Alright, let’s talk about these cards for reading, you know, the ones them fancy folks use. I ain’t no expert, mind you, just a plain old woman who’s seen a thing or two. But I reckon I can tell ya what I know.
First off, they call ’em Tarot cards, or somethin’ like that. Sounded like “tear-oh” to me when I first heard it. Fancy names for pretty pictures, if you ask me. They say these cards been around for ages, way back when, in some place called Italy. Guess they didn’t have nothin’ better to do than draw on cards, huh?
Now, what do these cards do? Well, that’s the million-dollar question, ain’t it? Some folks say they can tell ya the future. Like, whether you gonna meet a tall, dark stranger, or if you gonna come into some money. I don’t know about all that, seems like a load of hogwash to me, but people believe what they wanna believe, I guess.
Then there’s them folks who use the cards for, what they call, “insight.” Sounds all highfalutin, don’t it? Basically, they shuffle them cards and look at the pictures, and it’s supposed to help ‘em figure out their problems. Like, if they should take that new job, or if they should marry that fella. I say, just follow your gut, that’s what I always done, never needed no fancy cards to tell me what’s right or wrong.
- Pickin’ the Cards: Now, there’s different ways to pick these cards. Some folks just shuffle ‘em up and pick one. Others lay ‘em out in a fancy pattern, like a cross or somethin’. I seen one fella spread ‘em out like he was plantin’ seeds. Made no sense to me, but he seemed to know what he was doin’.
- Reading the Pictures: Each card got a different picture on it. Some got pictures of people, like a king or a queen. Others got pictures of things, like a sun or a moon. And each picture is supposed to mean somethin’ different. Like, the sun might mean happiness, and the moon might mean sadness. But honestly, half the time them pictures just look like a jumbled mess to me.
- Free Readings: I heard you can even get these card readings for free, on the internet or somethin’. Young folks these days, always lookin’ for somethin’ for nothin’. Back in my day, you had to pay good money for a fortune teller, or you just talked to your neighbor over the fence, that’s how it worked.
I remember this one time, my neighbor, Agnes, went to see a fortune teller. Paid a pretty penny too, I tell ya. The fortune teller told her she was gonna meet a rich man and travel the world. Well, Agnes waited and waited, but that rich man never showed up. She did travel, but only to visit her sister in the next county. So much for them fancy cards, huh?
But, I reckon some folks find comfort in these cards. Maybe they just need somethin’ to believe in, somethin’ to help ‘em make sense of this crazy world. And if a deck of cards can do that, well, who am I to judge? Long as they ain’t hurtin’ nobody, let ‘em shuffle them cards and read them pictures all they want.
You wanna try it? Go ahead. Just remember, it’s just a bunch of pictures on cardboard. Don’t let it rule your life, you hear? Life’s too short to be worryin’ about what some cards say. Just live your life, be kind to folks, and everything will work out just fine, that’s my philosophy. You can take it or leave it.
And that’s about all I know about them cards for reading. Like I said, I ain’t no expert, but I hope I shed a little light on the subject. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I gotta go feed my chickens.
Tags: [Tarot Cards, Card Reading, Fortune Telling, Insight, Future, Symbolism, Free Reading]
