What to do with that card in the reading that Stumps you?
Using another deck (or three) during a reading for reference can really expand your reading.
Most of you don’t need an excuse for getting another tarot deck, but are you maximizing your reading experience by pulling those other decks out?
There are times when a card doesn’t seem to “fit” in a reading. Maybe you aren’t that familiar with a card or you just can’t conceptualize it’s meaning with the reading at hand.
Before you draw a clarifying card
Another card tends to leave me wondering if I missed the message I was supposed to get? LOL
Just because one image isn’t speaking doesn’t mean that another won’t. Try pulling the same card from another deck, preferably one you know less. This way, what you think you know get’s out of the way
Take a look at Chris Anne’s the Light Seers Tarot the Queen of Swords. This is a fairly traditional Rider Waite Smith representation of her, facing away, sword in hand, the air element represented by her blowing hair, and she appears to be contemplating something.
Now see what happens when you pull out a contrasting deck? This Queen of Swords is from the Golden Universal Tarot.
What are the first things you notice? I see that she is facing me, her sword is raised, her sense of royalty feels palpable with that golden halo, and her eyes are closed.
She seems to me to be projecting her will out into the world with her outstretched hand, as opposed to Chris Anne’s queen who seems as though her energy is pulled inside in contemplation.
I love that that they both have water in the background giving a sense of flow.
Use Contrast to spur fresh thought
Don’t think of the contrast as contradictory. This is your reading. Allow the pictures to play on your mind and expand your thoughts. By trusting yourself, you allow the symbolism to connect to you personally.
Try placing the cards side by side and see what speaks the most to you? What challenges you most? What says yes?
Not every symbol in a card is for you in the reading that you have sat down to! It’s ok to let it go if it doesn’t fit.
In my opinion, what matters is that we sit down to read and do so with a curious mind.
Tell me what you think?
