What hand to use when selecting a tarot card

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What hand to use when selecting a tarot card

Post by catya » Mon Jun 08, 2009 8:36 am

Hi, Im left handed and my left hand is the hand i would use to protect myself in case a ball is thrown at  me though I use my right hand when using a scissors and toothbrush.
May I know which hand i should use in selecting a tarrot cards as well as cutting the deck.

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Post by cedars » Thu Jun 11, 2009 6:38 am

I do not subscribe to these thoughts of which hand for tarot and which hand for this .. or that...

Whichever is your working hand and whichever makes you feel comfortable to deal with things, including the tarot cards, you should use that one.

You can post such questions in the Tarot General room where there will be more opinions expressed.

Hope to see you there soon.

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Post by Cascade of Light » Sun Jul 19, 2009 3:42 pm

Cedars are you ambidexterous then?

Catya, why not just quickly pick up a deck and shuffle and then see which hand you automatically deal with, that is the hand for you. There are long winded ideas about the dominant and recessive hands that should only be used for one thing either protection or receiving but most people can use either hand.
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Post by cedars » Sun Jul 19, 2009 4:14 pm

Hi Cascade of Light
I wouldnt call myself ambidextrous. In fact, I am virtually useless with my left hand. All i was trying to say to Catya was that let us not limit our progress or involvement with the tarot by trying to insert unwritten 'laws' and 'regulations' in the way the cards should be handled.

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Post by Cascade of Light » Sun Jul 19, 2009 5:26 pm

I totally agree Cedars :) Nice to meet you by the way, I have read many of your posts and love your style of reading :)

For you then the right hand is dominant and so you will use it for most things anyway? Many well known tarot readers say that the cards should be cut with the recessive hand, the hand that receives, and many of these people have written books that for some are taken to be law lol!
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Post by cedars » Sun Jul 19, 2009 5:46 pm

Oh, my dear Cascade of Light, there is no 'law' in the tarot. Nice meeting you too.

Something which is intuitive and instinctual, does not follow the rule of law.

I hold the deck in my left-hand palm and shuffle it with my right - not always successfully though i.e. without making a mess :) I do not like to shuffle the cards 'casino style' though. So far the cards have not let me down.

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Post by Cascade of Light » Sun Jul 19, 2009 6:05 pm

Rofl!  You know what I mean, lol, those traditionalists, the authors that have written things like The Tarot Bible!  How to read Tarot etc etc that are advertising as being the way.

I think you are teasing me!
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Post by cedars » Sun Jul 19, 2009 6:50 pm

I am not teasing you...... but, having said that, i just bought the Tarot Bible - it was reduced at Waterstones here in the UK, and I did want to buy it just to get another point of view. So far, I like it.

I do not follow any of the traditions re my tarot cards, BUT I do respect them in my own way and in my own style.

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Post by kcv09 » Wed Aug 17, 2011 6:14 am

I've always heard your left hand because it's closer to your heart but no too sure.I'm also left handed though:)

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Post by cedars » Wed Aug 17, 2011 7:34 am

If you feel good doing it with your left hand, then do so.. but please do not make it so rigid and a regimented thing.

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