As I was going through my draws, mind you I only drew 4 cards so far, I felt unsatisfied. So I am going to modify what I do and how I go about it.
The whole point of learning the Tarot deeper, is to build a stronger connection of the cards and what they represent and present to me. Of course they have universal correspondences but you aren’t going to receive the same reading with the same cards from different people.
I am still going to go about shuffling them and just breathing my energy into the cards and relax while I shuffle them. I want my energy to be imbued in these cards since these are going to be my personal cards.
I am going to draw two like I have been. Write about what they mean from research, and then what I see and how I interpret the cards. Then what I think the two are trying to tell me. After that I am going to mediate on each card and just write what I see. What I feel. Carry the card with me. If I can spend a good week with both cards I feel that should be enough so when I start to really get into doing spreads I will be very comfortable in reading for myself. And applying the concepts to myself.
That means I should be spending a few months doing this and I am totally fine with that. I will still be purchasing other cards and going through them and working with oracle decks and reading for people during this time. Incorporating them into my workings and for meditation and devotionals.
I’m liking this plan a lot better. What do you do when working with a new deck?
Serenity of the Dark 