Alright, let’s talk about how I got into figuring out cartomancy, you know, using regular playing cards for readings. It wasn’t some big mystical thing, honestly. I just had an old deck lying around, collecting dust, and got curious one day.
Getting Started with the Cards
First off, I just grabbed that standard 52-card deck. No fancy stuff. I think I looked online real quick, saw tons of lists of meanings, and my eyes just glazed over. Too much to memorize, felt like homework. So, I thought, screw that, I’ll just mess around with them myself.
I decided the best way was just to start pulling cards. Simple as that. I got myself a cheap notebook and started a little ritual. Every morning, I’d shuffle the deck, just thinking about the day ahead, nothing specific, and pull one card. I’d write down the date, the card I pulled, and then – this was the important part for me – I’d jot down my first gut feeling about it. Like, what vibe did it give me? Happy? Cruddy? Busy? Whatever.
Breaking It Down
Trying to learn all 52 cards at once felt nuts. So, I broke it down. Suits first. That seemed easier.
- Hearts: Figured that was pretty obvious – feelings, relationships, home stuff.
- Diamonds: Money, work, things you own, practical stuff. Made sense.
- Clubs: This one felt like action, social things, maybe work projects, getting things done.
- Spades: Everyone says these are bad, but I started thinking of them more like challenges, difficult thoughts, or needing to cut something out.
Once I had a basic feel for the suits, I started looking at the numbers. Aces felt like new beginnings, obviously. Kings, Queens, Jacks seemed like actual people or types of personalities. The numbered cards, 2 through 10, felt like a story unfolding, like stages of something.
Practice, Practice, Practice
So, I kept doing my daily card pull. After writing my gut feeling, maybe later in the day or the next morning, I’d look up a simple meaning for that card, just to compare. Sometimes it matched my feeling, sometimes it didn’t. But seeing the card and then living through my day helped connect the dots way better than just reading lists.
For example, I pulled the 7 of Spades one morning and felt kind of uneasy, like someone wasn’t being straight with me. Later that day, I found out a coworker had kind of thrown me under the bus on a small project. Boom. Okay, now the 7 of Spades felt like something specific – sneaky stuff, maybe a small betrayal. It wasn’t just words on a page anymore.
After a while doing single cards, I started doing simple three-card pulls. Nothing complicated. Maybe just:
- Situation / Action / Outcome
- Past / Present / Future
This helped me see how the cards sort of talk to each other. A ‘bad’ Spade might not be so bad next to a hopeful Heart card, you know? Context started to matter more.
Where I’m At Now
Look, I’m no expert psychic or anything. It’s just a tool I’ve found useful. It’s more like a way to check in with myself, see what the underlying currents of my day might be. Sometimes it’s spookily accurate, sometimes it just gives me something to think about. I don’t rely on it for big life decisions, but for day-to-day reflection? Yeah, it’s been a pretty interesting thing to learn.
The main thing was just doing it. Handling the cards, pulling them regularly, connecting them to my actual life. That beat reading lists any day. Still figuring things out, still learning how the cards feel to me. It’s an ongoing process, really.
