Tarot is a form of divination or fortune-telling that uses a deck of cards to gain insight into the past, present, or future. It is considered a type of cartomancy, which is the use of a deck of playing cards to predict the future. Different forms of this include Austromancy, Ceraunoscopy, Chaomancy, and Meteormancy. Ailuromancy is divination from cats, while Alectryomancy is a form of augury.
There are 163 terms for divination and fortune-telling, ranging from very common (runes, tarot cards, or horoscopes) to extraordinarily rare. Some instruments or practices of divination include Tarot-card reading, rune casting, tea-leaf reading, automatic writing, water scrying, and psychedelics like psilocybin. This comprehensive guide aims to go beyond the surface, delving into the nuances that set these practices apart while highlighting the rich symbolism embedded in these practices.
Tarot is a divination system that uses a specific set of 78 illustrated cards. Some people see Tarot as a way to peer into the future or examine hidden aspects of a situation. The term “mancy” comes from the English word tarot and Greek manteia (‘prophecy’). The suffix “mancy” means “divination by means of”, and it is related to’mania’, meaning madness or frenzy.
Various divination systems use cards with or without images and symbolism for guidance, prediction, and fortune-telling purposes. The use of Tarot cards for divinatory purposes took off only after Antoine Court de Gébelin claimed Egyptian origins of Tarot.
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What style is tarot cards?
Smith was an accomplished artist and championed by Alfred Stieglitz, who collected and showcased her work at his gallery. She created fully-realized illustrations of all 78 cards in the Thoth deck, making it a treasure-trove for cartomancers. The Major Arcana cards, based on Tarot de Marseille drawings, were rendered in an illustrative Art Nouveau style rich with patterns. The Minor Arcana cards, traditionally analogous to modern playing cards, were not elaborately illustrated. The Fool, for example, looked debonaire, wearing a floral tunic straight out of William Morris’s workshop. Smith’s occult bonafides and artistic abilities made her a valuable asset to the Thoth deck.
What culture is tarot from?
Tarot cards originated in Europe during the mid-15th century, with the earliest known decks being created in Italy for a game called tarocchi. These decks, like the Visconti-Sforza deck, were hand-painted and commissioned by wealthy families as symbols of their status. The Major Arcana, consisting of 22 cards, represents life lessons, spiritual themes, and archetypal energies, with each card having its own unique symbolism.
The Minor Arcana, consisting of four suits (Wands, Cups, Swords, and Pentacles) corresponds to the elements of fire, water, air, and earth, focusing on everyday matters, personal experiences, and challenges and opportunities encountered in life.
What mythology are tarot cards from?
In English-speaking countries, cartomantic tarot cards are available for novelty and divination. Early French occultists claimed tarot cards had esoteric links to ancient Egypt, Kabbalah, the Indic Tantra, or I Ching. However, scholarly research shows that tarot cards were invented in northern Italy in the mid-15th century and no significant use of tarot cards for divination until the late 18th century. Historians describe western views of the Tarot pack as a “successful propaganda campaign”.
The earliest evidence of a tarot deck used for cartomancy comes from an anonymous manuscript from around 1750. The popularization of esoteric tarot started with Antoine Court and Jean-Baptiste Alliette (Etteilla) in Paris during the 1780s, using the Tarot of Marseilles. French tarot players abandoned the Marseilles tarot in favor of the Tarot Nouveau around 1900, and the Marseilles pattern is now mostly used by cartomancers. Etteilla was the first to produce a bespoke tarot deck specifically designed for occult purposes around 1789, containing themes related to ancient Egypt.
What is tarot based on?
The modern tarot deck, based on the Venetian or Piedmontese tarot, consists of 78 cards divided into two groups: the major arcana (22 trumps) and the minor arcana (56 cards). The major arcana features pictures representing various forces, characters, virtues, and vices, numbered I through XXI. The cards are arranged in a series of order, from juggler to papess, empress to emperor, pope to lovers, chariot to justice, hermit to wheel of fortune, strength to death, temperance to devil, lightning-struck tower to star, moon to sun, last judgment to world, and the fool.
The minor arcana consists of four suits of 14 cards each, similar to modern playing cards. Each suit has 4 court cards (king, queen, knight, and jack) and 10 numbered cards, with the value progression in ascending order from ace to 10, then jack, knight, queen, and king.
