Cards on the Table

A card reading is a simple thing, really. Profoundly simple. People have a conversation while the cards are on the table. Images and symbols contained on the cards can help trigger something deeper in the subconscious and the conversation between the reader and querant brings this up to the conscious level so that something shifts inside the querant that helps them recognize developments on the horizon and how to approach them.

The art of the reader is to be able to pick up on the energies of the person who is asking for the reading and help see more deeply into the questions that person brings to the table. This ability on the part of the reader helps them to decipher the symbols in the way that is most relevant to the person who is wanting the reading. Experience with the cards and a fluid connection with their spirit guides is key to the success of the reader who has developed their art.

Even if at the beginning cards were created strictly as a game, somewhere along the line they were given brilliantly evocative imagery by a succession of talented artists and magical adepts who knitted together esoteric knowledge and wisdom to examine the larger patterns in life.

The fact that prior to the invention of the printing press, only nobles, clergy, and some merchants knew how to read and write or had access to manuscripts and libraries, the visionaries who helped shape the evolution of cards as a medium learned to pack a lot into the pictures so that everyone could access them. Yet, even for those of us who have studied them for a long time, new insights are always revealed even when looking again a picture we have seen thousands of times before.

Each person who comes to the table prompts different energies to be awakened and new visions to be revealed. Thus, the insights gained can be subtle, profound and immense.

Seeing the cards on the table in answer to your questions, whether asked aloud or not, is akin to having a real life experience and connecting it to a dream you had. Likewise, the cards can help decipher dreams and present keys to unlock those as well.

Looking back to the gaming origin of tarot, that spirit still permeates readings. After all, if card games are a combination of both chance and strategy, so is life. When we plot a new course for ourselves, we are taking some risks, and opening up to chance. We make plans and then there are surprises, and then we adjust, because those moments of chance could be the opportunities for greater opportunities, insight and the enrichment of our life experience.

It has never ceased to fascinate me how the drawing of cards can be both random and right on the mark. Once the cards are on the table, the whole scene is open and the story unfolds.