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posted August 24, 2012 04:18 PM            

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ok how effective do you think regular playing cards would be for 'tarot' purposes

hearts=cups
diamonds=pentacles
clubs=swords
clovers=wands

j=knigh
queen=queen
king=king

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posted August 24, 2012 04:23 PM            

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Its called cartomancy. Google it. U can do readings with playing cards. Only they have their own meanings. Its similar to tarot, but not. Idk how to explain it.

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posted August 24, 2012 04:23 PM            

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hmm I have tried them. I don't own tarot cards because if my religious loved ones knew that I was into the occult they would kill me, so I just use playing cards. I did some readings for myself, some of them were accurate & some of them were just off because I'm just a beginner. But I think that they could work, I remember someone did readings with playing cards on here, the reading was accurate.

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posted August 24, 2012 04:26 PM            

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never mind....i completely forgot about pages....
oh well...
but even if there was a way around it...do you think it has the potential to be effective :P

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posted August 24, 2012 04:26 PM            

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hmm I have tried them. I don't own tarot cards because if my religious loved ones knew that I was into the occult they would kill me, so I just use playing cards. I did some readings for myself, some of them were accurate & some of them were just off because I'm just a beginner. But I think that they could work, I remember someone did readings with playing cards on here, the reading was accurate.

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Milly, tarot is not occult! It is messages from the universe. Waite's deck is profoundly enriched w medieval mysticism. Tarot wouldn't work without god. Unless one uses Crowley's deck of course which I would dread to even touch

The occult is just some.... table turning, talking to ghosts... don't know what else.

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posted August 24, 2012 04:27 PM            

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Originally posted by ShyVirgo1979:
Its called cartomancy. Google it. U can do readings with playing cards. Only they have their own meanings. Its similar to tarot, but not. Idk how to explain it.

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hmm...never heard of that...

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posted August 24, 2012 04:33 PM            

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Milly, tarot is not occult! It is messages from the universe. Waite's deck is profoundly enriched w medieval mysticism. Tarot wouldn't work without god. Unless one uses Crowley's deck of course which I would dread to even touch

The occult is just some.... table turning, talking to ghosts... don't know what else.

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I know it isn't but my friends & family sadly think that it's 'evil', that's why I keep my love for tarot, astrology, numerology a secret. I love learning about all things spiritual but I don't tell anyone around me because they aren't really open minded.

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posted August 24, 2012 04:39 PM            

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I know it isn't but my friends & family sadly think that it's 'evil', that's why I keep my love for tarot, astrology, numerology a secret. I love learning about all things spiritual but I don't tell anyone around me because they aren't really open minded.

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evil is imposing god knows what on other people in a despotic manner. once someone gets judgmental, it's no good. i don't mean to say anything derogatory about the people you love, though, so please don't take it that way.

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posted August 24, 2012 04:48 PM            

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Originally posted by MillyX:
I know it isn't but my friends & family sadly think that it's 'evil', that's why I keep my love for tarot, astrology, numerology a secret. I love learning about all things spiritual but I don't tell anyone around me because they aren't really open minded.

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Don't feel bad. Ur not alone in that area. I have certain family members that r very involved in their church which I'm quite proud of them for, as my brother in law went to haiti with his church to help out but sadly I know they would view tarot as "work of the devil" so not many ppl know I have tarot cards. So I hide it from most ppl. And I believe in God, I have 3 bibles, but I don't think I'm going to hell bc I work with tarot. Sorry I don't buy that lol and tarot is NOT occult. Altho its viewed that way by closed minded ppl. *sigh*

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posted August 24, 2012 04:51 PM            

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Playing cards were created for this purpose long ago. We only relatively recently began using them in games.

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posted August 24, 2012 06:03 PM            

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In my culture, playing cards & gypsy playing cards are the preferred decks by readers. The spreads are much different, but a lot of the tarot meanings transfer over. I wish that my grandmother had taught me the gypsy spread. Im thinking of studying it in the future, but its a bit different learning from a reader vs a guide book.

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In my culture, playing cards & gypsy playing cards are the preferred decks by readers. The spreads are much different, but a lot of the tarot meanings transfer over. I wish that my grandmother had taught me the gypsy spread. Im thinking of studying it in the future, but its a bit different learning from a reader vs a guide book.

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my grandma and mum both used to do it. now they say there's nothing they HAVE to know

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posted August 24, 2012 07:52 PM            

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http://www.talisman.net/tarot/regcard.html

ok i'll prob add more sites...but this is the first one that came out, i figure it's good enough for starters :P

EDTI: yeah, i just googled some other sites....and am not finding consistent interpriations.....seeing how the site doesn't look too legit....just ignore it ....

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posted August 25, 2012 11:47 AM            

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Andstuff, did they teach you? My dad has always been fearful of the cards, which is why grandma was not comfortable teaching me ): It stinks, she knew much about natural remedies & healing, all which is now lost.

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posted August 25, 2012 11:52 AM            

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Andstuff, did they teach you? My dad has always been fearful of the cards, which is why grandma was not comfortable teaching me ): It stinks, she knew much about natural remedies & healing, all which is now lost.

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i was too small when i was watching them doing it. all i remember is there was a significator in the centre, a king or a queen. and cards around them, in triangles. also that my mother was upset at some point when she found out that we used her divination deck to play games.

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posted August 25, 2012 04:30 PM            

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Tarot decks are playing cards. That's how the use of them began. Playing cards originated in China prior to the 1400's and didn't come to Europe until 1375. Tarot was a game invented in the early 1400's that was played throughout Europe. Our modern deck of playing cards are Tarot simplified; they are directly derived from the game of Tarot. Divination with Tarot cards did not begin until the 19th century.
http://www.tarotpedia.com/wiki/Tarot_History

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posted August 25, 2012 06:30 PM            

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I just tried it and it worked!

These are the websites that I found useful:

• http://cafeastrology.com/fortunetellingcards.html
• http://theraggededge.hubpages.com/hub/How-to-Read-Tarot-with-Playing-Cards

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posted August 26, 2012 09:47 AM            

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Interesting, Pure!

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