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If you are a newbie and absolutely lost in reading tarot cards, carry on reading this article. Truth be told, many people are interested to learn about tarot and reading tarot cards. However, very often, tarot newbies find tarot card instructions too complicated and tricky. Before being discouraged by the seemingly sheer amount of information they have to look through, it is important that tarot newbies learn about the facts of reading tarot cards and the tarot deck. Before we proceed to talk about the 4 simple tips you can use to enable you to embark in the amazing journey of reading tarot cards, you need to know that tarot cards is not going to predict your future. As a matter of fact, nobody knows what their future has in store for them. What reading tarot cards really does is that it allows you to tap into your subconscious mind and to speak to your intuition. Our intuition can be a really powerful tool and tarot cards allow us to tap into this tool, which when used properly, can be beneficial and helpful. Tarot cards will not tell you anything which you haven't already known. So, just keep this in mind before embarking on the journey of reading tarot cards. Let's cover the 4 simple tips you can use to be better at reading tarot cards, especially when you are a tarot beginner. Tip 1: Choose your tarot deck carefully. Tarot cards are not like your normal poker cards. Each tarot deck has its own energy and it is important that you choose a tarot deck that you can relate to or feel comfortable with before deciding to use that particular tarot deck for reading tarot cards. Look at the illustrations depicted on the tarot cards before purchasing. If you feel that you can understand and relate to the illustrations, that tarot deck might be suitable for you. The reverse is true. Keep this point in mind before reading tarot cards. Tip 2: Take some time out to study the tarot cards. Do not worry about memorizing the tarot card meanings. Reading tarot cards is a matter of you relating and understanding what the illustrations on the cards are trying to tell you. Reading tarot cards will only be easier for you when you have "connected" well with the tarot deck. Hence, do remember to take some time to study the cards and relate to the tarot deck. Tip 3 After relating to the tarot cards, now begin to study the exact meaning of the card. Reading tarot cards become a much more enjoyable activity when you can easily call to mind the meaning of each card. It can be disruptive if you have to check on each and every tarot card while you are trying to interpret the tarot card meanings. Tip 4 When you are familiar enough with your tarot deck, you can start using tarot spreads. There are many different types of tarot spreads, with differing degree of complexity. Start easy and build confidence. Tarot beginners are usually encouraged to use the three card spread when reading tarot cards. This tarot card spread gives insight into the past, present and future. I have mentioned earlier that reading tarot cards cannot predict your future. However, it can provide you with some insight into your feelings for the future. After mastering the three card spread, you can advance into harder aspects of reading tarot cards. These four tips are some of the most simple tips to help you get started in reading tarot cards. Reading tarot cards is an entertaining and therapeutic activity and there are just so much more interesting aspects to it. Drop into my site if you are interested to learn more about reading tarot cards. Interested in learning how to read tarot cards? Want to know how tarot cards can provide advice to your love life, career or relationships? Visit Chloe Kor at www.tarotnewbie.com”> Tarot Newbie
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Alexandra Luna |
2007-08-09 |
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Title: Learn how to Read Tarot Cards: Taking the first 2 Steps to Reading Tarot Cards for yourself. What does Your Future hold?
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Before you can learn how to read the tarot cards, you must choose a tarot card deck. Some say that they must be given to you, or you must find them: that is not the case (although, if you really believe that to be true, then, of course, it will be true for you). Although it is awesome if someone gives you a deck, or you discover one in your grandmother’s attic, that is not how most modern-day tarot card readers come across their decks. Go look at them, (all of the cards in the deck that you think you like), and feel them. If a merchant will not let you feel them, go somewhere else (you do not have to go to a psychic fair, even popular book stores, like Borders, carry tarot cards nowadays. However, you might not find as large of a selection as if you go to a self-help/spirituality/new age store). Pick the deck that pleases you the most, and go ahead and buy it for yourself.
Once you have yourself a tarot deck, you will want to do things like, cleanse it (not with water, but with the smoke of incense or burning sage), bless it or attach the tarot deck to yourself (infuse it with your energy), and store it in a nice silk scarf, or box. Now, once you have used your own psychic energy (your thoughts, infused with your spirit) to cleanse the vibration of commerce and other people from your new tarot deck, you are ready to do a reading. Well, almost. That is, first, you want to choose a format, or how many tarot cards you are going to throw, in what order, and what you are seeking to learn from the tarot cards when you toss them (You will, of course, shuffle the cards well, or have the querent (person you are reading for) shuffle them, and cut them at least 3 times with your/her left hand first).
