Predicting one’s future or looking for answer through a deck of cards seems quite phony. However, tarot reading is different from regular cards. Not many may get it or sceptical about it, but tarot has become a popular divine tool. It has become a guide for self-reflection and insight for many in recent years.
In this post, get to know about tarot reading, its history, how to read and more.
Tarot And Its Aspects
The existence of tarot goes way back to late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Interestingly, it used to be a regular parlor game. However, within some decades, it evolved into a divine tool for spiritual guidance.
It’s a deck of seventy-eight cards, each having its own story, symbolism and imagery. There are twenty-two Major Arcana Cards representing spiritual and karmic lessons. It has fifty-six Minor Arcana Cards showing the trials and tribulations which one experience daily.
Furthermore, within the Minor Arcana Cards, you will find sixteen Tarot Court Cards. These cards represent different personality or characteristics you may choose to express at given time. It also has forty numbered cards arranged into four Suits with ten cards, each signifying various situations that one meet daily.
Tarot Cards: How Does It Work?
Some may see tarot cards as simple some artwork on paper. However, it’s much more than that. These cards are gives spiritual lessons through symbolism.
Tarot is the bridge to your inner wisdom and a storybook of one’s life. Through these seventy-eight cards, spiritual guidance is provided. It’s an excellent tool for self-growth, manifesting goals and making choices.
There is a common misconception that tarot predicts future. It’s not true. Making predictions or fortune-telling aren’t the characteristics of tarot. It is more about intuition. Through tarot reading, you manifest goals or create pathway for your future.
Your intuition is the most powerful to use tarot cards to access to your inner wisdom and instinct. The images in the cards gives immediate pass to your subconscious mind. From the place of inner wisdom and power, you are able to find ways to make positive changes or manifest your goals.
Tarot cards works effectively when you are able to create a connection. By connecting to your subconscious mind, it gains access to our higher self. Once you are consciously enlightened, you are able to find solutions.
How Do Tarot Works When Reading For Others?
We all wonder how tarot cards when reading for others or friends. It can get pretty tricky, especially if you know the history of the one that you’re reading about.
Now, here is a thing: we are all linked to a universal, collective and inner wisdom. And reading the tarot cards tap into our instinct. It’s like collective mind are collected instead of individual mind.
Asking question to the tarot cards on behalf of your friend or someone taps you into collective wisdom. You are able to pick up intuitive messages through these cards and also connection to the collective wisdom.
How To Do Tarot Readings?
Before you get into tarot reading, the first task is to understand the general meaning of each card. Knowing the meaning of these cards allow you to decode messages conveyed to you. But the main power comes in when you tap your wisdom and intuition in the cards.
Here is the format to do tarot reading:
- The first step is to ask the card deck a question. Make sure the question is open-ended and clear. For instance, don’t start with ‘will I’ as it puts you more in a passive role. Tarot is about creating a pathway for yourself and not about your future. Hence, readers should ask broader questions. Here are some of the ideas:
- “Why am I feeling uneasy about my………?”
- “What should I do about……?”
- “Where is the hidden prospect in…….?”
- “What do I need change to improve my relationship with…….?”
- Once you set your question in your mind, next move is to shuffle the cards. There are different ways to shuffle them. For instance, the overhand shuffle allows you to hold the cards in one hand and the other hand to move cards from one side to the other side of the deck.
Another way is to ‘cut’ the deck by separating it into several piles. After that, combine them into one again. You can also spread the cards facedown on the table and sweep them into a big pile before putting them into place again.
Know that there is no right or wrong way of shuffling tarot cards. Try all the techniques and choose whichever you feel right.
- After shuffling the cards, next is pulling them. Again, there are several ways to do it. The simple approach is cutting the deck with your left hand and then pull the one on top. Or, hold the deck in your left hand and tilt slightly to reveal gap on part of the deck. It will allow you to pick the top card.
You can also fan the cards like your regular card game such as poker. Choose the card which caught your attention. Depending on the tarot spread, you can pull the cards of your choice. For simple reading, a single card will suffice. However, for tarot spreads, you have to pull several cards. With more cards, there will be more in-depth reading. If you’re a beginner, go a simple spread first.
- After choosing your card or cards, put them facedown. Now, pick those cards right side up to see their imagery, words and symbols. Try to see what comes to the mind as you see them.
Tarot reading is not about predicting your future. It’s a spiritual guidance by connecting your inner soul. Through the imagery and symbols of each card, messages are conveyed by tapping to your subconscious mind. It’s a divine tool that clears your doubt and empower to a more positive outlook.