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+{"Good places to host a large group of people for a meet up? I'm starting a meet up for a language interest and was wondering if you had any suggestions of places to meet that were big and welcoming of large groups like this. Preferably the place would have a large table or a place where tables could be put together so everyone could sit together. Thank you.":{"0":"Ally Bank banned me but is holding 10k of my funds My wife received unemployment benefits due to the pandemic. She can't read English very well and isn't adept at computers so I had to fill out the forms to make it happen. I added her as a coowner of my bank account at Ally Bank and so I put this account number into the form to receive the funds from the government. The problem is that for whatever reason, my request to add her to my account didn't go through at Ally Bank and I did not realize this. Perhaps this is my mistake. In any case, a few months into her receiving her unemployment benefits, Ally Bank locks my account and tells me to contact them. So I call and after waiting on hold for a while, the woman comes back and says in an accusatory voice, \"Who is \\wife's name\\ to you?\", I say, \"That's my wife.\" She must have thought I was lying because she then says, \"Yeah? We're ending our relationship with you. Your account received funds for \\wife's name\\ which is not your name on the account.\" As I try to explain that I thought she had been added as a coowner of the account, the rep hangs up on me midsentence. When I tried to call back, I found that my number was blocked. I assume that they thought I was a fraudster who was using my wife's information to get unemployment benefits because the government sent the money to my wife's name but only my name was on the bank account. My account is locked but they still send me paper statements in the mail that show I have 10k in the account. What's the best way to approach this to get my money back?","1":"Getting a Prenuptial Agreement Part In my last post here, the unanimous advice was to get a lawyer to represent myself and for my girlfriend to get a lawyer to represent herself and then have them hammer it out. Interestingly, I have talked to firms here in Philadelphia and they have all told me that they can perform the prenuptial agreement with no need for another firmlawyer to get involved. I assume the right way to do this is to have a lawyer representing myself and one for my girlfriend, but why does every firm assert that this is not necessary? My girlfriend is Chinese and she has no assets. At least, the assets she \"has\" are not in the US. They are in China and they are all under her family members' names. For example, her house is in her father's name and her storefront is in her sister's name. She works as a hairdresser in the US and gets paid mostly in cash. She has a savings account with about in it and that's about all that's on paper under her name. Given that my girlfriend has virtually no assets, even if I made a prenuptial agreement, would it stand up in court? I have heard that the judge will throw out a prenup even if it's signed by both parties because the judge will not leave one party destitute. Thank you for your advice. This is a rather confusing process with the different firms giving conflicting advice and charging anywhere from for the entire prenup process to another lawyer charging retainer with hour just to work on it.","2":"Looking For A Tarot Deck... Related To MagickWicca Hi all, I'm looking for the name of a deck that is illustrated with a lot of magick imagery. It may have \"magick\" or \"wicca\" or something like that in the name of the deck. I've seen people post photos of the deck in this subreddit a few times but I have forgotten the name. Does anyone know which deck I'm talking about? Thank you. Jake Wakefield","3":"I learnt words in Chinese including how to read in about weeks of study Last Tuesday, I crossed the words learned mark in Chinese and it took me about weeks of active study. Now, I still have a ways to go in learning Chinese. My speaking isn't the greatest. My accent is probably pretty rough. Listening comprehension is okay, I can understand Chinese people speaking Mandarin. However, I can read Chinese words and understand them. I will outline what I did and a few advantages I had here. I tried learning Chinese at an adult night school that had class for maybe weeks. I learned probably words and the teacher who was a college professor was more interested in telling stories than actually teaching Chinese. I left demotivated. A few years later, I had the opportunity to join the beginning classes of Chinese at the University of Pennsylvania with the normal student body. While the professor was enthusiastic and taught Chinese, I realized the classes were more developed to \"test\" me on vocabulary lists straight out of the textbook with words from categories like \"Kitchen Items\" so he could later give me a grade for the class. Also, there were quizzes where we had to write Chinese characters which I find useless because I always use a computer to write and if I had to write a message on paper, I would just look at my cell phone. Also, the classes were slow due to other students and the fact we had to go around one by one and repeat a sentence and I had to listen to their horrible accents. After about sessions, I left demotivated. Perhaps a year later, I tried Memrise and I used a course that taught the Hanzi and their English \"meanings\". Something like the Heisig method, I suppose. After doing thousands of reps, I realized I was getting nowhere in practical Chinese and I stopped, demotivated. I knew Steve Kaufmann personally so I decided to take a look at LingQ and realized it fit my method of learning style the best. I'm a very visual person and the content was already there. All I had to do was just read and mark the words as \"learned\" when I had seen them enough and learned them. I don't think LingQ is for everybody because my brother tried it and didn't seem to \"get\" it. However, it worked well for me. It's also the reason why I know for sure that I know words in Chinese because it kept track of everything for me. So, what advantages did I have? I learnt Japanese to fluency through college classes and mostly my own study. That's why I knew reading was so powerful for me to learn new vocabulary. I used to read Japanese books and look up the unknown words to write them down for study later. LingQ just turboboosted the process because all the meanings were there with a click of a button and it kept track of which words I had seen before and which ones I hadn't. Anyway, Japanese has Kanji which were taken from Chinese Hanzi so a lot of the words are written very similarly. In the case that they are different, the words are still made up of mostly the same radicals. Because I had spent years studying and reading Japanese, my mind was well adjusted to learning and reading Hanzi characters. Also, some of the vocabulary is similar. For example, when I learned that the word for \"revolution\" Ge Ming in Chinese was \"geming\", I thought of the Japanese word \"kakumei\" and I never forgot the word after that. It just intuitively made \"sense\" somehow because kaku ge and mei ming. However, I will admit that most vocabulary between Japanese and Chinese is completely different. I am glad I learned Japanese first and then Chinese because Chinese grammar is a breeze compared to Japanese grammar for an English speaker. Also, Chinese grammar can be simpler than most European languages I have studied because there are no noun declensions or verb conjugations. Also, there are no genders for the nouns, either. I could go on, but you get the picture. I still need to get better at speaking so I am taking conversation lessons on italki but having the raw power of that much vocabulary makes it easy to \"activate\" my speaking ability. Also, I get the pleasure of reading real news articles directed to native Chinese speakers and continue learning more words. The last weeks have been intense. Some days, I learned new words. However, I am happy that I have crossed the word mark in Chinese. I will now shift my attention from learning new vocabulary to increasing my speaking ability. I will keep reading, of course, but speaking and maintaining a conversation will be top priority now. That's all for now. I just wanted to share my story and help motivate you if you find a particular class or method is not \"working\". I had to go through several rounds before I found something that \"clicked\". Jake Wakefield","4":"Anybody else experience hyperawareness of the five senses or is this just my mental illness? I was reading a book on INFJs and something finally \"clicked\" for me about the last function in the stack Se. Fair warning I have schizophrenia so this may just be a symptom of that. The experience I sometimes get is that when I'm in a large group of people for example, a busy restaurant, a crowd, a busy museum, etc., I become hyperaware of all the sounds and body movements around me. Additionally, I begin to attach meaning to them. For example, I can't just \"enjoy\" a meal or conversation but I start to think, \"the conversation at the next table changed course when I spoke to my friend here\" or \"my movements are affecting the people around me\". I wonder if this is a case of Se gone awry along with Ti. For example, under the stress of being in an environment with so many people, my functions get flipped to Ti and Se rather than the usual Ni and Fe. On the other hand, it's also the case that schizophrenics experience delusions and it may be a symptom of that or a mixture of the two. I will post on rschizophrenia about it if nobody else seems to understand here. However, if you even have an inkling of what I'm talking about or just an opinion, I'd like to hear it.","5":"How To Move To Next Level Of Mandarin Chinese? Hi all, My girlfriend is Chinese and speaks Mandarin Chinese as her best language as well as Cantonese and Hakka. When I first met her, she didn't speak a lot of English and so I learned a good bit of Mandarin and used it with her. However, since she wants to adjust to life in the United States, I have begun speaking to her in English more often to give her practice. When I do practice Chinese, I feel like I'm just reinforcing the basic sentence patterns and vocabulary I already know. What do you think I should do to improve my Chinese? I learned Japanese to fluency so I'm used to reading hanzi and I can pick them up fairly quickly. It's nice that in Chinese, almost all the characters have just one reading. However, Japanese grammar and vocabulary does not help me much with Chinese grammar and vocabulary. Right now, I'm using the SpoonFedChinese deck on Anki to listen to Chinese and learn new vocabulary but it's very slowgoing. I have HelloTalk and I used to use it but I found it was too easy to just repeat the same conversations over and over again and people often slipped away. I don't want to rely on my girlfriend for learning