An easy reading to get started with is the 7 day tarot card reading. A seven day reading gives the querent what s/he expects: a reading covering what energies will be present in the next seven days. After the cards are shuffled and cut, the reader will deal out seven cards, in a horizontal row. Next, before analyzing the cards, the reader will deal seven more cards, one on top of each of the previous seven cards. Two cards are required for each day because the focus of a psychic reading is always energy. And, energy is always in motion.
The first set of tarot cards reflect the energies for the next day. It is important for the tarot reader to pay attention to the potential interactions of the two cards and hence the two energies. What also must be considered is the energy of the querent. I have found that the querent’s energy is often reflected in the position of the card. For example, if the card is positive, such as the Wheel of Fortune, and it lands upright in the reading, the querent will interact with the positive energy in a positive way, and there is likely a positive result: that is, a great day with some goal realized.
If however, the wheel of fortune comes up reversed, (or similarly, if it covered by another card that is not so positive, such as the ten of swords) then the outlook for that day is not as positive, and the cards are more difficult to read. Perhaps the querent will have a great opportunity but will take an inappropriate stance and will not realize on the potential positive energy. Perhaps the querent will get the benefit of the energy, but will have to overcome some drama or other obstacle before acquiring the goal. One benefit to utilizing circular tarot cards, such the Motherpeace tarot, by Vicki Noble and Karen Vogel, is that the card can land, not only upright, or reversed, but also, it can land a little to the right, a little to the left, or a lot to the right or a lot to the left. A circular card can land in any position and can give you a wider degree of variables.
The next two cards will reflect the energies for the day after the day following the reading, and so forth, until the reader details the querent’s (or her own) next week. The reading will get less precise as time goes on. This is because reading tarot cards and telling fortunes are prophetic arts. And, people change all the time. When a person changes, her or his energy changes. How the person thus interacts with the energies coming into her or his life will hence be different. Over the longer term, a shift in a person’s energy will ultimately affect what energies will come into her or his life, rendering any previous reading even less accurate. The reason that a psychic reading tends to be relatively accurate is because most people do not change themselves very quickly or very often (there are many exceptions to this generalization). Use this information to remind yourself that every day is a new opportunity to change how we interact with world, and hence change the world we live in.
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Chloe Kor |
2008-03-24 |
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Title: Reading Tarot Cards as a form of Alternative Therapy
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Many individuals view a tarot deck as a set of illustrated cards used for predictions and the individual reading the tarot cards is often thought of as an eccentric person who is dressed in robes and seated behind the fortune-telling booth in a fun fair. Many people have associated reading tarot cards and tarot readers in such a manner and are comfortable in thinking so. Hence, not many have dug deeper into the matter. Many individuals reading the tarot cards misinterpreted the Death Card and associated this tarot card with too many negative meanings. Hence, reading tarot cards and the tarot decks have often been thought of as tools of the evil. While some individuals do make use of the tarot decks for evil purposes, we can't avoid the positive benefits of tarot decks and reading tarot cards. In fact, reading tarot cards can be a good therapy and can be used for good causes. The most solid piece of evidence to prove that the tarot decks may be a good therapy is the fact that tarot decks and reading tarot cards were a game for the Italians in the fifteenth century. The tarot deck served just as an ordinary form of playing cards and was not taken as a tool of divination, until 17th or the 18th century. As time passes, scholars begin to take closer look at the rich symbols illustrated on the tarot deck and began to associate deeper meanings to the tarot decks. Reading tarot cards began to evolve into a form of divination. This radical shift in the nature of the tarot deck changed reading tarot cards into a life-changing therapy. Carl Jung, a prominent psychologist has always considered tarot deck and reading tarot cards as an alternative psychotherapy. By utilizing