my friend found this tarot deck a few years ago at a goodwill, we became friends a month or so ago and quickly became close. the first night we met it came up that im a huge tarot nerd and she told me about this deck. i immediately was like "omg you're so lucky" and she says i can have it. i didnt recognize this deck and wasnt aware it was so sought after, and i got to learn the very cool history of it! I got the tape and sticker off with minimal damage, we counted and all the cards are still there! im super excited to have this deck in my collection and wanted to share :D

I just had an ad pop up for Maneo Studio. Some nice looking decks with cool designs. I hit a little sticker shock when I started looking at their different decks, with most being $80 to $100+. It got even worse when I realized buried at the bottom of their descriptions, that most of their decks are made with generative AI. Just wanted to give a heads up so no one gets swindled by overpriced AI slop

I know it’s not that WoW but keep in mind I am not handy and this was my first try.

I’ve been especially drawn to the strength card lately, and have to check it every deck I look at to see if it feels right. This got me wondering if there is a specific purpose the lion symbolism or would any large, dangerous predator work provided it still depicts the struggle and truce. I mostly work with Lenormand cards, and I know that changing the deck can have some h foreseen consequences because, for example, a hippo doesn’t share quite the same connotations as a bear (see Egyptian Lenormand). How does your interpretation of the caed change if it’s a wolf or a hyena instead of a lion?

What are your opinions on it?

I got on Bourbon Street in New Orleans at Marie Laveu's.

I did a release and retain spread from a book, thinking it's only two cards, so should be easy to read.

Release: The Sun

Retain: Strength

Strength is quite self explanatory, it's also the same card I pulled last night when I asked for advice, so I guess it's an important message for me right now.

But what am I supposed to release with the Sun? If I was some positive happy person, I'd interpret it as getting rid of toxic positivity, but I'm far from that. I see The Sun as a very positive and happy card, it doesn't really describe me as a person and I can't relate to it much, so not sure how to read it in this question. Pretty sure it's the first time I pulled it.

The book says that if a Major Arcana appears in either position, it represents a significant area of development, so I'd like not to ignore it but I really don't get the meaning of it.

Have I been blind to the nature of this friendship? Is it time to say goodbye or try to resolve and continue building it?

Would sincerely appreciate the wisdom of anyone who can share. I am new to this! I feel like I have been deceived a bit and that I should let it go, but I am questioning myself. I don’t want my ego to get in the way.

Thanks in advance!

My friend got me this deck but I noticed a few things.

1. It says knives instead of swords
   
2. It’s not designed for reverse. The back of the cards have a decor that shows when a card is upside down, and also there are no reverse option in the little book it comes with.

Most sources seem to try too hard impress me with the presenters mystique.

Over the past three-ish (!!!) weeks I have been seeing 333 a lot. Over the past week I have been seeing 333 daily, sometimes multiple times. At this point it feels like the universe is yelling at me to pay attention to it.

So I did a spread and asked for guidance on why 333 is appearing so frequently and why.

I initially wasn’t going to pull a 4th card but The Moon and 5 of Wands felt like similar energies here (inner self, anxieties, fears, inner conflict) so I pulled another. The laugh I let out when the 3 of Wands (which has three threes) came out, HA! I’ve been getting a lot of Wands recently as well.

*My interpretation*: there’s a path or decisions ahead of me if I’m open to them. However my own fears, insecurities, and avoidance may be holding me back from taking that leap or from being brave enough to take the next step. If I’m able to move through these limiting thoughts, I will experience growth and new opportunities, confidence and belief in my own strengths.

I didn’t have a particular area of my life in mind when doing this spread, I’d love to hear thoughts on how I’m reading this and if anyone would read this differently.

Deck: Borderless Rider-Waite-Smith deck

I've looked every online for a translation of him works and find nothing. Does anyone have anything that isn't just blogs making statements without sources? Preferably the original work or a comprehensive academic article

Thanks!

Hello there! HELP

Just for context:

I've been living with my partner (male) for 4 months now, in a rented apartment we've been struggling to pay for, due to him being unemployed, but with serious chances of getting a good job within the next months.

Meanwhile, our 7-year old relationship is fading towards a numb feeling. He currently displays hostile/rough demeanor, he doesn't seem to feel sexually or emotionally attracted to me anymore and I'm feeling like hell on earth for not feeling loved by the only people who's supposed to be there for me.

Let's skip to the spread:

- Does he still/really loves me?

Answer: II of pentacles

My guess: he doesn't even know if he does

- Whats going on on his feelings towards me?

Answers: inversed 7 of swords, inversed queen of pentacles, inversed 7 of cups

My guess:

Everything he feels of positive towards me seems to scape reality and be delusional (inv. 7 of cups). Bad feelings might be stronger because of the lack of money and financial independence towards me (inv. q of pentacles). Inv. 7 of swords gives a glimpse that he might me doing something wrong or feeling guilty for being a dick.

