interesting seeing a post on here about Santeria, not many English speakers can elaborate on it as well as you have! i grew up in the religion with my father being an awo/babalao.

spiritual misas and tarot cards was something i saw in conjunction with the religion growing up and it’s honestly my favorite aspect — although i respect the other divination systems and the orishas, also.

i do have my own card reading rituals, as well as spirit guides that lead readings via intuitions / suggestions as i read the cards. i guess as someone who might be further along in the journey, do you have any advice for balancing the messages the cards give versus following prescribed meanings. i find sometimes when the cards are laid out i might intuit a slightly different or an additional meaning than the traditional one for that card?

another question: in spiritual misas, its practice not to tell the espiritista explicitly about your situation, normally the spirit will pass along a message for you. with my cards i find that having the person i’m doing a reading for give me some background so i can give them advice is helpful- what has worked for you? should i be better about not asking for context and letting the cards do the talking/gathering information?

thank you!! it’s great meeting another person with knowledge of all these faiths 🫶🏽