The reason I do this is both practical and to balance the flow of our energies. If anyone likes this post, anyone who wants can read tarot cards mutually.
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I love doing this!
I think reading together with others stops you from falling into the biggest reading trap: bias!
I know there are a few Tarot groups where you work around in a circle, doing readings for each member of the group. I would take something like that over even some of the best-known Tarot readers, I think.
So much value to it.
Definitely interested!
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Group readings help with intuition calibration for sure. When people interpret the same card differently (such as someone seeing hope in the Five of Cups versus grief), it simply reveals their personal approach. I read in a group pretty often too for this exact reason.
Full circles can be a lot when all you need is a quick check.
Grab one person for 10 minutes. Each picks a lens card and a path card. Leave a 60-second voice note, no polishing. Then pick a joint action card.
You get a fresh take and move on. That’s it.
Group readings are good for spotting things you overlook. We had a spread recently where three pentacles showed up and I didn’t even notice the pattern.
Someone else in the group mentioned it, and then we realized most of the cards had that earth element connection. Sometimes you need fresh eyes on a reading.
How do we want to do it?
In group reads, we’ve tried using mostly yes/no prompts. It makes calls clearer and quicker to agree on
Downside: you lose nuance, so we add a short follow-up when needed.
Reading with people helped me see the cards differently and I think beginners could really benefit from this too.
Group readings can be tricky. Sure, they help with bias, but when everyone’s involved, people tend to avoid the uncomfortable messages. Nobody wants to be the one bringing up the difficult stuff, so it gets watered down.
I usually do a reading solo first to see what comes up, then share with others.
I would be interested!
Group readings are good for catching when questions are too broad, not just biased.
Someone will ask something like ‘am I on the right path’ without explaining what they mean.
It helps having other people point out what’s missing. We had a reading where no air cards showed up and someone mentioned the person asking probably hadn’t analyzed their situation much.
I’m curious about the circle reading format. Do people draw cards for each other or is it more like everyone discusses the same cards together? Not sure how the dynamics work with a group.
Since we’re in the waxing crescent, I’d focus our group on intention-setting and small, manageable steps. I skip void moon sessions, meet at first quarter for decision spreads, then check in at the full moon to see what’s developed.
I keep selenite or clear quartz in the center to clear the deck and pull a moon card first to set the tone. I can post a lunar spread that follows the seed-action, harvest cycle if people are interested.
Most tarot groups I’ve been in died pretty quickly - everyone’s too busy to meet regularly.
The one that lasted, though, we ended up with all these inside jokes about what cards meant. Like, The Hermit became our code for ‘silence your damn phone’ after one too many readings got interrupted by ringtones.
So my tarot group got into it last week over the Death card. Nobody could agree on what it meant in the spread.
Then someone pointed out that maybe the conflict was the point. Like the cards were showing us something about the situation through our own arguments. Kind of interesting when you think about it that way.
I like the idea but it needs to be a solid spread with a clear layout or things get messy.
It turns into everyone pitching their own angle, which is fine, but noisy. Having a structure gives us a common lens, so we end up talking about the same story, not five separate ones from the same pull.
Something to watch out for in group settings, clarifying cards can really pile up.
I’ve seen it happen with the Seven of Cups where people pull 4+ clarifiers and suddenly the whole reading is about something else entirely. My rule is one clarifier per spread or individual card, then I piece those together.
Keeps things from getting muddy and losing track of what the initial pull was trying to say.
Last week, I noticed our group’s readings were really accurate at 9pm compared to our usual 7pm.
I’m wondering if timing shifts our group intuition. Maybe our deck comfort and focus line up better later. Could just be a fluke, though.