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T O P I C R E V I E Wfuture_uncertainI have books and cards, but never spent as much time with them as I wanted to. I think I have a weird reason:The cards scare me. These are simple Ryder-Waite decks (excuse my spelling if it's off), so it's not the images that are frightening. I use online tarot reading generators and I have requested readings here before and that does not scare me. I've had readings done in person and this doesn't bother me at all. I feel like there is something between me and Tarot cards personally. If there is a "buffer" I feel alright, but otherwise, I find it to be a slightly disturbing experience.I feel embarrassed to mention this because I'm a pretty open-minded person and I've been persuing these types of things my entire life, so it's not new to me. But I wanted to say something just on the off chance someone could relate or explain.Thank you. whiterabbithi, futureSome will tell you they are just cards, nothing important materially and that it's the meaning and messages and symbols within them that are important and powerful. I, however, disagree with that perspective. I feel them as powerful objects, and when inanimate objects are powerful and feel alive, it can often be a somewhat disconcerting experience.Sometimes when I keep them under my pillow I have very powerful dreams- and I think others on here have mentioned that effect. But- a good rule is, if it makes you uncomfortable then don't force yourself to use them. Maybe you are not ready, for some reason? Or you need to take a break from them? Perhaps cosmic consciousness is telling you to seek answers within for the time being? Just musing.Have you always felt this way about them? future_uncertainThanks for your reply,whiterabbit. Yes, I have always felt this way. When I first started using them I was younger, so that apprehension was part of thy mystical experience for me. But now I don't plow right into it anymore.I still use them from time to time, just haven't had the chance to get very good at it because I don't use them very often.I, like you, feel like the cards are alive, or at least there is a very real and dynamic energy about them.I think a lot of it is that I don't want to accidentally use them incorrectly. I get very powerful intuitive "readings" when I use them, but they don't usually match up with the traditional meanings I find in books. That could be what concerns me the most.Thanks again, and if anyone else has more to add, I'm all ears.Thank you sue gI have had this discussion with people before and feel if you are in any way frightened of the cards,,,,leave well alone.....I have seen extremely powerful and strong messages in my cards which, for some, would have had a very negative effect. In January I did a reading and saw a disaster coming to me and within a couple of weeks our house caught on fire....it took me a long time to recover......nobody was hurt thank God, but the fact that I I saw it in the cards, very unnerving in a way...but then again I always did have a very curious and probing mind!!!I am at a stage in my life where I think most things thrown at me could be handled...since having a near death experience, everything else seems like chickenfeed LOLJust be careful girl, if things are gonna play on your mind, I would leave well alone for now.......in a few months/years time you may feel differently/Good luck Sue xxfuture_uncertainThank you, Sue.I don't think that's what I was hoping to hear, or at the very least, I recognize a feeling of disappointment at these words. You have supported what I already felt was true. Hopefully in time it will pass. I would like to be more involved with this.Thank you again and always for your input. Always appreciated! Thanks again to you, too, whiterabbit. BlackRabbitfuture_uncertain, oh no no no no no no no by NO means give up on tarot just because a few tarot decks a creepy/scary. I totally understand how you feel some tarot decks freak me out too, like the dante tarot, for the love of god never ever....well let just say nightmares will flow forth as if produced from the horn of plenty.My view is get the right deck for you, and you will enjoy the tarot, its important to have an instant attraction to your tarot deck. reading the card with a deck your not connected to is like dating some one your indiferent to, its just not going to work out. you need to feel pulled in by your deck, it needs to pull on your heart strings. There are several decks that are cute if not down right funny! I'll list a few and tell me what you think, OK *****first the insanely expensive ones*****The Hello Tarot (a cuter tarot you'll never find) $ ebay around $200Hello Kitty Tarot pics more picsLes Chats (ebay $82.50)the death card is a skeleton so that may still creep you outhttp://www.themysticeye.com/pics/leschats.htm The Dreaming in Color Tarothttp://www.themysticeye.com/pics/dreamcolor.htm The Stick Figure Tarot ($850.)