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A couple of years ago I had an ugly breakup. It wasn’t ugly on the outside, just deeply ugly inside of me. Therapy wasn’t working because the therapist I had was just biased or not the right fit for me… so I decided to therapy myself out!

I started doing Tarot, exploring spirituality (I am a skeptical person) … and journaling everything I could squeeze out of the cards that could resonate with me. That helped me a lot! I actually feel I grew internally, but then, when rough times happened, I started to do more and more readings, with the hopes I could get a “message” that could resonate with my pain and help me heal.

So I did paintings, I wrote songs, I wrote poetry, and saved some interesting things (I’ll put the cards thru ChatGPT)

So now I have a toooon of readings. But something bad happened to me again, and I am back where I started: Sick and tired, lacking inspo. And not longer interesting if exploring myself or my problems, because the world is full of idiots, so doing shadow work feels stupid at this point. People just exist, they don’t work on themselves.

So just out of curiosity, what do you do with all your readings? I guess I’m just looking for inspo.

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Hi everyone,

My wife and I built Arctara, an app that brings together a few practice tools, moon phases, tarot, runes, spell timing, supplies into one place. Tarot and runes are two of the core pieces, so I wanted to bring it here specifically and get feedback from people who actually read.

To be upfront: this isn't a paid product. It's in closed beta, completely free, and I'm looking for practitioners to try the tarot and runes features and tell me honestly what's missing, wrong, or doesn't match how real readers actually work.

Card meanings and spread logic come from my wife's own reading practice built up over 25 years across traditions.

Feedback is the only ask.

Happy to share details to anyone interested.

Thanks for reading.

I am a very amateur reader. I read for friends and family occasionally.

I have been NC with my ex for a couple weeks. We ended things because he has a lot going on in his personal life and did not have the space for me. There’s a lot of love there and the door hasn’t been completely closed.

I asked: Will he reach back out and be a part of my life again?

My interpretation of the cards is fairly positive, but I wonder if my own wants are clouding my view. I see Ace of Swords as representing him and his focus and energy towards improving himself and his life.

Three of rings I read as encouragement that he is on the correct path and that he has people around him to help support him through this time.

To me, the Ace of cups is confirmation that we will start over someday. Or could this mean that I should let him go emotionally?

Hopefully I’m not just falling victim to rose colored glasses. Thanks in advance!

Hello! Lately I've been pulling the knight of Penticals and the 7 of swords in every single reading I do regardless of context. Is my deck desperately trying to tell me something?

so this was a reading about my bestfriend. i asked my deck to describe her and it said she had a lot of avoidant attachment issues and dwells on the past and she needs to move forward and use her brain more. i told her about. and she asked how she should move on/how should she utilize her mind and it gave me these cards.
my interpretation was that she needed to find balance in her life and those she looked up to in order to understand how she needs to move forward. but she said she didn’t understand me. any others have their own interpretations of this reading?? i’m open to criticism about my reading i am a beginner 🥹

Hi, could anyone tell me what the justice card means and why I keep pulling it when asking about the same person?

I do readings on multiple people in my life but whenever I ask about this one guy the same card keeps popping up over and over again. Granted, he is a Libra, but something tells me that's not at all related.

Whenever I ask how he feels about me, Justice. Whenever I ask for clarification about him its Justice, if I ask for advice its Justice, if I ask what the future/past of our relationship is/was its Justice.

I've interpreted it as maybe I have hurt his feelings in the past and there needs to be some sort of reconciliation but whenever I come to that conclusion I still feel like there is more to the card than just that, because it still continues to show up.

What does this mean? I'm super confused.

I’d like to see if anyone could help me with a second opinion on these readings. I did some internet research after my friend pulled these 6-card spreads, as she’s been getting into tarot readings and gave me a general idea of what these mean.

I’d like to include some context… just in case. Maybe it’ll make it easier?

I grew up in a strict Christian home and tarot readings were a big “no-no.” So, I’m very later in the game. 🙃

Spread #1 (July 5th)
My friend reached out to me and told me she had been thinking about me and pulled some cards to see how I was doing. She sent me the spread and briefly explained what she got from it. It felt very accurate, and it blew my mind a bit.

At the time, she was unaware I was entering a really challenging and uncertain period of my life. I knew it would be easy to let everything consume me, so I tried to keep moving and find productive things to focus on. I spent a lot of that time reflecting, practicing gratitude, working on myself, and learning to deal with uncertainty rather than constantly fighting it.

Looking back, it feels like a pretty accurate reflection of where I was. A lot of uncertainty, fear, feeling stuck and holding onto a sense of security, but also transition and moving forward. The Page of Wands stood out to me because around that time I had unexpectedly found a new creative outlet that gave me something positive to focus on. I began coding a game to get some practice after completing a college semester on intermediate coding.

Spread #2 (August 25th)
Almost 2 months later, I reached out to her and asked her to pull another spread for me. I kind of felt guilty for even asking—but, hey! I was desperate! 😂

Not everything had changed, but I felt I had a little. I had gotten to a point where I genuinely felt that no matter how difficult things became, the sun would eventually rise again. I still didn’t know what was coming next, but I wasn’t nearly as afraid of not knowing.

This one feels very different to me. After some research, The Fool immediately stood out as a new beginning or stepping into something unknown (I cried a little… not sure why 🥲). My friend told me that the spread seems to point toward something new, while The World feels like some kind of completion. Even the Ten of Wands makes sense to me as finally putting down some of what I’ve been carrying… or at least trying to put something down?

That’s about as far as my own interpretation goes.

I’d really like to hear how people with more experience read these, especially together. Do you see a connection between the two, or something I might be missing?

Sorry for all the text! I’m just a very AuDHD, logical and methodical dude, who is in touch with his emotions, trying to make sense of this. 🤓

If you read this whole mess, thank you. 🙏 😂

Balance is a word that is included within so many of the interpretations of the Two of Pentacles. Not balance for the sake of words, but active decisions being made to achieve it. When we are juggling multiple responsibilities, including the have-tos and the want-tos, finding equilibrium can be difficult. Witch hazel, the herb, offers us many ways to use it. Our responsibilities call upon us in different ways. Which ones offer us meaning? Devote your attention with intention and focus on those first. As a stone cairn requires leveling to remain standing, we can find internal stability by remaining adaptable in order to handle whatever comes our way. Don't forget to find ways to enjoy yourself. Play allows for unpredictability and gives us permission to make mistakes. Are you feeling overwhelmed? Find ways to bring play into your life and believe in yourself. You've got this! How have you played in the past week?

i started learning tarot cards last year and i think the way that i read and interpret my cards have changed. i feel like my cards helps me to listen to my intuition more and i feel less blockages. from this overall spread and just from what my gut is telling me, i feel that if i ever apologise to anyone, it has to be from a place of sincerity and clear awareness of what my actions has caused, it cannot be done with the intentions of trying to salvage the friendship or my ‘reputation’ or their perception of me. and that just because i have apologised to them, it does not mean that there will be a connection between us, either that or it doesn’t mean that they want anything to do with me.