The more Tarot cards you pull out of the pack the more refined the advice will become. But warning warning danger danger don’t pull so many that the message gets lost altogether. Start slowly. Try two to begin with.
There are a lot of ‘official’ Tarot card spreads you can use. My personal favorite is the 10-card Celtic Cross (I’ll explain that in a later post). But you don’t need anything fancy the first time you do a reading. Just ask yourself a question, shuffle the cards and when you feel ready pull one from the pack.
In order to understand the card’s message you can:
(a) Look up its meaning in books or on the internet. There will be several to choose from.
(b) Meditate on the images in the card. There is lots to ponder in each one. See what pops out for you and focus on what that might symbolize.
Then (c) go with the meaning that ‘feels right’. (I never said Tarot card reading was an exact science, lol.)
Have a go and share your experiences below.
There were 3 sayings written in the stone on the temple walls at Delphi in Ancient Greece and the first and most important was: Know Thyself.
You’d think knowing yourself would be easy, wouldn’t you? Continue reading
I’ve never liked the phrases ‘Minor Arcana’ and ‘Major Arcana’ which are used to refer to the two types of card you find in Tarot. These terms are meaningless to a modern audience. As a writer I believe strongly that it is important for words to conjure up the things of which they speak. So I’ve been raking my brain to come up with more contemporary titles.
The Minor Arcana consists of Continue reading
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The code above is for the benefit of another site. Makes no sense to me because I don’t speak-ah dis language. In the same way learning Tarot is like learning to speak another language. Each card represents a letter and when strung together the cards spell out a word which tells you something about yourself or your life.
You just have to learn the code to crack the secret message. Cool, huh.
I’m not big on fortune telling. By that I mean, reading the cards for other people. I’ll do it if I have to, if you twist my arm, but I’d a million times rather help you learn to read the cards for yourself. The thing with Tarot is that the meanings of each card shift depending on the person and the situation they are referring to. That is why the 10-card Celtic Cross is a popular spread: the more cards, the clearer the message. But ultimately the best judge of what the cards are saying will always be YOU.
It’s kind of like how dreams can have different meanings for different people. Dreaming of fabric means creativity for one person and represents mum for another. Only you can truly say what the dream has meant.
I do believe that there are people out there who are incredibly intuitive/psychic/call-it-what-you-will who are able to tell people things about themselves and their future. But I don’t know that it’s always appropriate to do so. Or helpful.
Fortune telling can be damaging.
You can spend years waiting for the man you’re meant to have 3 kids and a big house with to materialise and in the meantime stop working for those things yourself. And then maybe they don’t happen. Life can pass you by that way. I don’t think you’re meant to lie back and let Tarot do all the work.
I’ve never forgotten the well-known numerologist at a New Age expo who did my numbers and my now ex-husband’s numbers and told me I was a bitch. I mean, sure, fair cop, I was young and had a lot to learn about relationships but (a) I don’t think that advice was helpful and (b) I don’t think that was a complete summary of my personality at that time. And it’s hard to wash those words out of your psyche once they’ve been said by a so-called professional.
What about you? How helpful or not have you found Tarot card readings?
The Tarot card deck is divided into two parts called the Minor Arcana and the Major Arcana which literally means the Little Secret and the Big Secret. In other words: hidden knowledge. But why was it hidden? This is just one of many unanswered questions about Tarot. We don’t know where it came from or who invented it but if you study the cards what you discover is this: Tarot is one of the most profound and beautiful books you will ever read.
I hope you’ll let me share it with you.
Ever wanted to learn about Tarot cards but been too scared to ask? Been intimidated by the gobbledy-gook explanations on other sites? Wanted to skip the middle man – i.e. psychics – and read the cards for yourself? Then you’ve come to the right place. This is Tarot card reading class 101 for the average Joe or Joelene. So make yourself a nice cup of tea, sit down, relax, and let’s decipher the cards together. Because this is a club not a lecture series. A round table. And your input is vital. Each Tarot card sparkles with a 1000 different meanings like a diamond. We all get different pieces of the puzzle. And only by sharing our thoughts can the Tarot’s meanings be fully revealed. I look forward to hearing from you.
The Tarot Teaclub 