|| Tarot Cards || A simple guide for beginners!
Hello Y’all!
First, I would like to introduce myself, many of you surely don’t know me!
I’m Astral, a 19 years old Italian witch. I’m really into divination tools and I’ve been reading tarot cards and runes for six years now! Furthermore, I’ve been practicing palmistry for two years now.
Enough about me! Let’s focus on the topic of this post: Tarot cards
The Minor Arcana comprise four suits of 14 cards each. Usually, it comprehends: Wands (or, batons, clubs, or staves), cups, swords, and pentacles (or, coins, disks, or rings). Contrarily, the corresponding French Suits are clubs (♣), hearts (♥), spades (♠), and diamonds (♦).
The decks I’m working with comprehend wands, cups, swords and pentacle and more or less every deck – apart from the French tarot decks – should use the so-called Italo-Spanish suits.
Each suit represents mundane features of life:
Wands: Creativity and will
Pentacles: Material Body or possession
Are usually 22 cards in a 78-card pack and are usually numbered from 0 to 21, starting with The Fool and ending with The World.
These cards represent the life lessons, karmic influences and the big archetypal themes that are influencing your life and your soul’s journey to enlightenment.
The Fool, The Magician, The High Priestess, The Empress, The Emperor, The Hierophant, The Lovers, The Chariot, Justice, The Hermit, Wheel of Fortune, Strength, The Hanged Man, Death, Temperance, The Devil, The Tower, The Star, The Moon, The Sun, Judgement, The World.
How do I get to know the meaning of each card?
There is no precise method to memorize them, but I strongly recommend reading them every day.
A good way to learn the meaning of each card is to do a single-card ready daily.
A single-card reading is a great way to start your day and to familiarize with the deck. Moreover, it will help you learn to apply the cards directly to your life and it only takes a few minutes!
While shuffling the cards try to ask something simple such as: “What should I focus on today?”
Furthermore, many decks have as well a guidebook which will help you to understand the meaning of each card! Don’t be too literal about your cards and don’t be afraid if sometimes you pick the Death card. It happens, it is part of the deck and of our lives, but it’s meaning is not that you’re going to die. Contrarily, it may refer to a period of your life, to a relationship or to a friendship which is probably holding you back from achieving what you really want. Hence, the cards’ suggestion is to cut ties with what is holding you back.
You can shuffle the cards in many ways, but the most common is a simple overhand method.
Hold the cards face down in your receptive hand (the non-dominant one; for most people it is the left hand). Use the dominant hand to mix the cards and in the meanwhile repeat your question out loud or internally. You can stop when you sense you’re finished.
Set the cards down in front of you and cut the deck without overthinking. Divide it into 3 piles with your receptive hand and then make them into one stack again.
Familiarizing with the deck
Shuffle and cut your deck even when you don’t want to read the cards, it will help you creating a bond with your cards!
Obviously, before starting with any reading it’s very important to clarify the question.
So, start asking yourself what do you want to know and why do you want to know it. After spending a few moments, you should formulate a clear question.
Friendly Advice: Beginning with the word “what” can be especially helpful!
Different ways to read the cards
If you are a beginner, I strongly recommend starting with a single-card reading or with a Three-cards spreads.
Past, Present, Future (three cards reading)
Three-cards spreads are the easiest ones, they quickly clarify the situation and are simple to interpret!
First card: are the influences of the past that still affect the situation
Second card: the present – all that surrounds you either positive or negative
Third card: the likely future or outcome
You may want to try a few variations, so:
Who I was/ Who I am/Who I will be
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