| There are a myriad of different types of tarot cards | | | | I can only answer for myself. For me, tarot cards are |
| - all reflecting energy, which has gone into them from | | | | good when I want to have an instant insight into my |
| the artist's hand. For a beginner the "Rider Waite" | | | | own resources, which I might have some difficulty in |
| certainly are the easiest cards to work with, because | | | | keeping hold of, let alone deal with. |
| the images are simple and contain many details that | | | | The best, but perhaps also in the beginning the most |
| can help and inspire the reading. What sets of cards | | | | difficult way to learn to work with the cards, is when |
| you should choose depends on the individual, but | | | | you do not use books of any kind. Instead, it is a |
| many tarot readers have several different sets of | | | | good idea to learn some key words on each card, |
| cards, they work with. | | | | and then it is about practice, practice and even more |
| The same is true for me. I have many different sets, | | | | practice. |
| but I have one set that I particularly feel at home | | | | And why not read books? Sure, it may well pay to |
| working . | | | | read books, but not in the beginning. The books are |
| That is the Tarot of the Cat People. But also, among | | | | written by people who discloses their truth at the |
| other cards, Vision Quest cards and Haindl-tarot are | | | | time they wrote the books. Since then, perhaps |
| sets of cards, which I use now and then. I do not | | | | much have changed for authors, and today they |
| have Alestair Crowley's cards. I've had them, but | | | | might write something completely different, because |
| they are not something for me, and I have gotten | | | | they have evolved - moved. |
| rid of those again. But it is not at all meaning that | | | | Reading of the cards will always reflect the stage, |
| there is something wrong with the set. It is not just | | | | the reader is on, and a card as The Tower might |
| a set for me. | | | | now mean something completely different for me |
| On my web site you can be seen two of the cards: | | | | than it did for maybe 12 years ago. There will |
| The Magician of the Cat People and the Moon from | | | | probably be similarities, and therefore it is good to |
| Vision Quest, and it is evident how different these | | | | have some hints to each card. The rest comes by |
| cards are in their design and their reading potential. | | | | itself, as we get still better to dig deeper into the |
| How to Learn to use the Tarot Cards | | | | cards. You will find that a card, you drew some time |
| A set of Tarot cards consists of 78 cards - 22 cards | | | | ago, perhaps today turns out to contain some image |
| of the Great Arkana and 56 cards of the Little | | | | details that you were not previously aware of. And |
| Arkana. | | | | this is when you stick to it, because it reflects your |
| So, what can the tarot cards be used for? | | | | current situation. |