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Well, this is a good card if you love another and want a long relationship together with them. It also indicates some reconciliation so if you two have been at odds, those times are coming to an end. So congratulations, if you want a long term relationship with someone you love, you got it. Whether that is good or bad is not for us to know right now.

I hope everything works out well.

Blessed Be

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Search google

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I have read tarot for years and i had the problem of half trained people coming to me for readings and trying to figure it out by themselves and having different interpretations on the cards. I stopped this by getting an egyptian deck,no one knows what the cards are. It took a while to get to know the deck but it speaks beautifully to me. The pictures are really only there to distract the client, and to open up the part of the brain that is curios. I find clients are totally bedazzled by the graphics of my cards even tough they are almost abstract. I am sure you will find a deck soon that will suit you, but try to get over what it looks like, be more inclined to find one that feels right. Its not the pictures that are accurate. Itsthe user. Have fun and keep exploring.

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If you have New Age or Metaphysical book stores in India, they would have them. Otherwise, it is best to do an online google search. FIrst do a search using a close location. If you don’t find them there, do a general search. I know there are tons of sites that would sell them

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I read from the Thoth deck so the images may vary slightly.

You are represented by the Works card, it is in reference to alchemical work and a time of transition. You are being crossed by the prince of cups he is the Air of Emotion. He is a very focused young man and while he is doing many things at once he is not doing all of them well. He is very close to the water and has not even noticed. The foundation is Adjustment (Justice in your deck) this the Zodical Trump of Libra. It is about balancing Venus earthly and airy natures. Above you is Happiness, it is emotion in abundence. It is Jupiters expansion in Pisces watery nature and they are very happy together. Behind you is the Death card. This is a letting go of old ideas or bad habits. This is Scorpios watery nature and an indicator of change. Since you are being represented by the Work card those two are related. In front of you in the Knight of Wands. This is a card of new beginnings and he is the Fire of Fire. In his hand is the Ace of Wands. He is the creative spark generator. He is focused movement.

The hidden influences are Indolence (8 of Cups). This is also related to the Death card and speaks of mispent or wasted emotional efforts. This is in Saturns restrictive nature and Pisces sense of expansion is just crushed here. Your hidden influence is the Queen of Pents. She is the emotional side of material security. She has a goat representing Capricorn and is surveying the landscape for options. She is representing your drive to make a better material existence for yourself in an emotionally responsible way. Hopes and fears is Sorrow. You are worried that your choices will have left you in a restricted place too far inside your own head. You are concerned about being emotionally lonely due to your thoughts as opposed to actions. The final outcome is the 6 of Disks ( Success). This is a balanced card of material sucess. Whatever your choices are they will end in very materially successful sort of way.

Good luck and enjoy!

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Wow, sounds interesting but I tried to find it also with no luck

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I think you should. You seem to enjoy the activity.

Skeptics can yammer on about tarot not being able to tell the future, but when you’re reading the tarot to yourself you’re conceptualizing the images and meanings of the cards and they are reflecting psychological aspects of your own mind (and hence behavior patterns) that may otherwise have remained unconscious.

And this can give you insights into how your own thoughts and behaviors may shape your future. So it really is a type of prophesying.

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Psychic here

And tarot friend had the right idea… I really have never heard of a deck you could not leave unattended unless they were talking about you spending a lot of time imprinting on them.

I did want to bring up one fact and that is In the US you have rights that protect you against any form of discrimination especial religious beliefs and this falls in that category… If EVER you are told that you can not have your religious beliefs in school “Get a lawyer”

they can not tell a christian they must leave their bible at home, but I would assume that you should keep them put away in your bag, to keep from causing a distraction and you really do not want others to touch them.

I hope I was able to help in your search for answers
read my blog on tarot reading http://www.psychictarotreadings.net/reading-tarot-cards-correctly/

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The 3 of wands talks about having to go that next step in the relationship, the 5 of swords tell me that someone is making another person feel belittled and push around in a way. The strength card is talking about having that courage to face your fears. Next we have the Nine of Sword showing tenseness and sleepless nights. 5 of Pentacles feeling like there is no hope in sight. Then we come to the King of Pentacles, a king take control of his life he does not let other tell him how to rule, this is what must happen to bring balance. The last card show with some work things can get better and turn into something beautiful, but both people have to be on the same page.

Hope that helps

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A traditional tarot deck like Rider-Waite has 78 cards. So while I’m not familiar with the Tantric Dakini Oracle deck – seems as though something must be “missing”. They may have drawn inspiration from traditional tarot – but cannot have included the entire deck.

