Monday, January 28, 2019

The Difference Between Tarot And Oracle Cards

By Arthur Patterson


When it comes to the occult, there are a number of differences between tarot readings and others. For example, when reading with Oracle cards, readers often use interpretation of the imagery and free flowing energies to provide a reading. Whereas, tarot card readers often read based on the history of tarot, the definition of cards as provided in a guidebook and psychic energies reflected by each client.

In tarot, while some deck authors have changed the count to stand out, historically there are 78 cards in the deck, including major and minor suits. Unlike this aspect of tarot, there are no rules related to the number which must be included in other decks such as Oracle, yoga or angel cards. For, most of these decks are based on interpretative energies as provided by the imagery rather than historic information associated with a specific suit.

Images and counts often used in traditional tarot decks often feature specific details, including common meanings as defined in associated guidebooks among all decks regardless of author or style. For example, when reading tarot, the imagery and numbers are historically associated with specific elements and emotions as reflected by the different major and minor suits in the deck. Whereas, others not related to tarot share no such common descriptions or meanings.

If decks were food, it could be said that the Oracle version is an entree with tarot being the ingredients. For example, individuals rarely have more than one entree though entrees can often include a lot of ingredients. Whereas, once the ingredients are combined, the meal becomes whole and complete.

When it comes to psychic or energy readings, some readers use a variety of supernatural oriented cards, while others read based on energy alone. In either case, tarot tends to hold more historic value while others hold a great deal more energy. As such, most of these individuals tend to read palms, tea leaves, runes and cards outside the realm of tarot than otherwise.

A good analogy of a tarot reading is that of reading a storybook. In this analogy, the cards would be the pages of the book. Whereas, the tarot reader would be the narrator. As with a storybook, it is important to listen carefully to the beginning, middle and end of the story in order to get the most out of the experience.

In some cases, readers will use a combination of decks during a reading. When doing so, tarot is often the centerpiece while a secondary deck provides a beginning or ending card. Whereas, when clients have difficulty understanding a reading, readers will often pull a card from additional decks to confirm such findings, or provide an additional reading if necessary.

The first method used when a reader uses a combination of oracle and tarot, is to have the client pull a card from the oracle deck, at which point an overview of surrounding energy is provided, followed by a traditional tarot reading. While in the second, the reader will either pull, or have the client pull a closing or parting card from which the reader will add additional comments in relation to the information already provided.




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