#divination asks

[sappy-witch]

hello i have a question! lately things haven't been so good for me (considering the current global situation among other things) that i've lost touch with my deck/s. i want to get back in touch with them but i'm not sure of how to do so, have you ever gone through something similar? if so, what did you do? :(

Hello darling 🥰

Thanks for your question, I’m sorry things have been especially difficult for you lately.

It’s not uncommon to feel like you’re losing touch with your craft if you’re unable to practice it for long periods of time for whatever reason, particularly with what’s going on right now. It’s great that you’re wanting to reconnect with your decks now though, and it shouldn’t have to be a difficult task since you’ve already established a bond with them, so all you’re doing now is getting back to using them as Your tools, not just some tools you happen to have in your room.

I know I always say this any chance I get, but perhaps the most important part is making sure you’re not putting any unneccessary stress and expectations on yourself or the experience.

Now that that’s out of the way, when I feel like I’m losing touch with my craft, it tends to be because I’m simply too busy dealing with other responsibilities and aspects of my life. So the best thing to do is make time to just sit in stillness and reconnect with the things that give me balance and revitalise me, which means no distractions, no worrying about deadlines, just a solid hour alone where I know I won’t be disturbed.

I find that altering or renewing some magickal items in your space helps get you in the mindset you want to achieve for this. This doesn’t have to be a big makeover of course, maybe just tidying up your shrine(s) or alter, lighting a candle with a colour corresponding to your intentions etc can help. As it’s currently relevant, you could do this with magickal items or decorations to do with Yule, or even do some activities to celebrate the Winter Solstice beforehand if that resonates with you.

You can check out my post on celebrating Yule here to give you some inspiration.

Since this is your Tarot decks we’re talking about, what I would do (after whatever cleansing ritual and meditation feels right for me in that moment) is to just light a candle, maybe get a hot drink, and just start shuffling my deck. Sometimes, it’ll have been a really long day and I’m exhausted at this point, so sometimes I’ll just do this as I ‘zone out’ until I feel myself regain a little energy, maybe get a specific question in mind for the deck, or just whatever change that’ll make me feel like I can start connecting with the deck.

At this point, you really need to trust your gut. If you feel like it’s not enough, ask the deck! Figure out if it’s confirming whether or not you’re ready, then go from there!

I hope this helps you achieve exactly what you’re hoping to achieve, and don’t hesitate to contact me with any queries! 🥰

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Blessed be. 🕊✨

[sappy-witch]

hi! i'm the person who you helped find out my mothers cards were calling me. i was wondering if you had any advice on how to bond with my new deck. i've also seen people ask their deck for its name, and was wondering how to do that so i'm not calling her 'my tarot cards / deck'. i want to form such a strong bond with her that i can maybe do future readings for others! also, since i ask you stuff so much, i figured i'd just go by an emoji so it's easier.

Hello again dear 🥰

It’s wonderful to hear that you’re at this stage! There are plenty of ways to bond with your deck, I’ll most definitely miss out a few! The main thing to remember is that, just like with a person, the goal is for you to get to know each other.

You can do this by simply being around the deck as you go about your day. Keep it somewhere you can see it when you’re doing your daily activities or meditating etc. You don’t have to be shuffling the cards all day, simply keeping it on your workspace or in your bag is enough; think of this step as hanging out with someone completely new, so just having them be in your presence is progress.

Many people like to take this further and sleep with the deck either right by their bed or below their pillow. This is a more intimate way since you’re most vulnerable in your sleep, but your mind is also no longer veiled by filters of the ego and becomes more open to the deck’s energy (so its crucial that the deck is cleansed beforehand!) Some people also like to pick a card every night and keep it closer as they sleep, then record whatever dream they have that night and try to find a link between it and the card. This helps a lot with getting to know the individual cards on a deeper emotional level.

A great way to get to know your deck is to literally just look at it. Take some time to look at each card separately and study the illustration; the colour scheme, imagery, how it makes you feel. You don’t need to take too long on this, the idea is to appreciate the individual cards before you start using them for readings. Some people like to study all the cards all at once in one sitting, but you might prefer to look at one or a few cards everyday until you’ve covered the whole deck.

