How can the cards be true

[astralsuzy]

How can taro cards or any other cards be true. If someone gave me a reading and then I got another reading an hour later or two hours later I would get a different reading. I would be getting different cards given to me saying different things.

[Free1]

The cards are not more true then anything else. The truth of the reading is dependent on the skill of the person using the cards (and maybe even the mindset of the person receiving it). There is no fixed truth "in" the cards, in my view.

It could be said that nothing is true. Life is about personal perception.
Tarot gives a snapshot at the time the cards are read. I've had readings that have been an hour, or maybe less apart. The readings still picked up the main focus (work), however because of the previous reading, the second reading varied in the respect that my perception had changed due to the first reading (if that makes sense).

If someone approaches a tarot reading (or any kind of reading) with total disbelief and a closed mind, then no reading ever is going to change their mind. However being open to the possibility that the cards may work, then that can, again, alter someone's perception.

Hope that helps, it's difficult to explain how and why the cards do work, it's all about energy, intuition and connection, at least that's my take on it.

[Reincar-Nation]

I have personally seen plenty enough tarot readings, and performed I might add, to know that I don't need to question how they work, everyone has their theories as to how they work but maybe no one will ever actually know...
All I know is they do work...

[Blue Tiger]

I'm not sure the cards themselves "work" but readings done with them do.

Why? I'm guessing that the energy from the person getting the reading influences what the reader "feels" when gazing at the card. If the person getting the reading is upset and angry, those energies will likely cause the reader to make note of images in the cards that speak of emotions, anger, or even whatever it is that has upset the person asking.

Tarot is just another tool used to link into the energy of the person requesting a reading. A good tarot reader is someone who is insightful, open to the energies of others, and intuitive.

A bad tarot reader just looks at the cards and the book that comes with them, and gives random stuff that may or may not be relevant, based on common themes in life.

Tarot are as good as the intuition of the reader. No better, and no worse.

[tealily]

Oh gosh, so many factors here.

a) The reader - like, are they pro or amateur, do they know to take a step back when they're not centred?

b) The multifaceted nature of every person/situation (pretty important). Eg you get a reading to describe you. Reader 1 says blonde, reader 2 says English, reader 3 says you've had a fight with your mother recently. All of these can exist at the same time - case study the tarot/oracle practice thread where occasionally people double up on readings, say two completely different things, and yet they're both still applicable. Eg you can win the lotto AND lose your job at the same time! And in the weeks after... you can be elated, stressed, and depressed all for different reasons!

c) Time. It makes a difference :)

[Pagandell]

Originally Posted by astralsuzy

How can taro cards or any other cards be true. If someone gave me a reading and then I got another reading an hour later or two hours later I would get a different reading. I would be getting different cards given to me saying different things.

Once you have had a reading why would you have one an hour later ............

[astralsuzy]

Thanks for your replies. I am understanding better now. It is not just being able to read the cards, it is also about the energy of the reader and his/her intuition to be really good at it. How does the reader get intuitive to be able to feel what he/she says is accurate.

[Free1]

In my view, it is not that the person think of a thing to say, and then feel it is right, but that it just comes up, and the person knows it is right (according to his or her own standards) just because it is coming up in the particular manner. "Right" is also misguiding, as "right" in this context is not right as in 1+1=2, but right is more that the information (the result of the cards+the readers mind+the universe) is coming from a clear place through the readers mind (which the reader has learnt to recognize), but then this information can still be interpreted in different ways or to different degrees. The reader may say: "Yes, he loves you", but that is a conclusion based on an interpretation of all the stuff happening in the mind of the reader, and this answer can be more or less good. Similarly: You can see a road sign clearly in the "real" world, but it still is be interpreted in different ways. Then there is a way by intuition for the reader to feel the conclusion is more or less right (but there is no need to think about if it is right). The training is to get into this mood and way of relating to the world. When in this mood, he or she will relate to the cards and they will stimulate the mind of the reader, but anything - any experience or event - can be used as stimulation.

[Pagandell]

Originally Posted by astralsuzy

Thanks for your replies. I am understanding better now. It is not just being able to read the cards, it is also about the energy of the reader and his/her intuition to be really good at it. How does the reader get intuitive to be able to feel what he/she says is accurate.

Like anything practice makes perfect