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I've been reading Tarot for years!
Favorite deck: Motherpeace (round cards). Favorite books for interpretation: Motherpeace-A Way to the Goddess Through Myth, Art and Tarot and Tarot Handbook by Angeles Arrien.
The Motherpeace deck can be interpreted differently. Round cards mean you'll have cards that are tilted right or left as well as reversed. Right tilt means the energy is being pushed, or you are pushing the energy. Left tilt means the energy is being held back. Motherpeace book goes into Goddess mythology when interpreting a card.
The Tarot Handbook interprets "bad" cards positively - i.e., a seven of swords is the central sword knowing what it wants and the other six being the "yes but" tapes. It says: "In the next seven weeks or seven months you are no longer willing to sabtoge what it is that you want. The number seven is associated with the Chariot which is the motivator of change..." I like books that give solutions.
The Tarot Handbook has a section about Tarot & numerology. You can find your birth and soul cards and the card that represents your current year, (growth symbol) through your birthday+the year. The growth symbol goes like this:
Month of your birthday + date of your birthday plus current year of your birthday
So, I was born 8/18 and I'm 52.
8+18 = 26.
2006 + 26 = 2032
2+3+2 = 7.
So my current growth symbol is seven which is the major arcana Chariot.
Note - if this was before 8/18, I would be 51. The year of my birthday (the year that I turned 51) would be 2005.
If your total equals a double digit, do not reduce it further but go to that major arcana card.
If anybody needs help, or you want me to post the other formulae, let me know.