Yes to all of that. Card readings are a matter of the overall picture as well as the individual meanings of the cards. So while "Death" for instance could mean an actual death, it's more likely to mean some sort of radical change, and that will be apparent with the cards surrounding it in the reading.
If you want a head-twisting experience sometime, ask abenn to do a reading for you. She's amazing. Of course, she doesn't actually need the cards (she can "download straight from her pineal gland" as she sometimes calls it), but YOU might. I know it's easier for me to remember some of what she says if I can write a reading down and look at it again later.
Me, I'd be farting around more like you apparently were with the on-line stuff. I'd need to look up the meanings of the individual cards, and then try to put them all together in some sort of mental pattern. Much slower than someone who's really good and experienced at it. But I'd still be willing to do it sometime, if you wish, just as a demonstration.
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Date: 2005-06-03 04:17 pm (UTC)If you want a head-twisting experience sometime, ask
Me, I'd be farting around more like you apparently were with the on-line stuff. I'd need to look up the meanings of the individual cards, and then try to put them all together in some sort of mental pattern. Much slower than someone who's really good and experienced at it. But I'd still be willing to do it sometime, if you wish, just as a demonstration.