How can the same pictures come up in a reading and surprise us by representing something completely different than what we are used to?
This is one of the marvels of card reading, one of the reasons I never grow tired of it.
So, some new combinations I have learnt during my ordeal. Remember that I use the Playing Card Oracles method created by Ana Cortez, so these combinations probably only make sense within this system.
Q♦ + 5♥ – She who is not what she seems - especially someone hiding behind a kind and compromising mask. In fact any court card accompanied by the 5♥ can represent a person who is hiding their true face, so to speak, but it's particularly dangerous when people are pretending to support you when in fact they are not.
9♠ + 5♦ – While reading, I usually took this combination as 'beware of whom you trust'. But a comment from one of my friends who was in the room brought another aspect of this combination to light: that of someone who is making their life dry by mistrusting everybody. Of course, the context of the reading made this interpretation possible. A third possibility would be when someone is manipulating you into putting your butt on the line, so to speak. But for readings about romance, I found that the second meaning tends to be more common.
K♣ + Q♣ & other court couples – This falls in the category of 'things to avoid in future readings'. I have the habit of describing the Court Cards' personalities in readings, especially when a couple of the same suit appears in the spread. While in times it can be useful, I'm beginning to realise that it's a turn off for most sitters because the feedback I usually get is: 'nope, doesn't relate to the person I know at all'. It's an information that gets in the way, because once the sitter feels he cannot identify immediately with what I said, he shuts the rest of the reading off. So from now on, a couple of same suit shall represent a very strong/important partnership, period. I'll only elaborate if the querent feels curious about the Court Cards.
It's a reading, not a workshop – I don't know if this happens to anyone else, but my sitters love to ask what is the precise meaning of each card and position and what exactly they represent in relation to the question. Point is: not every card is relevant. Some can give you the answer, while others are there helping to create an atmosphere. And who ever said cards have a precise meaning? But anyway, I decided that I'm done with teaching while reading. If you want to learn then buy the deck/book, invite me over for a tea and we will spend the whole afternoon discussing the cards and satisfying your curiosity. But while reading, instead of bruising my grey matter trying to explain each card as equally relevant, I shall give a quick keyword and move on the the general spread.
I know that that this post might be pretty irrelevant to a lot of readers, due to the parts concerning card combinations. I apologise, as it's not my intention to alienate anyone. But I felt it was important to me to organise the practical lessons I got from last Wednesday's toil, so there you go.
Samuel Hart Reproduction Playing Cards © Naipes Heraclio Fournier
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