Yes, and yes. I think it's both in both cases. The process of how the cards guide your consciousness in extremely useful, even vital, and at the same time, I believe that there is synchronicity in which cards come up.
It's useful to know the standard interpretation of the cards, but allow your intuition to guide you, too. Using only what the book says is like riding a bicycle with training wheels. You need them at first, but you can take them off and trust your balance once you've had some experience. Mostly, I use tarot cards for myself, but I have given a few readings to other people. The profound moments in those readings came when I let go of the safety of the standard interpretations and said what came intuitively.
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