Interesting techniques...

[Don]

Some of the different things I've read on Tarot and different techniques are beyond interesting. One lady doesn't do spreads... she just tosses some number of cards and how they land, they land.

Like Bea, she doesn't do reversals. She thinks they're distracting and hard to read ;) ... she has the perfect solution. Put all your cards in your deck face up. :)

p.s. I gotta think tossing cards also makes them hard to read.

[Pam]

Yep, everyone has their own process that they're comfortable with. Some people won't let others touch their cards, some insist the querent shuffles, or some insist the querent only cut the cards.

I've seen hundreds of spreads, and I think we mentioned here recently, a spread that uses the entire deck. I wonder how long THAT takes to read?

A lady I knew laid out 3 rows of 12 cards each (past/present/future) but didn't read the cards themselves, she just glanced over them and started telling stories either related or unrelated to the cards themselves.

We all end up with our own "way" of doing it :)

[starlasue]

p.s. I gotta think tossing cards also makes them hard to read.

Don - especially if they land upside down! :laff2:

I am fairly consistent with how I draw my Medicine Cards, but vary it from time to time. And I will ask the the querent to cut the cards (or maybe shuffle) and every once in a great while I let them pick their cards if they want (and I feel the energy is right). I prefer to pull the cards myself but am open to letting them do it if they really want to. Mostly I trust the process.

And after someone else touches or works my cards, if it seems necessary, I 'clean' them with some meditation and energy work. The critters let me know what they need.

I find even with the Medicine Cards sometimes the contrary (reverse) positions can be hard to read too, but that has become easier with practice. It can shed some different perspective to the read.