Tarot Cards (ritual, church, pray, spiritual, catholic)

[Lux et Umbra]

I dabble with Tarot. I bought the Robin Wood deck because it was similar to Raider-Waite, but better looking.
I love the Animals Divine Tarot and I'll probably buy it.
I mostly read for myself and my mom. I'm not good enough to really read of others. Yet that is.

[darkpenguin]

Originally Posted by Master Vigil

The legend is that Tarot Cards were first used by the gypsies, and were first recorded to be used by the italian gypsies. Do you believe this? And have you used them? If so what technique do you use, and how successful have you been?

I have used them a few times, I did a couple of test runs on myself which while the results were bang on they didn't tell me anything that I didn't allready know at the time.
I did a reading for my mum and my friend Gaz and again both were spot on with acuracy.
I use the Rider Waite set of cards and a simple 7 card layout, any more cards then that and I'd be confused lol.

[Mike182]

as i understand it, the Gypsies who used Tarot decks way back when, made their own decks, their own pictures, their own meanings, on how ever many number of cards they wanted - there was no such thing as a standardized tarot deck. however, some decks and depictions did rise in popularity, and the Rider Waite deck was one of them. Waite was from the Golden Dawn, so the symbology in his deck draws on Christian, Pagan and Kabbalist sources, meaning anyone with a vague idea of Christianity, Judaism and Paganism can read the deck.

i've been learning both on my own and through group at uni, i have both a rider waite deck and a vampire tarot deck - i love my vampire one, but i needed the waite one to learn the basics, it's quite hard to read the vampire one!

[Shadow Wolf]

i love my vampire one, but i needed the waite one to learn the basics, it's quite hard to read the vampire one!

What type of Vampire Deck? I have the La Scarebo (spelling) Vampire Deck. It is a very beutiful deck, and the imagry on it is such that you have to have true appreciation of the Night, and her children, to even begin to see the positive meanings in the cards or understand them. Most people I've done readings for with it find it odd that a card with two people fleeing a burning building, two bloody hands holding a bloodied token, a vampire being burnt by the sun, and some others, are actually positive.

I did recently purchase the Animal Tarot deck, which was made by Ted Andrews. I also find that one to be a good deck.

I am also open to do Tarot readings for anyone if they want one. My Celtic Dragon deck was ruined (forgot my car window was open, and they got buried with snow ), so it will probably be with the Vampire deck, so it will not be extremely detailed, but rather an overview.

[Mike182]

http://www.tarot.com/about-tarot/dec...php?newdeck=79

i love it, but incredibly hard to read compared to the Waite deck, because there is very little symbolism in comparison. but i love it anyway!

[Gentoo]

I only have one deck, and it works very well for me. I found the Gilded Tarot easy to use and to learn from.

[Halcyon]

I have a Ryder-Waite and the Labyrinth Tarot by Luis Royo ('cause i love his art).

Haven't used them in years though.

[Shadow Wolf]

This is the only good bit I could find on the Gothic Vampire deck.
http://www.aeclectic.net/gothic-vampires/
This site has a picture of a few different cards, including the burning building.

It is a great deck. Using it for divination, it showed an unexpected child birth, and all the hells it would cause for my friend. He chose to blow it off, and 4 months later, his girlfriend became pregnant. 3 months after the discovery, they moved to Ohio, and he has been miserable ever since.

[XAAX]

Originally Posted by Luke Wolf

I just got the Thoth deck a couple weeks ago. That deck is definitly more advanced than my other decks. I'll be studing that one for a long time before I do grasp any understanding of it.

Its a great one. I went through a number of decks for years before coming across the Thoth Deck. I have had the same deck I purchased almost 15 years ago, have used it ever since. To me there is no other that I have used that compares in symbology and mystical meaning. They have been extremely accurate for me. I recomend reading the Book of Thoth if you want to learn alot of the meanings to the cards. I have found that once you get an understanding of what is in the cards, the meanings will reveal themselves to you. I don't know if this works for everyone or not. I feel that I had a past life connection with this deck so it could be different for others...