Thursday, January 31, 2019

Differences Between Oracle Cards And Tarot Cards

By Arthur Patterson


While similar, there are some differences when it comes to different types of tarot and other decks. For example, Oracle cards are less structured and have fewer rules than traditional tarot decks. In addition, these decks can feature almost any kind of content and are free flowing.

All in all, there are generally 78 cards in each tarot deck regardless of the creator or style. When it comes to the Oracle deck and others, there are often no specific counts and can range anywhere from two to a hundred or more in each deck. In addition, while there are often layouts provided in guidebooks, a number of readers have either created unique layouts or use a combination from different decks.

The images and counts used in traditional tarot feature specific details, including common meanings among all decks regardless of the images represented. Whereas, decks outside the realm of tarot often share no common theme. For example, when reading tarot, different emotional and physical aspects of body, mind and soul as well as the elements are represented by the major and minor suits found within each deck.

If food, Oracle decks would be the entree and tarot the ingredients. For, individuals rarely consume more than one entree though each entree can have numerous ingredients. Once combined, the meal becomes whole followed by desert which in this case could be considered the information provided by the reader.

When it comes to psychic or energy readings, some readers use a variety of supernatural oriented cards, while others read based on energy alone. In either case, tarot tends to hold more historic value while others hold a great deal more energy. As such, most of these individuals tend to read palms, tea leaves, runes and cards outside the realm of tarot than otherwise.

A creative way to observe the differences between tarot cards and others is in looking at tarot cards as a storybook with each card being a page. Whereas, when reading from other decks, it is more like giving a book report, whether reporting on a single chapter or the entire publication. In either case, it is important that clients have a clear understanding of the reading whether readers are using a single or multi-deck format.

One of the most interesting readings takes place when providing a reading with a combined deck. In most cases, there are two ways to do so. Due to the more detailed aspects of tarot, cards from a secondary deck are generally drawn as an introduction or closing to a traditional reading when combining decks in this fashion. In some cases, readers may include additional cards from other decks to gain more information and insight into various aspects of a reading.

In the first aspect of a combined reading, the reader will often draw an oracle or other card first, then provide a traditional tarot reading. Whereas, in the second, the reader will provide the reading, then end with the card from the secondary deck. In either case, clients can often gain a great deal more insight and information from a reading when readers provide readings in this format.




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