the rich imagery encapsulated in every tarot card, reading tarot cards enabled the tarot readers to voice out concerns, look into the past and prepare for the future. In certain cases, children who have difficulties in speaking can make use of the rich images depicted in the tarot cards to piece together their thoughts. Seen in this matter, the tarot cards and reading tarot cards is simply a form of beneficial therapy and shouldn't be shunned as a tool of evil. Jung further explained that tarot cards actually represent different archetypes of human personality and situations. For example, the Death Card is not simply a dreaded card which means physical death. Rather, it should be seen as the death or end of something inside us, such as a vice, long standing pain, bad habit or sorrow. It can signify rebirth, and taken in the positive light, it actually means a new life. Hence, reading tarot cars is not a tool of evil. It is just a tool and can help many. It depends on how people perceive the activity of reading tarot cards. After all, the tarot cards is just a piece of tool. It is the human being who gives meanings to it. Interested in learning how to read tarot cards? Want to know how tarot cards can provide advice to your love life, career or relationships? Visit Chloe Kor at www.tarotnewbie.com”> Tarot Newbie
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Chloe Kor |
2008-03-16 |
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Title: Tips to Reading Tarot Cards
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If you think is hard, then please read this article. The Tarot may be one of the most accessible tools that can be learned by anyone and reading tarot cards need not be as hard as most of the tarot newbies think. There are many advantages to learning the skills of reading tarot cards; one of the most being: extra-sensory sensitivities of individuals who have mastered the art of reading tarot cards will be enhanced. For newbies who are just starting out on the journey of reading tarot cards, it is highly advisable that some time is taken to really study the cards. Do not be restrained by the reading instructions which often accompany the tarot deck that is purchased. Just follow your own feelings about the tarot cards that you see. Very often, the difficulties in reading tarot cards are not in the actual tarot cards themselves but when these cards are positioned in a certain manner. Many newbies who are just starting to learn the art of reading tarot cards will often get jitters and lose their confidence. However, practice makes perfect. Just be consistent with the practice of reading tarot cards and very often, fluency will be attained. Try to think of the individual cards like a segment or piece of a story. Each time the cards are mixed, a new version of a story occurs and reading tarot cards is just a matter of relating the story that the cards are trying to tell. With these in mind, think of reading tarot cards as an activity which creates infinite possibilities of stories, futures, wisdom and advice. Practice is a vital part of becoming a confident and proficient Tarot Reader. Treat the art of reading tarot cards as acquisition of a new language. Plan to do a tarot reading at least once a day. Choose to do the reading in the morning and formulate a question that you are interested in. Shuffle, divide and layout the cards in the Celtic Cross pattern, a very common and popular form of tarot spread. Look over the reading with the notion that the spread represents your path for the next 24 hours. If possible, leave the cards in their original positions. Return to the cards at the end of the day. Review the cards and relate the day's events with the readings that you have obtained earlier in the day. See the connection between the day's events and the readings. Repeat for 90 days. Very soon, you will see how reading tarot cards is a meaningful activity as it encourages you to reflect on your day's activities with reading tarot cards. Newbies very often find that reading tarot cards may be a difficult task as they are limited by their own experiences, filters and prejudices. Hence, objectivity is pretty crucial in reading tarot cards. Do be diligent in practicing reading tarot cards and try to keep an open mind when reading tarot cards as it will prove more benefits than otherwise. Reading tarot cards is meant to be an activity to tap into our inner talents and capabilities and also can serve as advice to improve ourselves. Only with an open mind can the benefits of reading tarot cards be truly reaped. Interested in learning how to read tarot cards? Want to know how tarot cards can provide advice to your love life, career or relationships? Visit Chloe Kor at www.tarotnewbie.com”> Tarot Newbie
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John Gibb |
2006-08-20 |
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Title: Why Should You Learn Tarot?