Chinese because she's very busy with work and does not have much free time. I, on the other hand, have at least an hour or two to spend every day learning Chinese and I'd like to use it in some productive way to learn Chinese better. Right now, I just spend my time reading Japanese manga magazines, which helps my Japanese, but doesn't help my Chinese. Unfortunately, I'm still a beginner in Chinese and I can't express myself very easily in the language, nor can I read material meant for natives. I'd estimate I'm at a high HSK3 level. Do you have any ideas of activitiesresources I could do for hours every day to improve my Chinese?","6":"Uber is destroying the parental warning to \"never get into a stranger's car\"","7":"What do you do on a Friday night? I didn't hear from my irl friends so I'm just talking to my friends on Skype. What do you do in these situations? What is a normal Friday night for you?","8":"How Should I Learn Mandarin From a Beginner's Level? Before I took a month break at the end of , I had created an Anki deck of about sentences I mined from Wechat conversations I had with my Chinese girlfriend. Right now, I'm in the process of reviewing that deck and getting caught up on the repetitions. I have retained most of it since I try to speak as much Mandarin as possible when I am with my girlfriend. Anyway, I don't have a plan for how to progress from here. Should I pay for a tutor to keep me on track? If so, where are some good places online? How did you learn Chinese? Do you have any resources that were particularly useful for you? For reference, I learned Japanese and Spanish to advanced levels. I feel comfortable speaking and reading these languages without any difficulty. I'd like to get to the same level in Mandarin. However, I'm the type of guy that burns bright and fast. I'll study at a high pace for a few weeks, burn out and stop for a few months, only to repeat the process. I learned Spanish because I took classes in school and this kept me on track because I had to complete the homework even when I didn't feel like it. Japanese, similarly, I learned mostly on my own while in Japan but I had the Japanese language around me at all times and this motivated me to study a little bit each day... not to mention all the time I could spend \"studying\" by staring at advertisements on the inside of trains, etc. Unfortunately, I am confined to my city in the United States Philadelphia and I am out of school years old so I do not have the benefit of an immersive experience or classes to keep me studying even when I'm burnt out. Any ideas? If you have questions, I will answer them in the comments section. Thank you!","9":"Help Me With My Chinese Learning Plan I have been selfstudying Mandarin Chinese on and off for years now. Usually I'll study months starting in January and then by JulyAugust, I'm burned out and I stop until I pick up motivation again. I think I am at an HSK3 or lower level because I used Memrise to study the vocabulary associated with HSK1, HSK2 and HSK3. I studied about words in the HSK4 list before I stopped again. I can say simple things like Wo Hen Xi Huan Chi Jiao Zi or Ni Jin Wan Yao Lai Wo Jia Ma . I have a girlfriend who is Chinese and she sends me text messages through wechat everyday in Chinese. I started collecting these messages and put them in an Anki deck which is about sentences now. The only problem is that when we meet, she is more interested in speaking in English or speaking a ChineseEnglish pidgin like saying \"Wo Yao sleep\" instead of \"Wo Yao Shui Jue \". In any case, I get a little bit of listening practice and I try to use my limited Chinese as much as possible. Some additional information is that I learned Japanese to fluency including reading so Yi Zi aren't much of a problem for me. Unfortunately, while there is some shared vocab between Japanese and Chinese from a long time ago, the two languages are pretty much different. Given my situation at my beginner level, do you have any suggestions of resources, strategies or anything else I could use to help me improve my Chinese? Travelling to China is not an option however I do have a lot of free time each day. The reason I quit this past time was because I burned out on doing Memrise's HSK courses and partially . I also began to feel that Memrise HSK courses were useless because I was learning single words at a time out of context. Anyway, this will be my third year learning Chinese and I'm looking to get over this plateau and move to the next level. Any suggestions or stories of your own studies that you can share? Thank you.","10":"Best HoverRoll Over Translation Extension for Chrome European Languages? I need some help. I am looking for an extension for Chrome for European languages that does the same thing as Rikaikun for Japanese. Essentially, when you hover your mouse over the foreign word, a pop up will appear with the translation of the word and other helpful information like the infinitive version of the word and perhaps irregularities. I would like a Chrome extension that I can turn on and off when needed easily. Specifically, I'd like this for German but I am also looking for the same thing for Spanish and French to a lesser degree. Do you know of any good Chrome extensions that can perform these actions? Thank you for the help!","11":"From Mnemosyne to Anki SRS Adventures Mandarin Chinese I have started learning through flashcards several times including before programs existed for the computer. Yes, I made paper flashcards for Spanish and Japanese. I am proficient in both these languages now so I no longer review flashcards for them. After many years of not studying a language, I decided to take up Mandarin Chinese. I knew the power of SRS and decided to use Mnemosyne since that is what I had used last... I'm not sure if Anki even existed back then. Well, I made flashcards for Mandarin Chinese. I have the full sentence in Chinese characters on the \"front\" side and then on the back side, I have the pinyin pronunciation of the characters as well as the meaning in English. It took me about a year to collect and study flashcards with a month break in the middle where I did not add any new cards. Today, after looking at the beautiful graphs from I realized Anki is a superior program to Mnemosyne. Why? Better statistics Can do repetitions on the web, your smart phone and your computer... it is all synchronized. Mnemosyne is stuck to your computer. Better options for setting your learning parameters, like how many new flashcards to study per day. Mnemosyne decided for you and let you have a max of if you scored recall on the flashcards up for review that day. So, I decided to switch to Anki from Mnemosyne. Luckily, Mnemosyne has an export feature and Anki has an import feature that let me import all my flashcards. Unfortunately, all my score information has been lost so I have to start from the beginning. That's alright. I told Anki to let me study new flashcards per day and I plan on doing that until I get back to flashcards. Then I will add new ones to my Anki deck and reduce the new flashcards learned per day. SRS has always been the way to go to learn new vocabulary for me. I used to have written flashcards but these computer programs have taken it to a new level by calculating the time it should come up for review again. Also, I am looking forward to being able to do repetitions every day since I will no longer be bound to my laptop like I was with Mnemosyne. If I'm on a trip, I can do the repetitions on my smartphone. I was surprised that the guy studying Italian in the reddit thread I linked to earlier had close to flashcards. I had always thought flashcards or sentences would be enough since I remember the guy from \"All Japanese All The Time\" used to preach that he studied sentences in months and became fluent in Japanese at a native level acing his interviews for jobs in Tokyo and reading newspapers. But I suppose it all depends on how hardcore you want to go. sentences is probably decent but I can only imagine what sentences at your command must be like. What do you think?","12":"What To Do After First Date? I just finished a first date with a girl I met off the dating app \"Hinge\". First time I have ever met a girl off a dating app. She's years old and I'm years old. She was pretty open to meeting up and we met at a sports bar since I happened to be there anyway for a Japanese language meet up since I speak Japanese. I left the meet up to take the date with her in another part of the bar. She seems selfassured. She has an MBA and works for a private equity firm. During this first date, I used a lot of questions from and she said something like \"Wow, you like to ask a lot of questions, huh?\" and I was thinking \"fuck... that's not really what I'm going for, is it...\" We talked for an hour and a half before she said she had to go. It was maybe 10pm on a Sunday night. We had one drink each. We were going separate directions outside the bar so we hugged and said goodbye then walked off. I haven't been on a first date or in a situation like this in a long time. How do I handle it? What should my next move be? I was thinking of sending a text tonight saying something like \"It was really great meeting you tonight\" but I don't want to seem over eager. I'm looking for advice on the next move... any suggestions? I'm a bit lost.","13":"Based on other groups I've been to, somewhere between people. I am thinking either Japanese, Chinese or both. There already exist meet ups for these languages but they only meet online now after Covid hit so I want to have one where people can meet each other in person.","14":"The parts of the self are shown here, acting and reacting to the kiss which pushes the self into a new state. The central head is the new ego which smirks, having known all the while that it would be kissed sooner or later and granted precedence. The bottom head is the old ego, horrified at losing its favor with the self and subsequently falling from its central place. On the right, one aspect of the self is in shock that the kiss is finally being consummated while on the left, another aspect is in awe and wonder that it is at last happening. Lastly, we see the final aspect of self with brow furrowed, having finally worked up the courage to make the kiss that brings into central position the new ego and begins a new chapter in life.","15":"I'm pretty sure the people who suspended that professor were also white. If you work at a university, I would expect you to have enough comprehension to understand that the professor was teaching a word in the Chinese language and not trying to spew racial slurs during his class. Also, the Chinese word sounds like the \"n word\" with a soft \"a\" and not the hard \"er\" which you are referring to. Of course, nobody knows AAVE well enough to understand the real differences between these two words.","16":"love your look","17":"Yes, that would be great. Thank you.","18":"I haven't felt the need to step in. However, I am reading the posts and watching the mod actions.","19":"By active, I mean I