The Deck Interview Myth: Why Your Cards Don't Need an Introduction

Today's Lesson You've probably seen it everywhere: 'Interview your new deck!' with elaborate spreads asking the deck to introduce itself, share its strengths, reveal its personality. It's become such a standard ritual that skipping it almost feels disrespectful. But here's the liberating truth: your deck doesn't need an interview, and this practice might actually be creating distance between you and your cards instead of building connection. Think about it—when you conduct a deck interview, you're treating the cards as a separate entity with opinions about themselves, rather than as a tool you're learning to use fluently. It's like interviewing your journal before writing in it or asking your guitar to describe its musical style before playing it. The real relationship builds through use, not through formal introduction. Every reading you do IS the interview. Every shuffle tells you how the cards feel in your hands. Every layout reveals how this particular deck speaks to you. The deck's 'personality' emerges organically through regular practice, not through a prescribed question-and-answer session. This doesn't mean you shouldn't spend time with a new deck—quite the opposite. But instead of a formal interview, try this: spend your first session simply handling the cards, noticing the…