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Although it is not an unfamiliar sight to witness a Tarot reader drawing out cards from a deck of 78 to advice on problems ranging from relationships to career wellbeing, most people find it difficult to imagine doing the actual reading themselves. But the fact is that Tarot is now out there available for everyone to experience and learn. Although having a Tarot practitioner analyzing the symbols of the cards drawn is certainly an enchanting experience and probably “less risky,” a few of today’s Tarot lovers purchase their own decks and begin reading its cards with the help of Tarot manuals or mentors. Starting to learn anything new is always a daunting experience and especially when one considers learning the Tarot cards can seem a bit odd; to say the least. This is probably the case because Tarot is associated with fortune-telling and future is the thing that excites human imagination the most. But Tarot, can in fact take people into a better understanding of the past and the present, assisting many to decode daily problems, and issues. Living in the information age, it is actually only logical to seek more information, on any given situation, before having to make a decision on the subject of interest. But the tremendous potential and effect Tarot relates to self-realization. That notion is probably less realized by those who wish to learn the future through Tarot, but in the end, this is where they are in fact led. Most often regarded as a method of predicting the future, Tarot is much less considered as a method used to better understand oneself. But, if you are interested in learning to read the Tarot cards, it is best if you keep in mind that you should do it primarily because it is one of the most effective methods to begin knowing thyself. Since the Tarot cards have numerous different meanings depending on the order they are drawn and placed in relation to each other, many people quickly give up the effort of learning to read them. But experts claim that learning the meaning can be an effortless process, as well as rewarding and enjoyable. One of the simpler methods existing to learn the Tarot cards is through meditation. As practitioners reveal, you should begin by picking up a card from the pile and “studying” it for some time. You can always look up a guide for its “official” meaning, but the important thing here is to realize what the card you picked means to you. If the card suggests a positive career development, for example, it does not matter if in the Tarot manual symbolizes something entirely different. As long as it means this to you, it will always mean that when it comes up. As readers put it, “the card responds to you, not the other way around.” By picking at least one card every day, you will slowly but surely familiarize yourself with the Tarot deck in a natural easy way. Keep notes and later read the Tarot manual to check how close your guessing was to the “original” meaning. The important thing here is to concentrate on the cards and let their images be “absorbed” by your brain. Ask questions and give answers to yourself in relation to the pictures you see and the story that the card is trying to convey. Remember that it does not matter how close to the “true” meaning you really are. What matters is how easily you will remember your original thoughts when you draw the same card later during this familiarization procedure. In less than a month you will be able to associate the cards together and “translate” their meaning. Remember that this is nothing more than a game to learn better yourself and how you react to a given set of variables. Then Tarot will be a fun experience to devote some time alone or with your friends. John Gibb is the owner of tarot-reading resources For more information on Tarot Reading check out http://www.tarot-reading-guidance.info
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John Gibb |
2006-08-20 |
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Title: Some Facts About Tarot
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The first question one might ask when the word “Tarot” is mentioned, most likely has to do with what is Tarot and how does it work. According to its practitioners, Tarot is a form of divination using a deck of cards, each carrying a symbolic meaning. Tarot is a window through which one can learn to see the future. It is best if one considers Tarot as a mirror that deeply and, for its funs, accurately reflects the feeling, dreams, thoughts and aspirations of a person. For the thousands who have been reading or listening to Tarot cards readings, Tarot resembles a guide that can help someone face the unknown landscape of his or her life. Contrary to many of its opponents, Tarot is not spooky or something supernatural. But where did it come from and why people seem to be drawn by its “magic?” There are a number of different theories, stories, guesses, and assumptions, regarding Tarot’s origin, the exact sources of Tarot are not completely known. People that have researched on Tarot’s history, find that the earliest available reliable information categorizes Tarot as a card game played in Italy during the fifteen century –the oldest of found Tarot cards belonged to the Visconti family, rulers of Milan. But it is unknown when exactly Tarot earned its reputation as a device used for fortune-telling. Different civilizations over time, like that of Ancient Egypt, used images drawn on cards which were used to predict events through symbolic representation. There are some who claim that Tarot cards traveled to Europe from the Middle East through trading caravans or during the Crusades. But although the exact origin of Tarot cards remains unknown, the fact still is that Tarot makes some people, who do not believe that the future can or should be predicted, feel uncomfortable. Interestingly enough, Tarot has managed to survive over the centuries, although fortune-telling is actually forbidden by some religions and is considered incompatible with some spiritual approaches to life. For a long time Tarot cards remained privileged to the upper class of society, but after the invention of the printing press the once hand-painting deck of cards became available to the masses. The typical 78-card Tarot deck is structured into two distinct parts: the major arcana and minor arcana. The word “arcana” means the secret or mysterious knowledge. Neither part is more important than the other, just different. The first set, major arcana, also referred to as the Trump cards, consists of 21 cards without suits numbered from 1 through 21, plus a 22nd card “The Fool,” which is sometimes given the value of zero. The second group, minor arcana, consists of 56 cards divided into 4 suits of 14 cards each. Further classified, the 14 cards in each suit consist of an Ace, nine cards numbered 2 through 10 and four court cards; just like the regular deck of 52-cards. Today Tarot is used by many practitioners in assisting people to examine carefully their past experiences, explain their present actions and figure out how to better pursue their future endeavors. Although Tarot is assigned an illusive and mystical character, many of its proponents argue that everything comes from a person’s willingness to see things clearly and allocate the available resources to the areas needing his or her attention the most. If you are now convinced that you would like to learn more about the Tarot deck and its meanings, a plethora of articles, books, and online sources, exist to assist you in retrieving additional information, which can at least entertain you during a dull evening. John Gibb is the owner of tarot-reading resources For more information on Tarot Reading check out http://www.tarot-reading-guidance.info
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Glen Wearden |
2006-06-19 |
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Title: How Tarot Cards Can Help You...Really!