This is only a problem for someone like me – who is so used to reading with the traditional deck that I would be lost using something like angel cards or oracle decks – which often do not have the full 78 cards. However – the readers I know that use those decks feel very comfortable with them, and definately feel they are complete.

If you are wanting to learn traditional – I’d say go with the Rider-Waite – since most sources of learning (books, websites, etc.) use this deck as their basis – so it’s easier to stick to that – not because it’s better – but because it’s “traditional”.

If you are using your own intuition – and not interested in traditional interpretation – go with your own gut instinct and use whatever deck speaks to you. I’ve even seen people pull cards they like from DIFFERENT decks – to create a deck uniquely their own.

Meri

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Tarot cards are not dangerous. The traditional symbolism of Tarot cards is obviously derived from Christianity.The cards were originally intended to be used for a card game similar to Bridge. People today, especially in continental Europe play actual card games with Tarot cards. There is nothing genuinely occult related about Tarot cards.

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A lighter? Huh?

I’ve found that when I want to do a reading for myself, it is better to do a reading of whoever else is involved in the situation instead. There is too much of a loss of objectivity in self-reading (but of course I do it all the time). Every reader has a different way of tuning in. Years ago, I found that if got into a calm, open mind state and focused on another person, laid out the cards in a simple spread and jotted down impressions that came to me, I would get remarkably accurate information about that person. I couldn’t exactly “see into the future” but I would learn things about other people and how or why they were going to act in a certain way that I had not way of knowing otherwise.

I never got fancy about my cards. I calmed my mind, got into a meditative state, focused, and shuffled and layed out the cards. It is also a good exercise to layout the cards once in a while and look at them to get a feel for what each card means to you. The Rider Waite deck is an easy deck to use because the pictures tell stories related to the cards. You can read with an ordinary playing deck if you have enough familiarity with the meaning of the cards and your connection with who you are reading is strong enough.

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Your best bet is to visit a book store.

Barns and Noble, Borders, large chains will probably have a couple decks for sale in their new age & spirituality section. I’d call a couple of these places around and see if they have any in stock. They can have you laying sets tonight!

(i picked myself up a Visconti deck, which is very pretty but sadly doesn’t do much for beginners as the pictures are rather plain and don’t aid in interpretation)

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Yes, the Three Fates spread helps you get insight into the past, present and future regarding a specific issue.

1. Three of Swords (Past): you have experienced heartbreak and grief due to rejection, betrayal or separation
2. Nine of Cups (Present): you are content and satisfied on all levels–physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually
3. The World (Future)–I must add “Future….based on your present course of action”: You will learn your lessons well and will reap the benefits of tasks accomplished–This is a good place to be.

Summary: Although you have experienced pain and suffering in the past, you have moved passed the suffering and are content with your life. If you continue on your present course of action, that contentment will continue and you will be reap the benefits of your lessons learned and tasks accomplished. Way to go!

Bright Blessings

To Sybil the sooth sayer: Well said! I tend to get wordy and over-explain.

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Normally a Tarot deck comes with 78 cards and 2 blanks. The 78 cards are the actual Tarot deck, and the 2 blanks can have anything on them. You would normally get a LWB (Little White Book) as well, that should give you a very basic meaning for each card.

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It’s the only deck I use. I like the imagery a lot. I find it much more useful than decks that just show 10 swords on the 10 of Swords card, for example. I used to have another decorative deck (Scarpini perhaps?) after my first Rider Waite was destroyed by rain, but I was totally useless with it. I don’t see myself ever using something other than a Rider Waite.

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Well I can’t find a listing for a deck being published in that year. Doesn’t mean it wasn’t, but how do you know it’s a 1935 Rider Waite? If it really is a unknown publication, it could be worth quite a bit of money. You should contact deck collectors. I’d try some of the older Tarot list on yahoo. Comparative Tarot or Tarot-L. However I’d suggest you do a bit of research 1st to try and figure out what you really have.

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You need to find one that appeals to you.

I actually have the Thoth deck because I feel closely tied to the Egyptian pantheon. My first Tarot deck was given as a gift from the one who taught me, and it was a fairy deck. I can use it, but it doesn’t feel right.

Look at the images, and see which deck calls to you the most. The messages in each deck are the same, but the designs may speak to you more from one deck than another, and that can make a difference.

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I wish I could help, but I don’t know. My best advice would be to find out if Amazon.com or Amazon.uk ships to your part of the world. You could try the Barnes & Noble website, too. I hope this helps.

The Rider-Waite is an excellent deck to learn with, because there are so many books available that feature the Rider-Waite deck.

