Voodoo and Afro-Caribbean Paganism<\/strong><\/a> was even written by Arthur\u2019s Father Isaac Bonewits. I clearly have a serious fondness and great respect for this family. But enough about history, let\u2019s move on to the future. Specifically telling the future, and my interview with Arthur Lipp-Bonewits.<\/p>\nWhen did you start divining? With what method?<\/strong>
\nI grew up watching my parents read tarot at Pagan festivals and psychic fairs. My dad in particular would read tarot outside a little new age shop in upstate New York and I\u2019d watch him and learn from him. When I was 12 years old I scrawled some symbols related to astrology onto index cards and used that as my divination deck until I was 17, when I switched to tarot, which is still my primary method of divination along with astrology.<\/p>\nHow important is the choice\/phrasing of the question?<\/strong>
\nFor me, I don\u2019t often read tarot with a carefully-phrased question in mind. When I\u2019m reading for clients, I\u2019ll say to them, \u201cSo tell me a little bit about what\u2019s been on your mind lately\u201d while I shuffle. Then whatever comes up in the cards is what comes up in the cards. Most human beings are generally pretty bad at knowing exactly what we want, and what we want to ask, and the answers I get tend to go sideways or diagonally from how specific questions get asked when reading tarot. With horary astrology, which is divination by casting a chart for the moment the question is asked, it\u2019s much more important to have a specific, carefully phrased question. But that\u2019s largely to do with how many rules there are for horary charts. Unless I\u2019m using that system, I\u2019ll usually just phrase my question as \u201cTell me more about X situation.\u201d
\nDo you have a yes\/no method of divining you recommend?<\/strong>
\nThree-card tarot reading. All upright = strong yes. Majority upright = yes. Majority reversed = no. All reversed = strong no. The nature of the individual cards gives you more information as to the \u201cwhy.\u201d
\nIs there any advice you have for newcomers when using divination?<\/strong>
\nThe best way to become a reader to do a bunch of readings. Start by reading for yourself, and then once you\u2019ve got a bunch of stuff memorized, read for close friends and family members, even if you have to check the reference book partway through. The more readings you do, the better you get, especially if you\u2019re reading for someone else. If you\u2019re reading for yourself, talk to yourself out loud. And if you\u2019re reading tarot, get Rachel Pollack\u2019s book 78 Degrees of Wisdom. You don\u2019t have to force yourself to try to figure out Waite\u2019s Pictoral Key if you\u2019re struggling with it like almost everyone does. Don\u2019t feel married to the first deck you got, especially if it was a gift. It\u2019s perfectly fine to pick a deck for yourself based on liking the artwork. And finally, be prepared for difficult emotions to come up in readings. Sometimes the person you\u2019re reading for will start to cry and you\u2019ll need to be ready to hold space for that. Good counseling skills are as much or more of being a good reader than knowing what the cards, planets, etc. mean.
\nAre there any new projects you are developing?<\/strong>
\nNothing I can share publicly right now : )<\/p>\nArthur Lipp-Bonewits is a tarot reader, astrologer, angel medium, and psychic living in Brooklyn, New York with a cactus named Greg and about a dozen archangels. You can find him online at arthurlippbonewits.com<\/a>, on Instagram at @readingsbyarthur, and on Twitter at @simplyarthur.<\/p>\nAs always if you have enjoyed what you read here please remember to share !<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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