| Learning how to read Tarot cards can often be quite | | | | write down your first impressions - include as many |
| a challenging task for the beginner. There are so | | | | thoughts and feelings as you like. What you are doing |
| many different books and as many different | | | | is simply following your gut instincts and writing down |
| meanings of every single card that it becomes quite | | | | the feelings and ideas which pop into your head |
| a daunting task to figure out which card means what! | | | | when you see a particular image. Keep on doing this |
| Before we embark on making this task simpler and | | | | for all the cards in the deck. Be as creative and |
| more straightforward, let me explain why there are | | | | expressive as you can. After doing this compare |
| numerous of meanings of a single card. Each Tarot | | | | what you have written with the interpretations in the |
| card reader brings into his / her reading the wealth of | | | | Little White Book (or LWB as the Tarot community |
| life experience that they have gained over time. This | | | | refers to them) or the companion book that came |
| experience and world-view brings in a unique | | | | along with the deck. Underline the similar |
| perspective into the reading. Therefore, when they | | | | interpretations. |
| look at each card and sense the meaning, it is | | | | 2. Keep a journal of the readings you do for yourself. |
| presented differently from another Tarot card | | | | Make sure that you put the date on top of the page |
| reader. | | | | and record your thoughts / feelings / intuitions about |
| But, if we understand the basic meaning of the card, | | | | each card. Keep doing that. After about some 10-odd |
| these derivations are simply creative methods of | | | | readings, go back to the first five readings (or more) |
| looking at the same picture from yet another angle - | | | | and see whether your interpretations were on the |
| a personal angle which thus creates a distinctive | | | | mark or off the mark. If they were on the mark, pat |
| interpretation. As with any process, this happens with | | | | yourself on the back and put a smiley face next to it. |
| a generous dose of hands-on experience. You have | | | | If they were off the mark, see which card they |
| to keep an open mind and read the cards for as | | | | were talking about and think about what really |
| many different people as you can, and one day, you | | | | happened - examine where your interpretation went |
| will realize that a transition has happened without | | | | wrong. This is a great hands-on method of learning |
| your even being aware of it! | | | | how to read Tarot cards. |
| Meanwhile, to guide you along the way, here are | | | | With these tips, you should be on your way to |
| some useful tips to learn how to read Tarot cards. | | | | learning how to read Tarot cards in a more fun and |
| For this, you will need a notebook and a pen / pencil, | | | | exploratory manner. To add to your knowledge, if |
| and of course, your Tarot card deck! | | | | you want to learn more different meanings of the |
| 1. Let your mind be a total blank. Then, take the card | | | | various Tarot cards, please visit my website and sign |
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