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What Are Tarot Cards? Made up of no less than seventy-eight cards, each deck of Tarot cards are all the same. Tarot cards come in all sizes with all types of artwork on both the front and back – some even make their own Tarot cards. The meaning and the message of each one of those seventy-eight cards, however, always remains the same. Tarot cards were first used by the Celtic people more than two thousand years ago. Many believe that Tarot cards serve only to tell the future, but this is not true. When used traditionally, Tarot cards speak of the past and present, and are supposed to give clues and ideas about the future that you are potentially heading into. What’s In the Cards? Tarot cards are made up of four suits – much like any regular deck of cards. In fact, Tarot cards have all the same values as traditional playing cards: ace through king for each suit. Only one extra card is added to the royal family in Tarot cards – the squire, his position is just under that of the knave (also known as the jack). The suits are as follows: wands, which in general speak of esoteric issues such as spirituality or creativity; swords, which speak of conflicts and tensions; cups (or pentacles), which are always about money; and cups, which deal in relationship matters and love. The other twenty-two cards of the standard Tarot deck are called the Major Arcana cards, and are all very specific. Cards such as the Devil, the Tower, and Death are in the Major Arcana. How Could a Tarot Card Reading Actually Help Me? When done traditionally, a Tarot card reading can put everything into perspective in a clear and understandable way. Every Tarot card reading is prefaced by a question, one that you do not have to reveal to your Tarot card reader but that you keep to yourself. Each card will come up in the past, present, or future position and will shed some light on the topic of your question. Whether or not you believe in spiritual or esoteric things, or even in the art of telling the future, a Tarot card reading can help you better understand your own thoughts. You’ll realize potentially dangerous patterns in your life, and get a better understanding of self. Even the question that you ask in your mind can help you understand something about yourself, and in this way a Tarot card reading can truly help you. Can Anyone Read Tarot Cards, Or Do I Have To Call Someone or Go Online? Anyone can learn how to read Tarot cards. There are many books available, both in online and physical bookstores that will tell you the meaning and message of each and every card. Every card in Tarot has a card-specific meaning, and a message or warning. The good news is, there’s no secret about what these cards mean to convey – so you, too, can learn how to read the Tarot. Once you know the meaning of the cards (and it’s not something you have to memorize; it’s perfectly okay to keep notes by you when you try to give yourself a Tarot card reading), you can read the Tarot for yourself or for others. Any book you read about the Tarot will explain the spreads to use – the way to lay the cards out to understand their meaning and placement in the scheme of your question. An Ancient Mystery Tarot cards are more ancient than religion. Tarot cards are older than most languages and most writing, and yet they are still around and are still being used today the exact same way they were used thousands of years ago. If Tarot cards didn’t help people, why would they still be used and still be so popular? I have been studying Tarot for seven years and have incorporated it in my dailly meditation routine. My purpose for this article is to give others a free resource which can hopefully change their lives for the better.
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Chloe Kor |
2008-03-15 |
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Title: Tips to Reading Tarot Cards
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If you think reading tarot cards is hard, then please read this article.
The Tarot may be one of the most accessible tools that can be learned by anyone and reading tarot cards need not be as hard as most of the tarot newbies think. There are many advantages to learning the skills of reading tarot cards; one of the most being: extra-sensory sensitivities of individuals who have mastered the art of reading tarot cards will be enhanced.
For newbies who are just starting out on the journey of reading tarot cards, it is highly advisable that some time is taken to really study the cards. Do not be restrained by the reading instructions which often accompany the tarot deck that is purchased. Just follow your own feelings about the tarot cards that you see.