The designers of the R-W deck, AE Waite and Lady Pamela Coleman-Smith, were both magicians in the Order of the Golden Dawn. That could be one reason it seems so magical.

Waite specified the symbolism for the major arcana and asked the artist and magician, Pamela Coleman-Smith, to do the art. Coleman-Smith came up with the idea to put pictures (instead of just a certain number of each suite symbol—6 cups, 7 swords, etc.) on each of the minor arcana cards. Her genius made the R-W far easier to read and interpret than previous decks, and most tarot decks since then have been based on her idea.

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All tarot decks work the same way. The symbolism just varies from deck to deck, I have never handled a Gilded deck but from what I can see via an internet search, the meanings of each card are going to remain very similar. The artistic rendering is just different.

Any time you buy a new deck, you should spend some time meditating with it and reading the booklet that comes with it. Different decks do read somewhat differently, and that can be an advantage.

When reading at psychic fairs, for example, I used several different decks. I tried to intuitively match the deck to the client, and for me it worked very well. Experiment and see how it works for you.

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Hello

You could have a look in your local phone directory for new age shops, etc. I have even found tarot decks at larger health food stores (the kind that also sell gifts, fresh flowers and lots of fresh produce).

Most large chain bookstores carry tarot decks, though they may be kept behind the counter in some stores. Just ask.

A discount bookstore, or one where you have a discount card, such as Borders or Barnes & Noble may have the best off-line price.

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Hello

78 cards, 56 Minor Arcana & 22 Major.

As for printable – sorry, did a search, don’t know of any.

Happy searching.

Sadhara
see profile.

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Have you tried Googling for this info?

Try looking here for a start.

Http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarot#Card_usage

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I am doing a tarot course with Holistic Paths to Wisdom. They also have a forum and you can ask what ever you need to about rider waites & the tarot in general. Its is free & worth a look. Http://www.holisticpathstowisdom.co.uk/forum/index.php

TWS

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I have one of each, but the rider waite seems to be more universally known.

Honestly tho, the deck needs to be something YOU are comfortable with. If you have a chance, look at the cards and the art and all that and get a good feel off of them, and decide which you like more. You should feel almost personally connected to whichever deck you choose

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Ok pull out your deck,

2 of Cups: A new Relationship a Pair of People just discovering one another and forming a new relationship.

4 of Wands: We see a young couple under a Huppa, celebrating their wedding and their Marriage; outside the context of the relationship reading it can speak to the cementing of any contract or covenant.

6 of Trumps, the Lovers – Today in most decks it speaks more to a Passionate relationship; in the Tarot of Marseilles and decks that follow its lead, we see the young man looking away from his young love, and towards the crone, and this card is more of a warning; that the blush will soon come off the rose of any love.

10 of Cups – A Mature Relationship, this card speaks to events in Emotional Matters.

10 of Pents – A Mature Relationship, this card speaks to matters of Health and Health.

Now as Knights, speaks speak to young persons, and Kings and Queens speak to persons in their 40′s or more. You will find that Kings and Queens together often speak to Husbands – and Wives, Moms and Dads.

Retribution said,
Also 3 of Cups indicates celebration, so can indicate the actual ceremony.

BB re: Good Point! Thanks for the insight. : ) BB.

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There are several Tarot decks and “oracle” decks to choose from, but not all may be what you are expecting. For information on the “Faerie Tarot”, you can go to Aeclectic Tarot.

Http://www.aeclectic.net/cgi-bin/frame.cgi?source=www.aeclectic.net&target=www.tarotgarden.com

If this deck by Nathalie Hertz Is what you are referring to, Aeclectic does not show all the cards, just a sampling. Their Major Arcana appears to be in line with Rider-Waite imagery, but not the minor. Since they don’t show the whole deck, I found another of Nathalie Hertz’s decks, Fantastical Tarot, on Tarot.com and they DO show the entire deck. Note that her minor arcana shows mostly the suit and number but not really the same story-like imagery that the Rider-Waite does. I would assume that she has illustrated her two decks similarly, so this may not be the deck you would want. You can see all the Fantastical deck here:

http://www.tarot.com/tarot/decks/index.php?deckID=52

If you go through the various spellings of Fairy, Faerie, etc. On Aeclectic, you can see numerous decks, some obscure, some out-of-print or unavailable, and some that are currently available. I would suggest that you pay close attention to any depictions of the minor arcana in the sample pictures to determine whether or not you can get a feel for the imagery before you buy. Bear in mind that many Pagan or New Age type shops keep sample decks of their stock so that you can view them before purchasing. Llewellyn has a selection of decks to see, as well as US Games.