TAROT READINGS

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TAROT READINGS
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THE BACKGROUND OF TAROT

• Unknown Origin
• Traditional- Roma (4th Century A.D.
• Others- Celts, Jews, others.

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Modern Tarot Decks

• Found in Most Cultures
• Displays influence from most cultures
• Popular Culture

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Modern Variations

• Layouts
• Suits (Discs. vs. Pentacles vs. coins)
• Images
• Meaning of specific cards

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Popular notions

• Miss Cleo www.mindandspirit.com
• Satanic
• Magic

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THE MOTHERPEACE TAROT DECK
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THE DECK

• Major/Minor Arcana
• THE SUITS
• CupsWater
• WandsFire
• DiscsEarth
• SwordsAir
• Numerology

• Treatment of the Deck

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The Layout
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1
5
7
3
2
10
11
11A
11B
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11C
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The Reading

• Disclaimer
• Location/Space
• Cleaning
• Question

• Shuffling
• The Spread
• Interpretation

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The Feelings of Recipients
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Expectations

• Fortune Telling
• Ambiguity
• Uncertainty, mixture hope and disbelief

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Was it magical?

• No, but still neat, kind of useful
• Maybe, couldnt explain certain aspects
• No, but had every attribute of magic
• Unreliability of questionnaire responses

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Overall Feelings

• Confusion
• Cynicism
• Skeptical, but open
• Uncertainty
• Fear/Uneasiness

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Readers Feelings
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Our method for examining Tarot

• Suzanne- control
• Motherpeace- gift

• Each Group Member
• To experience a magic act
• Dragon Deck- Loan
• Tarot of the Trance- gift

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Universal Feelings

• Performance Anxiety
• Pressure to instill confidence
• Fatigue/Draining

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Beginning Readers

• Lack of self-confidence
• Eager Anticipation
• Relief
• No strong connection with recipient

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The Control Suzanne

• Self- confidence
• The moment of knowing
• Spectrum of success and clarity
• Frequent strong connection

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How Tarot Worked

• Or Didnt.

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Traditional

• How it should work

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Self Fulfilling Prophecy

• Horoscope

Gemini
Pisces
Scorpio
Virgo
Tarot?
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B.S. theory

• Completely irrelevant
• Applicable only due to ambiguity

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??? ????/??? ????

• This world vs. the other world
• A connection occurs

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Who/What do you believe?

• Belief in the Reader

• Belief in the Cards

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