I wonder how many of those of us who are tarot readers are also book lovers too. 😊 My current bit of fun is drawing/painting our three cats as literary figures. I've done the two boys - Tad as Puss in Boots and Figaro as John Blacksad, P.I. The next one will be Lia, the only dame, and she'll be Graymalkin from Macbeth.

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I am a firm believer that tarot (and other cards) cards are tools. We use them for what we need them for. While I've never removed 'negative cards' from a deck, when doing a reading for myself, I do occasionally remove all the court cards. I haven't got a problem reading court cards, but sometimes I just want insight into an issue WITHOUT dealing with personalities as well. I think if you want a reading but KNOW you can't deal with negativity at the moment, it's perfectly okay to remove a few cards you definitely don't want to get. Tarot will find a way to tell you what you need to know, anyway. If you know you're going to have an over-reaction to a negative card ...just take it out. I'd rather do that, than assign some happy clappy meaning to a scary/negative card. Just me, I guess. These removing a card actions don't apply when I'm doing a reading for others, though. With any luck, I can read calmly and not over-react if a negative card comes up. I'm less likely to catastrophise a reading for someone else, if a negative card appears, and often the personality cards are the most useful when pinpointing particular people. I usually look for the most helpful meaning of any card, when reading for others. When reading for myself, though ...I can do whatever I want!