I started to write my own book on how to read tarot and this is the first part shortened down
How to read Tarot
Introduction
Welcome to the spiritual world, these cards have been calling you and its time to tap into your intuition. Please read this introduction as I am going to highlight some important factors of reading tarot cards.
The first thing I want to mention is the Law of Attraction and how this will still impact your readings. I never read cards when I have an extremely strong emotional attachment on a situation i.e. infatuation, anxiety, paranoia, remorse. I now know when reading these cards for me or other people I must have a clear mind to do so. I will quickly tell you about a time I thought I was pregnant. Being young and stupid I had unprotected sex with my partner at the time and I was late in my period. The next day I was so worried that I was pregnant I asked my tarot cards to show me a message to see if this was true. I pulled out ‘A mothers Love’ from my Oracle deck. I was not pregnant but I thought I was, I thought I was so much that my tarot cards told me I was. I also believe that the spirit world was trying to teach me a lesson. The Law of Attraction is a strong Law of the universe which affects all of us. It is basically what we feel inside we give out to the universe and it reflects right back at us. If we feel like nobody likes us we will attract people who don’t. If we feel worried we will attract more things to worry about and if we are positive we will attract positive things. Do not confuse this with karma however and destiny and fate. Bad things will effect us all but we can choose to live in vortexes of higher vibrations.
When reading these cards you will also tap into your sixth sense. There are many of these we all have deep inside of us, however, weve been conditioned to think we do not inhabit a sixth sense. Please see page ** on our sixth sense to find which one you hold most. The rest you can develop on the way.
Meditation
Energy
The next thing I want to touch on is your relationship with your cards. As I mentioned the Law of Attraction and how our energy floats out into the atmosphere. Our relationship and how we treat our cards have a huge impact on our readings. Treat your cards with respect, send positive affirmations to the cards and thank them before and after every reading. My cards are always in my bag when my consciousness is drawn to the cards I send positivity to them and I generate gratefulness for these.
The best way to begin learning reading Tarot cards is by pulling out one card everyday. You will pull out a card at the end of the day and this will show you what happened in the day, the messages you got or maybe the lessons you learnt. This is the best method to use to get to know the cards. I will never forget my first card. My family had an argument that day and I drew the 5 of wands which represents fighting and squabbling over unnecessary things. Now this card is relative to this day and now my brain Is able to mesmerise the card as well as the feelings I had that day.
Step One
The first thing you need to do is shuffle and cleanse the cards. You need to put your energy into these cards so shuffle away as much as you feel you need to. Before reading ym cards for anyone or for me I always cleanse my cards by shuffling them 9 times. I shuffle my cards 9 times because I feel like its enough shuffles to be cleansed and 9 is my lucky number. You don’t have to have a strict number on how many times you shuffle your cards, you may also just shuffle until you feel they are cleansed enough.
Step Two
So the cards are shuffled and cleansed, the next thing I need to do is clear my mind. I always take in a deep breath in and out. For your first time you may need to focus on breathing in and out for a few a minute or two just to clear your mind enough. This is why its good for you to master meditation on your journey of reading Tarot.
Step Three
After you have cleared your mind from your thoughts of the daily grind you are now ready to say a prayer. You can say whatever you like to your cards you just need to ask and thank them really so this is what I always say:
‘I ask and thank the universe for my guidance, protection and assistance. Please, using these cards give me the most accurate answers to the questions I am about to ask my cards. Please can you tell me about my (i.e.) Career. I will now shuffle the cards 3 times, Please show me one card that tells me about today.’ You can be as creative as you like as you are a human, just be positive :) <3
It will take you little while to get your little prayer into your unconscious. I say it in my head now but when I first started it was out loud. I even do it so I’m not actually speaking words in my head I just generate the energy and feelings instead.
Now, you must be clear on the question you are asking and have no expectation of what the answer will be.
Step Four
Get into the habit of your first cards being the past, the second card being the present and the third card being the future.Your going to pull out three cards 1.Past 2. Present 3.Future. As you lay the cards down keep your head clear. What energy do you pick up on as you lay them down? (you may not feel any at all). Stare at your cards but don’t think about anything, you are trying to pick up on energies in your subconscious. Have a notepad next to you and right down keywords for the images you see if you like, the words you may hear and feelings you may get.
Pull out the card and investigate the image. What does the card and the images on the card mean to you that links in with that day. Look at the relevant page which holds the information to that day.
The first card
Past – This is the card which shows you the most recent past. The recent past if however long you want it to be, sometimes it comes out as a few weeks sometimes a few months. You can be strict and ask the universe to show you the past card of you or the person your reading that represents who and where they were 1 month ago.
The second card
Present – This card shows you were you or the person you are reading is at in their life right now.
The third card
Future – This card shows you the outcome for this person’s situation in the future. The future is not always set in stone although sometimes things will happen to us that is out of our control. The future card will show you what is about to come and only you can decide whether that is meant to happen or whether you can stop that happening.
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