Tarot Talk & Technique

How do you remember what the cards' meanings are, without referring to books?

Hello. Have you read this book? What´s your opinion about it?

Dear All, I just joined a few minutes ago. I am looking for advice on how to start with Tarot. Just ordered my first deck yesterday. I know almost nothing about Tarot; a few days ago I started thinking about it intensely, and completely out of the blue. I'm wondering why. So basically I am looking for words of friendly and sincere advice on WHAT to do once the deck arrives? Thank you so much in advance!

Hello, anyone here wondered what can everything happen if you use the tarot very often? I guess if you read every day, you can bring close to you bad entity and you can feel it. I have at night sometimes weird and bad dreams and always wake up around 02:20 and have feeling like someone is there around and looking at me. I always use salt and put it front to the doors and window, always have closed the doors when I sleep. What are you doing for protect yourself if you are using the tarot? Never you can't know "who" gave you the answer rn. At most you can be "connected" with positive power, but it can be like some "hacker" detect your connection and somehow use it against y…

Whew should be posted messages about Tarot books?

It seems to move in waves or cycles or is that just me? I'm new to reading but I try to spend an hour or two with my cards everyday or at least reading about them. I went through more than a week where the 9/Pentacles kept popping up for me. And as a beginner, what's not to love about this card?! She still makes appearances too, but here lately The Fool has been hanging around me heavily, in my daily draw, showing up in my study sessions and even jumping out of the deck and into my lap! When stuff like that happens, I listen. Obviously, he thinks I need to learn my lessons. When you get Stalkers how do you handle them? Anything special or extra study? Who…

Anyone tried to ask the tarot WHO is actually taking to you / giving you the answer?

I've only recently started reading. After a few years working on evolving my intuition and more recently meditation, I started cards about 3 weeks ago and had a "break through" this morning. I was able to get the gist of a 3 card spread and it really excited me, like to no end, so much so I had tingles! So I was wondering about the experiences of other readers. How/when did you have your awakening?

Hello! I've been studying my tarot deck as well as keeping a tarot journal, this is something that works really well for me and gives me my own place to reflect. But as I've been studying I've come up with a couple questions. First: My decks court arcana consists of Kings, Queens, Princes, and Princess's, and not the traditional Page and Knight. I am wondering if Page is equal to Princess and Knight is equal to Prince, but if not, what is the difference? Second: Say I am doing a reading for myself and after I have layed out the cards and seen them, realized I may not be in the mind set for it. Is it okay to simply put away the cards and forget about the spread,…

Have you ever sat for a reading and they pulled the 78 cards to do so? That was not my first reading, but I do remember it as an odd one. This guy started pulling cards, and cards, and cards, telling me all sorts of weird tales (marriage, pregnancy, children, etc.) leaving just TWO cards at the end for my questions. Needless to say I didn't like it, it made me feel awkward and uncomfortable, I didn't go back, and I wouldn't recommend him... but I learnt what not to do. What about you guys? Any weird or memorable experience as querents?

Hi, I like to pick a card for each week and at the end of the week track it back to how it went, however sometimes I have had majors turn up for a reading like ‘wheel of fortune’ or ‘Devil’ but nothing really significant happened in those weeks. It becomes difficult for me to do daily card reading, hence weekly method is preferred but does anybody have suggestions on doing a better spread for this kind of a weekly reading to get better insights?

How to get online tarot reading career?

Have you guys ever done a reading in a public space? (For example, a cafe, library, a table in the park, etc) Any place where there usually wouldn’t be anything like tarot or occult things? Was the energy different? Did you feel it affected your reading? Or do you bring your tarot out to the outside world at all? (Excluding tarot/occult shops) I feel like reading outside connects me to the elements more. But I’ve never even taken out my cards in public yet. What are you guys’ experiences?

I took a tarot hiatus and I just started again because I was struggling with severe depression. The depression cut me off spiritually, I felt soulless person and I couldn't feel anything, not even God. I'm way better know, but not a 100%. I'm having some trouble doing readings for myself, it just looks like gibberish, my mind just goes blink and I can't connect the dots. When, I do it for others everything goes smoothly. Has anyone experience this after taking a long break from tarot or I'm not fully spiritually connected as I once was and it might take a little more time to get there?