Very often, the difficulties in reading tarot cards are not in the actual tarot cards themselves but when these cards are positioned in a certain manner. Many newbies who are just starting to learn the art of reading tarot cards will often get jitters and lose their confidence. However, practice makes perfect. Just be consistent with the practice of reading tarot cards and very often, fluency will be attained. Try to think of the individual cards like a segment or piece of a story. Each time the cards are mixed, a new version of a story occurs and reading tarot cards is just a matter of relating the story that the cards are trying to tell. With these in mind, think of reading tarot cards as an activity which creates infinite possibilities of stories, futures, wisdom and advice.
Practice is a vital part of becoming a confident and proficient Tarot Reader. Treat the art of reading tarot cards as acquisition of a new language. Plan to do a tarot reading at least once a day. Choose to do the reading in the morning and formulate a question that you are interested in. Shuffle, divide and layout the cards in the Celtic Cross pattern, a very common and popular form of tarot spread. Look over the reading with the notion that the spread represents your path for the next 24 hours. If possible, leave the cards in their original positions. Return to the cards at the end of the day. Review the cards and relate the day's events with the readings that you have obtained earlier in the day. See the connection between the day's events and the readings. Repeat for 90 days. Very soon, you will see how reading tarot cards is a meaningful activity as it encourages you to reflect on your day's activities with reading tarot cards.
Newbies very often find that reading tarot cards may be a difficult task as they are limited by their own experiences, filters and prejudices. Hence, objectivity is pretty crucial in reading tarot cards. Do be diligent in practicing reading tarot cards and try to keep an open mind when reading tarot cards as it will prove more benefits than otherwise. Reading tarot cards is meant to be an activity to tap into our inner talents and capabilities and also can serve as advice to improve ourselves. Only with an open mind can the benefits of reading tarot cards be truly reaped.
Do drop in my reading tarot cards site for more information on Tarot Reading.
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Frederick Gimino |
2007-11-13 |
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Title: Tarot Reading The History Of The Cards
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The fascinating art of Tarot reading has an amazing history. But, where did Tarot cards originate? Some speculate that Tarot may have originated in Egypt but there is no concrete evidence to support these claims. Although, the standard playing cards migrated to Europe in the late 14th century with the Mamelukes of Egypt, it is a stretch to say they invented the Tarot deck, card games, or divinatory practices associated with it. In fact the modern Tarot deck as we know it today is a collection of images and symbols from a wide variety of cultures, from ancient Greece, Romania, Norway, India, Egypt, Italy, and France. Some people even speculate that Pythagoras, one of the first gurus of modern day esoteric philosophy and practices, may have invented the precursors to Tarot through his work with mathematics, music, tetractys, and Numerology.
According to the most accurate historical data available modern day Tarot cards originated in Northern Italy. The oldest surviving Tarot cards, called the Visconti-Sforza tarot deck, were created in the mid 15th century. This sixty-six card deck based on the “carte da trionfi” or triumph cards were designed and painted for the Visconti family the rulers of Milan and one of the most prestigious families in Italy. They were designed to be played as a trick based card playing game with trumps called Tarrochi. This game spread slowly across Italy and mostly in the upper stratum of society. This was because pre-printing press hand manufactured cards were quite expensive and news traveled fairly slowly in those days. It appears that in 1450 there was an Italian jubilee year with many festivities and pilgrims which brought the game into the public eye on a broad scale. In addition in the 1460’s the introduction of Gutenberg’s printing press to Italy made mass manufacturing books and cards possible. From this innocuous game of Tarrochi (called Tarrock in German/Austrian, or Tarot in France) it was not long before these cards aided by the wide spread use of the printing press became a medium for fortune telling and parlor tricks.
From Italy tarot cards migrated into Southern France and the “Tarot of Marseilles” is one of the most famous decks from that country originating around 1499 when France conquered northern Italy. The English Tarot deck is often called the Rider-Waite deck and is the one we are most familiar with in the modern day English speaking countries. It consists of 78 cards 56 minor arcana and 22 major arcana or what would have been the trump cards in the game of Tarrochi. It was created in 1909 by artist Pamela Colman Smith and Arthur Edward Waite. It was published by the Rider company and now is copyrighted by U.S. Games.
In addition it is no surprise that Tarot cards were under condemnation from their very conception by the religious authorities of the time. They were frowned upon by the Roman Catholic Church especially as a form of idolatry. Interestingly enough science was much kinder to the Tarot deck than religion. For example, Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud subscribed to tarot beliefs. Carl Jung attached symbolic importance to The Tarot cards attributing the cards with inkblot type properties. These enabled the psychologist to form evaluative inferences about an individual’s archetypal characteristics. The cards helped identify characteristics that represent the subconscious symbolic and pre-symbolic attributes that affect how they view themselves, others, and their environment. However, most modern psychologists frown on the notion of using Tarot cards in therapeutic settings for archetypal analysis. These methods of archetypal analysis are relegated to the fringes of the clinical practices.