(this onw will make you laugh, the 10 of swords is hysterical!)http://www.themysticeye.com/pics/stick.htm Where you can buy the deck ---------------------------------------------------------*****for the inexpensive ones*****The Housewife's Tarot (about $15) The housewife's Tarot PicsWhere you can buy The Housewife's Tarot Cat's World Tarot ($25) I think it can be reorderd from the tarot garden."only 22 cards" Cat's World Tarot Pics Cat's World Tarot Pics Where you can buy the Cat's World Tarot Tarot Art Nouveau ($20)Tarot Art Nouveau Pics Tarot Art Nouveau reviewThis is where you can buy the deck The Art of Tarot (new & used for sale at amazon)The Art of Tarot Pics REVIEWwhere you can buy The Art of Tarot Fall-e-Hafez(makes me drool, I want this deckFall-e-Hafez Pics DetailsWhere you can buy the deckTarot Nova Miniature Tarot Nova PicsWhere you can buy the deck Inner Child Cards($35)Inner Child Cards PicsWhere you can buy the deck Lunatic Tarot($45) Where you can buy Lunatic TarotLunatic Tarot PicsLunatic Tarot Pics Victorian Romantic TarotVictorian Romantic Tarot PicsVictorian Flower OracleVictorian Flower Oracle PicsHarmonious TarotHarmonious TarotGummy Bear TarotBummy Bear Tarot PicsGeminiLover75I have this feeling too (where I don't mind using an online tarot or if someone does a reading for me every now and then, but I don't want to get too "close") and I think Sue gave excellent advice. I do believe they are like living things, and my imagination/visualisation abilities are very good, plus I think it's easy for me to "tap in" to certain things if I so wish... AND I get very anxious about any potential bad news... When I was in the crystal shop the other week and my upper chakras got stimulated by a danburite point, my third eye was being pulled by the tarot cards. I picked up two or three different decks and felt the pull. But I don't want to go there. The only cards I've ever played with were some crystal cards that are called the Crystal Oracle. I was comfortable with those. At the shop the other week I felt safer with some cards that featured saints and angels, as opposed to any "regular" cards or the Aleister Crowley deck (which seems to want me, but I don't want it! I'm sooo not comfortable with that guy, but morbidly curious I guess. :-| )... Anyway, just wanted to let you know that I can relate and that you're not the only one! lol@ the Gummy Bear cards! Anyone detect an element of black humour?I think the Gummy Bears potentially disturb me even more than a regular tarot. Hmm... future_uncertainBlackrabbit... I saw your heads up on antoher thread, and then forgot to check it out until now.I did find a deck about a year ago that I really like. It's called "Roots of Asia" and I've never felt uncomfortable with this deck. Thank you for your response and all the links. I appreciate you taking the time to address this.GeminiLover, do you have a deck that you particularly like?GeminiLover75No, I'm pretty unfamiliar and to be honest, not ready. But I did stumble upon my bf's astrology 'Oracle of the Radiant Sun' cards the other night... they're just oracle cards, not a tarot deck, and I've been playing with those. future_uncertainHere is a link to the deck I bought. The images strike me as more gentle than some others and perhaps this is why I find them less disturbing. http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/roots-of-asia/ It's really beautiful.GeminiLover75Very nice! Glad you found one you like I'm sticking with these astrology cards for now. I can do different spread layouts with them and find them to be really accurate!
The cards scare me. These are simple Ryder-Waite decks (excuse my spelling if it's off), so it's not the images that are frightening.
I use online tarot reading generators and I have requested readings here before and that does not scare me. I've had readings done in person and this doesn't bother me at all. I feel like there is something between me and Tarot cards personally. If there is a "buffer" I feel alright, but otherwise, I find it to be a slightly disturbing experience.
I feel embarrassed to mention this because I'm a pretty open-minded person and I've been persuing these types of things my entire life, so it's not new to me. But I wanted to say something just on the off chance someone could relate or explain.
Thank you.
Some will tell you they are just cards, nothing important materially and that it's the meaning and messages and symbols within them that are important and powerful. I, however, disagree with that perspective. I feel them as powerful objects, and when inanimate objects are powerful and feel alive, it can often be a somewhat disconcerting experience.Sometimes when I keep them under my pillow I have very powerful dreams- and I think others on here have mentioned that effect.
