Tarot: My Path, Decks, and Practice (Introductory)

Hi again 🙂

Now, as I promised to share my divination reflections and experience with you on Mondays, I’ve decided to make the introductory post on Tarot and everything connected to it. This is for you to get to know each other better and share some facts about MarvellousNightmare being a Tarot reader 😉

First of all, I’ve had a long interest in Tarot and magic in general, but started actively performing readings for others since 2010. Initially, I did this for people I knew, then there was an epoch of free consulting via the internet (remember the time of forums?), later I tried to establish my own reading business practice. Now, I treat it as my passion.

Even though my great-grandmother did classic card readings for people, and my mom performed something of this kind for her friends, no one really cared to teach me. I’m sincerely marveled when I learn that some people are led by hand by their parents or teachers, but I’ve learned it all myself from books (my favorite author, whom I also consider to be my teacher, is Hajo Banzhaf), forums (it was really very evolving to watch how very experienced people perform these readings, learning their unique tips and methods they developed for years, I picked a lot from them, they all are also my teachers), and of course, through very intensive practice. Because only practice shapes our unique path and practice. And each and every Reader has their own way and methods of work; there is no Universal one.

That is due to the fact that every act of divination is our own, peculiar, and unique way we create so we can talk with the Absolute. It’s about how we, personally, tune it. There are no identical ways of feeling things, no identical styles of writing or drawing, and no identical ways of reading. We can learn basics, but through practice, we shape it according to how it would work better for us. The most important thing is to feel comfortable and that it works for us and our clients.

I don’t only perform Tarot Readings; I also have a classic card deck, Lenormand deck, Elder Futhark Runes, and even my own chestnut oracle. Mostly, though, I use Tarot for readings because I have the most experience with it. This is the reason why I will also write mostly about Tarot practice in my posts about divination.

Nonetheless, it is important to remember that Tarot is not only about divination; it is a very powerful tool for magic(k), meditation, some religious practices, psychotherapy, and artistic work, and I will also write about that 🙂

I have six Tarot decks which I use in my practice. You’ll definitely become familiar with them, as I’m planning to make a separate post where I will write about each of them in a nutshell and share my experience and thoughts from the practice connected to it. In other words, I’ll write short reviews. I’ll also use them in my readings (I’m firmly planning to perform and share on my blog), so you’ll see them from every angle 🙂

But as for now, in short: The Classic Tarot (based on The Tarot of Marseilles), Thoth Tarot, Tarot of Dreams, The Mythic Tarot, The Pictorial Key Tarot, and Tarot Cats 🙂 Some of them you can see in the picture above (yes, it is my Tarot trunk, and I recently covered it with stars and constellations).

What else shall I write about my unique Tarot-related experience? Well… I use my own spreads mostly, and I often do so-called “free-style” spreads. I don’t use reversed card meanings, mostly due to the fact that I tend to rely not only on classical meanings but also on the pictures, the details shown in them, faces, poses, colors, everything. I feel that reversed position somewhat disturbs this connection (personal impression).

Additionally, there are complementary techniques that help to understand whether we have to deal with a positive or negative meaning of the card, even without reversed positions 🙂 I’m also safety obsessed, especially when it comes to protection, energy exchange, and becoming dependent on readings – you’ll also read a lot about that here 🙂

Well, I think that’s it. Do you have some experience with Tarot? Did you have a teacher or are you self-taught? What is the most important lesson you’ve learned? What topics would you like to read about and discuss? If you like to learn more Tarot and my experience connected to it, you’ll find it on Mondays 🙂

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