am still using this account. I have been a mod on this sub for over years.","20":"My Reddit account is active. I've been a mod on this sub for over years.","21":"I am an active mod. Do not remove me.","22":"I am a mod and am active. Do not remove me.","23":"Hello! I am available to read Tarot for you. If you would like me to read, please send me your first name and the topic you would like me to read on. Thank you. \\Jake Wakefield","24":"Yes, I am. If you or anyone else would like one, feel free to get in contact. Thank you. \\Jake Wakefield","25":"Hi, I am doing some free readings. If you'd like a reading, please message me with your first name and what you want me to read about. The more detail about your issue, the better, because I am not familiar with you yet. Thank you. \\Jake Wakefield","26":"At this point in time of our history, there is no lack of information on the meanings of the Tarot cards. You can buy any one of a number of books on Amazon that contain a wealth of information on each and every card in the Tarot. In this sense, Tarot has never been more popular than it is now. In fact, you don't even need to buy a book at all. If you search Google, you will find numerous websites that teach you the meanings of the cards. Also, if you look at Google's trend data, you will find that the search term \"Tarot\" is at the highest it has ever been. I think the question of why Tarot has become so popular is an interesting one. Also, I wonder how long it will continue to rise in popularity. As for your question, like I said, there's no lack of information on the Tarot cards. However, anyone who has read Tarot knows that the real power of Tarot is not in the mere meanings of the cards. The real power is in the reader of the Tarot cards. That is you. It is easy to memorize meanings for the cards but to be able to intuitively understand them and how they relate to the querent is another matter altogether. This involves a deep understanding of your intuitive abilities. While your intuition is a skill that can be trained like anything else, it is not as easy as memorizing the cards' meanings and will take much time to develop. In fact, you might say it will take a lifetime to train. If this journey is for you, welcome. If not, there's nothing wrong with that, either. \\Jake Wakefield","27":"Hello, I am taking a break from my paid readings to offer a few free readings here. If you would like a free reading, please message me with your first name and a description of what you would like me to read about the more detailed the better since I am unfamiliar with you and your situation. Thank you. \\Jake Wakefield","28":"I am looking into this and will file a complaint. Thank you.","29":"This happened about months ago, so you may be right. They may still be investigating it for fraud. I don't know how long these things normally take. Unfortunately, the way that Ally Bank works is that they send messages inside the account and not through email so I have no access to anything. I hope it is the case that the account is frozen and they will release my personal funds after their investigation. In the meantime, I will try to reach them through other phone numbers. I could submit a complaint to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau but they say that you can only do one complaint per issue. I don't want to waste this just for them to say they are still \"investigating\" in case I need to use this complaint to get a response later if it goes to that.","30":"3k is unemployment money in her name sent to my account, so I assume they will send this back. 2k is money from the Reliacard they switched over to sending money to a cardaccount instead of direct deposit, but this 2k was a transfer from her Reliacard account to my account in my name, so I think they should give this to me. The other 5k is my money. Unfortunately, because Ally Bank is an online bank, all the records of adding my wife to my account are online in my account there and they blocked my access to that account. Yes, I have learned my lesson. She has her own account and I made her coowner of my other local bank account. Also, this made me realize what could potentially happen with banks so I made new bank accounts at three more banks to split up my money.","31":"Thank you. Yes, I have asked my brother to call because they have blocked my number. I will submit a complaint to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. I did not know about that.","32":"If you are posting on Facebook, you know the people you are \"friends\" with better than we do. What do you think? Are your friends going to want them or think you're foolish? \\Jake Wakefield","33":"Come check out my Tarot blog where I write about all things Tarot and even include Tarot card readings I do for actual clients. Jake Wakefield Tarot Here is an example Tarot reading I did for a client about his friendship My Best Friend Tarot Reading \\Jake Wakefield","34":"Thanks for the update. You pulled those cards so you were definitely in tune with the energy. Jake Wakefield","35":"My Tarot teacher pronounces it neither way. She is older and learned from Mary Greer, is friends and speaks with Rachel Pollack often, etc. I don't know if they all say it this way or if it's an older generational thing. She says, \"tuh ROE\". She will often refer to it as \"the tuh ROE\" instead of just saying \"Tarot\" without \"the\" in front of it. However, I say it as if it rhymed with \"arrow\". \\Jake Wakefield","36":"I'm not familiar with the Liz Green \"Mythic Tarot\" deck so I had to look up the image of The Devil card for this deck. In the image, the creature appears to be playing a pan flute and the creature could be the Greek god \"Pan\". Additionally, some Tarot scholars believe The Devil is more similar to Pan than to Christianity's Satan. There is a great wealth of information on the Internet about Pan so you may want to expand your search to include him as well as general information about The Devil card. For me, The Devil card is about ignorance. We don't know the truth and we don't know that we don't know. Additionally, materialism to the extent that we forget the Divine. The Devil may signal that you are trapped in an unhealthy, unproductive situation. It will be up to you to gain the insight needed to pierce through to Truth and escape its grasp. \\Jake Wakefield","37":"Hi there, I will record myself giving you a minute audio possibly longer of your reading and sending you the audio file along with a photograph of your cards for . Please PM me to let me know your interest. Thank you. \\Jake Wakefield","38":"Free Readings Hi there, I will read Tarot for you today. I will use the card Celtic Cross spread to address your issue. Please PM me with what you would like me to read about. Thank you. \\Jake Wakefield","39":"Thank you for your kind comment, I'm glad you enjoy my readings. I'm wishing you the best. Jake Wakefield","40":"Inner of Swords Outer Knight of Pentacles This is you, ushantivirus, the Tarot reader going dutifully to work each and every day of the business week. I see a person who has just started a new \"journey\" by joining a new workplace. You are starting a new chapter in your life and leaving the old behind. You are a trustworthy worker and as dependable as a workhorse. You will gain respect from your colleagues through your hard work and quiet determination. Your boss will have no qualms dealing with you and is lucky to have such a great team member. \\Jake Wakefield","41":"Just so you know, I disagree with the other \"interpretation\" in here. It appears that they are not reading the reversals in the spread and taking little to no consideration of the placements of the Celtic Cross. I would give you my interpretation but this thread is in violation of rtarot's rules. Post it in the right place and I will give you my reading for it. \\Jake Wakefield","42":"No problem then. We all get ideas... it's easy to get sucked up into capitalism's grip these days when everybody is telling us to \"make more money\". Maybe you had the thought precisely so you could connect with your deck the way you did and see its power. \\Jake Wakefield","43":"Every generation, the Tarot is reinterpreted. For example, in the medieval ages, \"The Fool\" card actually meant you were being foolish. It had no connotation of \"new adventure\". That is largely a new interpretation added to the card because our society and culture has changed. Why did this happen? For example, in the medieval ages, it was incredibly difficult to leave and start anew some place else. So, if you \"messed up\" or acted \"foolish\", you would be remembered for that for a very long time. So, the consequences were much more severe. Now, you can \"mess up\" or do something \"unusual\" and move miles across the country to a community where nobody knows you and you get a second chance. Similarly, the \"Death\" card did relate more to physical death in the medieval ages. You also have to remember that the average lifespan in the medieval ages was years and people died frequently. However, today, the average lifespan is about years so if you are a year old reading for other somethings, the chance that the \"Death\" card would actually mean a physical \"death\" is quite low. \\Jake Wakefield","44":"I found it interesting you wanted to charge for Tarot readings after a month of \"carrying\" around the cards on your person. Either you feel you have phenomenal intuitive skills or are misguided about the depth to which Tarot goes. As for me, I took lessons under a professional Tarot reader and read for myself almost everyday and occasionally for others for years before I accepted money from anyone. Even when people voluntarily offered money, I refused it until very recently. Maybe I'm just excessive but I would be rather put off if I went to my doctor, paid him, and he told me, \"Yeah, I carried around a medical textbook for about a month and decided to start my own practice treating patients this week!