What do you call a person who uses tarot cards?
A tarot reader is an individual who employs a combination of divination and prognostication to ascertain future events.
Why do people believe in tarot?
The tarot, a divinatory tool, has been associated with occult properties, a belief prevalent in early modern Europe. Originating in 18th-century France, the tarot has been used in various practices, including hermeneutic, magical, mystical, semiotic, and psychological aspects. Romani people used it to tell fortunes, while Jungian psychologists used it to tap into “absolute knowledge in the unconscious”, for archetypal analysis, and to facilitate the Jungian process of individuation.
Many occult and divinatory practitioners trace the tarot to ancient Egypt, divine hermetic wisdom, and the mysteries of Isis. Many believe that the tarot’s divinatory meaning is closely linked to its occult properties.
What is a tarot reading style?
Tarot card reading is a form of cartomancy where practitioners use tarot cards to gain insight into the past, present, or future. A traditional tarot deck consists of 78 cards, divided into the Major Arcana and Minor Arcana. French-suited playing cards and any card system with suits assigned to identifiable elements can also be used. The first written references to tarot packs occurred between 1440 and 1450 in northern Italy, where additional cards with allegorical illustrations were added to the common four-suit pack.
These new packs were called carte da trionfi, triumph packs, and the additional cards known simply as trionfi, which became “trumps” in English. References to tarot triumphs continue throughout the 16th and 17th centuries, but there are no indications that the cards were used for anything but games. It was only in the 1780s, when fortune-telling with regular playing cards had been well established for at least two decades, that anyone began to use the tarot pack for cartomancy.
Is tarot ok for Christians?
The notion that tarot cards can exert control over one’s life is a pervasive one, yet there is a paucity of empirical evidence to substantiate this claim.
Are tarot cards mysticism?
Tarot cards, originally used by Italian nobles and aristocrats as playing cards, evolved into a cornerstone of mysticism and spiritual exploration. They were initially used for skill, strategy, and luck in a game called “tarocchi”. However, they also had hidden potential for unraveling life’s mysteries, divining the future, and exploring the human psyche. Italy played a significant role in this transformation, with the Visconti-Sforza deck, created in the mid-15th century for the Duke of Milan, being one of the earliest surviving tarot decks. The deck’s intricate imagery and symbolism hint at a deeper, more mystical purpose, yet to be fully revealed.
What is the science behind tarot cards?
Tarot cards have been found to have psychological influences, but they can still have beneficial effects on a person’s mental health when used in a therapeutic context. A 2009 study found that regular users of Tarot cards used them as a tool for self-reflection, providing insight into their current life situations and providing comfort during difficult times. They also used Tarot cards as a tool for positive reinforcement, drawing cards intentionally and randomly to provide insights about their own lives.
Some co-researchers kept a card with them until their goals were resolved, claiming that Tarot does not reveal new information but can provide a new perspective on an issue that can influence a plan for a possible course of action.
This study highlights the potential of Tarot as an effective therapeutic tool, despite the foundational psychological effects behind its mainstream use. Further research on the beneficial impacts of Tarot in a therapeutic setting would involve examining a larger number of participants from a wider variety of backgrounds. Regardless of the reason behind a person’s use of Tarot cards, they have maintained a strong presence in society and have the potential to do more than just predict the future.
What type of person reads tarot cards?
The tarot is a universal tool that can be read by anyone, regardless of age, profession, or background. It is not a tool that can be used in conjunction with other practices like spellcraft, astrology, crystal work, or divination. Instead, the tarot’s magic lies in its narrative power, which invites questions and self-reflection, empowering individuals to make their own decisions about their future.
The interplay between different cards can offer new perspectives, challenge old ways of thinking, or even force individuals to acknowledge hidden aspects of themselves. While the tarot can be helpful in making decisions and thinking about the future, it is not as effective as popular culture has led us to expect. The tarot’s narrative power allows for self-reflection and enables individuals to make their own decisions about their future.
In conclusion, the tarot is a universal tool that can be used by anyone, regardless of their background or profession.
