Yeah, I like tarot a lot but it is highly open to interpretation, and a lot of readers just use really generic interpretations of the cards. I think it is best to use it for yourself because over time you get to see what the cards mean for you personally.
Yeah, most go by the booklet meaning you get with the card deck. I don't even think I've had a reader who linked in their own way with the cards.
Yup. Tarot is very old and the symbols used on the cards (on a traditional deck) are very rich in meaning, going back to ancient civilizations...and, those symbols are also used pervasively all around us in our daily lives, in advertising, government, etc.
Most readers just don't have a deep understanding of the symbols...plus, some use non-standard decks that use very different depictions of what the cards mean.
Yes most readers don't have a deeper meaning of them for sure.. I've lost alot of "faith" in cards, because as we all know - the scam fake readers who knowingly go on these phone lines can use the cards and easily make a reading seem genuine. It's very easy to drop out a few hook lines at the start of the call from the card set a reader gets, and the customer can (without knowing it) hand out info to the reader which makes it very easy work for them. Also, I've had many readings where a reader was picking up something completely different energy wise, but they chose to stick by the cards and their meanings.. Tarot are meant to be a guidance tool and used alongside your gift which should be the main focus of the reading.. But instead, it's the other way around. I just don't trust cards. You could shuffle me some cards and they be negative, re-shuffle and they're positive and vice versa. I just think that they're unreliable IMO.
If you keep shuffling the cards, it's like calling ten different readers on the same question. Yes, you'll likely get different answers, and not because the cards are unreliable, but because you don't want to trust/believe the first answer. So you keep shuffling (or calling other psychics). The tarots 'know' and they'll trick you ...
A good tarot cards reader doesn't need to be psychic. They only need to know tarots well and be intuitive, capable of connecting the cards to the situation and person they are reading. To be a good tarot card reader requires time and study and lots of experience. That's why most are not.