How to Read Tarot Cards
How to Read Tarot Cards
There are a variety of ways to learn how to read tarot cards.
Many people claim that you need to buy a book to learn how to read tarot cards.
Others say you need formal education in the form of classes and / or seminars on how to read the tarot. You can even learn to read tarot cards online.
Do they work? Are they worth the money? That is pretty hard to tell. It depends on a lot of things. One of the biggest questions is “Can the instructor actually read the cards”? Or does the instructor only know the card meanings by heart?
Effectively reading tarot cards is not just a matter of learning card meanings.
Naturally learning the tarot card meaning is part of being an accurate and effective tarot card reader. But you have to learn to control the reading from the very beginning.
The first step in effectively reading tarot cards is to identify your question. Many times you may think you want to ask one question, but deep down inside you, the question you really want to ask is something else entirely. This happens a lot when you read the cards for someone else. They have one question, but the reader has another in mind… one that the reader finds more important. In that case, the card reading is going to result in the emotional question being answered and not the actual asked question.
What’s the solution? Always ask the emotional questions because accurate interpretations depend on understanding the real question being asked and answered.
The second step is to choose a tarot spread to ask your question or get your reading. One spread does not cover all situations. Our tarot programs offer eleven of the most popular tarot spreads to apply for your readings - But you have to know which spread to apply.
How you mean to apply a spread is just as important as the selection of the spread. For example, if you would like a quick one card overview of the days events, your luck, another person’s mood, etc. - there is nothing wrong with using the daily horoscope spread. Also remember that the Star Spread is excellent for asking questions.
The third step of effective tarot card reading is the tarot card meaning based on the spread, placement of the tarot card in the spread, and association of the tarot card meaning in association with other cards in the spread, whether or not the card is upright or reversed. In this case, you have to understand the basic card attributes. There are positive and negative attributes to apply based on whether the card is upright or reversed (upside down) in the spread.
Don’t be afraid of upside down reversed cards! And don’t be afraid of the Devil or Death cards! For example, the Death card can mean a new beginning - The end of one thing and beginning of something else. Tarot cards are not meant or designed to be sinister. They are designed to allow the reader to get in touch with their personal feelings or explain emotions to another for whom the tarot cards are being read.
Lastly, you need to develop intuition. As mentioned above… ask the question you really want answered and not a forced strained question. When you read the cards, consider everything - the question, anticipated answer, card meaning, both positive and negative attributes, history of the card, your personal emotions when looking at the card… what does the card mean to you at this moment?
Each time you read the tarot cards, they will say something new to you. It doesn’t matter that they are the same cards. Sure, the basic meaning is the same… but based on the question and the emotional connection of the reader, the same card in the same spread will mean something totally different the next time you read the cards.
Someone once told me that everyone has the ability to read the tarot… they just have to take the time to learn the card meanings and apply their intuition in order to be good readers. They said that everyone has intuition. The difference between effective accurate readers and those that are not very good is the personal development and training of the individual sensitivities and emotional intuitions. People need to trust their intuitions.
We hope that this information will help you learn to read the tarot cards.
Just remember… the tarot is not fortune telling. The tarot helps you to remember and get in touch with your feelings. It rekindles and emphasizes things that you already know.
The last piece of advice is perhaps the most important:
If you have serious problems or questions, you should always seek competent professional advice and counseling. The tarot is fun to play with… to stimulate your subconscious to remember and recognize alternatives… but should never be considered conclusive in any form.
The tarot card reading program offered by Mystic Creations are intended for entertainment purposes only.