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Jason, I have been wanting to tell you something and today I am going to😊 I am 56, I have always loved history and have always questioned everything. In high school and college I took extra history classes. No teacher that I have had has held my attention. You my friend, have me on the edge of my seat, anticipating your next find. Thank you!
Tarot is a tool of a master in his trade. For good or bad. I have never read the cards well. My own thought takes over and nullifies what it is said that the card actually means. This tells me the card means whatever I say it means, good or bad, if that even makes sense! Terrific presentation on the cards. Thank you Jason and Archaix💛
Michael Tsarion’s teaching on the tarot emphasizes with force and sensitivity the participation of the consultant through the very manipulation of the cards and their drawing by himself. The interpretation of course remains subject to the measure of the tarot reader. Indeed, it is more than a trade, it’s an opportunity to enter a sacred space. Thanks for the historic background!
Jason, you are one of the best spirits One has ever seen. You are absolutely beautiful, for one who is passing through this world and not of this world. It is never the method it is always the man, you are correct. Thank you for sharing your wisdom . Love you with all Ones heart. Wishing you a wonderful day. Thank you.
Jason, I am from Holland and also lived in Haarlem in my early childhood and very well remember the beautiful statue of Laurens Janszoon Coster, (Haarlem 1370 AD – 1440 AD). He is well known in Holland for his invention of the printing press. I did not know Johannes Gutenberg (Mainz, Germany) stole it from Coster. Thanks for again a beautiful presentation!
NOT SURE IF I WAS THE ONLY ONE TO REQUEST THIS article BUT I DID REQUEST IT A WHILE AGO TO BE REUPLOADED AS I WAS JUST GETTING INTO THE TAROT MYSELF AND WOULDA LOVED TO REWATCH IT. AND YOU SAID OKAY. IVE BEEN WAITING PATIENTLY & HERE IT IS!!! THANKS SO MUCH JASON WHAT A LOVELY SURPRISE TO WAKE UP TO. I APPRECIATE YOU FOR UPLOADING THE article AGAIN FOR ME AND THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY. THANKS FOR BEING PERSONABLE AND DOWN TO EARTH ENOUGH TO INTERACT WITH YOUR VIEWERSHIP, I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO SHARING VALUABLE INFORMATION THE WAY YOU DO. Much love from Detroit!!!
Jason why have you failed to mention anything about the Sola-Busca Deck, dated to 1523. Sola-Busca was apparently made by a Ferrarese artist, with classical and biblical characters, and illustrated suit cards. (Cf. the 1550 Rouen classical deck.) It has the standard number of trumps and suit-cards, and the suit-signs are almost standard, but are worked into individual scenes. Elaborately engraved on metal plates. Their images are quite dark and have been linked to Saturnian Worship cults of the elites. History is sketch on it’s origin, Stuart Kaplan writes: “In Early Italian Engravings, A.M. Hind wrote of a complete pack of tarocchi cards dating from the late fifteenth century. The cards were owned by the Sola-Busca family of Milan, but are presently accessible only through photographs given to Hind by the Sola family for the British Museum, and through Hind’s book, which illustrates the deck. Hind was given the privilege of examining the actual cards in 1934. Unfortunately, the Sola-Busca family and their cards can no longer be found.
It always amuses me when people are afraid of tarot cards. Tarot cards are just pieces of paper. Although I do believe that there are forces in our realm which help us as well as those which challenge us, I view the tarot as a mirror of the self within the greater field of consciousness. The cards help us to draw wisdom from that field. When I read the tarot for someone, I first explain the general meanings of each card. These are linked with archetypes and experiences which are common to all of humanity. For example, the Fool can represent the carefree spirit within us all which leaps before it looks. As soon as I explain this, the person who is being read for starts drawing parallels to their own situation. I look at the relationships between various cards, the assigned meaning of each position in the spread, and then relate it to the question the person has asked. If they ask whether they are going to get back together with their boyfriend, and I see cards that indicate squabbles about money, we talk about that. The problem doesn’t go away just because the relationship did. We can’t change other people. We can only change ourselves. So the next thing is about what to do about the situation within their own life. Looking at the various meanings of the cards in those positions which pertain to actions, a sensible plan can be developed for improvement. It’s like Life Coaching with cards. What about getting back together with the boyfriend? That may become irrelevant when all is said and done.
