Beginner Question On Tarot, upright cards Options

So I just baught my first deck "The Rider" and a book called "The tarot:History,Symbolism,and Divination" by Robert M. Place and I have a very simple and basic question: In order to get a proper reading do all the cards have to be pointed upright and if they do turn out to be downward then what do you do?

So I just baught my first deck "The Rider" and a book called "The tarot:History,Symbolism,and Divination" by Robert M. Place and I have a very simple and basic question: In order to get a proper reading do all the cards have to be pointed upright and if they do turn out to be downward then what do you do?

congratulations on your tarot purchase . . . that was the easy part (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

to get a "proper" reading . . . there's a million answers to that
but, no . . . in many tarot methods, the "downward" cards are considered reversed and that has a specific effect on thier interpertation.
Your book should go over that.

oh . . . you may want to pitch the book and buy a different one. Maybe Wang, Case or Gray's . . . other could probably offer MUCH better suggestions then I.
(did you know that Joseph Campbell had a tarot book . . lol)

This post has been edited by palindroem: Oct 8 2006, 02:21 PM