Unearthing the true origins of Tarot cards may never occur with empirical certainty. But, one thing is for certain these divinatory aids of the occult are certain to continue on through the ages as a mystical tool for ascertaining answers to questions on past, present, and future events.
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Alexandra |
2007-08-01 |
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Title: Taking the first 2 Steps to Reading Tarot Cards for yourself. What does Your Future hold?
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Before you can learn how to read the tarot cards, you must choose a tarot card deck. Some say that they must be given to you, or you must find them: that is not the case (although, if you really believe that to be true, then, of course, it will be true for you). Although it is awesome if someone gives you a deck, or you discover one in your grandmother’s attic, that is not how most modern-day tarot card readers come across their decks. Go look at them, (all of the cards in the deck that you think you like), and feel them. If a merchant will not let you feel them, go somewhere else (you do not have to go to a psychic fair, even popular book stores, like Borders, carry tarot cards nowadays. However, you might not find as large of a selection as if you go to a self-help/spirituality/new age store). Pick the deck that pleases you the most, and go ahead and buy it for yourself.
Once you have yourself a tarot deck, you will want to do things like, cleanse it (not with water, but with the smoke of incense or burning sage), bless it or attach the tarot deck to yourself (infuse it with your energy), and store it in a nice silk scarf, or box. Now, once you have used your own psychic energy (your thoughts, infused with your spirit) to cleanse the vibration of commerce and other people from your new tarot deck, you are ready to do a reading. Well, almost. That is, first, you want to choose a format, or how many tarot cards you are going to throw, in what order, and what you are seeking to learn from the tarot cards when you toss them (You will, of course, shuffle the cards well, or have the querent (person you are reading for) shuffle them, and cut them at least 3 times with your/her left hand first).
An easy reading to get started with is the 7 day tarot card reading. A seven day reading gives the querent what s/he expects: a reading covering what energies will be present in the next seven days. After the cards are shuffled and cut, the reader will deal out seven cards, in a horizontal row. Next, before analyzing the cards, the reader will deal seven more cards, one on top of each of the previous seven cards. Two cards are required for each day because the focus of a psychic reading is always energy. And, energy is always in motion.
The first set of tarot cards reflect the energies for the next day. It is important for the tarot reader to pay attention to the potential interactions of the two cards and hence the two energies. What also must be considered is the energy of the querent. I have found that the querent’s energy is often reflected in the position of the card. For example, if the card is positive, such as the Wheel of Fortune, and it lands upright in the reading, the querent will interact with the positive energy in a positive way, and there is likely a positive result: that is, a great day with some goal realized.
If however, the wheel of fortune comes up reversed, (or similarly, if it covered by another card that is not so positive, such as the ten of swords) then the outlook for that day is not as positive, and the cards are more difficult to read. Perhaps the querent will have a great opportunity but will take an inappropriate stance and will not realize on the potential positive energy. Perhaps the querent will get the benefit of the energy, but will have to overcome some drama or other obstacle before acquiring the goal. One benefit to utilizing circular tarot cards, such the Motherpeace tarot, by Vicki Noble and Karen Vogel, is that the card can land, not only upright, or reversed, but also, it can land a little to the right, a little to the left, or a lot to the right or a lot to the left. A circular card can land in any position and can give you a wider degree of variables.
The next two cards will reflect the energies for the day after the day following the reading, and so forth, until the reader details the querent’s (or her own) next week. The reading will get less precise as time goes on. This is because reading tarot cards and telling fortunes are prophetic arts. And, people change all the time. When a person changes, her or his energy changes. How the person thus interacts with the energies coming into her or his life will hence be different. Over the longer term, a shift in a person’s energy will ultimately affect what energies will come into her or his life, rendering any previous reading even less accurate. The reason that a psychic reading tends to be relatively accurate is because most people do not change themselves very quickly or very often (there are many exceptions to this generalization). Use this information to remind yourself that every day is a new opportunity to change how we interact with world, and hence change the world we live in.