Thanks. Always learning. Having used the same tarot for a long time, I came to figure that they were just a prop, much like all the other “props”, and simply accepted that it was to do with something bigger. I like your explanation, that also touched on belief systems. That aside, some incredible backdrops…
Scholars like Kerenyi found the original wall reliefs in Eleusis that were the origins of at least the major Arcana. They were probably integrated at some point in history into the Tarot system and preserved by various mystery school traditions like Eleusis. I talk about the various legoominisms (stories) that appear in Greek Mythology and literature that later became the major Arcana of the Rider Waite system. Jason (et al), if you want to know where the Major Arcana of The Rider Waite system came from, get a copy of the book “Tabernacle and The Body of God,” by Tony Victor.
The Tarot cards are fascinating, someone that had a set and was no way professional or had much knowledge about them, neither did I at the time, she asked me to pick a random card from the deck and it was so accurate to the current state I was in that I had to do some research and find out what’s the purpose of them, a mere card game ? Something spiritual? Or something in-between, my conclusion, if you believe they will help you see where you are in your life at the time, they can be beneficial for self reflection and improvement, that’s my opinion anyways, Peace to you eternal reading this, sending positive frequencies your way!❤🕊️
Divination through shuffle and throw is as old as the hills friends. Goes way back way before the printing press. One example of Tarot-like divination might be the Sybilline Oracles at Delphi, where pages of an unbound book were drawn at random in response to queries. The power of the imagination to gain insight via working with images, for example, dreaming, is woven into the images and artwork that through whatever series of random events became standardised as the Tarots we inherit today. Surrender to the moment through a randomised casting of objects has long been a useful way of bringing fresh insight in where it’s needed. Saying Tarot didn’t exist before the printing press would be like saying ideas didn’t exist before writing, or that nothing existed before cameras were there to record them. So, the archetypal figures of “Temperance”, or “Justice” for example, goes way way way way way back, I mean, WAY back before printing, and are powerful and highly malleable reservoirs of ideas, inspiration, imagery, knowledge, and so on. Spiritual teaching through images such as paintings, (often to include largely illiterate populations), if also very very old. Spiritual teaching through games, is ancient. Mass reproduction of “playing” (praying?) cards, less old, the technology of oracles and divination, VERY much older.
I was just doing a bit of research in relation to this article. There are a set of Runes called the Armanen runes (Armanen Futharkh) that was made by Austrian mysticist and Germanic revivalist Guido Von List, during a state of temporary blindness in, guess when…. 1902. I thought you might find that of interest.
Oh no! The tarot deck you are holding up is the contemporary Rider-Waite deck, and was drawn in the 1900’s published in 1909. It was drawn by a British woman, Pamela Colman-Smith, who was part of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn with W.B. Yeats, Mathers and Edgar Waite etc. in Ireland. It was the first deck to illustrate the Pip cards ie; Minor Arcana. The “Tarot de Marseilles” deck of the 1400’s you think you are referring to is completely different imagery! It is old woodcuts painted in primary colors. The Pip cards are not illustrated but only the symbols; batons, swords, coins/disks and cups. There is some dissension between followers of the original ancient French Tarot, and that of the contemporary Rider-Waite. I considerr the Tarot de Marseille to be the foundational tarot deck. Stuart R. Kaplan of US GAMES brought the deck “Swiss IJJ” Tarot over from Europe and began to publish it and the Rider-Waite in the 60’s. Alejandro Jodorowsky is an expert on Tarot ( a purist scholar of the Tarot de Marseilles French tarot only) and claims a tarot deck was found in an Egyptian Coptic-Christian church from the 1st century. He’s written several books on Tarot and has included Tarot in his independent films which are now cult classics such as “The Holy Mountain”. Alejandro is a total errant before his time, and the film industry has been trying to shut him up for decades. He is one who is into “creating reality tunnels” which he calls Psychomagic, and alchemy and so forth. Most tarot decks today are rip offs of Pamela Colman-Smith’s work ie; Rider-Waite deck of which you are presenting here, illustrated or photoshopped by people who know nothing about tarot and are only trying to make a buck using tarot.
