THE CARDS and YOU by Connie Dohan
What are oracle cards?
What are tarot cards?
How do they “work”?’
What should happen in a card reading.
What should not happen in a card reading.
Oracle Cards
By definition, an oracle is simply a wise,
authorative response to a query.
Divination is simply defined as seeking for a
connection/response from the divine (whatever you consider the divine to be).
So an oracle card is a card that gives you a
wise/solid answer to your question(s).
Oracle cards are usually just lumped in with
tarot cards; however, they really stand apart as their own form of cartomancey
with their own history and their own uses.
The first definite recording of divination cards
– other than tarot - was in the court of
Napoleon in the 1770’s.
They rode a wave of popularity t into he late
1880’s when they may have gone the way of the do do bird had they not been revived
by the interest of Queen Victoria and her court.
The late 1900’s, saw a new interest in oracle
cards and an explosion of cards onto the market
Oracle cards stand
out from tarot cards in that they commonly have only one word on no words at
all on them. As well, they are generally
not divided into suits. There is no standardized
number of cards in an oracle deck. They
commonly run anywhere from 22 to 72 cards.
There are many
kinds of oracle cards out there some of which include:
-arch angels
-angels
-love
-flowers
-faeries
-animals.
Tarot Cards
The tarot is one of
many ways to experience divination. That
is to say, it is one way of receiving answers from the divine.
The origin of tarot
is debatable. Some stretch it back as
far as ancient Egypt. It is definitely
seeing in the 14th century used as a deck of regular playing cards like
the 52 card deck we use today.
Tarot decks as we
know them, emerged in the 15th century as a a game called Triomph
(Victory) using a deck of fifty six cards with the addition of 22 triumph (victory)
cards. (it is from these “triumph”
cards that we derive our trump cards today)./
The strict definitions
and layouts we know today came about in the mid 1700s’.
Their popularity
began to wane and they would have died had it not been for the obsession of
Queen Victoria and her court, plus the enthusiasm of devotees such as Sir
Author Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes), Ezra Pound, W.B. Yeates, and Sigmond
Freiud.
How they “work”
While no one knows for sure, it is most commonly
believed that the person receiving the reading will be attracted to the card he
needs the most.
What to expect
-a reader who has a sincere desire to help you.
-a reader that won’t judge you. (We have our own
skeletons.)
-complete confidentiality. Your secrets
are safe with us. (PS we’ll forget anyway.)
-an explanation to tarot If you are brand new
tarot
-a safe place
-to be encouraged to record your session (if the
reading is over the phone, or internet, they may do it for you.)
-should something negative comes up in the
reading, to be helped to remain in control of your life – life doesn’t just
“happen” to you. Remember The past
is the past. The present is the
present. The future is the future only
if you don’t change the present,
-You’ll leave feeling empowered. (Or at least entertained.)
What not to expect
-100% accuracy.
No one has the ability to see your entire future. A reader can see what
may be coming based on your current circumstances but you can shift gears at
any time. You are always in control.
-blaming your problems on a curse or
“entity”.
That takes all of your responsibility out of your hands and is often the sign of
a con artist reader. (The next thing you’ll hear is a hard sell for
a cleansing that costs big bucks. Run from those types of readers.)
-being judged.
Even if you are sleeping with your
great-aunt Matilda, it’s not up to the reader to judge you –(Avoid any reader
who makes you feel ashamed. Even if your life choices aren’t so
hot, you are not a bad person – you’re just making poor decisions. You can
always change.)
-a side show
Most readers do not wear “fortune teller” costumes. or have beaded curtains or
multitudes of lit candles.
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