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The process of divination
There is no specific rule for the process of divination. Everyone has personal custom and preference. Proficiency is the important. You can practice or create the divination process as you desire. Yet, notice that once you have the habit of the process in divination, you might rely on it too much to influence the precision of explaining the meaning of the cards.
Though there is no certain rule for the divination, yet we still can generalize the following basic steps:
Ask a constructive question in divination Before you touch the cards, the first thing you have to do is to assure the problem. The answer that Tarot provides is not the only result. If you are not satisfied with the result, you can change the card or divine again. The real result is still controlled in your hands.
Adjust the environment and mood Do not analyze the Tarot card with the mood of playing. Especially when you divine for others, your mood has close relations with the precision.
After finishing the above steps, please concentrate your mind, do not be nervous, do not think bad thing and keep quite mood. Then you can proceed to Shuffle.
Deciding the Spreads According to the question, please choose proper spreads. Be aware that the spreads must be decided before Shuffle, otherwise you might attend to the superficial and neglect the essentials.
There are many ways to Shuffle. The common ways are the following: 1. Poker way 2. Mahjon way
The way to Shuffle is not limited to the above methods. However, no matter what way you use, what time you spend, it will be Ok if the cards are clean. To divide the positive and contrary position of the cards, please pay attention to the following principle: the right hand is defined as below (see the following picture) which is the place that the cards arranged. So, when you arrange the cards for yourself, only converse the cards clockwise by 90 degrees and you can get the correct direction. If you converse the cards counterclockwise by 90 degrees, then the cards would be becoming the positive and contrary positions for the other side.
Clockwise 90° Clockwise 90° Counterclockwise 90°
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Clockwise 90° |
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Clockwise 90° |
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Divine and explain by yourself |
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Divine for others and use your position as the basis |
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Divine for others and use other side’s position as the basis |
Cut
If you use indication card, this step can be omitted. Besides, this step must be carry out by the questioner to explore the attitude of that one.
Choose the card
Make the rear of the card upwards and spread the card as a fan. Ask the questioner to draw required cards out to get the original data.
Explain the card
Place the first card that the questioner draws out on the spreads of No 1. The rest may be deduced by analogy. |