😵‍💫Don't be a creeper with your Tarot deck

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Hi there Tarot Friends,

Recently, someone in an online group I’m part of messaged me out of the blue.

He launched straight into detailed questions - -
How I relate to Tarot.
What mistakes I see readers make.
How I think about the cards.

No introduction. No context. Just interrogation.

I asked if he read Tarot and he kind of dismissively said yes and went back to interrogating me.🤷‍♀️

Honestly, I don’t know what he was after, but:

And, unfortunately, people do this with Tarot all the time.

The problem with slapping down cards and not pausing

You ask a question.
You pull a few cards.
Nothing clicks.

So you pull another card.
Then another.
Maybe you rephrase the question and pull again.

At some point the table is crowded, your mind is buzzing, and somehow you’re less clear than when you started.

Is the Wheel of Fortune a yes or a no?
King of cups, who could that be?
I’m not sure, let me ask what he’s thinking and pull again…

This is what Colette Baron Reid calls “Oracle abuse”.😆

Tarot isn’t a slot machine

A slot machine rewards persistence.
Keep feeding it coins and eventually something pops out.

More cards don’t create clarity. They create noise.

Each additional card fragments your attention.

Instead of staying with what’s already present, you skim across symbols hoping one will finally announce, “This is the answer.”

Tarot responds to engagement, not pressure

If the cards feel quiet, repetitive, or fuzzy, it’s rarely because you need more information. It’s usually because you haven’t stayed with the initial cards long enough to form a relationship with them.

Ask yourself instead:
​What am I not willing to sit with yet?

Often the first cards already point to something subtle, inconvenient, or uncomfortable.

Pulling more cards becomes a way to avoid that moment of contact.

👉Tarot works like a conversation, not an interrogation.

You don’t get better answers by asking louder or faster.
You get better answers by listening longer.

Pull fewer cards.
Pause before clarifying.
Let meaning unfold before adding more symbols.

If insight feels stalled, pause.

The cards aren’t hiding the answer.

You’re just being invited to slow down long enough to meet it.

Ever notice how some couples can finish each other’s sentences?

That’s partly intuition and partly knowing each other so well.
Time spent. Attention given. A shared language built over time.

You’ll get that way with Tarot and your favorite deck if you put in the time.

I’ve been reading for decades. Sometimes I can guess what card is coming up.

And, at the same time, Tarot never ceases to surprise me.

Both are true. Just like with people.

💫If you want to build that kind of relationship with Tarot, that’s exactly what we practice inside Tarot Underground.

It’s where the Tarot Habit is formed.
Less pulling. More listening.
Fewer cards. Deeper readings.

👉 Join Tarot Underground on Circle. It’s free.​

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-Cassandra the Card Reader
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