Reasons why I unfollow online tarotists
... after watching their deck compilations
1)Â âI couldnât connect with this deck.â
Youâre supposed to use the same spiritual source for all of your divinations: your higher self, the Universe, or divine patrons. âI couldnât connect with itâ literally means you were unable to connect with yourself or with your deities via that particular deck but were able to do so with the others. Thatâs nonsense. Do you drive a red car better than a silver one? Or, itâs like saying the water is tastier from the left tap than from the right, while both of them are connected to the same well.
That being said, the number one reason I stop watching a Tarotuber is: the cause of misconnection is deck mistreatment. Mistreated decks wonât be precise, can lie too, and contradictions are more common, but itâs never the decksâ fault.
How could I trust a readerâs predictions if she (most cartomancers are women) mistreats her decks? If thereâs one mistreated deck, chances are the others are not treated well either.
2) âI havenât used this deck.â
*looking around in a John Travolta way* What are you waiting for? How connecting with your deck is not the very first thing you do? Itâd take 3-5 mins at max to introduce yourself and browse all the cards.Â
I canât imagine what kind of professional / full-time cartomancer someone is if she doesnât have as much free time for a new deck as a coffee break.
3)Â âI donât know the meaning of XY, but...â
Said mostly in the case of Oracle cards. If a cartomancer doesnât bother to study the most important bit of cards (that is symbolism), how could she be legitimate?
I donât want to hear someone just bullshiting around or someone who only relies on her intuition - then Iâd seek a clairvoyant, not a cartomancer.
I get triggered whenever cartomancers purchase deity-themed decks, but they canât pronounce the godsâ names - blasphemy -, let alone knowing what forces they rule over. Sis, donât use such cards if a Percy Jackson fan knows more about deities than you.
4)Â âI love this deck so muchâ &Â âThese are my least favorites...â
First of all, you must love all of your decks. Equally. ((The first deck is an exception, again.)) All of the decks draw power from the same source; distinguishing them doesnât make any sense. Or is it the design that you appreciate more? What if your parents loved your sister more because she was prettier?Â
Second of all, donât impulsively buy something. Read the reviews. Look up the card designs and themes on Google, Youtube, or the website that sells them. As for me, I donât like anything that has to do with crystals. Then I donât buy decks with crystal imagery on them. I donât like toxic positivity. Then I donât buy decks that elaborate as deep messages as a fortune cookie. Iâm not an encyclopedia. Then I donât buy decks whose theme is unfamiliar to me. Iâm a Venusian; everything needs to be aesthetically pleasing for me, so I carefully examine the design of the available/uploaded pictures of some cards of the desired decks. Donât like the drawing style? Then I donât buy it, hence thereâs no disappointment when I get them.
But if the disliked decks of yours were gifts... maybe tell people to not buy anything for you unless theyâre certain of your taste because cartomancy decks are not one-size-fits-all.
5) Hoarding - and most decks are rarely or never used
Although you need a source to communicate with the decks, they have their own identities. Theyâre not mundane items like shoes, designer bags, makeup palettes, or comic books. So, for a collection of over 10-30 decks, Iâd make sure I used different ones every single day, taking care of them equally. None of them would be forgotten.
I donât see the reasoning behind purchasing new pricey decks if they get âthrown into a cornerâ as dust catchers. Because yes, this reckless habit plays a role in deck mistreatment. Donât be surprised that a deck is disconnected from you if itâs been treated like a Walmart coupon.
6) Mess - untidy room, improper storage
Guess I donât need to discuss it much... I keep my decks in their original boxes on a special place dedicated to them, and a clean cloth is placed under them. Before I offered them to my deities, I promised them tidiness and protection; they thank me with accurate readings in return. Not surprisingly, I get a headache when someone else reads on filthy surfaces, among book piles, gadget cables are everywhere, or the decks are âbareâ on a shelf and their cards slide side to side. Cartomancy decks are occult tools; treat them as such.
7) Cards kept reversed in their storage
I was taught that let the higher powers decide the positions of my cards. Indeed, I got more inaccurate interpretations when I kept reversed cards from the previous readings, and my former shuffling technique didnât allow the cards to freely turn sides either.Â
We need a fresh start for every reading. Even if someone uses the âwashing machineâ technique (placing the cards on a table and mix them around freely), they should collect the cards upright after the session.
Of course, it doesnât apply for cartomancy types like Lenormand and Kipper where thereâs no reversed meaning because they were meant to be used upright anyway.






