Tarot readers focus too much on romantic relationships and less on personal spiritual development imo. There is a reader called Queen of Cups Tarot…every time she shuffles pre reading, she splits the deck and shows the cards, does it three or four times. Every time there will be a card that shows itself each time, even after shuffling. Sometimes the same two cards will follow the last shuffle. Spirit is amazing.
Jason I’m sorry to hear you grew up believing everything you did was wrong😢. I totally get it I Had a strict military father and believed I was a sinner at 5-6 years old because I took everything literally as a kid. And the Baptist church said you were all born in sin so I would pray as a child for God to take away my sin😔I can’t imagine ever Allowing a child to believe in such nonsense. Look how far our thought process has grown since then. We made it out and we’re better for it✨💪🥰❤️🙏
The Greek word for Faith is so much greater than it has been watered down to mean. Most people believe that Faith is to believe. A dictionary definition of believe is accepting something as true but the Greek word used for Faith is a complex word. Pistos encompass not just accepting something as fact but it is an ACTION because of what you ACCEPT and CONTINUES as long as one has confidence in the actionable belief. (Interesting to reread The Bible with thus definition if believe and Faith) I have seen it stated as the ABCs of Faith Action based upon Belief sustained by Confidence So for true Faith to work it must have all components so that “TheOverSoul” reflects that energy back onto the stage of awareness.
“And the Simulacrum will interface with the believer” and produce just what we put out. ~what you explained about Tarot cards..Whatever we put our energy into!! That’s what has happened with THOTH ( books!!). A.Crowley switched it all up and put it out there.. got the ball rolling, now people all over the world believe it!! That’s right Jason.
I find in my hobbies of analyzing shapes, patterns, numbers, letters, and sounds, that there must be a Natural meaning or quality to each of them. I would suspect that the Cards and the art and patterns in the cards was an attempt to explain or associate what was perceived to be the natural meaning in the cards. Arcane meanings sound like Artificial meaning assigned to symbols or patterns, connected with an unnatural order or organization with ill intent. A hatred of the Natural order, and an attempt to reshape the minds perception of the intent and design of nature. I resolve myself to continuing to analyze and study these things, and find the Natural meanings mostly lost or polluted by the ambitions of those who defy the Creator’s design for all that is. Language is the baseline that I believe needs to be started with. English is a language of magic, with which one Spells with the Arcane. The natural language must be phonetic, unlike English, which often is not.
Magical and divination systems evolve over time. While the Tarot may have started out as playing cards, it soon became a library of archetypal symbols. The things we collectively invest our energy into become egregores of their own. In our modern world, the Tarot egregore has now become an undeniably powerful tool of divination. Austin Osman Spare’s work in developing magical sigils was rediscovered in the 1980s, and re-emerged as the modern system of Chaos Magic. The military intelligence agencies created the psychic science of Remote Viewing completely from scratch! Now that we’re in the Aquarian age, I’m sure we’ll see completely new systems of magic and divination in the coming years. The reason you didn’t look into the Law of One / Ra material, is because it’s a websiteed work.
I’d love to see a similar article on I Ching, as that is supposedly ancient. I work with that and I am often surprised at the answers I get. If a article has already been done, please let me know. I read tarot and it’s great for learning fluency in symbolism. It’s not my favorite system — I prefer to work with oracle card decks, many of which are based on tarot symbolism. It’s like learning a non-verbal language. If you become fluent in symbolism IMO it’s easier to navigate non-linear uncertainty.
The thing about US copywrite law is that it all stems from Article 1 Secrion 8, “Congress has the power… To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;” So, If no body is publishing the book and the copywrite is preventing the “promotion and progress of science and useful arts” then it is counteracting its own intention which, in a rational world, would suggest the copywrite ought to be voided. Also, “limited time” should not be 80 years as that is a man’s lifetime and anything that exceeds your own lifetime might as well be eternal or unlimited.
31:00 How do you not exhibit doubt? I’m not trolling, this is a real question. I don’t know how not to doubt. But I need to not doubt in order to accomplish something I feel like I fail at. I’ve used runes a lot but stopped because of this. Is there a way to prove this to myself to help me not to doubt? Thanks!
