Divination and its Tools

Divination takes many forms: cards, dice, bones, tea leaves, weather, and much more. This basically includes anything that can take on a “random” form, or at least the appearance of randomness. Essentially, the Universe (and our higher self) is able to affect and form messages in a symbolic manner that allows us, with interpretation, to better understand ourselves and our hidden goals and trends.

Someone who gives a reading is usually good at reading a person’s energy and, with the divination tools, is able to help guide the querent towards more understanding. I have found that doing my own divination has helped me understand myself and to see the energies and patterns around me.

I find that I am drifting away from Tarot cards and their interpretations (by many and various authors) and more toward creating a card set that is personal to me, or at least one that has a more positive outlook, rather than the doom and gloom that some card sets portend. I find that the biases and prejudices of these folk are not always in line with where I am right now.

I have already begun to write down thoughts and descriptions of a new card system that I want to add to my repertoire of divination tools. The cards I wish to create have four aspects, symbolic meanings, and a positive way of viewing things (since there are, to me, no negatives, only challenges and opportunities for new understanding).

The four aspects are as follows, using the four sides of a square card (rather than rectangular or circular or some other shape):

The first position is when the face of the card is upright, pointing such that the top of the picture is pointed away from the base of the spread. Traditionally, this is the direct meaning of the card, where the subject of the card is present and observed by the querent. The subject of the card (call its position obverse for now) is “actual” or manifested.

The second is the reverse aspect of the card (the top of the card is facing the bottom of the spread), which means that the querent is resisting or is focusing on the lack of the subject.

In addition, there are two more aspects of divination that I wish to address but are rarely used: one is if the card is turned to the right, which indicates that the subject is entering or starting to manifest in the querent’s life.

And finally, if the card is turned to the left (with the top to the left of the spread) than that energy is subsiding or in the process of being released.

By creating a deck of symbols that are easily recognized (and less mystified) I hope to create a tool that many people will be able to use. Additionally, by using all four directions to divine, it will be possible to do a more fine-tuned reading for those who are seeking a deeper wisdom.