How I Connect With The Cards...
The Way I Connect with the Cards, the messages as individuals for each
person. Knowing that each person is so different from another...
I understand that everyone is different, All Readers read differently. They
may use tools or no tools .
They may use Cards, Runes, I-Ching, Tea-leaves, palms and crystals.. You may
even find a reader that connects with jewelry. There are so many ways a
reader will read for a client.
Even card readers read differently from each other, Some use Tarot, Oracle,
or even Lenormand Cards, Others will use playing cards, they use specifically
for Readings. You may find some readers read the cards to set meanings and
others use them as Gateways to connect with their Spirit Guide to receive
individual messages. There is no One
Correct way. There are no blanket rules in regards to how a reader should
read. You may find some readers connect
to the Angels and Archangels before and during the reading.
You may find Tarot and other Card
readings similar to a Clairvoyant... If you want to speak to those who have
passed a Medium is someone you should visit.
Be aware of who you visit during those times as you may be feeling
vulnerable and need someone who is clear about their Connection to Spirit.
Now for me personally I love working
with the cards, I work with a variety of Tarot, Oracle and Lenormand cards on
different levels.. When I work with
Cartomancy (Playing Cards) I connect with them similar as I do with Tarot...
Giving me clear basic Traditional Tarot meanings... Numbers and Suit
representations... I will find that while I keep talking I am shown a Tarot
card from any of the decks I do work with and symbols, colours, characters,
images will stand out to give me further insight so the reading develops into
something further...
Oh I do get ranbling and you may find the info not in order but working
through the thoughts I have re the way I do readings...
Let me begin;
If I am reading for myself ... I begin to inhale, exhale slowly... Ask for
Guidance from My Spirit Guide (this is someone I have worked with for a very
long time in doing my Readings) ... I
take the cards and shuffle... My space is set with crystals, tealight,
essential oil or incense, cloth and cards (Not necessary but assists (The Key)
to awakening to Open to receive the messages)
I then slowly allow myself to choose the required number of cards
depends on the spread... (if any have jumped or flipped during shuffling I have
already put them aside ready to lay out and to be looked of after I have laid
out the cards. ) I lay out the cards in
the required Spread. Take my Journal and write up the Date, the deck used, the
spread and it's positions, I continue to write down each card and it's initial
thoughts....I look at the cards overall and write down my overall impression of
the reading.
Then I go back and continue adding notes to the reading until I feel I am
complete at this time, leaving space so I can add notes as extra info come to
me during the day, week or month.
Depending on the spread I used.
When I am complete and I have gathered the cards back into the deck I
always remember to Thank my Spirit Guide for Guidance and Love given during
this time...
If I work with Angel cards I also remember to thank the Angels and
Archangels for guidance and love given during this reading.
Now Reading for someone else, and entirely different process depending on
email or face to face readings ....
Email readings- to connect I prefer working with the Clients Name (can be
net ID instead) and a Birth date- that
allows me to connect to the Life Path Tarot Card... (That I will discuss in
further detail in another Blog) .... I need to be in a real good space, quiet,
candles, essential oils or incense, crystals and feeling at one with the
Client's energy... I let myself be guided to what deck and which spread to work
with and I let myself be guided to each card.. I let the energy flow within.
Once the cards have been laid out and notes written about each card.. it
can take over an hour to do a quick and simple spread because i find myself
going into great depth with each card. and giving the Querant all that I can
share with them, The information I get may not always lie in the cards as I
find the cards are gateways (doors) to information lying beyond the surface of
the imagery... It takes me further beyond the card.... Once I am happy with all
the information received I will retype and tidy up the information with images
and a summary of the reading overall.... then I will finally send through the
reading in pdf format.
Face to Face readings.. This is not always a quick process. I tried many
times to do quick 5-10 minute readings by limiting my cards to 3-5 cards but
once i begin to talk about each card and bringing it all together and adding
info I received from My Spirit Guide Most readings ended up more like 20- 30
minutes minimum. I begin the readings
by making sure my space is ready with Crystals, incense or essential oil, my
cards ready, cleansed, consecrated from the previous reading. ( I will discuss in another Blog how I
cleanse and Consecrate my decks between readings) ... I shuffle connecting to My Spirit Guide, the
Angels and Archangels, The Goddesses and to those who have passed
(occasionally messages will come through- I will not share them unless they
are very specific messages.) Any cards
that have flipped or jumped are laid to one side, face down. I give the pack to
the Client (Querant) Each time can be
completely different, each deck different.
The Client may shuffle or choose from a fanned deck in front of them.
they may feel their way through the cards with personal sensations ... each
client is individual and I find I am guided to offer the Client a personalized
way to choose the cards. Once the
required number of cards depending on the number I have been given (from My Spirit Guide) I will then
proceed to lay them out in a spread.
I will then turn each card over and share the information, my initial
thoughts with the client about each card as individuals then how they connect..
sometimes I will say things that seem irrelevant to that particular card but
them after turning several cards we realize why I actually said what I did, I
had already been given the message before I saw the message physically... I
did see it but not with my physical
eyes. I keep sharing the information
until I am told it is completed... I
may use one deck or I may use several decks depending on what is needed...
(One thing I think is really valuable here- a price has already been discussed with the
Client and agreed upon- if i choose to go over the agreed time that is my
choice, not my clients so I do not charge them more than the already agreed
fee. The only time more is charged if the client then asks for more info and
more time and offers to pay extra ... it
is agreed before I continue... Very important to establish an agreement (a
verbal contract) before doing the reading. It keep things very clear. The
Client knows what they are paying with no unexpected surprises.. Many times I will take the fee before the
reading so the client then can relax and not worry whether I will charge more
if I go over allotted time agreed. I
choose whether to give the client more time or not... When I have completed the
reading and the Client has left I then Thank my Guide, The Angels and
Archangels and thank the Loved one for the messages and Guidance at this
time...
These are three ways I conduct my readings with Cards. I find they are
tools to awakening doorways into another World, another Realm for me.. I hear
normally from my right side but occasionally someone will speak on my
left. I will see images, symbols,
colours and occasionally I will smell and taste things in a reading.. There is
no set rules, each reading is completely different , even the same cards can create a completely
different reading.
Hope this Blog gives you some Food for thought.. When I mentor someone to
learn to read Tarot I ask them to intuitively read the cards. do not memorize
each meaning but give yourself an understanding of each card as individuals,
knowing each person you read for is not the same as the last person you read
for... so no two readings can completely be worded the same ...
Look forward to writing more articles for you.. More interesting Blogs ..
Blessed Be! ...
HeKate's Crossing...
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