Assumption Versus Intuition
Concept illustration of scientists and a human brain.
We all know the joke about what happens when we make assumptions. We learn early that assumptions and jumps to conclusions are best avoided. Yet, life moves fast and requires us to make snap judgments and quick assessments all the time. It is often impossible to avoid making assumptions.
We hope that our intelligence, powers of observation, and intuition will lead us to the truth when we have to make a guess. Sometimes, intuition leads us to correct assumptions. But sometimes, assumptions are the enemy of intuition because they can prevent us from asking the right questions.
The easiest example I can give is from the tarot table, but I think this happens to us all the time in many situations. If I am reading for someone and a card appears that references something I know to be true about my client, I may assume that is what the card is there to tell us. But what if the card is there to tell us not only what we know but also something more? It is easy to lose a lot of meaning in a tarot reading if we interpret based on our assumptions without digging into all the possibilities for each card.
The same is true in life. If we learn something new and assume that we now possess all the knowledge available on that topic, the knowledge we have attained becomes useless.
In tarot and in life, intuition works best when we ask lots of questions. When we think we know more than we do, we stop asking questions.
We engage intuition and counteract false assumptions when we remain curious and open to new information.
The StaarCon 5 Imagining of Pixie Arcana. Art and composition by Stacey Williams-Ng, backgrounds by Animix.
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StaarCon 5 scheduled presenter Kooch Daniels.
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Interpret Deeply
How can we avoid missing information that tarot has for us? It is important to remember that each card in a reading can mean more than one thing. It is also important to remember that in a spread of cards, card combinations can add additional meaning.
So often, we focus on intuition to discover which of the many things a card can mean most clearly applies. This is a good practice. Yet, we give a better reading when we also use intuition to figure out how many of a card’s possible meanings might apply.
Sometimes, a card will say one thing only, and that one thing is exactly what we need to hear. Often, though, a single card has a lot to say.
A comprehensive reading should provide a lot of information. We can get that information by pulling more cards and interpreting them as deeply as we can, individually and in groups.
Tarot Workshop at the Mandel Public Library of West Palm Beach - September 21st @ Noon.
The Week in Review
At our Tarot and Past Lives Webinar on YouTube Live, we learned that past life readings are as easy as any other reading. Watch the replay and try it!
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From Around the Web
Have you seen this amazing tarot deck on Kickstarter? Gianna Lucci is so creative! Let’s support this project.
People who practice the Law of Attraction might also practice the Law of Assumption. I have some issues with the way this is practiced, but it is an interesting concept to consider.
Thought leader David Irvine also wrote about the difference between assumption and intuition. I really like what he has to say!
A woman casually meditating.
Making Magic
Whether we are practiced diviners or not, we all need a spiritual practice that involves finding truth. We might call this checking in with ourselves, dropping into intuition, or calling for truth.
I do this by simply asking for clarity and focusing on conscious breathing and inner stillness. This is very similar to the invocation I do before a tarot reading.
The trick to this for me is that it may take minutes, hours, or even days for the truth to come. I certainly can’t stay in meditation and wait for the truth. I must breathe, focus, center, and inquire. If the truth does not come immediately, I return to my regular tasks. At some point, the aha moment will happen, and the answer will be clear.
You may wonder why this process is important if we have tools like tarot and Lenormand to lead us to truth. Developing the ability to summon knowledge and drop into intuition is important. There are times when we don’t have access to tools, and there are times when we need to hear something in a voice that is different from the voice of our tools. Learning to drop into intuition will make us better diviners and give us more access to wisdom.
Problem People and Tarot Webinar - September 24th @ 7pm - YouTube Live.
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Tarot Topics Newsletter
Volume 7 Issue 38
September 18, 2024
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