\" \\Jake Wakefield P.S. You don't have to wait years like I did but a month of carrying around the cards seems a bit naive to start charging people.","45":"I got your message and replied. I am just responding to your message here to let others know it's okay to tell me your background information. I do not mind. \\Jake Wakefield","46":"Yes, the offer is still open. There's an unusually high request of readings today, but I'm slowly making my way through all of them. Feel free to PM me. Thank you. \\Jake Wakefield","47":"The most literature out there available is on the RWS deck. It's also probably the most popularly used Tarot deck. That being said, there are quite a few fans of other types of decks including the Thoth and Marseille also Robin Wood, too. I would go with the deck that seems to \"speak\" to you the most. Also, there are no rules about number of decks you can have. You could buy two decks and compare them to each other for further understanding and learning. Basically, you can either choose the deck that speaks to you the most or you can look around at the materials available for each deck and choose based on that. If you do the latter, you will probably find an overwhelming number of materials for the RWS deck. \\Jake Wakefield","48":"Hi there, I will do a minute possibly longer audio recording of me giving you a Tarot reading for . I will use the Celtic Cross spread cards and send you a photo of your cards along with the recording I make. PM me for payment details PayPal and to get started. Thank you. \\Jake Wakefield","49":"The Bible has some parts which are against fortune telling and divination. I think that is why your Southern Baptist Christianity roots rejected the cards. However, many Tarot readers including myself do not use Tarot cards for fortune telling or divination. Instead, I use the cards as an analytical tool. It's similar to a weatherman who makes predictions about what the weather will be tomorrow based on formulas, algorithms, and the like. Using the Tarot, you can see what the likely result will be based on the variables in your life at the present moment. But remember, just like the weatherman can predict sunny weather tomorrow and at the last hour, a storm comes... Tarot readings are not set in stone, either. You have the power to use your own free will to make decisions or choices based on what you learn from the Tarot card reading so that you get the result in your life that you want. In fact, if the Tarot card reading shows things heading in the wrong direction, you can use that as a sign to change things in your life so that it does not come to pass! \\Jake Wakefield","50":"Free Readings Hi there, I am back from vacation. I will read Tarot for you today. I will use the card Celtic Cross spread to address your issue. Please PM me with what you would like me to read about. Thank you. \\Jake Wakefield","51":"Free Reading Hi there, I will read Tarot for you today. I will use the card Celtic Cross spread. Please PM me your information, situation, question, etc. Thank you! Jake Wakefield","52":"Hi, I'll do a Celtic Cross cards reading for you with your photograph included. PM me for payment information and to get started. Thank you. Jake Wakefield","53":"Everything in due time. Perhaps you are just feeling the stress of a life change. of Cups is always somewhat exciting to me because it means moving on to new, unchartered territory. As for PayPal, you can wait, or you can give them a call about it. I've always found their support to be helpful. Jake Wakefield","54":"Personally, I see Strength reversed as being \"stubborn\". You may want to examine your life and see if there are any places where you are \"stubborn\" i.e. making the same decisions despite receiving the same undesired result repeatedly. Jake Wakefield","55":"I suppose it's too late to remind you not to ask the same question multiple times of the Tarot, but I think you have learned your lesson. Anyway, the of Cups could apply to the fact that you want to start a business. The starting of a business could be the beginning of a new \"trek\" in your life. Jake Wakefield","56":"Ace of Cups is about the spiritual and psychic. When we are challenged in our daily lives, we should remember the spiritual opportunities that are available to us then. Jake Wakefield","57":"You may have encountered a magician. Or perhaps just an odd traveler playing around with you... Or both. Jake Wakefield","58":"This page is from Joan Bunning's book Click on any card position and apart from giving you about interpretations for that position, it will also give you the \"traditional\" meaning for that position for what it's worth...","59":"Heading to attend to my personal studies and then sleep, I am finished for the night. Please PM one of the other great Tarot readers here offering readings Hi there, I will read Tarot for you. I will perform the Celtic Cross spread for you cards. Simply PM me with your question, etc. Thank you. Jake Wakefield","60":"Hi there, Free readings, cards! If I've already read for you, please allow others to get a chance! Thank you. Jake Wakefield","61":"Hi, Just send me a PM with the information. Thank you. Jake Wakefield","62":"Sure, just PM me the details of your situation and I'll read for you. Thank you. Jake Wakefield","63":"Sure, I see you PM'ed me so I'll get to your reading soon. Thank you. Jake Wakefield","64":"Just PM me your situation, question, problem, or whatever it may be. You can include any details that you feel are relevant if you like. I'm open to listening. Thank you. Jake Wakefield","65":"Sure, you can PM me and I'll try to get to you. Thank you. Jake Wakefield","66":"Sure, I can read for you. Just PM me with the information regarding your request. Thank you. Jake Wakefield","67":"Please PM me with your request. Thank you. Jake Wakefield","68":"Yes, PM me with any information you deem relevant. Thank you. Jake Wakefield","69":"It's no problem. Just PM me your question, situation, or whatever it may be. Thank you. Jake Wakefield","70":"As much as I love Tarot, I'm not sure I would put it down as a \"hobby\" if I were submitting myself to be scrutinized for a scholarship. All it takes is for the reader of your application to feel \"off\" about Tarot and your application will get dinged. Maybe the reader is religious and thinks Tarot is the \"devil cards\" or maybe the reader is a normal person who erroneously believes Tarot to be a \"silly\" pursuit. We have to remember that the general population still associates Tarot cards with fortune telling, the occult, paganism, etc. although a lot has been done to bring Tarot into the \"light\", many people still think of Tarot as \"superstition\" at best and \"evil\" at worst. They couldn't be further from the truth, but I am just pointing out how the general population views Tarot. The only case I could see for you benefiting from putting down Tarot as a hobby is if, by some odd chance, the reader of your application were a Tarot reader, too, and could appreciate what it takes to become a Tarot reader. On the other hand, saying you can \"read Tarot\" doesn't mean much. I've watched people come onto this very subreddit brand new and a week later proclaim they can \"read\" Tarot and start giving readings. I'm not saying there's anything particularly wrong with doing that, but saying, \"I can read Tarot\" could mean you have picked up a deck of cards last week or it could mean you have been doing readings every day for decades. Saying, \"I can read Tarot\" alone is not a good indicator of what you have done or accomplished. Jake Wakefield","71":"Holistic Tarot by Benebell Wen. Jake Wakefield","72":"If you don't feel comfortable doing something, don't do it. You don't owe her anything so just politely explain to her the problems you see and have with her request. Then you can follow up with an alternative that would help her situation out better. As a reader, the bottom line is if you don't feel \"right\" about something, don't do it. Jake Wakefield","73":"These people are psychic vampires. They will drain you of your energy until you have nothing left to give them. As a professional Tarot reader, I do run into these types from time to time. The most effective way to get rid of them, in my experience, is to ask for money to answer whatever question they have. Psychic vampires hate that. They always want something for nothing and can't stand the thought of actually giving you money for your time and energy. It's never failed me and I'm glad to say psychic vampires have no place in my life anymore. Jake Wakefield","74":"This is cartomancy but anyway... Ace of Hearts is about love, joy, home. of Clubs is a change for the worse, lies and betrayal. Together, your spread might suggest a downturn in matters where love or communion with friends is concerned. Jake Wakefield","75":"Sure, just send me a PM with the details. Jake Wakefield","76":"I do a reading given her username and whatever message she sends me. Jake Wakefield","77":"I will do a card Celtic Cross spread for you on any topic for . I will also include the photograph of your cards. PM me for payment information and to get started. Thank you Jake Wakefield","78":"Offering free readings to anybody and everybody every day Celtic Cross readings daily for the last months straight. Jake Wakefield","79":"Please PM me with any details. Thank you. Jake Wakefield","80":"Where did you find this deck in Chinese? Jake Wakefield","81":"Read all of them. I've read maybe two dozen books on Tarot over the last years with a good dose of reading the cards thousands of readings at this point. Degrees of Wisdom will read like a completely new book after you spend a few years reading other Tarot books and getting to know the Tarot. Jake Wakefield","82":"Hi there, I will read Tarot cards for you today using the most traditional spread, the card Celtic Cross. PM me your problem, situation, question, etc. As always, please be as specific as possible so I can get the best \"feel\" to give you your best reading. Thank you. Jake Wakefield","83":"Just did a quick count on the first page... of threads are \"interpret this for me\" threads. Something needs to be done. Jake Wakefield","84":"Hi, I do free readings most days. If you want something quick or basic, check that out. On the other hand, if you need something more extensive, I will do a card Celtic Cross reading and send you the photograph for . PM me for information on how to pay and get started. Thank you. Jake Wakefield","85":"For me, of Swords reversed means candor, directness, telling it like it is, being forthright, etc. Jake Wakefield","86":"Ultimately, it depends on the reader's interpretation... It seems you already have a \"sense\" of why The Sun is reversed. I would go with that. Jake Wakefield","87":"I would read Strength reversed as your \"stubbornness\" standing in the way of whatever it was you were reading about. In the next reading, the Sun reversed suggests that once you get over your fears and the blockage is removed, you will find that the result is not as warm, optimistic, joyful, fortunate, etc. as you may have expected. Jake Wakefield","88":"Regarding Knight of Wands vs. of Wands The Knight of Wands is about competing, taking risks, pursuing creative, physical, or sexual adventure, creating excitement, etc. while the of Wands is eager for change and expansion, a visionary, contemplating a move, longing to explore, dreaming of bigger and better things. Regarding Pages vs. Aces Pages are the basic energy expressed while Aces are unity, initiation, and beginning. Regarding Pages vs. Knights Compared to Knights, the energy expressed by Pages is less \"mature\". Also, Knights are often associated with \"movement\". For example, Page of Swords is asking questions, grasping concepts, and getting the facts. Knight of Swords is quickminded, argumentative, aggressive, enlivened by controversy, opinionated, idealistic, courageous, etc. Jake Wakefield","89":"I see a different message here from the others posting. Of course, you can always ask for a raise if you feel like it, but in regards to your actual reading here... It does show you getting money but through other means than