After a good experience with a tarot reading, I decided to learn Tarot cards reading. The question that baffled me was: Can anyone learn to read tarot cards or is it a special talent you are born with?
I researched this for a long time, and this is what I found out: Tarot reading is not just for people with a special "gift" or ability. You can learn to read tarot cards even if you are not a psychic and have nothing to do with spirituality. The truth is that anyone can learn to interpret and use tarot. Learning how to read tarot cards requires a combination of knowledge and intuition that anyone can develop.
It is easy to learn, but its application effectiveness depends on the use that we are going to give it.
Are we going to use it to understand situations that we cannot face? As a guessing tool? Is it going to be a hobby for moments of leisure, a playful element? The answer to these questions will dictate how close (or how far) we are from having satisfactory results.
The key to Tarot cards Reading
So what dictates that a tarot reader knows how to carry out a constructive reading?
- Being an unprejudiced, empathetic person, who can put himself in the place of the other.
- You have to understand in depth the energy of the Arcana to be able to communicate the message.
- Practice a lot before you start offering your services to the public because otherwise.
- You will need to develop your ability to formulate questions forcefully.
Can I misinterpret the meaning of the card?
Tarot cards are a 78 card deck. Every card has unique content that with a little practice and memory, is easy to assimilate. The cards deck is shuffled, cut and the first cards of the cut are distributed according to the type of query.
So far, the use of the Tarot cards is quite literal. You ask the question and get a spread — say, two cards — and try to connect the meaning of those cards with a possible answer.
For example, a person asks me if he will be able to enter his faculty. The roll in response is as follows:
"NO, but not on the first try. I hope I'm wrong ”, would be a possible answer. The knight of swords is an impatient, aggressive figure who focuses more on defending his ideas than reaching an intellectual agreement - Swords are air energy, the mind - and the five of cups a card that suggests regret and melancholy, on actions that have no turning back.
If one wants to interpret the spread literally - without much development - the querent will do things the way he thinks they are right according to his methods, and not the way that suits him best. The consequence will be a failure and its consequent frustration.
Does this mean that failure is imminent? Do you have to give up and not take the entrance exam because the tarot reader said that things will go wrong?
Can you learn to interpret cards with tarot?
Of course. The imagery of the tarot assumes that you activate your right, creative hemisphere. Map reading is a creative, artistic process. Nevertheless, as with every language that one learns, there is simply a pool of "vocabulary" along with a kind of empirical knowledge that one will delve into little by little if one works with the tarot with interest. Here too, as is so often the case: what you put in comes out.
Do you have to be initiated into the practice of reading cards?
No. The tarot itself is a path of initiation. Those who deal intensively with the Tarot, especially the major arcana, will advance to a depth that bathes their own life in a new light and leads to a greater understanding of the self. Anyone who would like to find out more about this is very well advised to read Hajo Banzhaf's book: "Tarot and the Hero's Journey".
How do you start reading tarot?
You can begin to look closely at each card and read the bullet points for it. This introduction offers a collection of bullet points from several tarot books on the symbolic meaning of each card. These key points are, so to speak, the "basis of tradition", or to stay in the picture, "the vocabulary".
For example, you can take a "day ticket" every day and study it in more detail. Or you can jump right in with simple placement systems that are well explained and study the meaning of the cards in connection with the placement. It is more effective to record the interpretation process in writing because you can then refer to the written notes over and over again to check the extent to which what you read on the cards has been realized. You can gain amazing insights into the process.
How do you know which of the many meanings of a card is correct in each case?
From intuition. Play around with the possibilities and see when it feels right. It's a process that is fun. They learn to trust their gut feeling.
For which periods do the interpretations apply?
The periods depend on the question. Most of the time, however, the cards provide an outlook for the next 3 to 6 months, but also for longer periods if you have questions. Also, time-reducing and time-lengthening "indicator cards" can appear in the layout.
How reliable and true are the map interpretations?
No explanation or statement is binding, but rather indicates a tendency that will occur if the questioner continues as before. But if someone takes a different path, simply because of the perspectives that Tarot shows him, the tendency that the cards predicted for him is of course no longer valid.
Is there a single true, objective interpretation?
No. There is only a subjective interpretation of the map image. So it happens that competent experts can contradict each other. Different interpretations are not wrong or right but can shine the subject from different angles. The key is to remember that the Tarot is a good servant but a bad master.
Those who can regard the tarot as a friendly advisor and remain in their responsibility can gain deep, helpful insights through the quality of the interpretation, which have less to do with "right or wrong" than with an inner balance and wisdom in the face of external situations.
How to choose the right Tarot deck when you are a beginner?
When I learned to draw Cards, I didn't ask myself the question… I had received a Rider-Waite in England, so for me, there was only one Tarot and it was this one. . I had heard of course about the Tarot de Marseille but I was far from suspecting that there were hundreds of Tarot decks already at the time.
Today, I think choosing a Game suitable for beginners is even more difficult. The Tarot has emerged from the shadows, it has become, like the Oracles, “trend”. New Games, each more beautiful than the next, appear every day. Difficult to navigate and choose well, especially when you start.
However, choosing a suitable Game when you start is essential because it is - in large part - that conditions your learning. Your motivation and the time you spend learning are important too. But what is learning the Tarot if not spending time with your Cards? “Too difficult”, “not intuitive enough” and presto! Your Tarot ends up in a drawer and you still haven't learned how to use this fabulous tool for personal and spiritual development.
Choose an intuitive Tarot deck
For most beginners, an intuitive Tarot Deck is a Deck in which the Cards are illustrated with concrete scenes. After all, the Tarot is a series of images printed on pieces of card stock. These images must be as meaningful as possible, ideally, they must speak to you “immediately”, as soon as you take them in hand and look at them. If you have to “understand something” refer to the little book that usually accompanies Cards, this is not a “good sign” to start.
The illustrations in a good Beginner's Game tell a story that supports your intuition and immediate feelings.
Choose a Tarot deck to learn… the Tarot!
It may seem logical to you but… it can happen to “fall” for a Tarot which is in reality not adapted to the initial learning. Your Game dedicated to learning should allow you to focus on learning the Tarot and the meaning of the Cards… and nothing else. There is a myriad of Games, each more beautiful than the next, with themes each more captivating than the next: Nature, Totem animals, Wicca, Astrology, Angels, Alchemy ... the list is long!
If you have a good knowledge of the theme in question and its symbolism, you can use it as a Tarot beginner without any problem. Conversely, if the theme attracts you without being familiar, you have two levels of learning to achieve: the Tarot + the theme of your Tarot… and it is far from ideal for beginners.
Choose a Tarot deck that you like
Choosing a Game that you like is very important because you are going to be spending time with it. You will spend time looking at the Cards, their colors, their details. You are going to manipulate your Cards. They should be pleasant to you, both to the sight and to the touch.
This criterion could have been the first… but if I told you this at the outset, you might not have taken into account the “Intuitive” and “Illustrated” criteria when they are two essential criteria of success.
To learn how to draw Cards, find a Tarot that:
- is an intuitive game,
- of which all Cards are illustrated,
- which does not call on the knowledge that you do not have (astrology, animal totems ...),
- and who you like!
conclusion
Tarot riding is an ability you can develop and master. You don't need special qualities. Don't let your fear discourage you. Start your Tarot reading journey today!
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