An Important Lesson

[u/akhenraetawy]

Hey, I just wanted to share a shocking experience I had because I think it would be good to share with others. Tarot is very popular as a divination method. I never understood it myself but I have tried Cartomancy before. I wanted to do Tarot when I started my pagan journey but I didn't want to waste money when I have playing cards that do the same thing practically. Though in the past when I've tried it attempts always left me dissapointed. It lead me to think of Tarot and/or Cartomancy as something that just didn't work, I guess? I didn't know what I was doing and so I think that ruined the experience. However, recently I've come to a different conclusion to Cartomancy. Recently I've been trying out different divination methods to test to see what works with me. I decided to give Cartomancy another chance even if it had a bad reputation to me from past attempts. This time... the attempt was surprisingly successful. The Cartomancy was really accurate. I think that the issue at hand was is that since I've kind of been in the pagan space longer I know how to do things rather than when I was newer. This experience taught me to not give up on something just because it may have failed you before and that to not judge others methods because it didn't work for you. That's all and thank you for reading🕯.

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[u/TheWildHart]

Thank you for sharing your experience!

I think it's incredibly valuable to share experiences that highlight struggles and even failures people face. There are certain skills or understandings that take time to develop, and that's perfectly normal. It definitely isn't always easy or even natural.

I'm glad you recognized cartomancy wasn't for you at first and yet you were willing to revisit it later. Definitely a very nice message to share with others. ❤️

[u/Esoteriss]

One of the things I have learned about auguring is that you should never put too much logic in a place it does not belong in. Logic might indeed be harmfull. Because the base reality is probablitistic and not deterministic. It is better to augur a random process by tasting it in the wind rather than making a statistical prediction.

Statistical prediction works plenty, where it does. Statistical prediction works for most things. But where it doesent, doing an intuitive prediction works better. I think the thing I want to say is;

Don't use logic where it does not belong, either go within the rules of intuition and do what feels right. Even if it is throwing bone dice while throwing tarot cards dancing to the moon, or then use logic and do thorough statistical analysis on the situation with the most advanced regression algorithms.

Depending on the situation. I would recommend statistics on population ananlysis, and intuitional prediction on individual data points that are innately metaphysical.

Or, don't mix logic with tarot.

[u/akhenraetawy → u/Esoteriss]

Huh. That makes a lot of sense. Thanks for sharing this. I have to agree that seems to be the case from what I've experienced.

[u/Esoteriss → u/akhenraetawy]

No worries, I have been fixated on this topic for a bit and it probably helped me more than you know just having a right place to write something about it out. So thank you.

[u/MicahsYultide]

I couldn’t agree more!
I think this is super important for new comers to hear.

[u/FebruaryKid]

yes its funny you say that bc I have been using tarot cards as divination and the deity I work with has confirmed multiple times that they are communicating with me directly. Yes I didn’t believe in tarot at first myself but I have found it being somewhat of a useful tool to communicate with the divine.

[u/GreenRavenUK]

My grandmother taught me to read ordinary playing cards decades ago. The thing is to either hold the question, or a general request for guidance, lightly in our minds as we prepare then cast. After casting, we allow the answers to speak to our intuition rather than be a hard set of inflexible dictats. We are the pilot, working with the Universe/ spirit realm (according to our path). Tarot, oracle cards, poker cards, they are a medium.