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Tenzin Pemo |
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Title: Reading Tarot Cards: How to Give A Tarot Reading In 7 Steps
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There are many, many ways to read Tarot cards, but it helps to have a consistent method that you use each time. In this way, you can think less about how you are going to read and focus completely on your subject, the cards and their meaning.
A basic reading can be boiled down to seven steps: Rituals, Shuffling, Selecting, Turning, Reading, Discussion and Refining.
1) Rituals: Rituals are an important part of reading the Tarot, but whatever those rituals may be will be uniquely yours. Some people take special care of their deck, wrapping in a beautiful cloth or keeping the cards in a special box. Other sleep with their cards under their pillow, to increase their connectivity with their deck, and many people feel that the must never read their own cards using their deck. Whatever rituals you employ, including the methods you use to lay out and read the cards, keep them consistent.
Before reading, make a silent opening statement such as a prayer or affirmation, or a greeting to your inner guide.
2) Shuffling: Always shuffle face-down, so no one sees the cards, and avoid bending the cards as this is no time for fancy tricks. Beyond that, there are a number of methods of shuffling. You can hold about half the deck in each hand, and insert one half down through the other half.
Another method, designed for maximum hand contact with little damage to the cards, is the one recommended by Norma Cowie in her book called Tarot for Successful Living. Hold the deck face down in your dominant hand. Push some cards from the top with your thumb into the other hand. Then, push again, but this time to the bottom of the new pile. Continue alternating a push to the top, then one to the bottom until all the cards have been transferred.
At this point, put the entire deck back into your dominant hand and start over. This method can be difficult at first, but your technique will improve with practice. Stop shuffling when you feel that it is time to stop, or if a card falls from the deck (and take note of any fallen card, for it has meaning) and then return it or set it aside. If you choose to return the card to the deck and the same card turns up later in the reading, consider that significant.
3) Selecting: Spread the cards in a line or sem-circle, face down, above the area you will use for the layout. Ask your subject to choose a card, then slide it face down to the first position within your chosen layout, keeping it vertical, not horizontal. Add new cards in the same order to complete the layout.
4) Turning: Turn over the first card from side-to-side, so it is not reversed by you. Tell your subject the significance of that card position in the spread, studying the card to get a sense of its meaning, both alone and in that position. Turn the next card only when you are ready to focus on it, repeating until all the cards are turned.
5) Reading: Using your knowledge of the Tarot or, if you are new, a guidebook, comment on your impressions of the meaning of the card. Do not just go by the book definitions of the cards and say whatever comes into your mind. Look at the image on the card and remark on the card themes as they come to mind. Whatever your first impressions are, they're correct. Then analyze the meaning of the card in connection with its position and comment on it. If a card is reversed, explain its meaning (Upright, it means _____) and then comment on its reversal (But when reversed, it indicates ______). Do this with each card, saying what comes to mind. Do not ask for validation from the subject yet, just share any thoughts and interpretations that come to mind.
Try not to second-guess yourself or overthink what you are saying. You are going to learn to tap into your intuition, not your intellect.
6) Discussion: After you have given your interpretation of the cards, ask your subject if anything you have said was particularly meaningful as regards some issue in their life. If yes, reinterpret the cards in more detail, specific to the circumstances that they describe. If your client says no, nothing sounds familiar, ask them questions and re-phrase the themes of the cards and you may well be on the right track, but need to explain the cards in a different way for the client until something rings a bell.
7) Refining: Once your subject gives you some feedback, reinterpret the cards in a way that is specific to the subject situation. Tell a story tying all of the cards together, explaining them in as clear a way as possible. tying all the themes together, and perhaps using a different way of explaining them which might make it even clearer to the client.
Focus on the positive aspects of the cards, and stress that nothing is carved in stone and the subject actions can change the situation later.
If any of the cards indicate a negative event, explain again that the subject is master of their own destiny and if they change their course of action then they can remedy the situation and head off trouble. Remind the subject that the cards only reflect what is in his or her mind, and that they have free will to change the outcome of future events. If you cannot get a good read on a particular card, ask the subject to draw another and use it as a modifier and read it in connection with the original card.
If a card was dropped or set aside during the shuffle, interpret it as a guidance card, offering overall advice on the entire reading as a whole.
Naturally, your style of reading Tarot cards will be unique, and you may have a method that is very different from this one. As long as you are consistent with your rituals and techniques, you will be able to focus entirely on reading the cards without the distraction of wondering what you should be doing next.
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