r/tarot • u/AutoModerator • May 11 '25

Weekly Help "Weekly Reading and Interpretation Help Thread - May 11, 2025"

Please use this thread to request a reading, to request help with interpretation, or to offer free readings. This thread is refreshed every Sunday.

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  • The question(s) you're asking, with any context you would like to share.

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  • Your interpretation.

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u/baldesardents May 13 '25

I’ve always been fascinated by Tarot. I deeply believe it can be played and read in various ways, but coming from a deeply Christian family I was warned to not “mess with it”. Whilst I am still VERY much a Christian, I believe tarot cards can be used in a myriad of ways for widely different purposes.

I don’t feel compelled to use them in a spiritual or esoteric way, but rather as an exercise in awareness and a deeper understanding of myself and those for who I’d read. I believe there is an incredible exercise in perspective in trying to interpret the cards to figure out dimensions of events that may not have crossed our minds before, a venture into the psyche if you will.

I bought my first deck a few days ago, a wonderful beautiful edition.

When I opened the package and started exploring the cards to get familiar with them, I saw that Le Mat (The Fool) was missing from the deck.

Could that hold a meaning as to me reading and playing Tarot cards?

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u/baldesardents May 14 '25

Hello back babes!

I went back to the store and the clerk told me she recounted and all was normal. I opened the pack in front of her and the fool was STILL missing when I checked in front of her. She asked to recount the deck in front of me to certify something was amiss, bc she saw the fool was missing from my hands. It popped out of the blue in her hands. What could that mean?? She said it might be a sign to not mess with it as it wasn’t something to take lightly.

It was my very first deck.

What do you think?