tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30754098.post2736249024200076261..comments2024-03-26T08:01:01.445-04:00Comments on 78 Notes to Self: A Tarot Journal: Tool of the Devil or the DivineGinny Claytonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03759784851970527096noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30754098.post-86272398195045270332010-05-21T02:03:00.267-04:002010-05-21T02:03:00.267-04:00That was fantastic!That was fantastic!---Lea Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09032972410082354351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30754098.post-3432511870170662822010-04-18T16:01:31.920-04:002010-04-18T16:01:31.920-04:00Wonderful quote, I love it! That pretty much sums...Wonderful quote, I love it! That pretty much sums up how I view "fortunetelling" as well. I would expand on that and say the future belongs to the Divine/God/Universe AND each individual. While there are a lot of unknowns and uncontrollable factors that "just happen" in life, the choices we make in light of those happenings very much influence our futures. What we think, say, choose, and do right now creates our futures. Tarot is a wonderful tool that can help us sort out today so we can make those choices with clear intention, and with Divine/God's/Universal assistance, we can create the futures we so desire. <br /><br />Thanks for adding your comment, Biddy Tarot, and I'm glad you're here. :)<br /><br />GinnyGinny Claytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03759784851970527096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30754098.post-72226958001919212632010-04-17T20:18:52.039-04:002010-04-17T20:18:52.039-04:00Wow, excellent post! You have really summed up a l...Wow, excellent post! You have really summed up a lot of what I feel about the Tarot. It really is about tapping into a greater consciousness that exists between all human beings. In many religions, this is called God. What is the problem with connecting with this energy? Why can't we all have access to it? It doesn't mean that we are trying to be all-powerful, just that we are trying to understand and make sense of our lives by connecting with this universal energy.<br /><br />Additionally, the cards are just cards. In my view, the cards are like 'signposts' that alert us to specific issues or messages from the Universal energy. It's just bringing our attention to what needs it most at this time. It isn't about predicting the future or looking into the crystal ball to outsmart the Universe or God. It's simply about understanding the present to help guide us into the future.<br />My all-time favourite quote related to this type of thing is from The Alchemist - "When people consult me, it’s not that I’m reading the future; I am guessing at the future. The future belongs to [a Higher Being], and it is only he who reveals it, under extraordinary circumstances. How do I guess at the future? Based on the omens of the present. The secret is here in the present. If you pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it. And if you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better. Forget about the future, and live each day according to the teachings, confident that [a Higher Being] loves his children. Each day, in itself, brings with it an eternity.”<br />Anyway, some food for thought. Thanks again for a great post!Biddy Tarothttp://www.biddytarot.com/tarotreading.phpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30754098.post-73180568883119496302010-04-16T23:10:51.211-04:002010-04-16T23:10:51.211-04:00A great post as usual Ginny talking a lot of sense...A great post as usual Ginny talking a lot of sense!Helen A. Howellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12748128819820230841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30754098.post-28574203311813366142010-04-13T14:34:53.333-04:002010-04-13T14:34:53.333-04:00Such a wonderful post! I'm glad to have stumbl...Such a wonderful post! I'm glad to have stumbled upon this blog. I agree that the fault generally lies with the reader. Like Jennifer and Andre above, I can't read for crap when I'm tired or upset. Things just come out jumbled. I've also noticed that after a big reading I often become ravenously hungry.<br /><br />I'm looking forward to that blog on card personalities. ;) That's something I've had trouble explaining to people while at the same time maintaining that "they're just cards." I've noticed that the more distinct the personality is, the easier it is for me to read with that deck as well.<br /><br />Also, don't let the Chick Tracts get you down. Try to see them as the unintentionally hilarious opportunity they are and draw all over them in mockery. (It's a lot easier with the online ones and MS paint.) :DZ. E. Accordinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04582245630664266583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30754098.post-77855546965119085122010-04-02T17:10:34.480-04:002010-04-02T17:10:34.480-04:00Hi Ginny,
