Sometimes when I do readings I am not sure about the meaning of the card combinations, and that is when the looking up of information starts, be it online, in my books, or just in the small booklet that comes with the deck.
Once, while doing this I had this image of a large tome that would contain all the possible combinations and their meanings, something like a meaning dictionary of sorts. And I said to myself For sure somebody did it already, I just need to find it.
So I opened my trust AI PA and asked about it. Well, well, well! The answer was quite blunt. Nobody did this because it would be a huge amount of information if you take into consideration all the possible combinations between the 78 cards, and if you use reversed cards it gets even more difficult.
Totally! Makes sense, and a bit disappointed I stepped back. That is when the idea came to me, but could I have a sort of simple, list I could consult quickly to make sense of the cards themselves and the combinations? Something with similar categories that I can easily make sense of?
So I got to work with my trusty AI and after a few working attempts I managed to create, with the help of AI, a sort of reference manual, a list with all the cards, and for each card a column of keywords, core meaning, the shadow meaning, and then applied meanings to different areas of life career, love, health, money. I also added a section of who/what that card might represent, advice and a reflection question.
I did not invent anything new, and anyone can create this with the help of AI, maybe even a better one. I did this for myself because sometimes I get muddled in all the meanings and my mind goes blank.
I have to say I am quite please with my little table, and I will continue work on it to improve it. I find it really useful not just because it is so easy to look up information in it, in a glance, but because the details in it are really good and they actually support a reading.
For example, I was talking the other day with somebody about the Death card.
Shuddering card to get at any time. My table though helps guide meaning before we can get all panicky.
Death Card as listed in my table:
Keywords: transformation, ending, renewal, release, transition
Core Meaning: Endings create space for meaningful beginnings.
Shadow: Holding onto what has already ended.
Career: A major professional transformation.
Love: The relationship evolves or a chapter closes.
Health: Release unhealthy habits.
Money: Restructure financial priorities.
Represents: A major life transition.
Advice: Release.
Reflection Question: What am I afraid to let go of?
Great no? Still work in progress but I was so pleased with it that I wanted to share.
There are so many wonderful books out there and so much information online, that I think it is difficult to bring something totally new, but maybe one does not even need to, maybe all we need to do is be ourselves, do things in our own way and hope to meet like minded peeps on the way.
I will provide updates on how my little table evolves! Now I got this idea that I would like to print it! Let me see how I manage that!
Happy Readings!