Somebody should come along and make a deck that is the perfect blend of the Marseilles Major Arcanas and the Pamela Coleman Smith-Waite minor cards. With bold colors, numbers displayed and be sure to capture the essence of traditional tarot meanings. Hello.

Some readers and authors view the major arcana in three groups, 1-7, 8-14, and 15-21 (separate from the Fool). My question is, do you use this type of system in your interpretation, and if so, how so? For example, I've seen these three groups interpreted as applying to (1-7) physical plane, (8-14) mental plane, (15-21) spiritual plane. Or conscious, subconscious, and super-conscious. Or, people, events, natural forces. The Carr-Gomms (DruidCraft) describe it as (1-7) developing awareness and building character, (8-14) opening to the powers of the subconscious, and (15-21) path to illumination. Pollack talks about the outer concerns of life in society, the sear…

I came across these tarot pint glasses at Urban Outfitters- aren't they super cute? Also, Urban Outfitters is apparently selling a variety of tarot and oracle decks now. I guess we are all hip and trendy. Any other cute tarot-themed home items or other goodies you have come across?

I am off to purchase the Luna Sol deck which has been calling my name. I am a newbie and have just two decks:ethereal visions and the rider-waite. So which one to get next is a momentous decision 😀 https://images.app.goo.gl/Ct6MX2dDysWFvQYU8

Hi, I wish to expand my deck collection, but I'm really attached to my RWS deck so I don't want to probably ignore it. It's like my first born 🙂 But I feel adding more to the collection will help me learn more and become a better reader. Please advice with a deck that is simple, yet adds more to my learning (over and above RWS). I'm not a fan of fairy, cats, overly dark decks, maybe not too modern too...preferably something direct and accurate with a good guidebook with it or resources to read up on the internet to understand it better. Oh Gawd...I think I have too many criteria's ..but I am sure I will get some …

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…

I'm reading with great interest the posts about what people may see about tarot as they walk into your home, and it seems some people have a A LOT of decks! I get that! But, for those of you who have hundreds of decks, I have a feeling some of you must have that one go-to deck that you always go back to. Me personally, it's always my trusty vintage Grimaud TdM deck from'77. But color wise, it doesn't match up to some of the newer TdM's, they saved money by just dumbing down the multi colors. But it always feels good to use it. It's all good energy.

I was trying to track down some information on the Kurmay Tarot this morning and there doesn't seem to be any updated content on Adam's site since 2015-ish? And I'm not finding anyway to search his blog? (I did find a short blurb on the Kurman there via another site) http://www.alchemywebsite.com/tarot/tarot_weblog.html Is he indeed no longer updating it? Is there a new site? I did find he is on facebook https://www.facebook.com/tarotcollection and his is doing an exhibition of Beth Seilonen decks this June . https://www.facebook.com/tarotcollection I did find he is offering some of his decks on Ebay https://www.ebay.co.uk/str/a…

Hi everyone, I'm looking for opinions on deck quality from the various major publishers of decks. For example decks printed by US Games, Lewellyn etc rather than self published decks. How do you find the card stock and durability of these kind of mass produced decks? Is one company better than another in any respect?

I’ve read a lot about the hermit after feeling so low and in my shell , loosing faith etc what I have researched so far is that he signifies “god” and I really wanted to share something really special with you , well when I was 15 say I was always playing with my deck and found myself in the cards with the characters well one night I dreamed I was in a dark alley with the hermit I offered him help up the stairs everything seemed much darker to me than him as he had a lantern to help him along he was neither proud or undignified by my offer but simply outstretched his lantern and in his lantern was the Star of David and then Joseph’s face in the flames creating light…

Hi, I’m just getting into Tarot and one of the people I follow (Biddy Taro), suggests a daily draw of a card. Today I was shuffling the cards ready to draw when one fell out.......I thought it was meant to be so took it. It was the tower !! On a daily read, can anyone help me make sense of its message please ? Many thanks