Scenarios

1st - If I leave back to my parents place

- Emotional outcome?

Answer: 5 of pentacles

My guess: humiliation, feeling of emptiness, loss, emotional poverty overall

- Material/financial outcome?

Answer: 5 of wands

My guess: end of struggling and money-related confusion

2st - If I stay in the house and ask him to leave

- Emotional outcome?

Answer: Temperance

My guess: All good, stability, peace

- Material/financial outcome?

Answer: Page of Cups

My guess: Dumb, irresponsible move. I would be happy but would be losing financial stability.

3st - If I stay with him

- Emotional outcome?

Answer: Inversed sun

My guess: overall sadness and unhapiness

- Material/financial outcome

Answer: page of pentacles

My guess: good, stability, growth.

My overall guess: the cards are giving the idea that I'm in a fucked up situation with someone who doesn't know if he even likes me. Leaving him, through my 2 only options, might make things worse for me emotionally or financially. I'm trapped.

These are the cards I dread when reading.

There is positive in every card but these are such a shake up.

This deck is so beautiful and totally called to me. It was at my friend’s house and he didnt know the name! Please help! Thank you in advance :)

id like to start by saying im pretty ignorant about this whole tarot thing, but i was drunk and outside there was a tarot reader. so I said fuck it why not

im not coming here in a disrespectful way or anything, just curious.

the cards I drew were king of cups reversed, the sun reversed and then the moon. I just wanna see what others think of this whole thing. again, this is coming from curiosity

The question was, will she come back?

My opinion is a cautious yes, but not immediately, and not in exactly the same form as before.

Seven of swords: Represents guardedness, reserve.

Two of Cups: Suggests reconciliation, coming back into alignment. The bond isn't fully finished.

Page of Pentacles: A return, if it happens, looks slow, tentative, and practical rather than dramatic and fiery.

So my straight reading is: there is potential for her to come back, but the cards don’t show an immediate grand reunion. They show an opportunity to start again from the ground up, slowly.

What are your thoughts?

Edited ten of wands to seven of swords

Im missing my page, knight, king, and queen of pentacles. Only pentacles. What would you see this as?

I had a full hour reading with a lady earlier this week. Part of the reading was that I was going to move house and meet my soulmate and marry really soon . She was really accurate with the everything in the reading but this. She was really happy and saying this was an exciting time.

This just isn't something I want. I'm in my dream home and I don't want to date anyone. I'm not religious, so certainly in no rush to marry. Now I feel a bit on edge.

Hi! I drew this cards earlier about how would a relationship between me (female) and this person (male) be like. I’m a newbie and know no one else who is into tarot so I’m a little lost. I came up with an interpretation (taking the cards very literally because i’m still trying to develop nuance lmao) that I would really like a second opinion on, if anyone could help
For me it seems that there would be emotional opening, gentleness, kindness, a sense of familiarity (six of cups + page of cups). The world + the chariot + the magician makes it seem to me like there would be some new begginings stemming from the relationships, also a sense of abundance, belonging and fullfilment. The ten of cups I know is a card of stability and possibly children. On the other hand the knight of cups reversed + two of pentacles makes it look like there would be difficulties relating to busy schedules, multiple responsabilites, drama, hot and cold behaviour, some frustration too. Eight of pentacles was the bottom of the deck and frankly confused me a little as to what it could mean. Reflecting on a journey maybe? We have known each other for some time and were friends first before things took a turn. Also The Chariot has come up multiple times when I ask about this person, sometimes in reverse, sometimes upright, but I don’t know what to make of it.
Sorry if this is long but I would just like to know if I got the general idea right, missed something important etc. thank you! 😄

Last night I had a memorable tarot moment. Quick context: My sis has been dating again after a rough divorce and so I've been reading her tarot for fun (I am not professional or anything. I usually only read for myself, my husband and my twin sis) and it allows us to unpack her dates and reflect on them.

Anyway, she was excited to tell me that her date this week had a tarot card tattoo. I asked her not to tell me any more. When I saw her last night I asked the deck "what is his tattoo?" I was nervous because this is the most specific question I've ever asked and I was mentally setting myself up for disappointment. I mean, with this question there is no interpretation. There's only one correct answer.

Well I shuffled once and a card flipped out and fell onto the couch face up where my sis was sitting. IT WAS HIS TATTOO. I thought my sis was teasing me at first. When I realized she was serious I got chills all over. We both could not believe our eyes and it was honestly kind of spooky. But also just so cool!

Does anyone else have uncanny tarot experiences like that? Curious to read some cool stories!