| When you first pick up a tarot card deck, you may | | | | own personal meanings may not have been the |
| feel a little intimidated. The images are simple, yet | | | | same, this does not mean they are wrong. Simply |
| evocative, confusing yet engaging. And while it might | | | | look at the book or the support tarot deck |
| seem simpler to allow someone else to do a reading | | | | information as additional possibilities. Some feel that |
| for you, learning to do your own tarot card spreads | | | | they need to adhere to the meanings as laid out in |
| can be an enlightening process. Not only can you call | | | | the book, but this is simply not necessary in order to |
| upon the deck when you have questions, but you | | | | do a tarot card reading. |
| can also help friends and family with their concerns. | | | | Finally, the main way you will learn to do readings is |
| Here are three steps to take as you learn to create | | | | to simply do them again and again. You need to |
| tarot cards. | | | | spend a lot of time simply doing more tarot card |
| The first step you need to take when you pick up a | | | | spreads for yourself and for others since this will |
| tarot card deck is to look at the cards. One by one, | | | | allow you to understand how the cards work |
| take some time to study and to examine these | | | | together, how they don't, and how a reading might |
| cards for meaning, for images, and for something | | | | look when it's done. You may also want to look into |
| that has meaning for you. It's a good idea to take | | | | free online tarot readings as these can help you see |
| out a journal and write down the first images and | | | | yet another perspective on how the cards can be |
| ideas which come to you after looking at the card | | | | read as a part of a spread. |
| for the first time. This way, you can begin to look at | | | | With a tarot deck, you can begin to see that life is |
| the cards for what they mean to you, not just what | | | | full of answers and possibilities, not just problems. |
| they mean in the book which came with them. | | | | And in just a few short hours, you can be reading |
| Once you've looked at the cards for meaning, look | | | | your own cards or the tarot cards of another person |
| to the book the cards came with in order to see | | | | who may have the same questions you do. |
| what other meanings may be possible. While your | | | | |