hmmm. tarot reading for other poeple-for me anyways, is really intense. i turned some cards for a friend once and interpreted them for him-he didnt ask a question or anything, it was just general, kinda seeing what his energy would bring out-but they were all completely spot on, we both ended up crying in the end it was so intense, i did it for another friend and it was the same, i find that other energy in the room while im reading cards is intensified to the point of hallucination sometimes. you should let someone else read your tarot for you unless you are completely comfortable with them and letting them have an in to your spiritual/personal being.
im a healer, so my favorite deck is the herbal tarot, which is always, no question right on, which i really enjoy and use a lot if the patient is willing. rider is also amazing. McAllister, i tried using a toth deck, well not really, i picked it up and dropped the deck all over the floor of my friend's place-dunno why, it was sortof instinctual. the pictures are beautiful, but for me at least, the enrgy is incredibyl dark, as is anything associated with crowly. a friend sent me some writings and pictures from him from some rare books and the dark energy around it was almost visible-which at the time was super intreaguing (sp? lol) but eeek hes really not my style, id be interested to see if anyone else found this.