Tarot Talk & Technique

How often do you read for yourself? Do you do it during challenging situations, or do you do it as part of your daily self care routine?

Is it necessary to possess a tarot certificate, in order to read tarot professionally?

Does anyone have plans for working with their cards as we begin the new year? These could be certain elements of your practice you want to focus on, things you want to learn, working with certain decks, etc. I am recommitting myself to a daily tarot practice. The power of working with the cards in bringing other important aspects of my life and journey into focus is profound in my experience, and I can really see the difference between when I am at least doing a simple reading each day and when I am not. My tarot practice also supports my journaling, and my journey through the Bardic grade Druid course that I am currently on. I want to continue to deepen my lunar …

Hi there, My name is Jennifer, I am new to the whole world of tarot and I could really do with some help and advice... When my beloved and spiritual grandmother passed away I acquired her deck of tarot cards, Grimaud, Grand Etteilla. From my research I understand that this tarot deck is a particularly older style and does not always fit into the meanings and interpretations of general tarot. Now as I have a connection to these cards through being passed them from a family member I am keen to learn them however I cannot seem to find a lot of in depth information about them other than the general meanings of each card and as it seems they should be treated and…

Hi all, I'm working through my RWS deck - taking one card and day and journaling about it. I'm really enjoying this as I feel I'm connecting with each card differently, and I hope it will enable me to remember some of the main themes of the cards to assist in readings. However, I'm kind of itching to do a reading for myself, and I'm not sure if that's me or the cards telling me to get going 😆 Should I wait until I've worked through all the cards with my journaling before starting some basic readings for myself? Or would it be a good idea to do readings alongside the journaling, to help build a relationship with my deck? Thanks

Hello everyone! I've been wandering for a while how other people prepare a reading besides the usual stuff we all know and do (you know, cleansing cards, setting a place, lighting a candle, burning incense, playing some nice music on the background, etc). I've noticed readers on Youtube and other places that have a song or phrases for their querents based on their "reading preparation", and I'm puzzled... doing that for a querent is quite a nice thing. Do you do something similar? How do you do it?

Hi everyone When I read for other people, I find that some of them are a lot easier to read for than others. The strange thing is it doesn't seem to matter if I'm familiar with the person or not - I can read for some people with complete clarity, while with others it's like there's a brick wall between them and my intuition. Does this happen with any of you, and if it does, do you have any idea why it happens?

Hi, I'm new here! Before this I know about tarot from a digital tarot app back then in 2017 or 2018, iirc. Back then I was so sceptical but now I started to learn tarot again and so obsessed! I wonder is there anyone here using a digital tarot deck? If you are, then do you feel any difference between physical and digital tarot on the reading result? I understand that the experience will ofc different because the digital card is, uh, cannot be touched. But a digital deck is handy and practical. What would you think?

Hi all, I was recently invited to give a talk on tarot to a group of beginners and it got me thinking about my own journey with the cards and the challenges/obstacles I faced when I was starting out (I remember a big one being 'HOW am I supposed to memorise ALL these meanings?!'). But I'm curious - how was it for you? What were the difficult parts of learning tarot? Where did you struggle? What's the one piece of information you have now that you wish you had back then? I'd love to hear your thoughts. A x

Hi! I'm a newbie in tarot reading. I have a question that's really important to me. Can you get incorrect answers? How and when does it happen? I tend to take "tarot answers" too seriously. That's why I get nervous whenever I try to read tarot cards for myself because I'm scared of negative answers.

I was wondering what favorite ways you have for mixing other systems in with Tarot (if that's your thing). For example, I've seen some people start a reading with 3 oracle cards to get the vibe of the situation then do the tarot reading (or sometimes in reverse). Then there's others who put down three Lenormand cards as the reading, then go deeper using Tarot. Then there's other specialty decks such as the Tea Leaf cards. Again, I've seen people read with the Tarot, then finish up with the Tea Leaf cards (these ones also have timing cards included so they could be used to clarify timing). Do you enjoy mixing systems and if so, what's your favorite way?

Here's the video: It raises important questions about how comfortable the tarot community appears to be with non-diverse decks. There's a much needed larger discussion that needs to happen around this, but being a Nosy Nellie I'm very curious about which deck she's talking about. What do you think?