a raise. of Pentacles is more about success in selfreliance. The of Pentacles shows that there is wealth around you. of Swords is not a \"team player\" card. It is acting in a \"lone wolf\" manner which combined with the of Cups shows you either changing jobs to get more money or doing something on the side to get more money. If you can start a side project, it will likely be successful as the of Pentacles dictates. Good luck. Jake Wakefield","90":"Hi there, Do you do reversals or did all of your cards happen to come out upright? The main issue here is that you feel you are \"stuck\" in life, but at the same time, now is the best time to start planting seeds that will bloom further down the line and bring you real results. Your interactions with others, especially when communing, may have caused you problems. However, it's time to \"move on\" perhaps even literally as the Knight of Pentacles is about the material plane. You are moving from an objective, intellectual viewpoint to a more subjective, emotional viewpoint. Seeing your life in this new \"light\" may aid you in recovering. There is a lot of action and activity in your life and it may not all be good. I sense that your dealings with others, again, may have contributed to this. Your secret hope is that if you were just observant and patient enough, you could \"figure\" this all out. However, you tried that method and it did not work. Ultimately, we have the of Pentacles as the final card and this suggests that you may actually need to hold on to what sanity you have left to get you through all this. It is not a time to divest yourself of what still remains. Jake Wakefield","91":"Closed free readings for now, if you need a Tarot reading, PM me for paid services Hi there, I will read Tarot cards for you today using the most traditional spread, the card Celtic Cross. PM me your problem, situation, question, etc. As always, please be as specific as possible so I can get the best \"feel\" to give you your best reading. Thank you. Jake Wakefield","92":"Hi there, I will read Tarot cards for you today using the most traditional spread, the card Celtic Cross. PM me your problem, situation, question, etc. As always, please be as specific as possible so I can get the best \"feel\" to give you your best reading. Thank you. Jake Wakefield P.S. If I have already given you a free reading, please use my paid reading services instead.","93":"It's okay to buy your own deck. Your readings will not be \"inaccurate\". Jake Wakefield","94":"As the Page of Cups, you have little trouble expressing your emotions in a simple and effective manner. However, I do see a problem with \"initiating\" and \"starting\" things in your relationship. While your thoughts seem to be clear and your thinking is very logical, you may need to be honest with your partner and be forthright about what it is you want and need from the relationship. Up until this point, the relationship has been rolling along but in the coming future, you are definitely going to evaluate what's going on here and possibly make a decision about what it is you want to do. There is a lot that you are not sharing with your partner and this might be the \"game\" you are playing with him. He, on the other hand, is patient and curious, perhaps that is why he puts up with the \"game\" you are playing. Your hope is that by using your mind, you can solve the issue between you two and come out stronger after all. Overall, I sense you will either be successful in your endeavors, or you may find yourself relying more on yourself than your partner. The of Pentacles is about success but also about being selfreliant. In a relationship spread, it might mean that you rely more on yourself for the time being than on your partner. As for the of Cups, it suggests you are daydreaming and fantasizing regarding the relationship and what it could be. This could also be feeding into the \"game\" you are playing with one another. Jake Wakefield","95":"of Cups reversed means \"sticking with it\". So, if he has made definite plans to move up North, then it could mean \"sticking\" with the plans he made. On the other hand, if his plans are not as firm, it could mean \"staying\" and not making the \"journey\" as the of Cups would suggest. Knight of Swords reversed suggests that he is not so decisive on this matter and may not be thinking clearly. Six of Swords reversed with the Tower may be a warning that this move or \"journey\" is not meant for him. Jake Wakefield","96":"Hi, I'm probably the guy the other person saw charging for the Celtic Cross reading. The reason I charge is not that I'm \"shortchanging\" myself or not \"dedicating\" enough time to the reading. It's because I honestly enjoy reading Tarot and if you look at the free reading thread, I am already doing full Celtic Cross readings for free. The difference is that if you pay me, I will spend more time on the reading and also take a photograph of the cards to send to you. Additionally, I will engage you more in a dialogue about your reading and answer any questions that you have. It's because I actually enjoy reading Tarot for others that I am able to charge for a full reading and still be happy about it. Jake Wakefield","97":"I'm finished for the day, I'll only read for paying clients for the rest of tonight full moon Hi there, I will read Tarot cards for you today using the most traditional spread, the card Celtic Cross. PM me your problem, situation, question, etc. As always, please be as specific as possible so I can get the best \"feel\" to give you your best reading. Thank you. Jake Wakefield","98":"I conduct Skype sessions for some of my clients. I just do talkaudio, no video. Usually, I just explain what I'm doing as I'm shuffling and cutting the cards. It's pretty obvious because they can hear me shuffling the cards. After that, I just do my reading as normal while looking at the cards. Some clients prefer that I tell them what cards they got and some clients prefer I just give the reading without saying each card's name. So, it's up to you or your friend in how you want to do that. Jake Wakefield","99":"It's up to the reader. My Tarot teacher of years reads professionally has been for decades and she charges hour. She has plenty of clients that keep her busy. Personally, I charge an average of for a \"session\" where I will perform an indepth reading and writeup including a photograph of the cards with a \"follow up\" allowed for further questioning by the querent. Jake Wakefield","100":"The main point here is that you are about to start out on a new adventure in your life, but at the same time, you are being defiant about it. In any case, you will be pushed to make the \"leap\", so to speak. At the bottom of this is your soon to be exwife who is driving everything and it has made you turn your life upside down as a result. You have not been able to think clearly because of all this going on and in the coming future, you are going to have a fear of aloneness or having to selfexamine yourself. I do see you are listening to your Higher Wisdom here and I think that is a good thing. The situation is calling you to \"progress\" and move \"forward\" through what is happening between you and your exwife. Your secret fear is that this situation has caused you to lose your \"personal power\" but that is just a fear. Ultimately, this is not the \"ideal\" situation you had envisioned in your head when you were younger or when you married your soon to be exwife. My advice to you is to adjust your expectations and it's time to move on. Jake Wakefield","101":"Found it. It's called, \"Modern Spellcaster's Tarot\". Thank you for all who viewed. Jake Wakefield","102":"Tarot of the Old Path This one is much \"brighter\" than the one I am looking for. I remember the one I'm looking for didn't have a border, either, on the cards. Jake Wakefield","103":"No, I never said I used flashcards. Looking over my posts, I'm not sure where you got that idea from. I only read full article text. I used LingQ basically. I've never had a problem understanding the meaning of news articles. Chinese grammar is quite simple compared to the other languages I have studied intensively. I did have some questions. For example, I didn't know the difference between De De Di . So, I read an article about it and understood pretty quickly. Again, I never \"crammed\" flashcards. Jake Wakefield","104":"Yes, I spent of my time reading texts in Chinese. In the beginning, I was reading texts designed for beginners who were learning the language. However, now I have moved on to reading news articles taken from newspapers written for native speakers. To answer your question, yes, I understand what I am reading. As for Quan and Gou , that is a rather specific question. I know Quan is pronounced \"quan\" and Gou is \"gou\". As far as I know, the former is commonly used in Japanese to mean \"dog\" and the latter is commonly used in Chinese to mean \"dog\". However, in Chinese, there are some compounds that use Quan like \"Quan Chong \" for \"quanzhong\" dog breed. Also, some other interesting words like \"Quan Ru \", \"quanru\" cynic, for example. Before I began this, I thought false friends would be a problem but it's really not that bad. False friends were much harder when I was learning Spanish than when I was learning Chinese. What really trips me up is words like Cun Zai being a verb in Chinese but being a noun in Japanese. Because I am so used to Cun Zai being a noun, it's difficult for me to use it as a verb in Chinese. That is probably the hardest hurdle. Jake Wakefield","105":"For characters similar to ones you know already from Japanese. I agree you could do those fast but still less than one second to learn a character? Yes. I showed in my expanation how I could potentially learn new words in seconds. There are characters in Chinese that are not in Japanese, yes. However, they are using the same radicals and from that, I can pick it up just by seeing it once very quickly. For example, I don't think Japanese has Ji , instead it has Ji , but I can still learn Guo Ji very quickly because the Ji is made of the same radicals as all the other characters still. I'm sorry, this is even more unbelievable. You're saying that you could learn a brandnew character you'd never seen before in less than a minute, total, and keep doing this for three hours continuously. And you'd have to be doing that to get those numbers you report. Yes, that is what I did. Obviously, knowing Japanese Kanji over years helped, too. As one of the other comments in here said, the vocabulary overlap may exceed even that of two languages in the Romance language family, for example. I'm not sure if I entirely believe that, but I do notice a lot of overlap. I didn't have to learn a character per minute for straight hours, however. I spent the hours broken up throughout the day reading text. So, I reviewed a lot of the characters I learned before and would see the new ones in context. Like I showed you before, sometimes, it would take second to learn a new character. Sometimes, it would take seconds. So, even