Daily Tarot

I mentioned in “How To Read Tarot Cards: Setting Up Your Tarot Notebook” that we’ll be breaking up the card meanings up into 4 sections: Initial Feelings and Impressions, Artistic Impressions, Personal Meaning, Meaning as given by the book.

Before you actually begin setting up your card meanings, you will need to clear your mind. Set down in silence for a few moments before beginning. Close your eyes and gently push all other influences from your mind. Once your mind has settled down, then it’s okay to begin. Doing this ensures that you don’t inadvertently cloud your card meanings. Keep reading »

Question: What is the best tarot starter deck?

Answer: Short answer – there isn’t one.

The tarot deck you decide to start with is a personal decision. You should choose a tarot deck that speaks to you in order to get the most out of it.

There are a number of beginner tarot books which teach the Rider-Waite tarot, and if you feel comfortable learning about Rider-Waite, then by all means, choose that deck. My own first tarot deck was the Mystic Tarot and it still remains one of my favorite decks to this day. Keep reading »

Question: How long does it take to learn the tarot?

Answer: This depends on the individual. I’ve seen readers take to the tarot immediately and others will take a few years to get in sync with the tarot.

As I’ve mentioned some times before, the tarot is a tool and if you don’t clearly understand what is being told to you through the individual cards, your message will be clouded and it will seem like “the cards aren’t working” when in fact, they are. Keep reading »

In the first three installments of the tarot how to series (one, two, three) we went over the basic rules of thumbs when learning to read tarot for the first time. Each individual is different and therefore the tarot will be unique and individual to them as well. If you haven’t already read the first in the series, take a moment to do so, they are very short and quick reads. Keep reading »

Question: Can I become addicted to Tarot?

Answer: That truly depends on the person, but I have personally had clients who were dependent on the tarot and refused to live a minute of their life without knowing what was going to happen next.

The truth is, tarot is a tool. It is a means to help you find guidance for your life when you feel that you have lost your direction and as is life, what the tarot cards reveal is not set it stone — it can only show you possible paths to choose and possible paths to follow. It is up to us to decide which path it will be. Keep reading »