard to deal with because some of the images don't corrospond to the Rider deck but surprisingly it has proven to be easy to transfer the meanings. What are your experiences?

Conny dear if I had wanted opinions on whether or not Tarot was real I would have asked that. I am not talking to you about that. I happen to believe in them and you are disrespecting my personal beliefs not to mention some of my religious views on the subject. Are you religious hon? If so then I would think that perhaps you would be more careful about disrespecting others in that area. But if you are one of the arrogant ones I suppose you just don't care.... PLease go back to where ever you came from and leave us who are peacefully believing what we do, alone.....It would be greatly appreciated!!!!

Ahh... Wizard... I see that you are possessed by the sarcasm demon as well....but not the wisdom demon....Hummm.... that is strange. Beware of assumtions my ghost busting friend...they tend to make one's life unpredictable at best...

Answer 1

Oh, yes! I have the Gothic tarot deck by Joe Vargas. :) It's awesome, isn't it... I had no trouble "transferring" meanings to this deck, but this is specifically because each of my decks have their own quirks and symbolisms. I don't generally go by a "book" meaning on any of my decks, but instead I supplement my own intuitive understandings of each deck with the LWB's and any supplemental texts that come with the decks if there are any. Thus, if I'm doing a reading, and everything I "know" a particular card to "mean" within my own framework of understanding isn't working in the reading, I might consult the supplemental text or the LWB that came with that deck specifically, and I may also research my library of general tarot books for ideas and connections I may not be seeing "right off hand". If I still can't find some hint of possible meaning, I will then sit with that reading spread for several days off and on when I have the time to contemplate them, and sooner or later I get that "Ah-ha!" moment of another "side" to what I understand the troublesome card to mean. That's the fun in learning and growing with tarot though, eh? ;)

Answer 2

I have two decks. I learned on the Aquarian tarot. It was a good deck that took a little getting used to. The images were quite different in quite a few cases. I use that deck mostly for tarot spells now. The deck I use for readings is the Robin Wood deck. Most of the images are very familiar and many of the (happy) cards simply make you smile! I've freaked people out with my readings. I am evidently very accurate, even when I have no idea what the reading is. Everything I tell others, they understand.

Answer 3

BEWARE!

These are the original Egyptian Tarot cards from which so many other Tarot decks derived.

http://www.vopus.org/en/content/view/345/132/

They are sacred and we are not allowed to ask any unserious question(like "how will be the weather tomorrow", "am I beautiful or not", yes-no questions,etc.); the question must be serious(for example "why don't I get a job yet?", "what can I do to solve my family problem?","why I still can't find my soulmate",etc.). Also they must be sanctified before use, not letting others touch them(they'll lose accuracy since they will be charged with your energy), make some prayers before asking the Tarot, asking our Inner Father(the Divine within us to answer our question through the cards- the cards don't give an answer on their own, it's our inner Being that gives the answer through them), we must cense them before asking, sitting in a protective circle and so on.

Tarot cards are very attacked by Demons that is why we need to be careful not to use Tarot cards that you can find at any store, that are just derived from the originals and need to perform some protection stuff before using them. Cards being attacked by Demons=> attacking us too, our minds of course(I remember 2 dreams where one made incantations to my mind and I had to burn the cards).

Answer 4

well, I have never had that problem, cuz i have used only two decks, a dragon one and another one. Both were easy for me to use. never knew there were that many deck types out there.

Answer 5

if a deck calls to you and you connect. reading with them should be no problem. no matter what deck you learned on.

Answer 6

Prairie Crone. That's a good name.Your a Witch, and yet you use the Tarot.That is strange.You rely on Fortune Telling cards, and not spells.Your welcome, I hope you don't read for yourself? It's easy to be fooled with the Tarot> But Heh! It's your mind so far.

Answer 7

Tarot cards are so phony!!!! They are not real. It's all a joke!!!