at seconds per character, that would be minutes of raw learning and then the other hours would be devoted to reviewing which was really just me reading texts. Jake Wakefield","106":"I studied roughly hours per day. Although, I got so immersed in readinglearning that it may have been a lot more. I have little responsibility each day so all of my energy was applied to learning Chinese. Also, knowing Japanese Kanji helped a lot, too. Look at my answer to TomSwirly's message to see more information about how I learned. Jake Wakefield","107":"Okay, I am drunk but I will try to answer your question here. I already know Japanese Kanji that I studied over years. That's more Kanji than the Joyo Kanji which is required to be considered \"literate\" in Japanese. Suffice it to say, I'm pretty comfortable with Kanji which are basically the Japanese version of Hanzi. Japanese Kanji usually have at least readings, if not more. So, to learn the pinyin for the Hanzi feels like adding another \"reading\" to the character. It does not feel that difficult. If you have already learned readings, you can learn a 4th, especially when it's similar to one of the other . Anyway, your math is correct. I was learning an average of characters each and every day. But remember, most of these characters I already knew from Japanese and the ones that I didn't know looked very similar to the ones I did know. I will tell you that I can learn much faster than one character per minute. Let me show you. Let's say I come across the character Guo , I learn that it's \"guo\" I'm not going to bother to type in the accent marks because it's late. Guo is similar to \"koku\" from Japanese so it makes it easier for me to remember. I can learn that in less than a second. Just a glance at Guo and \"guo\" and I've learnt it. I already know it means \"country\" from Japanese. So, then I encounter Ying Guo which I see is \"yingguo\". I already know from Japanese that this means \"England\" and so I just need to remember \"ying\" for Ying . Then, I see Ying Wen , I already know the first character is \"ying\" and I see the second character is \"wen\". I learn that it means \"English\". Then, I see Wen Hua , I already know the first character is \"wen\" and I see the second character is \"hua\". I already know this combination means \"culture\" from Japanese. Then, I see Guo Ji , I already know the first character is \"guo\" and I see the second character is \"ji\". I quickly learn that this is \"international\". Then, I see Guo Ji Hua . I already know the readings for these characters. Unlike Japanese, Chinese characters of the time are read exactly the same no matter how they are combined. So, I read this as \"guojihua\" and I know it means \"internationalization\". Now, it would take me about a second to pick up each of these words because that's how long it would take me to click on them in the text using LingQ. That's why LingQ is so powerful for me because you click on a word and the meaning and pronunciation are right there. It used to take me hours to do that back when I was studying Japanese and using dictionaries and flashcard programs but now with LingQ, I can do it in a split second. Anyway, I just listed words that I could \"learn\" and remember in under seconds total. As soon as I see the meaning and pronunciation, my mind has it. These are relatively easy words, of course. There are harder words that take me more time. But I will say that it never took me a full minute to learn a character. It would take maybe seconds of encountering it a few times in the text before I would \"pick it up.\" I studied for about hours per day. So, I did a lot of review of old characters which reinforced them and I was able to learn \"new\" words some days. Other days, I might only learn . Anyway, I hope that makes sense and answers your question despite me being drunk. Jake Wakefield","108":"Good job! There is no greater pleasure to me than picking up a book written in Japanese or Chinese for native speakers about the economy or whatever topic may interest me and being able to understandread every character. Jake Wakefield","109":"Both pinyin and Hanzi characters. Jake Wakefield","110":"To get a PhD takes about years and even then, that is just the beginning of your \"career\". You say you have been studying \"seriously\" for the \"past months\". Imagine if you went to a professor in a PhD program months into your year trek and said, \"I just can't seem to get it. How do I get good at this?\" I don't think it takes years to be able to start reading the cards. However, in my personal experience, I've studied for years under a professional Tarot reader, performed thousands of readings, and I still learn new things about the cards and their meanings even today. Tarot is a lifelong learning process. Jake Wakefield","111":"It looks like a boss or superior King of Pentacles will make a judgment Judgement about whether you are fit to work for the company or not Knight of Pentacles. Jake Wakefield","112":"Is the photo upside down or do you just have the \"wand\" on the lefthand side? Jake Wakefield","113":"What's right is \"right\" and that's what this relationship is for you. It's definitely something you feel good about. At the base of it all, you have put in a lot of work for it. However, you or your partner may start to get distant and become more solooriented. Up until now, you have been on pretty stable ground together. In the coming future, things may get \"quiet\" as you each take a rest. There is some regret that you feel, but you have the vision to get past that and move on. You figure yourself a \"gogetter\" and ultimately, this relationship is full of choices and fantasizing of what the future could hold for you and your partner. Jake Wakefield","114":"Might be a bit difficult. Save up some money and buy a new Thoth deck. If you don't want to part with your old one, just swap out The Fool from the old one for the new one. Jake Wakefield","115":"You have your emotions well sorted out and can express them easily. You may not realize that you are a bit stubborn, but you can use this as your strength. The danger is if you wait too long to act, you may miss the action you need to take. You have reached a low point somewhere in your life and now the only way is up. You should start out on a new adventure and take a leap of faith. Jake Wakefield","116":"of Swords reversed is about being honest and forthright. I think your Justice card pull reinforces this energy. Jake Wakefield","117":"of Swords in a relationship reading may suggest blockingblocked emotions. Jake Wakefield","118":"His feelings Unwillingness to begin a relationship or take it to the \"next level\". Your feelings You get a sense of \"personal power\" from having the relationship. Future of the relationship You may be stopped before it can progress because one of you or both of you will be too impatient. Outside influences There is a lot going on in your lives that needs to be \"juggled\". A relationship would also add to the \"balancing act\" here. Jake Wakefield","119":"You have already admitted that you will never see each other again. So, you will need to nurture yourself to move on from this \"relationship\". That is what the Empress is telling you to do.","120":"In prison my tarot cards were all in Japanese... Jake Wakefield","121":"Depends on how much money we're talking about here... Jake Wakefield","122":"of Wands is about being bold and showing originality. It's about speaking your mind or being a pioneer, for example. Jake Wakefield","123":"Perhaps, or you are just obsessing over it and you are still being manipulated to undermine your relationship. Jake Wakefield","124":"Yes, I'll let you think that one over. Jake Wakefield","125":"Perhaps, or you are being manipulated into thinking she's cheating to undermine your relationship. Jake Wakefield","126":"You and your friend are welcome. Jake Wakefield","127":"It seems the boyfriend wants to take \"charge\" and move the relationship \"forward\" so that the relationship can enjoy the potential warmth available from it. Jake Wakefield","128":"If she goes for it, she will have to be patient and communicate her feelings in a simple way to understand. There may be something that is not immediately obvious about what she is attempting to pursue and that could pop up later. If she lets it go, I don't think she'll have much trouble finding a new partner. Her mind is quick and witty. She'll be able to figure out what to do next. In either case, it will be a \"journey\" for her life where she will obtain new knowledge that will help her progress. Jake Wakefield","129":"I vouch for this system. It is a complete and well thought out method of reading the Tarot cards. Jake Wakefield","130":"Hi, I will read Tarot cards for you today. I will be using the card Celtic Cross spread each time. PM me your problem, situation, question, etc. As always, please be as specific as possible so I can get the best \"feel\" to give you your best reading. Thank you. Jake Wakefield","131":"Getting started late today as I had to entertain a guest. I will read Tarot cards for you tonight. PM me your problem, situation, question, etc. As always, please be as specific as possible so I can get the best \"feel\" to give you your best reading. Thank you. Jake Wakefield","132":"What is the book on the table in the first photo? Good interview, overall. Also, very cool that you know Esperanto. Jake Wakefield","133":"He has much emotional turmoil but he has a lot of emotion to give yet he cannot effectively communicate this emotion with others. Jake Wakefield","134":"Hi, Don't set your expectations so high. Don't \"try\" to connect with the cards. Just lay the cards out and do one reading for yourself and leave it at that. You don't want to put pressure on yourself about it or you will have a very difficult time getting the \"card mojo\" back. If you want, before working with the cards, you can meditate for a few minutes and ask that the cards speak to you. That would put you in the right mindstate to work with the cards. Best wishes. Jake Wakefield","135":"Hi there, I'll read Tarot cards for you today. PM me your problem, situation, question, etc. As always, please be as specific as possible so I can get the best \"feel\" to give you your best reading. Thank you. Jake Wakefield","136":"Some people only read the cards \"upright\". That's perfectly fine. Personally, I read reversals because I feel it is an important part of reading Tarot. Understandably, if you are just beginning, reversals can make reading a lot more difficult, and it may be best to begin just by reading them upright and learning reversals later on when you are more advanced. There are books that talk more indepth about reversals and even some books that will give you example meanings for reversals of the cards. To answer your question, for me, at least, reversals are essential to reading Tarot. However, I do know a lot of people here ignore them and that's perfectly fine, too. Jake Wakefield","137":"Was there any particular questionthought you had in mind