Reading The Tarot

Everyone has latent psychic abilities, and with practice these can be developed and honed into a true skill. Reading tarot cards is relatively easy as long as you apply yourself and learn the basics.
The tarot is considered a very user-friendly form of divination due to the highly visual prompt of the symbols that are found on each of the cards. By learning to interpret the tarot for your friends and family, you can continue the age-old practice of learning from the spoken word and picture. For thousands of years people have communicated this way through the use of creative thought and storytelling.

Before beginning a reading, it is important to create a calm environment, preferably with nice soft lighting. Try to reduce the background noise and bright lights as this can disturb your concentration. It is also very important to ensure you have privacy during the reading, as there are are often quite personal and adult subjects that will be discussed during the reading.

If you're doing a reading for another person, this person is referred to as the "querent", you need to ensure the querent is relaxed when you are reading their tarot cards, so ensure you keep eye contact and a friendly smile at all times. At the beginning of a reading, the querent should concentrate on the subject or issue that they are wanting to discuss during their reading. While they're doing this they should shuffle the cards in some way, when they feel they have concentrated and shuffled the cards long enough, it's time for the reading to begin.

Whether you are giving or receiving a reading, I have found the best way to look at the at of tarot cards is like going to a very good friend or mentor for advice. You must remember however, that the tarot does not control fate, or tell you in any way how to live your life. It can however raise issues and help to give you a clearer picture or direction of which path you should follow.

Each of the 78 cards in a tarot deck has a particular meaning associated with it. However these meanings can change depending on which other cards are showing, and also depending on the type of spread that you are using for the reading. There are several different spreads that you can use each of which requires a different layout for the cards, I'll follow up on these spreads in a later article.

Learning how to read tarot cards is not as difficult as you may initially think, to learn more about how easy it is visit Psychic Spiritual Connection.

By Pauline Stradlen
Published: 5/22/2008
 
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