- Date posted
- 4y
- Date posted
- 4y
maybe stop doing the tarot card readings cuz they clearly dont help , you are just asking for trouble, throw them away, you dont need to know about your future what will be will be :)
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 4y
As a Christian, I’ve learned that although tarot cards can speak truth, they can speak bad over your life. No more tarot cards. You can speak into existence a GOOD truth over your life. Even if you’ve done tarot cards, just stay away from them.
- Date posted
- 4y
tarot cards are great but i would only recommend using them when you have a clear mind. not ever card will always resonate with you and that’s okay. i’ve had a similar experience so i haven’t touched my tarot cards in months. i’m planning on picking it back up once my intrusive thoughts die down but i don’t want my intrusive thoughts to get in the way of my practice so i would recommend the same for you
- Date posted
- 4y
@rootytooty Ugh, that sounds hard. And it seems like an opportunity arose for you to let yourself feel, and maybe even explore your fear. If tarot doesn’t feel good and right for you, maybe stop for awhile and come back to it if/when you’re interested or ready again. If you like pulling tarot cards, and doing that holds value for you, maybe you can do it with a fresh perspective? Tarot can be a tool and a mindfulness practice: a way of centering and being present with ourselves, with our experience right here, right now. It can also be a learning and growing experience - helping us move through feeling all of our feelings, honoring them all as messengers, and releasing them gently before we make our next choice, our next steps. As a tool, it doesn’t tell us to do anything or make us do anything. When the symbolism, imagery and card meanings “speak” to our minds and hearts, we can understand that it’s just us speaking to self. That it’s a way to have a conversation with ourselves in the present about how we’re feeling, how we’re thinking, and how we might choose to act next. What we inquire about when we pull a card can inform us about what matters most to us right now. What we see and notice and interpret the cards to mean can help us become more aware of and intimate with our inner landscapes, and the invitation into opportunities beyond our well-worn habits, our nervous systems, and our egos. Tarot is a mirror. It reflects what’s real and true for us in the here and now, so if we bring a fear-based, fortune telling, future-oriented mindset to it, then it will reflect that right back. The same applies when we bring a curious, compassionate, soul-centered inquiry of what life is inviting us into in this moment. Like any tool we use, or any practice we engage with, it’s wise to be intentional about what we’re wanting from it; and, conscious about the energy we’re bringing to it. I hope whatever tools and practices you decide to work with, that you find them helpful - and when they aren’t, I hope you remember that you can put them down and walk away. You get to choose what’s right for you. And you get to change your mind. And it’s all perfectly fine. Wishing you presence and peace.
- Date posted
- 4y
Thank you so much for this reminder. You’re right that I was basically bringing a fear oriented mindset. I was looking for them to tell me what to do, basically as a reassurance/ compulsion. So it reflected my fears back I think. I did take away one message about how I could afford to see some things more positively. But yeah, I kinda walked into my own trap. Thank you
- Date posted
- 4y
I admire how self-aware you are, not to mention your willingness to reframe and allow a positive message in. Thats awesome.
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- 17w
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- Date posted
- 16w
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- Date posted
- 12w
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