when you pulled the cards? Jake Wakefield","138":"Lovers can mean \"staying true to yourself\". So, perhaps that is the advice the card is giving you. What do you really want out of this situation? Stick to that and stay true to yourself. Jake Wakefield","139":"You have a pretty wellworn deck there and a box to contain it in. What do you need help with? Jake Wakefield","140":"It's considered bad practice to ask the same question of the cards repeatedly. If you do this, the cards will \"screw\" with you. Best practice means reading a question once and then not asking it again until at least a month or two has gone by... or at least give it enough time so that the energy has changed and the reading can be beneficial again. Otherwise, you are being belligerent. Jake Wakefield","141":"There are immature ways to show emotion and there are mature ways to show emotion. You should be fine if you are expressing yourself maturely to a good friend. On the other hand, there may be toxic people in your life. These people will find a way to call you a \"fkn bitch\" as you say no matter what you say or do. If this sounds like someone you know, you need to cut them out of your life right now. Best of luck. Jake Wakefield","142":"You might want to check this page out for a good description of this card Jake Wakefield","143":"Mind of Wands reversed Body Knight of Cups Soul of Swords Outcome of Cups You don't have a very clear vision in your head of how to lift your spirit and perhaps that's why you have come here seeking answers. Your body is withholding emotions, instead of expressing them freely and as a result, your soul feels \"trapped\" because it cannot be given full expression. The outcome is of Cups which suggests you must go on a journey here to overcome your problems. Good luck. Jake Wakefield","144":"She may be argumentative with you. She will enjoy the attention you put on her. However, overall, you two will be a good fit for each other. Jake Wakefield","145":"Hi there, I will read Tarot for you today. PM me your problem, situation, question, etc. As always, please be as specific as possible so I can get the best \"feel\" to give you your best reading. Thank you. Jake Wakefield","146":"King of Swords could represent your wondering about the \"possibilities\" of it in your mind. of Cups may mean a relationship will take you on a journey or start a new chapter in your life as relationships often do. Ace of Wands suggests the initiation of something new. Also, sexual potency. Jake Wakefield","147":"of Swords has more meanings than the classic \"heartbreak\". of Swords can mean wandering far from home or discovering a painful truth. If it's your global life purpose, it may suggest that you will travel to a place far from your home. Or, alternatively, you may discover something about the world that is happening in reality but not \"right\" and you can help fix it. Jake Wakefield","148":"of Cups signals the beginning of a new cycle. New housemates, right? of Swords reinforces the new cycle is coming with your new housemates. I feel this is meant to show it's a new cycle for you, as well. of Wands suggests they could be burdensome. Jake Wakefield","149":"I'm not quite sure what you mean by that. So, you pulled cards... or more? What spread was this, if any? Jake Wakefield","150":"of Cups could mean starting on a journey of discovery. of Wands represents lots of action or activity. It may suggest you are beginning a journey in your life that will require action on your part to \"progress\". Jake Wakefield","151":"of Wands can mean going after what you want. of Cups would be a relationship here while the Knight of Cups would suggest the actual forming of the relationship. Jake Wakefield","152":"Ten of Swords has a few meanings that could be applied here. For example, it could mean preparing for an upturn. If you look at the RiderWaite illustration, you will notice that the skies are clearing. It can also mean putting your own interests last. In this case, your boss may expect you to put the companyjob first and put your own interests away. The Ten of Swords appears to be a card of terrible misfortune, but more often than not, it represents troubles that are more melodramatic than real. It's certainly not a death sentence. Jake Wakefield","153":"I really like the way this deck is turning out. Can't wait for future updates. I've already contributed to receive a deck when it's finished. Jake Wakefield","154":"There's going to be an exchange between you and someone, followed by a lot of \"action\" and movement, possibly going on dates or going out. It seems likely you will have a very passionate time coming up, quite possibly with sex. Jake Wakefield","155":"It's most likely relating to your connection with your Higher Intuition. The reason you could not necessarily answer the questions is that they were not directed to you as you are here, but rather, they were directed toward your Higher Intuition. It's likely in the dream, your Higher Intuition Self took care of the \"answers\" while you waited baffled. Jake Wakefield","156":"Something is definitely going on here. So you are asking about a hobby that gave you grief. \"Don't do this\" is Two of Wands which means stop thinking about pursuing this hobby. \"Outcome\" is Ace of Cups reversed says that the cup is empty, you need to seek your nourishment elsewhere. Also, your emotional boundaries are spilling over. Be sure to ground yourself. Jake Wakefield","157":"A is the romantic and sensitive one to the relationship here, while B is calm, tolerant, and caring. The basis of the relationship is highly positive in that this seems like a relationship based on happiness and the \"good\" life for both parties involved. It looks like by getting together, A and B have already had their \"wish\" granted for getting the relationship they wanted. As for goals and ambitions, they seem to be to become more stable, reliable, and steady. Decisions will require teamwork and effort to come together in order to act on them. A has more \"vision\" in terms of the relationship where B has more of an ability to \"get things done\" or, in other words, \"manifest\" what needs to be there. What needs to be overcome is being stubborn, pessimistic, and grinding. What will help achieve a new depth in the relationship is being selfconfident, daring, and passionate. I'd be willing to go more indepth if you wish. Feel free to PM me and let me know. Thank you. Jake Wakefield","158":"Just PM me. Jake Wakefield","159":"It's good that you are open and listening to your Higher Intuition, however, I would be patient regarding someone coming into your life. Jake Wakefield","160":"Ace of Wands signifies planting the seeds for growth, initiating creative endeavors, being inspired to action, etc. When you asked for clarification and got the Knight of Wands, your deck basically told you to get moving already. Jake Wakefield","161":"It seems pretty clear to me. \"Don't do this\" is the Ace of Pentacles, right? It's telling you not to take money into consideration. Jake Wakefield","162":"Perfect. I'm wishing you the best. Jake Wakefield","163":"Looks a little rocky for your business at the start but seems good for success and your life overall. Is your partner or a romantic interest involved in your business in any way? If so, I sense they will be a big help. Jake Wakefield","164":"The Star really struck me. Having that labyrinth in there made me consider this card in a different light. Thank you. Jake Wakefield","165":"I'm sure you are aware of this but this is Cartomancy. However, I see you are using Tarot readings of the cards rather than Cartomancy meanings. If anyone is curious about Cartomancy Jake Wakefield","166":"You say you are on the \"left\" but in your comment, you say that your \"side\" has all major arcana, which would be the right side. Anyway, this spread gives me a strong impression of a love relationship not forming. However, there may be a relationship that is formed that will benefit both parties. There seems to be hesitancy to move to a \"love\" relationship, I sense. Jake Wakefield","167":"I wasn't sure if I was going to do readings today but I decided to do it anyway. Feel free to PM me your problem, situation, question, etc. As always, please be as specific as possible so I can get the best \"feel\" to give you your best reading. Thank you. Jake Wakefield","168":"I don't think the of Pentacles represents failure in any way. The of Pentacles can mean a few things depending on the context and situation. For example, as you pointed out, of Pentacles could merely mean \"contemplation\". It's like reviewing what you've done or like evaluating the status of the situation. Some other meanings include finally seeing some results. In this way, it's not a \"failure\" at all but actually, something like the opposite. You are beginning to see the first fruits is what the of Pentacles is saying. Additionally, of Pentacles could represent thinking about change. This goes along with the first meaning I spoke about in terms of \"contemplation\". It could be opening to a new strategy or questioning your choices. I think your interpretation from the Gilded Tarot deck is more accurate than your assessment that of Pentacles means \"failure\". I do not think it contains the meaning of \"failure\" here. Jake Wakefield","169":"I'll do a free Celtic Cross tarot card reading for you. Feel free to PM me your problem, situation, question, etc. As always, please be as specific as possible so I can get the best \"feel\" to give you your best reading. Thank you. Jake Wakefield","170":"Free readings today. I do about per day. PM me your situation, question, problem, etc. Thank you. Jake Wakefield","171":"Hi there, I'm open for tarot card readings today. Sometimes I can reply quickly, other times it may take a while but I try to get everybody read by the end of the day. Feel free to PM me your problem, situation, question, etc. As always, please be as specific as possible so I can get the best \"feel\" to give you your best reading. Thank you. Jake Wakefield","172":"Hi, I will do a tarot reading for you today. Feel free to PM me your problem, situation, question, etc. As always, please be as specific as possible so I can get the best \"feel\" to give you your best reading. Thank you. Jake Wakefield","173":"Well done. Jake Wakefield","174":"I'll read for you today. Feel free to PM me your problem, situation, question, etc. As always, please be as specific as possible so I can get the best \"feel\" to give you your best reading. Thank you. Jake Wakefield","175":"You look at things realistically and objectively, however, you refuse to play it \"safe\", instead you follow your heart. The environment is looking good to grant you your \"wish\" but it will probably come in an \"odd\" way yet still nurture you. You are afraid of making a mistake which you will regret and subsequently end up being judged for and punished. You can expect some emotional problems or problems connecting with others emotionally. You may be too apathetic to try to connect with others. Your hidden