Tarot is just a form of entertainment and a tool that “works”because of the energy focused into it by the participants, I believe. It brings to mind the scripture Mathew 18:20 from the Bible, where Jesus discusses if two or more are gathered in my name, I will be in the midst of them. That verse serves as a reminder to me the power our immortal souls carry, especially when connecting together looking for wisdom or guidance through any means whether that be prayer, meditation, yoga, chanting, quoting verses etc. As we seek answers about our lives, the higher power or overseer will be present and help with discernment and intuition. Most people pay tarot readers for their time, energy, and interpretation of the cards, not necessarily to be “right.”Hopefully, no one is silly enough to make major life decisions based on tarot readings lol. It’s the same with throwing bones, root work, psychics, magicians, or anything esoteric. I agree that people shouldn’t spend their life savings on these forms of entertainment, the same way you shouldn’t blow your mortgage buying dances at the strip club either. However, sometimes it’s quite enjoyable to throw down money for pleasure, in my experience lol. Ultimately in life, balance goes a long way . ❤☯️
The Tarot is a recepticle holding the Hermetic Ideograms of the Thrice Great gracefully bestowed on us, his modern acolytes. The use of divination goes way back to the dawn of human conception.Tarot is a supercomputer of DNA eternal intelligence potentially stemming from Ancient Egypt or any other epoch of excellence. ‘The Book of Thoth’ is an Occult classic and is full of fascinating insights into the archetypes and their dynamic interaction within the human psyche.
You are spot on that the creator of this realm gives all men exactly what they request, “he” gives them over to their desires ecc 6.2… Mat 16.19 What we bind on earth will be bound in heaven … This allows the full sinful heart of man to be fully revealed, so the divine grace can more greatly abound Rom 5.20
to populate the Tarot with Biblical reference: 0. fool = 12 yr old Jesus 1. magician = Jesus after rising from death 2. empress = Mother Mary, also born of immaculate ‘conception’ 3. high priestess = Jachin and Boaz 4. lord = Joseph (of Arimathea, the coat of many colors bearer, the ‘father’ of Christ, the 12th son of Israel etc) 5. heirophant = The Pope, maybe Sanhedrin too 6. lovers = Jesus, the 3 Marys (mother of James too) and 2 Josephs and more. It’s a SPECTRUM. 7. chariot = the donkey probably 8. strength = st mark, also Daniel and the lions 9. hermit = John the Baptist probably, he also oversees card 6 lovers 10. wheel = gospels 11. justice = ox goad 12. hanged man = St Peter 13. death = the crucifixion, the 3 vavs 14. temperance = 2 Peter 5-6 15. the devil = Judas Iscariot 16. the tower = Mark 16:38 essentially, possibly Babel tower 17. the star = the baby Jesus, that which to follow 18. the moon = Hebrew calendar 19. the Sun = God in Heaven, or Ra, or Highest Consciousness 20. judgement = Jesus walking on water 21. the world = Yahweh or yod heh vav heh
Tarot has an array of symbols that can aid in Self analysis. It does not require any lame prophetic whatever, I’ve never used it that way. I’ve never done a “spread”, even for myself, and it is something I’ve moved on from. Crowley’s deck is the best one, frankly. His deck was his very last work. He died a pauper.
I know you say that it is the person who makes the difference with modalities such as tarot, and I’ve seen some really good readers, but i have also literally witnessed the decline of some people who use them in real time. Is it the type of personality who is attracted to them? Idk. Maybe for some. Some good cops, but a lot of bad personalities types attracted to the profession as well. It is what it is. I have watched some readers fall into a weird sort of egocentrism; aloofness, isolationism, indifference, and a seemingly odd judgemental social decline. So, I think I’ll avoid them as a “not necessary” part of this place, at least for me. Another great presentation! ❤
I”d rather understand where the truth arose from then believe in a lie that makes u feel better. Like the bible, knowing that the old testament was assembled from very ancient texts helps me really take them to heart more than always being told it was the direct word of GOD which never sat well with me
Interesting. I worry that throwing the key pieces across these websites has brought on the quickening. I could only begin the chain of events, but not control how people perceive the answer. I love how you remain true to your certainty. The comporter. The compiler. Your approach works in a curious way. I hope I have not altered this perspective through osmosis. The book of Thoth is not what it seems. Tis not a book really, but the name still works. Parts of my work seemingly contradict you in places, but they are mostly wording trouble.