You’ve been here before. You ask a question, pull a card and….it doesn’t really make sense.
Even though I’ve done thousands of readings, this still happens to me ALL THE TIME!
So I’m going to share my process for what I do when I get a card that makes absolutely NO sense whatsoever.
But first a story….it’s a story about a festival, some very spiritual people and a big red tent. Unfortunately there’s no sex or nudity but there IS a whole bunch of drugs….
So in a nutshell, my process for decoding ANY Tarot or oracle card that doesn’t make sense is this:
First, I explore WHY the card is confusing, nonsensical or just plain annoying. This alone can sometimes lead to some big epiphanies and insights! In the above video, I was irritated by the card’s beauty and magical appearance because it didn’t reflect how I was feeling and it didn’t seem to offer any solutions (at first).
Second, I notice which symbol or aspect of the card I’m most drawn to (in the example I gave in the video, it was the pearl in the oyster shell). I then explore what that symbol means to me and whether it has a message for me about my current question.
Third, I explore some of the other things on the card like it’s number, various words, colours or characters. Sometimes this feels a bit like meandering along a winding path with little side paths that lead nowhere. That’s okay. Some of these side paths may lead somewhere important – you never know until you try.
In my case, I explored the number on my oracle card (39) by adding it together (12) and finding the corresponding Tarot card (The Hanged Man) and then adding that number again (3) to get The Empress. It was through exploring these two Tarot cards that I had some interesting insights.
Tell me what you think! When was the last time you got a card that make absolutely NO SENSE? What card was it?
Happy Tarot Reading!
xoxo
Kate