Also, you don’t need to feel weird at all about talking to your deck! This is a great way to activate the potentials of whatever you’re looking to achieve with the deck, and will also serve as a reminder to you of your goals with these bonding excercises.

Another way, and one of my favourites, is to simply ask the deck about your bond with it. Go for any questions that come to mind; ‘What card summarises your (the deck’s) personality?’ or ‘What will you teach me?’

Carrying on from that last one, there are plenty of interview spreads you can find or create. Here’s a good one you might like to try:

1. “Tell me about yourself. What is your most important characteristic?”

2. “What are your strengths as a deck?”

3. “What are your limits as a deck?”

4. “What are you here to teach me?”

5. “How can I best learn and collaborate with you?”

6. “What is the potential outcome of our working relationship?”

(You can set the cards in one or two parallel lines or a diamond shape, but the layout is ultimately up to you)

Above all, make sure you’re treating the deck with respect; keep it in a safe place where it will be undisturbed, thank it after your readings, and make sure it’s adequately cleansed and charged (the amount of time between each cleanse and charge is up to you and what feels right to you!).

That being said, there are some reservations about naming one’s tarot deck as some would say that that might cause the person to start treating the deck as more of a separate entity rather than a tool powered by their own intuition. Of course, naming the deck is in no way harmful to anyone, and I for one would agree with you that it’s a really nice way to bond with it and get rid of some of the formality, but I felt compelled to also add this point. Basically, whether you name the deck or not is completely fine and up to your preferences as long as you are aware that it is simply a tool; it’s energy is sourced from your own. It is very powerful, but only through you, and that is why you were called to it.

With that out of the way, I am aware of people who have named their decks during the interview stage where they may ask the deck if it would like a name, and if so, what it might be. At this point, the card that appears may give you some ideas eg. from the imagery or colours or name, and you’re free to go with whatever pops into mind as a result! For example, you might pull an Ace and try ‘Stacy’, or The Emperor and go with ‘Ares’ etc. You can then ask the deck if it likes the name and maybe try different options if you like.

Once again, this is very cute and not harmful at all obviously, just as long as you’re aware that it’s a tool that you’re powering.

I really hope this answered your questions (and wasn’t too long, oops!) Exciting times are ahead! You’ll be doing readings in no time 💖

Also, I love the emoji signature idea 🥰

With love, from a Sappy Witch 🔮💕

Blessed be. 🕊✨

[sappy-witch]

i want to do readings for my friends/family, with and without them knowing the results. kinda just to check up on them and see how they're doing, but i have no idea how to ask my cards about other people. i also want to one day do readings for strangers. do you have any tips? like how you set up and what you ask your deck?

Hello love 🥰

That’s a really exciting step! The main thing with doing other people’s readings is to ensure you’re temporarily disassociating your own energy to the deck and instead linking the other person’s to it.

This will obviously depend on your own preference, but I will literally just start with my usual set-up;

I get myself into the right headspace, make sure I’ll be undisturbed, make myself some tea, cleanse myself and space (either with incense or visualisation), unwrap my deck and place the cloth on a cleared table and start placing all the items I need on it (deck, crystals, tea, candle, elemental representation etc.) while reminding them and myself of their purpose as a quick activation.

When I’m ready, I light the candle to activate the space and start shuffling the cards to quickly cleanse them, ridding them of any stale energy. How to shuffle is really up to what you feel works best for you!

So far, this is what I do before any kind of reading. For the next step though, when I’m about to do a reading for someone else that I know, I will just think about them as I shuffle the cards once I feel they have been adequately cleansed and ‘woken up’. I might visualise this person sitting in front of me as I shuffle, and try to capture their main physical features and personality traits and then visualise this information as light energy traveling from my mind to the cards. I’ll normally chant their name and maybe even their star sign either out loud or in my head to help me do this.

This is actually similar for when I’m about to do a reading for someone I’ve never met. I’ll only ask anonymous clients for their initials and their sun sign and chant these as I shuffle, visualising light energy traveling to the cards in my hands.

