Is there a meditaion or spell you can use to take on the aspects of a certain card or to bring them into your life? Seems like there shd be. Anyone know one?
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Hi there. To understand the cards on a deeper level, i skryed(sorry if spelt wrong) them. You can do this by... Take one ofhe tarot cards and look at it. Close your eyes and form the image in your head wen it is there, oen your yes and transfer that image onto a wall or ceiling. Next turn the image into a dooryway and using mental projection will yourself to step through that doorway and to explore the meaning of the card.
The technique itself is basic, but the results are very good and it is a great way of undetanding the tarot.
A neat meditation:
In order to make use of the major arcana as a method of self-discovery, it is necessary to spend time reflecting on what each of the twenty-two cards represent. Once you can visualize the card clearly, meditate deeply upon [the image] by holding it in your awareness and disregarding any extraneous thoughts.
Next, imagine that the frame around the image is the frame of a door, and that you are looking out onto the scene in front of you. Then step through the door and become part of the scene. Notice how at this point events may take on a life of their own, as in a dream. Allow the scene to unfold and see what happens.
- David Fontana, "The Language of Symbols"
I began with the Marseilles' Fool (the biggest picture in the book-- I didn't have a deck of my own then) but instead of a dream I had sleep paralysis instead, with a strange added sensation of someone's feet on my head, and someone's head under my feet, and the world so much rounder that it's folded in on itself. I saw my cat (who wasn't physically in the room) put her paws on my shoulder and miaow as if to say "Are you all right??" I believe this invited in random events that introduced me to more critical and creative ways of thinking, when before I'd been just as eagerly rote-reciting as the next Catholic schoolgirl.
Not quite spells, but sometimes I sleep with a card on my chest or stomach, like an amulet... and feel infused with its energy, maybe it's just a placebo but I find the Strength card most effective for this. Or, I think of a card to identify with, like the Star-- and it helps get me through if I keep the image and meaning in mind.
Anyone have information whether is there any spirit or guidance angels that we can call upon to assist in the card reading? With so many combination of the cards spread it is very confusing to get a good accurate reading.
Do good card readers have guidance spirit to guide them?
I only use the major arcana becuase i realize the meaning better then. All the other cards (in my mind) start yelling all over the place and confuse me.
Before you got to bed take the chosen card you are working with and study it, sleep with it under your pillow and in morn again study card keep same card with you until relationship with that card is formed then move to next card you wish to know and understand. The cards will start to communicate with you just be open. You can also use this technique when dealing with an issue or problem that needs the qualities of a particular card just ask when studying the card at night and keep it under your pillow and with you.
