Purifying and Channeling A New Deck
This method is for a 78 card Tarot Deck.
When you recieve a new deck, it’s important to remember to purify and cleanse it before using it for readings. This allows the deck’s natural energy to amplify, it allows you to be able to use the energy to connect with the deck and to understand your readings. Essentially, it is the first step in creating and strengthening your relationship with your deck .
Purify
By Light (Fire)
Sort your deck by suit, and place each suit to its corresponding coordinate. (Wands-Fire/South, Pentacles-Earth/North, Swords-Air/East, Cups-Water/West, Major Arcana-Spirit/Center)
Place a candle for each suit around each pile of cards. For the major arcana, use a jar candle and place that on top of the pile.
Light the candles starting in the center, then North, and continue clockwise.
Visualize the energy from the deck forming a pyramid, the point should be above the center candle. The pyramid shape purifies the cards, with the aid of the candles pushing negative energy out, while keeping the deck’s energy within and sealed to itself. This allows you to remove any negative energies from past owners, shipping or packaging errors (when i recieved my new deck, two of the cards were damaged due to packaging errors) etc., yet leaving the decks energy connection to the cosmos untouched.
By Water
Sort your deck by suit and place each suit to it’s corresponding coordinate.
Anoint a candle with moon water, and light it.
Sprinkle moon water around each pile of cards, careful not to drip on the cards themselves.
“By this sacred water, you have been freed. Unbound and reactivated, only truth you shall see.”
By Smoke (Air)
Sort your deck by suit and place each suit to it’s corresponding coordinate.
Use incense, an herb bundle, or aromatic wood incenses as your source of smoke.
Light your choice of incense, and pass over all the piles of cards counterclockwise.
“By these sacred herbs, you have been freed. Unbound and reactivated, only truth you shall see.”
Put the incense in a cauldron or holder, and pick up a pile of cards, place it a safe distance away from the smoke, as not to stain the deck, and watch the smoke wrap around it. Visualize a growing bubble of energy as the smoke surrounds the cards. Repeat this step until all 5 piles have been purified.
By Earth
Sort your deck by suit and place each suit to it’s corresponding coordinate.
Place a crystal on each pile.
“Open up to these healing Earthly vessels. For as they cleanse you, you cleanse them and all transgression returns to The Source.”
Let the crystals sit overnight on each pile.
Channeling
To tune your energies with your deck’s, you will need a quiet environment, and at least 45-60 minutes to dedicate your focus. Take each suit and lay them out in their cardinal direction, in a circle around you. Starting with the Major Arcana, look at the imagery,coloring, and wording on each card in it’s natural form and reversed. Take in the messages they send you, meditate on them for a moment and proceed to the North pile. Continue this with each pile, moving around your circle clockwise. Once finished, shuffle your deck and pull one card. This card represents the receptive energy of the deck. Based on the card you pull, use the information to evolve your relationship with your deck.