How Self Development with the Tarot Works
Tarot Cards, just like normal playing cards, are a set of playing cards that have 4 suits. The only difference between a tarot card and normal playing cards is that the suits are divided based on region. The Latin suits are from Southern Europe, German suits from Central Europe, and French suits from Northern Europe. Every suit of a tarot card has 14 cards, which are numbered from Ace to ten, and apart from these 14 cards, there are four face cards (as the name suggests, face cards are those which have a face on them), namely King, Queen, Jack, Knight. There are also 21 extra cards with a separate card called the Fool that tops it.
Tarot cards can be a fun playing game for some while they can be a source of livelihood for others. It is a means of spiritual advancement for them.
It is often conveyed that Tarot Cards predict the future of an individual. Such a statement is a bold assumption, given that there has been no scientific evidence to back and support this claim. It would be much better to say that Tarot cards provide a meaningful perspective of the past, helps you understand the present better, and reveal alternate possibilities for the future.
Tarot cards can help channel your subconscious of the past to the present and use it effectively for a better future. Reading this would arouse a question in your mind - HOW? A very basic example can be illustrated: Suppose you are asked to pick a Tarot card from a deck of cards. You pick one and see a pictorial representation of someone doing something foolish. This can reflect multiple things for that person. It can represent that the person might make some unwanted foolish decisions in the future which could cause some form of loss to them - be it physical, emotional, monetary, or any other thing. This makes them cautious of their future decisions. Thus, in a way, it enables alternate possibilities of the future for that person.
The interpretation from a tarot card is highly subjective. Each deck might have a different author who has illustrated different figures and has used separate colors on the card based on their past experiences and their ability to relate things of their previous experience with the present. It is greatly intuitive as to what we interpret from the card. The authors spend a lot of time on each card, and each card has a distinctive value, a story behind it.
What the Tarot Cards Offer People, Unbiased View《 How can tarot cards help you》
There are 78 cards in a tarot deck, 22 of which are the major arcana, while the remaining 56 are the lesser arcana. Among the major arcana, in most decks, there are numbered cards from 21 to 1, and there is an unnumbered card (called The Fool). Each card has a word written below it. Such cards mark the beginning and end of cycles. These are considered the most important cards of the deck and are assumed to give long-term information, that is, the decisions that impact you on a longer time frame.
On the other hand, the minor arcana conveys day-to-day actions. There are four different suits in the minor arcana: the Swords, Wands, Coins, and Cups. These suits pinpoint different aspects of life and illustrate those aspects in their own way.
In general, when someone wants to read a card, the card dealer asks that person certain questions. Asking the person to keep that question in mind, the dealer shuffles the deck. The dealer then urges the person to cut the deck, keeping the question repeating in his mind. Once a card is picked, the meaning is checked. It is not necessary to remember the meaning of every card. With practice and prolonged exposure, it can easily be remembered. It is important to check both the card's upfront and reversed meaning and to check what exactly the card symbolizes.
Card reading is an art, and one needs to spend a great deal of time with it to master it. A great deal of practice and thought process, in particular, is required to deduce apt conclusions from the card. One needs to be extremely calm and patient while dealing with such powerful cards. What valuable information can cards provide? Read《Meaning of some Tarot Cards》
Most beginners begin their Tarot journey reading through the Rider-Waite deck because it is very colorful and very well documented. It aids their tarot reading journey significantly. Tarot reading is not simply about predicting our future. It channelizes the thought processes so that we have clarity of thought. It is often said that a tarot card does not discriminate against anyone. Sometimes, searching for answers that people seek in their lives when they turn to tarot cards opens a plethora of other questions instead of answering that very exact question. This convolution of thoughts is what one needs to overcome psychologically.
Such cards, which hold so much importance today, were originally used as playing cards in the ancient centuries. With a series of theories in the centuries to come, it was believed that tarot cards hold an important significance in predicting things about a person, and today, many people use tarot cards as their source of income, be it by selling tarot cards or by reading them professionally.
What if the drawn card is reversed? Over the years of Tarot Card evolution, several discussions have been on this topic. It is often said that a reversed card generally does not reverse the original meaning of the card. It rather forces the reader to give a different thought process to the reversed card. Once the reader has a basic understanding of the tarot cards, it solely depends on their intuition as to how they interpret the card.
It can be concluded that tarot cards should not be misinterpreted with sorcery or witchcraft. Reading tarot cards is a skill that is difficult to master, as one needs time to develop the intellect to read the cards effectively. Tarot card readers are not mind-readers or soothsayers. They give you the perspective to think differently. Without an iota of doubt, it can be said with certainty that tarot reading is a tough skill to master, and once done, it can lead to various opportunities, both personally as well as for others.