| Every card in the tarot deck has a certain meaning, | | | | Some Popular Spreads |
| sometimes several meanings, and cards in | | | | There are several popular spreads, or patterns which |
| combination have certain meanings as well. The | | | | are used to read someone's fortune. The cards are |
| translations of these cards seem to be very much | | | | turned over in a certain order, depending on that |
| the same as the concepts of the Kabbalah. The card | | | | particular spread. Depending on the location of the |
| reader determines the meaning of each card in that | | | | card within the spread an interpretation is given to |
| psychic reading according to its location and the cards | | | | the subject, which would answer the subject's |
| surrounding it. | | | | aspirations, acknowledged or not. Often, the question |
| The Major Arcana. | | | | of the reading, which is called the Querent, is |
| The Major Arcana is comprised of 22 cards. There | | | | represented by the first card in the spread. This |
| are no suits in the Major Arcana. This set of cards, | | | | question card is called the Significator. |
| actually explains where the subject is in the path of | | | | - Celtic Cross is the most popular spread, using 10 |
| life or if he or she has wandered. The cards that | | | | cards. |
| make up the Major Arcana are, in numerical order, as | | | | - The Three Card Spread, uses three cards and tells |
| follows: | | | | the subject the past the present and the future. |
| The Fool, The Magician, The High Priestess, the | | | | - The Mirror Spread is used typically for relationships. |
| Empress, the Emperor, The Pope, The Lovers, The | | | | These relationships are not limited to love, but can |
| Chariot, Strength, The Hermit, the Wheel, Justice, | | | | include business relationships, friendships, etc. Eight |
| The Hanged Man, Death, Temperance, The Devil, the | | | | cards are used in this spread. |
| Tower, the Star, The Moon, the Sun, Judgment, The | | | | - The Astrological Spread, which is used to represent |
| World. | | | | the entire zodiac, or 12 houses of the zodiac. |
| The Minor Arcana | | | | Thirteen cards are normally used, the last being the |
| The Minor Arcana is quite similar to a standard deck | | | | Significator. |
| of playing cards, where there are four face cards | | | | Tarot cards and psychic readings can be so much |
| instead of three: the King, the Queen, the Knight, and | | | | fun, interesting and insightful. Understanding the |
| the Page. There are four suits, and there are cards, | | | | meanings and interpretations of each card can make |
| also known as pips numbered from one to 10. These | | | | your psychic readings all that much more exciting, |
| four suits are Cups, Wands, Swords, and Coins. | | | | whether you are the subject or the card reader. |