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When Cards Are More Than Just About the Future: Their True Purpose Is to Help, Guide and Warn

Discover a deeper perspective on card reading through personal experiences that reveal its potential role in offering intuitive guidance, encouraging self-reflection and drawing attention to important life situations. Exploring the meaning of Mystic Kipper cards, free will and ethical spiritual practice, this article highlights why card readings should empower rather than create dependency. Through powerful stories of unexpected challenges and timely warnings, it reflects on the importance of compassion, personal boundaries and responsibility when working with others. Ultimately, it reminds us that the greatest value of spiritual guidance lies not in predicting the future, but in helping people make informed choices and recognise when they may need support.

When Cards Are More Than Just About the Future: Their True Purpose Is to Help, Guide and    Warn

My Personal Journey, Intuition and the Responsibility of Working with Cards For many people, cards are a tool for looking into the future. For me, however, their meaning goes much deeper. I see them as a means of uncovering connections, drawing attention to possible dangers and helping people better understand the situations they are facing. My relationship with cards did not begin with a desire to predict the future or with a business ambition. It began with a deeply personal story that forever changed the way I understand their true purpose. A Story That Gave Cards a Different Meaning I received my cards from my son. After waking up from anaesthesia, he told me words I have never forgotten: “I will no longer be here for your birthday, but keep these carefully. You will need them in the future to help people.” Those words have remained with me throughout my life. Their meaning has become even deeper over time. That is why I have never viewed cards merely as objects intended to provide answers or generate income. Their true value, in my eyes, lies in what they can offer another human being. When Symbols Become a Story My approach to card reading is rooted in intuitive perception. I do not focus solely on individual symbols and their traditional meanings. During a reading, situations often unfold in my perception like a film. I begin to see connections, relationships, circumstances and possible directions in a person's life story. I also work with Mystic Kipper cards, whose symbolism allows me to develop my own distinctive approach to intuitive interpretation. For me, cards are a tool for gaining a deeper understanding of what a person is experiencing, what they may be overlooking and what deserves greater attention.I do not believe that the future is unchangeable or that people have no right to make their own decisions. On the contrary, free will and personal responsibility are fundamental principles of my philosophy. A reading should never take away a person's inner strength. It should help them recognise the possibilities that lie ahead. The True Purpose of Cards: Help, Guidance and Warning For me, cards have three fundamental purposes: to help, to guide and to warn. Help means offering someone a new perspective on the situation they are facing. Sometimes, a person simply needs to understand connections they have not previously recognised. Guidance can help someone become aware of the possibilities and paths available to them. However, the final decision always remains in their own hands. Warning can be an important impulse, encouraging someone not to overlook something that requires their attention. I believe that cards should never take away a person's free will or make decisions on their behalf. Their value lies in helping people better understand their circumstances and recognise the possible consequences of their choices. Not every message has to be pleasant, and not every answer will be what someone hopes to hear. Sometimes, a warning is the most important thing a person can take away from a reading. I have never wanted people to become dependent on me or on repeated card readings. What matters far more to me is that, after a reading, they are able to think independently, make their own decisions and take responsibility for their lives. When Help Gives Rise to Envy Throughout my work, I have also encountered situations that have shown me that not everyone is capable of accepting help with humility and gratitude. I remember one client who came to me while facing serious financial difficulties. He was looking for a way out of his situation. Through a card reading, we explored an idea and a project that he could potentially develop. He decided to follow that path. He implemented the project, and his financial situation improved. However, success sometimes reveals another side of human nature. His business partners began to envy his achievements. One of them decided that he, too, wanted the same kind of help from me. I will never forget one Saturday in July. The temperature outside was approximately 45 degrees Celsius. I was at home preparing a meal for my family when a man called and asked me to come down to the car park because he wanted to speak with me. I went downstairs, believing it would be an ordinary conversation. Instead, I was faced with an unpleasant surprise. The man demanded that I get into his car. He wanted to drive me around the city until I helped him come up with