I read this post and was appalled for y...Hi Ginny,<br /><br />I read this post and was appalled for you. I always think that acceptance in inherent in people but I realize that it is not. <br /><br />I wish that we could all respect each other's choices and even be HAPPY for people for choosing, but that is often not the case.<br /><br />Big Hugs,<br />Hannah CelesteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30754098.post-69358141076242848652010-03-26T23:46:00.688-04:002010-03-26T23:46:00.688-04:00I remembered something tonight that actually is a ...I remembered something tonight that actually is a great tool to "test" yourself and the cards, and is quite fun and valuable.<br /><br />Ask about.....your pets. What do they feel for you, what do they feel for each other, etc. You'd be shocked at how accurate it is.<br /><br />For one I asked about tonight it gave me something so "her", which is that she loves me but wants me to not bug her right now. <br /><br />Last year I asked about a cat that was my favorite who ended up dying months later of a type of bone cancer that was around her stomach and chest. Before we had any inkling of this the cards told me one day how she felt for me, but said she didn't like being picked up so much. Cant' recall how on earth I got the picking up part, but you guys know how that works with the cards! But soon after she started to make little sounds when she was picked up. And a month or two after that is when we felt the lump.<br /><br />I've asked about another pet who isn't liked much by the others and the cards tell me her feelings, which make sense.<br /><br />So this is a great "test" I feel. Maybe it can be done for babies or a group sentiment. But I find it's a great way to see how accurate your skills are at any moment.Jennifernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30754098.post-5600254598608343402010-03-23T18:57:25.958-04:002010-03-23T18:57:25.958-04:00Andre, I think the whole deck personality thing is...Andre, I think the whole deck personality thing is a blog post in itself. I will get on it. :)<br /><br />Suffice it to say it is deeply subjective and the way one reacts/responds to a deck is dependent upon your own personality and therefore certain decks tap into different aspects of that. Tarot readers will sometimes anthropomorphize a deck but in the end a deck is still just a deck of cards. It is we who lend it voice and "personality."Ginny Claytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03759784851970527096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30754098.post-43926605400467115782010-03-22T20:18:15.695-04:002010-03-22T20:18:15.695-04:00Jennifer and Andre, we are in agreement. The card...Jennifer and Andre, we are in agreement. The cards don't lie, but neither can they, in themselves, tell the truth. They need someone to read them and that someone needs to be of a mind that is calm and unhurried, a mind that can listen to itself and able to relay the impressions and meanings. <br /><br />LOL Andre -- "don't make stupid questions you already know the answers." True enough. Honestly, I do get different reading "voices" or "styles" from different decks, and Thoth is one that tends to pull my leg a bit and get sarcastic and dry in humor. But I don't feel the deck itself has a personality, more that it seems to resonate with that part of my own personality and draws out that side of me. Same with the Fae deck -- playful and mischievous, that one. Again, tapping into that side of me bringing those qualities to the fore. I will agree that asking of tarot anything you already clearly consciously know as fact will usually result in a crap reading. What's the point of divining what is right in front of your nose? ;)<br /><br />Erin, oh we could get started, couldn't we? LOL Alas, some people don't hear bells ringing when they are rung, nor truth when it is told. But ok. If they are happy, maybe they have something there.Ginny Claytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03759784851970527096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30754098.post-59694013096981706722010-03-22T15:33:45.586-04:002010-03-22T15:33:45.586-04:00Just to say that this is such a wonderful post, Gi...Just to say that this is such a wonderful post, Ginny.<br />I agree with you on every point and hope some of those friends of yours get to read it too.Ninahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08265894390441546243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30754098.post-40326508819087930472010-03-22T12:06:02.321-04:002010-03-22T12:06:02.321-04:00This article really hits home for me. I have had ...This article really hits home for me. I have had to deal with similar attitudes, mainly from my Mom. I grew up in a fundamentalist Christian home where homosexuality was a sickness, questioning one's beliefs was a sin, and the Devil lurked under every stone (so don't go turning them over). Looking back I see now how saturated my old belief system is with fear, shame, and superstitious ignorance. And what's more, remaining ignorant seems to be a badge of honour! Nope, I can't do that anymore. You can't unring a bell, and you can't un-see a truth when it comes to light.<br /><br />You quoted all my favorite come-backs from the bible. I especially like quoting Romans 14 because it's such a broad-spectrum neutralizer of intolerances. It still doesn't keep my mother from telling my 15 year old daughter that her mother is "worshiping Satan with her hands". Trying hard not to, but I can't help rolling my eyes.Erinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30754098.post-33928619061564042922010-03-21T20:03:36.522-04:002010-03-21T20:03:36.522-04:00The shortest, sweetest way for me to explain how I...The shortest, sweetest way for me to explain how I agree with your post is to say that when my life is shaky or I feel crap, I can't read for anything. Or my reads come out funny (such as if I want something so badly that I feel nervous). <br /><br />When I feel evened out emotionally and feel balanced, like anything is fine as long as it's the truth, that's when the cards are right. Or I'm right through the cards, that is.<br /><br />However it works, I can't figure that. But I know that something happens when you're in the right frame of mind to read and interpret, and that's something you just "know" somehow and understand. Something's being tapped into, but what, I don't know.Jennifernoreply@blogger.com