How to Read Tarot Cards

1. Gather Items

Gather together all the things you'll get to do your reading, including tarot cards. you would like to remain put once you begin your reading.

2. Set the Mood

Before you begin your tarot reading, consider lighting candles and incense, quietly meditating or taking some slow deep breaths. this may assist you to get centered and open. 

It also creates a sacred space for your tarot reading.

3. choose Your Reading Focus

The focus of your tarot reading is often a problem or an issue. The key's to settle on an issue or issue that's very specific. 

However, you'll also do an open tarot reading, where you are doing not have any question or issue in mind in the least -- you merely want to ascertain what the tarot cards divulge to you.

4. Connect together with your Tarot Cards

Once you've got your question in mind, begin shuffling the tarot cards in any way you are feeling called to. this is often once you specialize in connecting you, your question, and therefore the tarot cards. 

This connection will help bring you a transparent tarot reading. you'll also cut the cards, once you are feeling able to stop shuffling.

5. Lay Out Your Tarot Cards

Beforehand, you ought to have a layout chosen for your reading. Tarot reading layouts are often found in books or online. you'll also create your own tarot layout. 

After you've got shuffled and cut the cards & feel as if it's time to lay out the cards, do so.

6. Interpreting Your Tarot Reading

You have many options. Some tarot decks accompany books that contain interpretations for every tarot. it's acceptable to use the book to know the tarot cards. 

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However, you've got other options for reading tarot layouts. you'll check out the artwork on each tarot, seeing it as a picture-show about your question. you'll use symbolism and interpret each tarot. you'll rely solely on your intuition, & let your inner voice tell you what each tarot means. 

Or, you'll see the tarot cards as a story, with the primary tarot the start of the story, and therefore the last tarot the top. it's important to seem at each tarot individually and at the layout as an entire. In other words, get two perspectives--see the "forest" and therefore the "trees".

7. Further Interpretation

If there are parts of your tarot reading you are doing not understand, or parts you would like more information about, you'll layout more tarot cards. as an example, if you do not understand the third card in your layout, you'll lay a replacement tarot next thereto, posing for clarification. 

Or, if you understand your tarot reading, but have another question or concern, pull a tarot or two to specialize in the extra information.

8. Remembering Your Tarot Reading

You might consider keeping a tarot reading journal where you record each tarot reading you are doing. List the date, question, and every tarot within the layout. 

The advantage of recording your tarot reading is that you simply can return later and reread what your tarot reading contained. 

It also becomes a sort of a diary of your life. If you are doing not want to try to do this extra work, you'll stay within the moment together with your tarot reading and choose to not record it.

9. Ending Your Tarot Reading

End your tarot reading slowly and respectfully. Thank the Universe (or anyone else) for the guidance you received and devour your tarot cards, mixing them back in with the deck. you'll say a couple of words to finish your tarot reading and clear the tarot cards of your old question. 

The thought is to place away from a tarot deck that's beyond energy from the last reading, in order that once you do your next reading, you're starting fresh. Put your tarot reading supplies (deck, candle, and anything else) away as if you're ending a sacred ritual.

10. Getting Back to Reality

When you do a tarot reading, you're working in a sacred space. 

You're healing yourself and connecting with the spirit. Once you're done, you become re-engaged in mundane life. 

Confirm you're fully present and back in your body before you return to doing things like driving a car or making dinner. 

You'll shake your body, stretch, take deep breaths, and do other things that clear the energy of the reading event from your body.