I used to take these cards at face value, but now I see more going on. The control stuff that’s jumping out, it’s about power imbalances. Probably some dominant masculine energy around you. Could be tied to old experiences that are still affecting things.
When I started reading, I thought the reversed Three of Cups just meant friendship issues. But it’s really about boundaries. You might have people around who drain you or twist things to benefit themselves. The teamwork thing being reversed could mean you’re either isolated from real connections or stuck with toxic people who manipulate behind the scenes.
Something about not finding your people or protecting yourself from users.
Traditional cartomancy has always treated reversals differently.
Etteilla’s system gave them their own meanings, not just ‘blocked’ versions of the upright cards. Some decks are meant to be read upright only. A lot of Marseille readers skip reversals completely.
The math on getting all reversals in a 10-card spread works out to about 0.098% chance.
Pretty rare, yeah.
Same here. When we moved, I was pulling reversals a lot. The spreads felt as unsettled as everything else. Lately Im getting more upright cards as the routine comes back.
My grandmother taught me reversed cards show where your energy is leaking out. All reversed means you’re hemorrhaging energy in every direction instead of containing it.
She’d make me meditate before pulling cards again. Said the cards can’t tell you anything useful if you’re scattered like that. Usually, the second pull would come up mixed or mostly upright once I centered myself.