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Before you can learn how to read the tarot cards, you must
choose a tarot card deck. Some say that they must be given to
you, or you must find them: that is not the case (although, if
you really believe that to be true, then, of course, it will
be true for you). Although it is awesome if someone gives you
a deck, or you discover one in your grandmother’s attic, that
is not how most modern-day tarot card readers come across
their decks. Go look at them, (all of the cards in the deck
that you think you like), and feel them. If a merchant will
not let you feel them, go somewhere else (you do not have to
go to a psychic fair, even popular book stores, like Borders,
carry tarot cards nowadays. However, you might not find as
large of a selection as if you go to a
self-help/spirituality/new age store). Pick the deck that
pleases you the most, and go ahead and buy it for
yourself.
Once you have yourself a tarot deck, you will want to do
things like, cleanse it (not with water, but with the smoke of
incense or burning sage), bless it or attach the tarot deck to
yourself (infuse it with your energy), and store it in a nice
silk scarf, or box. Now, once you have used your own psychic
energy (your thoughts, infused with your spirit) to cleanse
the vibration of commerce and other people from your new tarot
deck, you are ready to do a reading. Well, almost. That is,
first, you want to choose a format, or how many tarot cards
you are going to throw, in what order, and what you are
seeking to learn from the tarot cards when you toss them (You
will, of course, shuffle the cards well, or have the querent
(person you are reading for) shuffle them, and cut them at
least 3 times with your/her left hand first).
An easy reading to get started with is the 7 day tarot card
reading. A seven day reading gives the querent what s/he
expects: a reading covering what energies will be present in
the next seven days. After the cards are shuffled and cut, the
reader will deal out seven cards, in a horizontal row. Next,
before analyzing the cards, the reader will deal seven more
cards, one on top of each of the previous seven cards. Two
cards are required for each day because the focus of a psychic
reading is always energy. And, energy is always in motion.
The first set of tarot cards reflect the energies for the
next day. It is important for the tarot reader to pay
attention to the potential interactions of the two cards and
hence the two energies. What also must be considered is the
energy of the querent. I have found that the querent’s energy
is often reflected in the position of the card. For example,
if the card is positive, such as the Wheel of Fortune, and it
lands upright in the reading, the querent will interact with
the positive energy in a positive way, and there is likely a
positive result: that is, a great day with some goal
realized.
If however, the wheel of fortune comes up reversed, (or
similarly, if it covered by another card that is not so
positive, such as the ten of swords) then the outlook for that
day is not as positive, and the cards are more difficult to
read. Perhaps the querent will have a great opportunity but
will take an inappropriate stance and will not realize on the
potential positive energy. Perhaps the querent will get the
benefit of the energy, but will have to overcome some drama or
other obstacle before acquiring the goal. One benefit to
utilizing circular tarot cards, such the Motherpeace tarot, by
Vicki Noble and Karen Vogel, is that the card can land, not
only upright, or reversed, but also, it can land a little to
the right, a little to the left, or a lot to the right or a
lot to the left. A circular card can land in any position and
can give you a wider degree of variables.
The next two cards will reflect the energies for the day
after the day following the reading, and so forth, until the
reader details the querent’s (or her own) next week. The
reading will get less precise as time goes on. This is because
reading tarot cards and telling fortunes are prophetic arts.
And, people change all the time. When a person changes, her or
his energy changes. How the person thus interacts with the
energies coming into her or his life will hence be different.
Over the longer term, a shift in a person’s energy will
ultimately affect what energies will come into her or his
life, rendering any previous reading
even less accurate. The reason that
a psychic reading tends to be relatively accurate
is because most people do not change themselves very quickly
or very often (there are many exceptions to this generalization). Use
this information to remind yourself that every day is a
new opportunity to change how we interact with world, and
hence change the world we live in.
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