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- From: cortese@skid.ps.uci.edu (Janis Maria Cortese)
- Subject: Re: emotional tarot readings?
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- Organization: University of California, Irvine
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- Date: 30 Dec 92 23:03:04 GMT
- References: <lk3lnrINNsgm@news.bbn.com> <1992Dec30.153829.15809@eye.com>
-
- In article <1992Dec30.153829.15809@eye.com> dan@eye.com (Dan Loewus) writes:
- >In article <lk3lnrINNsgm@news.bbn.com> dhardin@bbn.com (Dawn Hardin) writes:
- >>seriously and b) as soon as you lay down a card like Death or the 10 of
- >>Swords, you should say something reassuring. Can anyone add anything
- >>else?
- >>
- >>Dawn
- >>
- >>Joseph Campbell gave me hope and now I have been saved.
- >>"Folk Song" by Bongwater
- >
- >Hello Dawn et al
- >
- >An idea if its to your taste, maybe different tarrot decks might solve this
- >problem. I find the MotherPeace torrot to be very gentle no matter how severe
- >the reading and it tends to stay away from harsh realities, such as death. I
- >find the deck very friendly in the pictures ( female scenes ). There are
- >bummer cards in the deck ( 5 of swords, the sting ) but they don't come out
- >with the harshness that the tradition tarrot does and the truth can be dulled
- >down depending on the strength of personality of the person the reading is for.
-
- I usually use the following correspondence for each suit, and allow my
- mind to fill in bad stuff when it wants to:
-
- wands: ideas
- swords: actions
- cups: emotions
- pentacles: assets, skills
-
- I've always told people before readings that Death means only shedding
- of old limitations, so that when it comes up, they don't freak. If,
- however, they freak anyway, something else is up. Another poster (I
- forget who) touched on this quite eloquently, so I won't bother.
-
- >Anyway, I guess I am suggesting using a more earthy deck for reading
- >to people who you feel might get upset from a reading which they take as
- >bad news or fortune.
-
- This may be a bit too much responsibility, but you may decline to give a
- reading to someone who yout hink isn'tgoing to do much good with it.
-
- Blessings,
- Janis
-
-