I did a reading for myself this morning, asking the question: "What is keeping me from feeling integrated at work?", the card layout is "issue, detail/resource/possible outcome"

The deck is Wicked Moon Tarot, and the cards I pulled are 5 of Cups, The Hanged Man, 8 of Swords

• 5 of Cups: difficulty maintaining valuable relationships, having stress/sadness about the struggle
• The Hanged Man: change of perspective needed. Take a moment to pause and re-examine values
• 8 of Swords: learning to trust, be brave, and to make a distinction between "real danger" and "fun danger"

Background: I am resistant to ingratiating myself with people, and I tend to be a bit of a recluse. Working in a warehouse, I have found a good job that allows me to be mostly quiet throughout the day, and is fairly low stress. However, I feel like I'm on an island, a bit of a stranger in a strange land.

This reading tells me that I need to focus on how I'm framing my life at work, and my perspective on the possible value of my coworkers. I have some significant bias against conservative Christians, which is mainly who I work with. This keeps me from allowing myself to open up to them or even really TRY to connect with them.

So if I want to integrate and learn to embrace the challenges of relating, I need to find my way out of being judgmental about their perceived viewpoints. I also need to be brave in interacting and involving myself in my work environment, I'm not going to get hurt, it's just one of life's challenges.

I have been thinking about the frameworks people bring into tarot, especially in secular practice. And by framework, I mean the larger system of thought that helps organize interpretation beyond memorized card meanings.

Some readers may draw from psychology, archetypal theory, narrative structure, philosophy, symbolism, literary analysis, numerology, systems thinking, trauma-informed practice, or decision-making theory. Others may rely more heavily on visual analysis, personal associations, or a method they have developed through experience.

In my own practice, I’ve lately been connecting tarot to anthropology, social work perspectives, and archetypal theory. These lenses shape how I think about relationships, systems, identity, meaning-making, behavior, and the role a card is serving within the larger reading.

What theories, disciplines, or intellectual traditions influence the way you interpret tarot? Are there particular books, thinkers, therapeutic models, or fields of study that have shaped your practice?

Hi! I wanted to ask if anyone has tried learning tarot with chatgpt? Like I fed chatgpt 4 books on tarot and have been using it as an assistant in learning?

What I do is I do the reading, the journaling and then I put my question and insights in the chatgpt. Then it provides me with the traditional meanings of cards, what the cards might mean for me as well as a universal reading.

So far this seems to be working as I feel I am able to learn more and my insights and reading are gradually aligning with traditional meanings. I have been watching youtube videos as well. Should I change something or do you think it is alright for a start?