I was doing a spread that a lady on this forum mentioned. It was a 3-card spread that will reveal a person's personality to you. The first card was the True Character of the person, the second was what they'd Show the world, and the third cart would be what they Hide from the world. Anyway, I was doing this spread for a person whom I've known for a long time and have spoken to, but wasn't really friends with. I was thinking of what cards I'd possibly draw for him, and I said to myself, "I bet his true character card will be the Magi cuz he's real smart and logical.. or maybe Adjustment, he's also kind of a rebel so maybe the second would be the Wheel or well.. no, it wouldn't be the Emperor.. hmm.." I was just talking to myself wondering what I would get and then the card "The Lovers" popped into my mind. I was thinking about all of that as I was setting up to do the reading; thinking about his personality and guessing what I might draw for him.
I drew all the chards faced-down then flipped them over after I drew the three. The first card was the Magi! The second card turned out the be the Wheel of Fortune, and the third card turned out to be The Lovers!! (I'm only using the major arcane). I was shocked that I had guessed that whole reading.
Now I'm trying to decide why that happened. Did I attract the cards to me by thinking about them before doing the reading, did the card manage to send some kind of message to me, or did I have a future-sight? Is this why you're supposed to 'empty your mind' before you do a reading? Does this make my reading inaccurate? From knowing the person for such a long time, I would say that the cards were quite accurate.
Do any of you tarot-readers predict your readings? Is it a good thing or a bad thing to draw the cards that you were thinking about?
Thank you for your time.
