Mystical Angels

How do you read tarot cards?

I've always been interested, and I'm very fascinated with them/it. I find them really fun and would like to know how to read them?

Public Comments

1. It takes years of practise and studying.
2. card reading is of the devil. quit being a moron.
3. from a mile away with the naked eye
4. I wrote an online tutorial on getting started with learning to read the Tarot which you can find here: http://phuture.me/tarot/tarot-tutor/tarot-explained Instead of learning the meaning for each individual card (78 of them!) learn instead the meaning of the 4 elements (fire, water, earth and air) and the numerology meaning of the numbers 1 to 9. That's just 13 things to learn instead of 78. http://phuture.me/tarot/tarot-tutor/tarots-numerology http://phuture.me/tarot/tarot-tutor/the-4-elements Then you'll want to practice and so I also wrote a free to use online tarot deck. http://phuture.me/tarot/tarot-reading
5. 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