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How do you read Tarot Cards?

I just got tarot card for my 18th birthday and I do not know how to read them. Can someone help me out please. I know they only work if they are given as a gift and i got them as a gift for my birthday. please help.

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With a huge grain of salt, since they are meaningless in reality.
a book should have come with it? if not there are hundreds of books on the subject and i am sure websites as well
That 's easy; you just look at the pictures and make stuff up.
You should buy a book on Tarot reading, as each card has a specific meaning. How does getting them as a gift make them work better? That's not logical. You're just repeating someone else's superstition.
Usually with my glasses on. I really can't read the #u<ker$ without 'em.
"I know they only work if they are given as a gift" Rubbish! It's not about anything "psychic". Use Google for "empathy" and "cold reading".
well you should read about tarot and the meanings of the cards
You should have gotten an instruction book with the cards. If you didn't google one. Learn the meanings of the cards first. Then choose a spread (there are many different ones) and start practicing. Tarot cards do not accurately predict the future whether or not you received them as a gift. They are, however a useful tool for sorting through issues and making decisions because the randomness of the symbols dealt forces you to sift through the data and view many possible relationships and outcomes.
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A good book for you to get is the Tarot Bible. It will explain all you need to know and give you different readings to do too. :-)
I HAD A DECK OF TAROT CARDS, & right after James Bond came out I got rid of them because I started feeling I was getting answers & some of those answers were taking place & I was scared.) Oh, I'm sure. You got your answers from demons. (Q: Yeah, that's what scared me.) If you had read the 18th Chapter of Deuteronomy, you wouldn't have done it. You could have been stoned to death in the Old Testament for it. (Q: ARE THE CARDS SET UP A CERTAIN WAY? Does it mean something the way the cards are set up?) Every drawing means something, & the demons control how they fall & use'm. But they can only be 90% accurate. Nothing in Witchcraft is ever 100% accurate. OK, next? - John Todd
One effective method of learning tarot is to journal. Go card-by-card through your deck in order and spend some time with each card. Study the image on the card and record your impressions. Break down the symbolism (out loud if you have to) and record what you think it means. Then get out your books… the guidebook that comes with the deck and any other book you have with tarot meanings (at least having one other book can be helpful. I recommend either “Tarot: Your Everyday Guide” bu Jenina Renee or “The Tarot Workbook” by Nevill Drury) and read through the entries while examining the picture on the card. Record whatever information seems important or relevant. When you are through with the deck, go back through your notes and study them… compile a short statement about the card, maybe a couple of sentences describing what you think it means… then see if you can break this down further into a keyword or two that describes the card… this will help the meanings you see by studying the cards stick in your head a little. The next thing you might try is comparing the numbers. Take out all the aces and compare what they mean… the things they have in common will refer to the essential meaning of “ace” and the things that are different about them will refer to the essential meanings of each suit. Go on and do this with the twos, threes etc until you’ve gone through all the minor arcana. I found this to be extremely helpful, myself. Next find a reference for the “Journey of the Fool” and the story about the major arcana and why they are in that particular order and what they symbolize in our greater life’s journey. Journal about the Journey and how you feel about the major arcana… these things were all very helpful to me in my training. To do a reading, leave the book alone. Don’t even keep your guidebook with your deck as you don’t want to be tempted to reference it during the reading. Read from the images, even if you have no experience with the cards. Look at the people on the cards and figure out what they are doing, how they are feeling and what the various symbols might indicate, then try to apply the behaviors and symbols on the card to the situation at hand. Use your intuition to focus on what seems to be the most important and relevant aspect of the image or symbolism. If you’ve never read before, you might be better off leaving more complex spreads alone. Leave the complex 10-card “Celtic Cross” spread for when you are more experienced with the cards and stick with simple spreads like a one-card spread or 3 to 4 card spreads where the positions are fairly easy to figure out. Once you’ve got a better handle on the cards themselves and the positions of your spreads, you can experiment with more complex spreads and trying to read the relationships between the cards. -Scarlet