I have several decks. Additionally, I read from a standard deck of playing cards too.

I have not memorised the meaning of each card rather the repeating patterns and themes (ie. the stages of a journey as the numbers increase in value - am I at the beginning, the middle, and the end of a particular path and what is the fruition once it is complete).

I have never looked at the cards as an indicator of destiny or the foretelling of the future rather I use them instead for the consideration of and reflection of the undercurrents of my life. The cards allow me to 'see the whole picture.'

I do not believe cards are solely the realm of the witchcraft and the occult. If that were the case then most of the world has been acting in a blasphemous manner as a standard deck of playing cards is actually a tarot deck modified down through history. I point too to the proliferation of 'Angel" cards "Fairie" decks, "Goddess" cards, etc. These are all tarot decks with less offending names.