New to the tarot and trying to read a cat deck...

[Vanhelga]

I know I should be learning with the Ryder-Waite (which I do have...), but I couldn't resist this adorable cat-themed deck.

When I use it, I have an irresistible urge to talk to the cards as if they're actually cats. When I draw the cards, I go "psst psst psst kitty kitty kitty" and I pet the kitties and thank them for their help. I have also caught myself playfully scolding the cards before. "No! Bad kitty! No bites!" I really do treat them like actual cats.

This is a reading I've done for myself and my love interest.




On the level of my conscious mind: Strength

My love interest and I are currently exes. We have not spoken since February. He is seeing another woman. Nevertheless, I persist. I have not yet decided to give up on him, and this card reflects my determination.

Perhaps this kitty is also suggesting that I may be prone to toying with him.

On the level of his conscious mind: Ace of Wands

Despite being broken up, I feel like this card is suggesting that he may still see potential in our relationship. If not that, perhaps he just sees the potential of us being friends, or still believes in me? Is this card representative of his hopes for our future?

Maybe he sees me as a plaything as well? Maybe we have both been toying with each other. Maybe eventually he plans to "catch" me?

On the level of my emotions: Three of Swords
I am heartbroken. I feel a great sense of loss at the end of our relationship.

But... the hearts here aren't completely destroyed. They can be salvaged. Kitty may be trying to nom on them, but kitty can be chased away.

On the level of his emotions: Two of Wands
This is just a little kitty. Maybe his feelings for me are currently very minimal. Maybe they could grow in the future. Maybe he's planning how he's going to come back into my life. Maybe he's planning to never come back.

On the level of my behaviour: Judgement.
This kitty is determined and knows what it wants. This kitty relates back to strength. I haven't given up yet. I am still pursuing this man.

On the level of his behaviour: The Lovers
Does this suggest that he is in love with me, or someone else? Is this a suggestion that he is having sex with another woman to keep his mind off of me? Does he love her? Does he just want to be friends

Relationship Status: The World
This one has tripped me up a lot. Does this just mean that it is over and I will never see him again? Or does it mean that things are coming full-circle and I will see him again?

[TheLoracular]

Hi Vanhelga!

I actually like your cat deck a lot. It's the first time I've seen it but the artwork is the kind of style that I like and the artist's interpretation of the cards that are showing in the reading itself? As someone with a lot of experience with Rider-Waite-Smith decks? It was pretty easy to see the parallels in meanings. So given your affinity with cats and the pleasure it is giving you to use it? I think you've found the right deck for you!

As for the interpretations themselves, that's a harder call because it isn't a deck I have experience with. But I could follow your thought process and I -loved- the style you used to describe your reading. I feel like your reading gave me much more insight into you than perhaps the relationship itself and left me with the feeling "This is someone who's going to have a fun life even when it challenges her."

The World as your relationship status? That would leave me asking the same questions. In this context, I think it means that right now? You are part of each other's shared network (mutual friends, thoughts about each other, maybe you see each other in social media or in even in person sometimes) and that is probably going to just stay "as-is" without you getting more intimate or breaking off ties unless -you- took a direct specific action to change and either pursued more and shut the doors.

My intuitive feeling based on the entire spread is that he's content at just being friends at least right now in his life but has a great deal of affection for you, you matter to him. Perhaps the fact that you still give chase after nearly a year is something he enjoys a lot more than he'd admit to your face.

[Ciderwell]

The thing about cats and kittens is that you can't tell them what to do. Kittens just want to have fun, and older cats are of course fiercely independent. As the cards are 3 minors and 4 majors, what if The World card were in the Ace of Wands position, and what minor card might fit better as the Relationship Status? I'm reminded of the 4 Watchtowers that surround and protect our world, (or in this case, big cats like lions and tigers ...)

I agree with TheLoracular, your cards can talk to you on a very personal level, but I think you shouldn't be too stringent in their meaning and interpretation. Allow them some room to play.