The word 'intuitive' gets used a lot in the tarot world without always being explained. Here is what it means in practice, and why it makes a difference in the quality of your reading.
Beyond the Guidebook
Every tarot deck comes with a guidebook explaining what each card traditionally means. A reader who relies only on those definitions will give you a technically accurate but often generic reading. An intuitive reader uses those meanings as a foundation and then goes further, reading the energy of the card in the context of the spread, picking up on what's present in the room or the connection, and allowing impressions and guidance to come through that aren't strictly 'in the book.'
What Frances Channels
In a reading with Frances, she is working on multiple levels simultaneously: reading the cards as symbols and archetypes, reading the relationship between cards in the spread, reading the energy of the person she's with (or connected to, in an online session), and allowing intuitive impressions to surface and speak. This is what she means when she says the cards channel insights from your guides and your own intuition.
The Role of Your Energy
You are not a passive participant in your reading. The way you shuffle the cards (or the way they're shuffled with your question in mind), the questions you ask, the energy you arrive with, all of it informs what comes through. This is why the same spread pulled on two different days for the same person with the same question can produce meaningfully different cards.
Why Humor Has a Place in Readings
Frances often describes her style as truthful but kind, and yes, sometimes funny. Intuitive guidance doesn't have to be delivered solemnly to be profound. Some of the most clarifying moments in a reading come with a laugh of recognition, not a portentous pause. When the cards say something that lands, you usually know it by the feeling in your body, not by whether the atmosphere was appropriately mystical.