destiny is a beautiful, emotional relationship with the caveat that it will lack stability on the material plane. In the near future, you can expect your life to \"slow down\" because you will begin to contemplate your life. In this case, the slowing down is not a good thing. You may get stuck on contemplation for the time being. Further out, I see you sticking with what you have going on and that being a lot of work for you. However, you will get good results because hard work is appreciated and rewarded within the structure under the Emperor's eye. Jake Wakefield","176":"So... position meanings? haha. Jake Wakefield","177":"You seem to be expecting the worst while also doing what needs to be done. At the bottom of this is that you are being practical. I see you coming out in high spirits, possibly gathering with friends. Before, you had a sense of wellbeing but it's likely in the coming future, you will need to put in work, especially when it comes to working with others. Right now you are acting firm in an environment where there are structure and sound principles. You know in your heart that you can endure whatever is placed upon you. Ultimately, you are going to be selfconfident but be careful not to come off too \"cocky\". If things get out of control, slow down, and take a more rational or contemplative approach. Jake Wakefield","178":"It seems like you have your spread and all your notes are well written out. What do you need help with exactly? I noticed that all your cards are upright except for the second card. Did you not do reversals? If so, the second card should have its \"head\" pointed to the right, not the left. Left would be reversed. Besides that, good job. You're definitely putting in some good studying here. Jake Wakefield","179":"I don't see any cheating here. I'll let you think about the first reading. That second reading about the bf and the other girl... The Hermit says they certainly aren't \"together\". of Wands reversed says nobody is being aggressive here. of Swords reversed suggests that they are telling the truth. of Wands to clarify means that they've been put on the defensive by the querent and they are just holding their position that nothing is going on between them. Jake Wakefield","180":"I will read for you today. Feel free to PM me your problem, situation, question, etc. As always, please be as specific as possible so I can get the best \"feel\" to give you your best reading. Thank you. Jake Wakefield","181":"Your deck will be patient with you and it will connect to your past. However, it doesn't seem to be a \"work\" deck. If I were you, I would use this deck sparingly and only for reading for myself. It's going to dive in deep into your emotions and feelings. The best way to use this deck is to use your mind and its intellectual abilities to think about what it tells you. This deck has the ability to bring out the best knowing of what you must do. Jake Wakefield","182":"Overall good reading. If you do think you are the Queen of Wands reversed, my advice to you would be that warmth and willpower aren't enough be more strategic. Jake Wakefield","183":"Hi there, The main issue is you've had a lot of quick action going on in your life while also not being entirely on your life's path. I sense there was a power imbalance in a relationship or your relationships in general with other people but you are going to begin to move away from those people. You did get together with people you liked, though, so it wasn't all bad. However, now it's time to close one door to open another. I see you getting caught up in your illusions right now and you're going to need to accept your environment if you want to move past that. Luckily for you, you have stamina so you're going to ride out this intense anxiety. Ultimately, I see you regaining your footing and coming down to earth. You will gain the trust of others again. Any potential hidden enemies will leave, allowing you to feel safe and secure once again. Jake Wakefield","184":"Good reading. Jake Wakefield","185":"Are you looking for a relationship or in a relationship? I see in your mind, there is a lot of activity. You might even want to begin something \"new\" which would help realize your goals. You're already coming from a \"good\", happy place. I see you forming a relationship or strengthening an existing one. If this is your \"wish\", then it will beis granted. Jake Wakefield","186":"To be honest with you, I've studied Tarot for years under a professional Tarot reader and I've done probably thousands of readings since I began. But I still find new \"meanings\" in the cards even today when I read or talk to another Tarot reader. Tarot is a lifelong learning process. Jake Wakefield","187":"It's fine to read descriptions of the cards from other Tarot readers. It can be a good way to learn or get a refreshing new view on a card that you always interpreted one way or another. Eventually, it happens that you do so many readings that you intuitively understand the cards rather than having to rely on the meanings from \"biddytarot\". Jake Wakefield","188":"In some cases, yes. of Wands means going on the offensive or going after what you want. It could even be asserting yourself. We don't see that same energy in the of Wands. of Wands won't assert itself but will continue on despite setbacks. Jake Wakefield","189":"of Wands can also mean you make the first move. For example, if you take the first shot, that would be the of Wands. So, it has a different energy from the of Wands. of Wands is mostly defense or getting back up again and again after being struck down, for example. Jake Wakefield","190":"of Wands is about holding out against pressure. It's about defending your position. of Wands is about defending yourself because you expect the worst or because you are paranoid. Do you see the subtle difference? of Wands is more about defiance, aggression, and conviction. of Wands is more about defensiveness, perseverance, and stamina. Depending on what you mean by having an \"emotional wall up\", it could be either of the two. If there is force being applied to the \"emotional wall\", of Wands might be more suitable. However, if someone is just going around with their \"emotional wall\" up, then of Wands might be more suitable. Jake Wakefield","191":"The Chariot, in this case, may mean you need to work on establishing an identity and knowing who you are. Jake Wakefield","192":"Hello, Sure, just send me a PM with the information. Thanks. Jake Wakefield","193":"I will read for you today. I did yesterday here. Feel free to PM me your problem, situation, question, etc. As always, please be as specific as possible so I can get the best \"feel\" to give you your best reading. Thank you. Jake Wakefield","194":"Without saying too much, I'd say the cards are trying to tell you something. They are telling you to be patient with your ex and think your way through the situation.","195":"The main issue here is that you are very selfsufficient, almost to the point of refusing help from others to \"move\" you along in life. I see that this is ultimately part of your life's \"path\" and you are coming up on a new \"adventure\" or chapter in your life. Recently, your partner has become an issue and it appears as if you may have to deal with your boss coming up. The main thing that you, yourself, is missing is communication. Good communication is key here and if you can do that, the rest of your environment will fall into place including everybody in it like your boss, long distance partner, others, etc. Your wish is that everything would just calm down so you can get your emotions in check and feel good about yourself. The good news is that I ultimately see things \"leveling\" out for you and you can expect good stability in the future across all parts. Wishing you the best. Jake Wakefield","196":"I believe I read for you today. Check your PMs... otherwise, feel free to PM me. Thank you. Jake Wakefield","197":"I won't say too much but it's quite fitting that you got the of Swords. The main point here of Swords is that you are wandering far from home. I assume Argentina isn't next door for you, is it? Jake Wakefield","198":"Hello, I do free readings most days, maybe you've even gotten one from me already. This week, I'll do a Celtic Cross spread cards full comprehensive reading including photograph of cards for you for . PM me if you are interested. If you want to do a Skype session, I will cover as many questions as time permits in minutes for . PM me if you are interested. Wishing you the best. Jake Wakefield","199":"There are no hard rules. I'm not aware of certain days or times that you are not allowed to read. However, if you are doing spirit work, sometimes you can get a \"stronger\" connection with a spirit on a certain day or at a certain time. Yes, you can read for yourself. I clear my cards just by shuffling them and holding the intention in my mind that I am releasing any energy that is sticking to them. I clear after every reading but I don't think it's necessary to do so every time. I have heard that it's recommended to keep the cards in a box or a kind of bag. To be honest with you, I don't do either of those. I just keep my cards \"out\" but not in a spread, just in a deck face down. Remember at the end of the day, they are just cards with ink on them. I don't think there is such a thing as reading \"too many\" times on yourself. However, you shouldn't ask the same question again and again. If you really need to ask the same question again, you should give it enough time for the forces and energies to change so the cards can actually benefit you with a reading. Again, I don't think there is such a thing as \"too many\" readings. You can have as many people as you want do readings on you. However, I will say again, it's not a good idea to repeatedly ask the same question. I hope that helps. Jake Wakefield","200":"Send me a PM. Thanks. Jake Wakefield","201":"There is no one \"correct\" way to select cards. Whatever feels most comfortable to you should be the way you do it. Personally, I am a bit more traditional. I thoroughly shuffle the cards, then using my left hand, I cut the deck into three piles. I hover my hand over each pile and feel its energy in my hand. Whichever pile has the \"right\" energy feel to it, I choose that one to put on top and pull cards from. Jake Wakefield","202":"Hi there, I did a reading for you. Overall, whatever you end up doing will be satisfying to you and you will feel very happy doing it. High voltages will be really engaging and you'll feel great about it. Low voltages will feel like you are \"independent\" and you may feel an absence of support. Automation will lead you to a solitude life and you will probably want to get \"out\" of there at some point. Hope that helps you. Jake Wakefield","203":"If it's true you want a divorce, you feel the divorce is restricting and you want the \"World\" to yourself instead. The Emperor recognizes that marriage is a structured concept and divorce also requires enforcing and honoring laws set in place. Jake Wakefield"}}