How to do Tarot Reading

Tarot reading helps you to find many answers to question related to love, relationship, and other problems in life path. There’s no correct or incorrect way of doing a tarot reading but following a few best practices help get the most benefit.

Deck of cards

Tarot decks are popular and utilizes different symbols. Every year new tarot decks are being published though popular classic books is always in demand. Thus there’s a changing inventory, so you need to select the correct one after reading the reviews. You can learn more about your love and life happening by doing a tarot reading. Mindfulness and practicing meditation are the best practice for a good tarot reading. It helps manifest a bright future for yourself and is a rewarding tool for self-care. The famous five tarot decks are

• Aleister Crowley Thoth Tarot
• Deviant moon tarot
• Shadowscapes
• Rider-Waite tarot
• DruidCraft Tarot

The mission statement has to be developed

Try to develop a mission statement that explains goals such as connecting with the spiritual force, incorporating more intuition or gut feeling, and enhancing creativity. They help you to determine what exactly you want to achieve with the help of tarot cards being a reader. You’ll get to reach your destination smoothly when you know the outcome. Interested in learning more about 《 How Self Development with the Tarot Works》

Transfer into energy to the deck

Handle the tarot cards properly to transfer your energy to the tarot decks. Try shuffling them repeated times and placing them in order. The order sequence starts from Fool through the World and then come the suits from Ace through Ten. Next comes the Page, Knight, and then the Queen and King.

Identify how tarot decks work.

The tarot deck consists of twenty-two major arcana and fifty-six minor arcana, totaling 78cards. Learning and memorizing all the cards may take some time. Major arcana represents an individual’s experiences and stages in the form of pictures. The pure and young energy is the Fool in the form of a spirit that moves through many cycles and events and finally completes or ends the life cycle in the World. On the other hand, Minor arcana represents an individual's feelings, events, and situations that they encounter in the journey of the Fool. This card describes all events that a person can control. It has four suits

• Cups of Water
• Swords or Air
• Wands or Fire
• Pentacles or Earth

Apart from these, each suit consists of a Queen, King, and Jack, also called Knight, along with Princess (pages). You need to understand how this tarot deck works.

Wands focus on energy, sexuality, passion, and creativity, called fiery cards. Cups represent live feelings, emotion, and intuition. Swords represent our actions, thoughts, and words since they are intellectually driven. Pentacles gives guidance on career, finance, and material possessions. Court cards like the king, queen, page, and knight may represent the situation, people, and different personalities.

Tarot reading using a book. 

A well-guided and written book can be useful to understand and learn the basics of tarot reading. It is useful for beginners who want to start the process. Books on tarot reading are of different types. Some emphasize participation, while some help in memorizing. Although depending heavily on books won’t be a good solution since you can get on the track for learning the basics using tarot cards books. To develop into a full tarot card reader, you have to incorporate your intuition with your book into your learning process. Try to feel a personal connection with the cards and go from your gut without worrying about being incorrect in the beginning. For a better understanding of what some cards mean and how they work, read 《Tarot Cards – An Overview》

Pull your cards

Hold the deck in your left hand and slightly tilt it so that you can take the top card from the gap in the deck. Use your left hand to cut the deck and pull the card on the top. You may also act like a poker to fan the cards out and select the one that feels correct in your hand or catches your attention. You can pull one, or several cards called a spread. Tarot spreads give answers to your life path or situation, giving you an in-depth reading. Beginners can be overwhelmed to use several cards in a spread that gives more answers.

Interpret the meaning

Once you pull a card, lay them in your spread facedown and pay attention to what your gut feeling says by seeing the imagery, words, or symbols. You can connect properly to your inner intuitive abilities by staying calm and focused. If you have doubts, you can take guidance from your deck’s reference book to know about the card's meaning.

Three tarot cards spread. 

This spread helps an individual to center oneself during all the chaotic experiences in life. Shuffle the cards and pull them from the stack. The number one card represents something you have to surrender for changing situations in life. Card 2 gives directions on how to self-care during this process. Card 3 offers guidance for centering yourself when you are in the middle of the changing process.

5 tarot card spread

A five tarot card spread is pulled for getting more clarity and illumination in life. At first, cut the deck into 5 piles and pull a card with a deep breath. Card 1 will ask what exactly is taking place in the present. Card 2 questions easy weathering of the happening. Card 3 asks about the lesson. Card 4 questions what may leave at present. Card 5 asks what can arrive at the present. Journalize your thoughts and ponder on the above questions. It’ll take time to focus and interpret the in-depth meaning. It is crucial to understand the individual meaning of each card. Feel the symbolism and vibe in the spread. Large spreads have more information to offer.

Conclusion

Different books teach you excellently how to read tarot cards properly. You can also opt for a personalized tarot reading or learn how to read tarot cards with the help of several websites and applications that explain you the correct way. You can also sharpen your intuitive and interpretation skills from expert tarot card readers who offer online and offline courses. You can advance to the next level in tarot reading by taking a free lesson on the website and YouTube channels. There are many ways to read tarot, but the foremost thing is to practice. 78 Tarot cards may have different meanings, and interpreting the right meaning needs time and focus. You’ll be more familiar with the cards when you read and handle the cards more. It’ll be then easy to understand.