I couldn't find a specific sub-forum dedicated to (study) books, so I'm posting this here; please feel free to point out a more suitable place! 🙂 Quite a long time ago, I purchased a pdf online with tarot exercises. The way I remember it, the book / course was aimed at learning about and developing yourself through the tarot - not so much at learning tarot card meanings. It had line drawn illustrations, quite cute, of flowers etc. But, several computers / harddrives later, I have no idea where it is, what it was called or who made it.... I've tried googling, but so far haven't had any luck in finding it. Does it ri…

For me, it is when I took a look at the rider waite tarot. That fascinated me and made me became interested in tarot.

Hey all! I am curious to hear your take on the ancient old question of whether the querent should or should not handle the deck - i.e. shuffling/ picking cards himself for his own reading . So far I shuffle then let the querent shuffle and draw the cards- but I know not all like it. What do you do and why?

Has anyone here read Robert M. Place's book, the Tarot History, Symbolism & Divination? I got this a while ago after seeing it recommended by quite a few tarot readers. As I was reading it, I decided to look at some of his other books and was surprised to see "The tarot, magic, alchemy, hermeticism and neoplatonism" - especially since it sounded a lot like the "history, symbolism" book. It took a bit of digging on Robert's website to find out that the "alchemy, hermeticism etc" book is an updated version to correct errors in the "history, symbolism" book. I have to say I stopped reading because I was annoyed that the first part of the book I r…

Where do you draw the line on your readings? Who do you refuse? Is it a vibe or an aura off someone or a premonition that something is "off"? Do you abstain from alcohol or other drugs before a reading, ie., keep it sober? Or do you partake to loosen up the wheels, so to speak? Or do you just whip out the cards and let her rip? I'm just curious as to what everyone does to prepare themselves for reading if anything at all.

I feel like the majority of users in the r/tarot subreddit take an oddly hard-line stance that tarot can only be used for self-reflection, that it's impossible to read predictively, or sometimes that it's possible but unethical (as in cases where people are attempting to read for third parties who aren't present). I find their doubt beginning to rub off on me, so I'm curious whether this forum's members have any different perspectives to share. In particular, I'd love to hear about any especially noteworthy or on-target predictive readings you've received.

I challenge anyone to give me a distinction between the king of cups and queen of cups without using sexist tropes to describe the queen of cups. i have scoured books and the internet to help me understand queen of cups and no explanation sits well with me. If we are going off of divine feminine characteristics, feminine is associated with receiving and masculine giving. So then why is it that everyone wants to assign this selfless emotional caretaker role like she only exists in service to others when the king of cups is just this self sufficient beacon of emotional intelligence. Who is she outside of the emotional labor she provides? I even saw one person say the queen …

I've been thinking a lot about intuition and I'd like to know what works for you, whether you are naturally highly intuitive or struggle(d) to get there. Basically I have three areas I'm curious about: 1.) What, if any, are the things you do (methods/rituals/set-ups, etc.) that help you access your intuition, or put you in the headspace to do so? 2.) What have you found to help you trust your intuition? 3.) What kind of tarot decks or imagery do you feel you can more easily read intuitively? And/or, conversely, what kind do you look at and say, "Nope, won't be able to read intuitively with this deck!" Thanks in…

Do you put your Tarot/Oracle/Lenormand/etc decks to the test? Do you try to see if they're accurate by using them to predict events that are of no import to you like the winner in a tennis match for example, or who would win in a reality show, or who will ultimately survive in a slasher flick? For some readers this is just par for the course. For others it is a bit disrespectful, like you are using the cards for trivial things or you don't fully trust them.

So, I don't really use the CC. I just never gelled with "The situation/what's crossing you/what lies beneath/what crowns you", etc. jargon. It just didn't resonate at all. I have the sort of mind that if something doesn't make sense, I'm outta there. :) But I have a friend that I sometimes do readings for. And when she learned the cards, the main spread she learned was the CC, so I kinda felt this pressure on me to do a CC spread. (The pressure wasn't directly from her, I don't think, but I was definitely picking it up from somewhere. Maybe an unspoken wish on her part?) My question is: where's a good place to source a modern take on the CC that respects the traditi…

How do you shuffle your cards? Do you cut them by hands or fan them out or do something else? And why do you choose to shuffle your cards the way you do?

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I was inspired to adress this topic after seeing a video by Avalon Cameron on her patreon page that discussed the concept of Sacred Balance. She spoke about the importance of figuring out exactly what you yourself are made of so that you can understand what imbalances you and how to correct it to be fully grounded. So not everyone will find that going barefoot or spending time in nature will make them grounded. There are many different sorts of imbalances - plus there are also some people that suffer from being too grounded. Being too grounded can manifest itself in ways where you carry excess weight, feel stuck and don't like to leave home. Perhaps you overindulge in foo…