projects and ideas that would make him as wealthy as his acquaintance. His argument was simple: I supposedly helped everyone except him. Even his social standing was not enough. He wanted the same results someone else had achieved. At that moment, I experienced one of the greatest humiliations of my life. I refused and told him that I could not help him with that. This experience reinforced my belief in the importance of maintaining clear personal boundaries in spiritual work. Cards are not instruments for satisfying someone else's greed, nor are they guarantees of wealth. Help cannot be forced, and spiritual work should never serve envy. When One Warning Can Change Everything The second story carries a very different meaning for me. I once organised a three-day seminar combining lectures with practical training in card reading. The programme included practical work with Mystic Kipper cards. Participants independently interpreted their cards using what they had learned during the training. I moved between the participants, observing their work. I stopped beside one woman who told me that she could not understand the reading at all. When I looked at her cards, I experienced a very strong intuitive impression that she should immediately call her husband at home. I felt that he might be under the influence of alcohol and could be at risk of harming himself. The woman did not believe me. After all, I knew nothing about her private life or what was happening behind the closed doors of their home. Nevertheless, I asked her to make the call. When she got through, her expression completely changed. She turned pale and was visibly shaken. What had happened? Her husband really was under the influence of alcohol. He was struggling with the fact that his wife had gone away for a three-day course. According to what she subsequently told us, he had been overwhelmed by jealousy and was unable to manage his emotions. His psychological state had deteriorated so severely that he was considering suicide. When he heard his wife's voice on the telephone, as she spoke to him through her tears, he gradually began to calm down. For me, this was a moment I will never forget. I do not claim that cards can replace professional help or that they can determine the course of a human life. However, this experience showed me the potential significance of a timely warning and the willingness not to remain indifferent. At that moment, it was no longer about a reading, predicting the future or money. It was about a human being and his life. A Warning Can Be More Valuable Than a Prediction These experiences have shaped my understanding of the true purpose of working with cards. I am particularly sensitive to matters involving health and human life. I believe that cards must never replace medical diagnosis or professional healthcare. Whenever there is reason to be concerned about someone's health or safety, appropriate professional assistance should be sought. Spiritual work should never create fear, promise miracles or exploit another person's vulnerability. I openly disagree with the commercialisation of spiritual services when financial interests are placed above people's genuine needs.For me, a reading loses its meaning when it becomes nothing more than a repeated commercial transaction, without regard for what a person actually needs. If cards can draw attention to danger, encourage someone to stop and reflect, or motivate them to seek help, then I believe they are fulfilling their true purpose. What Truly Matters to Me? These two experiences revealed two entirely different worlds to me. In one, a person expected spiritual guidance to provide wealth and success simply because someone else had achieved them. In the other, one warning, one telephone call and one moment of awareness were enough to give a person the opportunity to choose to stay alive. This is why I always return to what I consider the true purpose of my work with cards. It is not greed. It is not manipulation. It is not about creating dependency on more and more readings. Above all, it is about responsibility towards another human being. I believe cards can offer someone an opportunity for reflection, draw attention to a situation they may be overlooking, or encourage them to seek help. However, they should never replace free will, sound judgement or professional care. “If the cards can alert me to something that may help another person, if they can encourage someone to pay attention or guide them towards seeking help, then they have real meaning to me. But when greed begins to take precedence over human health and life, I refuse to be part of such a reading.” For me, the greatest achievement is not the number of readings I conduct or the financial income I generate. The real value lies in knowing that my work may carry a deeper meaning for someone. Because wealth can be rebuilt. A life that has been lost, however, can never be brought back. Sometimes, the most important thing is not knowing what tomorrow will bring. Sometimes, what matters most is recognising a warning in time – a warning that may help us protect the most precious thing of all: human life.

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Renata Nasalyova

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Renata Nasalyova — Spiritual teacher, Meditation teacher, Holistic practitioner, Spiritual guide, Speaker at ATANA

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