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    Jessica
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    I have been watching readings on online and it seems that a lot of people don’t like reading cards reversed….why would that be?

  • Why do some people not read reversals?

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  • OrangeCoffee87

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    February 1, 2021 at 12:29 pm

    I don’t find it to be necessary. I read the shadow, negative, or developing aspect of a card if and when it makes sense in the context of the reading, the position in the spread, etc. Totally just my own preference.

  • mysterymeat_23

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    February 1, 2021 at 12:29 pm

    When I was starting out, I didn’t read reversals cause the book that came with it said that the deck didn’t need reversals. So, as a beginner I just went with that. It’s been 3 years of on and off reading and I find when I use that deck, I just don’t find myself using reversals. I’ve only recently gotten into studying reversals more, been wanting to for a while

  • Train-Nearby

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    February 1, 2021 at 12:29 pm

    I read reversals as the good and bad aspects of the card – not a polar opposite. For instance: I pulled the 6 of Coins Rx recently – I don’t see as the opposite of a charitable act or impulse, but rather a struggle to decide where to allocate one’s resources, or the notion that one can give too much.

  • catherying

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    February 1, 2021 at 12:29 pm

    I don’t do reversals because I’m new to tarot and find it difficult enough to read 78 cards. I also believe that it the tarot cards have a ‘negative’ message for me they will show me a card that shows that message- there is 78 to choose from! Instead of (might be wrong;) reversed lovers I’d expect the 3 or 10 of swords, etc.

  • dragon_morgan

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    February 1, 2021 at 12:29 pm

    For me personally the way I shuffle cards they will usually end up all facing the same way unless I intentionally introduce them, which rings false to me. Basically if a card ends up upside down I take it as a clue that I really need to pay attention. However, if I get a card that seems incongruous with the position in the spread (ie 10 of cups for “what to avoid”) the reversed/shadow meaning can lend additional insight

  • IronDominion

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    February 1, 2021 at 12:29 pm

    It depends, here a few explanations:

    – some decks are not designed to be read with them, or don’t make sense with them
    – Some beginners find them challenging, especially if they’re trying to memorize meanings.
    – Some people think they make readings convoluted and are thus unnecessary

  • Psych-k

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    February 1, 2021 at 12:29 pm

    It was hard for me to understand reverse cards when I started, but I finally found a meaning in them that makes a lot of sense for me. I interpret reversed cards as something you’re lacking in your (or the person you’re reading for’s) life. Doing it that way doesn’t require that you learn double meanings for you card, and still isn’t inherently negative, as having something like a reverse tower card could be a good thing to have missing from your life.

  • [deleted]

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    February 1, 2021 at 12:29 pm

    For me, I think I can tell whether the card is supposed to be “reversed” or not depending on what I asked the deck. My deck generally lets me know when something is supposed to be read as a reversal.

  • BluebonnetReads

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    February 1, 2021 at 12:29 pm

    As a newish tarot reader, I decided not to do reversals because a) I was completely overthinking how to shuffle in the reversals and b) I could not read them intuitively like I can upright cards.

  • Jaded_Ad4983

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    February 1, 2021 at 12:29 pm

    I cant answer for others, but can try to explain from my own point of view. I used to read with reversals as well. I found my readings are much more accurate when using the overall energy and surrounding cards all upright. I also rarely read using only 1 card for this reason. Each card has a positive , negative and lesson, so for me, instead of saying a card such as ace of cups means a happy emotion and a reversal would mean a sad emotion… i just think it is the seed of pure emotion… surounding cards clarify … OR if I assign positions if ace of cups shows in a challenge position, it would indicate however I see that as a challenge in relation to the question, surrounding cards, etc.. I use this to explain why I choose to read without reversals. For me, When I was learning, I once pulled the ace of cups as my overall day. Expecting to have a ” happy” day, or hearing something that would make me happy, etc.. I spent the day crying in relation to something. That is what taught me that each card has + and – attributes..
    Use whatever way seems ro work best for YOU.

  • Carded_Tarot-Tales

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    February 1, 2021 at 12:29 pm

    I read reversals with my Ettiella decks because they were explicitly designed to be read in a system with reversals but otherwise I don’t bother. I think the tarot deck works as a symbol set of 78 images, and I don’t think doubling that number generally adds much clarity. I much prefer using a system of elemental dignities and using the surrounding cards to determine what aspect of a card might be in play.

  • eneums

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    February 1, 2021 at 12:29 pm

    I don’t like reversals. As soon as I see a spread with multiple reversals, my anxiety kicks in, which turns my interpretation into a doom-and-gloom fest. I’d rather look at how the cards interact with each other, since as several commenters said here, there are absolutely positive, negative, and neutral aspects to each card in the deck that will be heightened or mollified by the cards around them. I take the reverse meaning into consideration to an extent, but I find that I lose control of my analysis if too many cards show up reversed.

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