Question regarding a reading I had last night

[Jessica]

So I do readings on myself pretty frequently and have never felt bad energy or any negativity really during a reading but last night I started to do a spread to help me get into contact with one of my spirit guides as soon as I started pulling cards my first four were all reversed and I stopped after the 4 (I don’t remember what cards they were sadly I got such a bad feeling I just put them straight away and cleansed) and for some reason I got this really heavy anxious feeling like I was definitely not contacting anything good I immediately ended the reading and did some spiritual cleansing so my questions are 1) has anyone else had this experience or something similar before? 2) do you think my feeling was justified or was it some weird fluke/a random panic attack of some sort and is it possible that an evil spirit of some sort was coming through instead of a guide? And lastly should I try again? This is my first time posting something like this or really openly talking about my tarot experiences as I know I’m not the most experienced or anything like that I by no means think I know everything so please try to be non judgmental I really don’t know what to think of this experience but I thought this sub reddit may be a good place to seek some guidance.

Discussion

[WineRedRobyn]

I have had a bad feeling when doing a tarot spread before, yes. I pushed through with it, though. Sometimes, the message is a warning. I also cleansed afterwards.
But as for a bad feeling when trying to get in contact with spirit guides? No. I’ve had a bad feeling when interacting with a higher being before, though, but that was through a dream. I think you might want to try to identify this being first before trying to communicate with it. I think you should put more trust into your own intuition with this, and it can be trusted best when you don’t allow fear to take the best of you.

[Heremetic93]

Try doing the lesser banishing ritual of the pentagram and hexagram. That will clear away any negative energy you might be feeling.