divination accuracy?

[bohemianeditor]

In a post I read recently, the poster mentioned that when sie began reading Tarot, hir readings weren't very accurate. Which is a much different perspective than I had when I began reading Tarot -- I assumed that the cards were accurate, I just didn't know how to read them yet.

What's your perspective? Is your divination method of choice always accurate? If not, do you think the fault is mostly in how you read it, or mostly in what the cards/runes/[ your method here ] had to say?

(I admit I don't keep track of whether or how often my Tarot readings are inaccurate; I also tend to ask more about forces behind a given situation than concrete, verifiable kinds of questions.)

Comments

[peskipiksi]

When I began reading Tarot, I remember the readings being so accurate they scared me - invariably they implied (often with all the subtlety of a Louisville Slugger) something I knew darn well about the situation but didn't want to admit. They still do this sometimes, usually when I'm asking because I want a different answer than what I know the answer is.

I wonder if the OP's sense of inaccuracy has to do with how well s/he clicks with the deck's symbolism. I still tend to stick with my first deck (Thoth) because it makes sense to me on a non-discursive level. So does the Rider-Waite. But I can't make heads or tails of my mother's Arthurian deck no matter how I try. Perhaps it's a communication problem rather than the deck's "fault"?