I don’t spend too long on this step, I just keep doing this visualisation as I shuffle until I feel like the deck has formed a temporary ‘link’ with this person.

Now, I’ll do their reading the same way I would do mine. This is pretty straight-forward; the only difference is obviously that instead of asking the deck about me as I shuffle, I ask about the other person eg. “How does X feel about their current career”.

Dont forget to keep note of the cards that come up, and don’t be afraid to take a quick photo if you want to give yourself more time to write out the analysis later!

Of course, when you’re done you can cleanse your deck from the other person’s energy whichever way you prefer and carry on as you normally would!

I hope this answered your questions! One other thing that I will say though is to just go for it! I remember how anxious I was about doing readings for others; especially for clients I’d never met, and I felt like I had to have a lifetime of experience etc etc but it’s not true! If you’re doing reading for yourself then there’s no reason why you shouldn’t be able to do readings for others. You are here to learn and gain experiences that enrich your life and the lives of those around you. So go for it! 💖

With love, from a Sappy Witch 🔮💕

Blessed be. 🕊✨

[fedyas-damsel]

My little question for divination: Will I ever become a successful poet??

it gave a yes :D best of luck out there anon

[fedyas-damsel]

will i ever be able to get diagnosed and medicated?

i did your question anon. it says yes. :D good luck out there!!

sorry for being so late with this 😔

[bloodiedflint]

for the pendulum: should i stay with my partner (d)? - s

a steady but sure no.

[sappy-witch]

hey so i'm not sure who to ask, but i had a horrible nightmare after sleeping on my tarot deck. i did research into how to bond with my deck and sleeping with it under your pillow is supposed to give you dreams with colors that align with it. i had a horribly detailed nightmare of my mother and cat getting hit by a car and i remember in vivid detail how horrible the pain of finding out she was hurt felt. it was dragged out for way too long. is my deck talking to me or was it just a coincidence?

Hello darling 🥰

Thanks for getting in touch.

Absolutely, sleeping with your deck nearby is a great way to bond with it and it often results in dreams and other experiences that are more vivid and extreme than usual. That being said, it’s understandable that you’re feeling this way in this situation as that can’t be an easy dream to wake up to...

This could very well be directly linked to your deck and what you’ll be able to work on and achieve with it in the future. Don’t let that scare you before you interpret your dream though as dream analysis is rarely that straightforward!

Based on what you’ve included, I can tell you with certainty that it was a metaphor for how you’re getting through life right now (unless you’re specifically worried about a similar thing happening in your waking life; in which case, the dream may just be that, but I get the sense that this was more out of the blue). The car symbolises You and how you’re travelling through your life.

Although horrifying to dream of such a thing, the car accident is telling you about how you may be feeling like you have little control over certain aspects of your life; namely your relationship with the nurturing motherly and innocent sides of you, or simply that there is a conflict of interest within close relations that you’re uncomfortable with in your waking life.

I think it would really help you to try to remember more details if you can such as the nature of the road, the weather, the type of car etc. to help you further understand exactly what this dream was trying to tell you.

Since this dream was seemingly unlike other dreams you normally have in its intensity then I wouldn’t at all rule out that it was heavily influenced by your deck. In that case, and based on your ask, I would suggest that the deck is able to help you gain more control over whatever situation you’re feeling a little helpless in right now and help you find more direction in order for you to stay on the right path and move forwards on your own terms so you don’t have to feel the pain of not having as much control over your life as you’d like.

I hope this helps give you some clarity and reassures you a little. My Asks and dms are always open if you have further queries or simply would like to give an update!

I also offer Tarot Readings if you’re interested 💖

Best of luck with your endeavours ✨

With lots of love, from a Sappy Witch 🔮💕

Blessed be. 🕊✨

[sandcastles-hedestroys]

Idk if you're still doing these, but should I stay at my current school, or try going out of state? Is it time for me to start over or is it possible to fix/maintain my current relationships? Tysm, KW

Hi there hun!

It looks like things are tough right now, but uprooting yourself sounds pretty impulsive. I would recommend you try to fix things where you are. You could benefit from forming new relationships, but don’t rush to cut others from your life.