But- a good rule is, if it makes you uncomfortable then don't force yourself to use them. Maybe you are not ready, for some reason? Or you need to take a break from them? Perhaps cosmic consciousness is telling you to seek answers within for the time being? Just musing.
Have you always felt this way about them?
Yes, I have always felt this way. When I first started using them I was younger, so that apprehension was part of thy mystical experience for me. But now I don't plow right into it anymore.
I still use them from time to time, just haven't had the chance to get very good at it because I don't use them very often.
I, like you, feel like the cards are alive, or at least there is a very real and dynamic energy about them.
I think a lot of it is that I don't want to accidentally use them incorrectly. I get very powerful intuitive "readings" when I use them, but they don't usually match up with the traditional meanings I find in books. That could be what concerns me the most.
Thanks again, and if anyone else has more to add, I'm all ears.
Thank you
I have seen extremely powerful and strong messages in my cards which, for some, would have had a very negative effect. In January I did a reading and saw a disaster coming to me and within a couple of weeks our house caught on fire....it took me a long time to recover......nobody was hurt thank God, but the fact that I
I saw it in the cards, very unnerving in a way...but then again I always did have a very curious and probing mind!!!
I am at a stage in my life where I think most things thrown at me could be handled...since having a near death experience, everything else seems like chickenfeed LOL
Just be careful girl, if things are gonna play on your mind, I would leave well alone for now.......in a few months/years time you may feel differently/
Good luck
Sue xx
I don't think that's what I was hoping to hear, or at the very least, I recognize a feeling of disappointment at these words. You have supported what I already felt was true.
Hopefully in time it will pass. I would like to be more involved with this.
Thank you again and always for your input. Always appreciated!
Thanks again to you, too, whiterabbit.
The Hello Tarot (a cuter tarot you'll never find) $ ebay around $200Hello Kitty Tarot pics more pics
Les Chats (ebay $82.50)the death card is a skeleton so that may still creep you outhttp://www.themysticeye.com/pics/leschats.htm
The Dreaming in Color Tarothttp://www.themysticeye.com/pics/dreamcolor.htm
The Stick Figure Tarot ($850.)(this onw will make you laugh, the 10 of swords is hysterical!)http://www.themysticeye.com/pics/stick.htm Where you can buy the deck ---------------------------------------------------------
*****for the inexpensive ones*****
The Housewife's Tarot (about $15) The housewife's Tarot PicsWhere you can buy The Housewife's Tarot
Cat's World Tarot ($25) I think it can be reorderd from the tarot garden."only 22 cards" Cat's World Tarot Pics Cat's World Tarot Pics Where you can buy the Cat's World Tarot
Tarot Art Nouveau ($20)Tarot Art Nouveau Pics Tarot Art Nouveau reviewThis is where you can buy the deck
The Art of Tarot (new & used for sale at amazon)The Art of Tarot Pics REVIEWwhere you can buy The Art of Tarot
Fall-e-Hafez(makes me drool, I want this deckFall-e-Hafez Pics DetailsWhere you can buy the deck
Tarot Nova Miniature Tarot Nova PicsWhere you can buy the deck
Inner Child Cards($35)Inner Child Cards PicsWhere you can buy the deck
Lunatic Tarot($45) Where you can buy Lunatic TarotLunatic Tarot PicsLunatic Tarot Pics
Victorian Romantic TarotVictorian Romantic Tarot Pics
Victorian Flower OracleVictorian Flower Oracle Pics
Harmonious TarotHarmonious Tarot
Gummy Bear TarotBummy Bear Tarot Pics
lol@ the Gummy Bear cards!
Anyone detect an element of black humour?
I think the Gummy Bears potentially disturb me even more than a regular tarot. Hmm...
I did find a deck about a year ago that I really like. It's called "Roots of Asia" and I've never felt uncomfortable with this deck. Thank you for your response and all the links. I appreciate you taking the time to address this.
GeminiLover, do you have a deck that you particularly like?
It's really beautiful.
I'm sticking with these astrology cards for now. I can do different spread layouts with them and find them to be really accurate!
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