Tarot Talk & Technique

I recently pulled out 2 of swords,tower,2 of pentacles regarding my future relationship with a boy. Tower terrified me. What do you think this combination means?

Hi all, this is my first post here and I am very far from an expert. I first started on tarot just over a year ago. This was following a very difficult break up, following a relationship that involved emotional abuse and I used tarot amongst other things to find myself again and work on building back up a pretty shattered confidence. I’d also gained a huge amount of weight - nearly 60lbs! - so have been working on rectifying this (43lbs down). As you can imagine, this physical and mental process has relied on a total break from dating and men in general. Recently, before I got too set in my ways, I decided to give online dating a try. Given my trepidation, I didn’t expect…

I tried searching using multiple ways of expressing it but couldn't find a thread on the cards being used in movies or t.v. shows. Is there one?

As our home page shows, tonight's a full moon. Peaks at 1:30 am. Remember to charge your decks! 🙂

Lately I've been chewing on the subject of "keyword overload" for tarot beginners. I wrote a couple of posts on it that take their inspiration from the more focused approach of Lenormand. I call it more "inductive" (start small and build) than "deductive" (try to swallow and digest the whole thing at once). Our romance with the synonym could be the culprit. The original post is linked to this one. https://parsifalswheeldivination.com/2020/07/14/down-with-the-synonym-variations-on-a-theme/

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I dearly home this is in the right place? Could someone explain, what the idea of all the various packs are please? Cat Tarot, crow tarot, and all the mountain of other packs. Are the symbols the same, with the same meaning, or are they just a fun thing (sorry not meaning to offend with that, just asking?) The older packs seem to have different symbols too, just wondering, looking learning. Thanks all. Rick.

How do I know if my reading is correct if the person I'm reading myself cannot even tell of my reading is correct? Or are they just number and cannot process or connect to the readings?

In May I'm going to Montreal for the first time and I'm trying to learn some Canadian French. Can any French-speaking members share some Tarot vocabulary, like majors or reading vocabulary? If you could share how it's pronounced, that would be a plus for me. How about any good tarot spots in Montreal? Places to buy decks or get readings?

Is it still an active association? Is it total rubbish? I glanced at their Free Readings Network and Free Tarot Network,, and the pages look like web pages I made back in the early 90s. Is anyone a member here?

Hey guys. I'm using the golden art nouveau tarot deck and I have encountered some problems with this 5 of cups. I would like to know your opinions. 1. As you can see, the 3 fallen cups has liquid with different colours (one is red, could that be wine or blood? One is blue or transparent, I suppose water) what do you think this refers to? Elements? 2. I understand that this man in the 5 of cups original card is quite depressed, disappointed, regret or feeling powerless because the 3 fallen cups, meanwhile he ignored the 2 upright cups behind him, which could be some emotional support that he can have once he turned back. But on this card, the upright cups ar…

Hi everybody, I am interested in wanting to learn to read the Tarot. I have done a search on google for an online course, and I got a ton of hits. I wonder if there is a course that stands out? Or a book for that matter? Thanks in advance for any input 🙂 Kind regards, Peter

I'm a facilitator of the Capital Tarot Society (DC area). We take turns doing presentations at our meetings. And now that every other month is an online meeting, there are PowerPoints. I'm going to post some of my old (and newer) presentations here in case anybody is interested. (I think the virtues one is the best, but you can decide.) The Virtues of Tarot - 307670772-v1.pdf

Pleasantly surprised to see a very large and prominent tarot related bit of street art along the busiest commercial street in Missoula, MT. Inquired in the adjacent shop for any further information about the artist but nobody seemed to know anything. Pretty cool! Thought folks here might appreciate seeing this : )

I have a questions about, well, questions. I'm fairly new to tarot and I'm still getting my feet wet. I am branching off into some interesting new spreads, but I started having difficulties matching readings with specific topics. So, lately, I've done a few readings where I asked the querent to have a specific topic or questions in their mind, and to look at the reading in terms of that specific topic or question, but not tell me the topic/question. I would stop throughout the reading to remind them about their question and ask if they needed any clarification with any card in the spread as it related to that. I have found that not knowing the topi…

What is your first experience like, reading for others? Me, I remembered I read for my dad and he told me my reading wasn't accurate and it was so discouraging for me. It was my first reading for others and it wasn't accurate. I wanted to give up tarot there and then. But I persevere, and other readings came and they were more accurate. And my confidence grew... by a little. I am still nervous when giving a face to face reading for others. Which is why I tend to do online readings. Enough about me. What about you? What is your first experience like, reading for others?

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…

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

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

My favourite deck has gone on vacation. I did a 3 card yes/no spread with it the other day (centre card give the yes or no with an upright or reversed card, side cards give information on why). I forget what the question was but the answer was "no" followed by two cards that said something along the lines of "I'm going to sit back, relax, and put my feet up for a while"! Gah! I haven't even been using it that much! Anyone else had something like this happen to them?

Just received an email from US Games stating they are shutting down March 23 due to COVID 19. The state of Connecticut issued a shut down order for all non-essential workers and businesses. I'm thinking that, along with many other industries, the mass market tarot publishing industry is going to be pretty quiet for the foreseeable future. I wasn't planning on buying many, if any, tarot decks for the rest of this year anyway so I'll focus on my existing decks. Lo Scarabeo is based in Italy so I don't expect them to be functional at present. Not sure about companies like Lewellyn and Schiffer. AGM Urania are based in Germany so they are likely out of action too…

Hi! (Newbie warning) I did a reading for myself a few days ago, and now I did another reading on a similar question with a different spread. I was wondering - are you refining your reading on previous session based on a session done later on? Do you take the new information to reinforce or contradict previous reading? Would you give more weight to interpretations that are common for both readings over ones that include change, for example in decision spreads, that the preferable option is different than in the initial reading? Lorem.

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I hope this is the right forum for this question. For 2025 I have started doing daily reads for myself and wanted to dive deeper into Mary Greer's work. I calculated my Soul and Personality card to discover I don't have Hidden Factor card, but a Teacher card. In her explanation, I don't follow. I am a 19,10,1 in her constellation chart. If I understand correctly this means I don't have a shadow, but a life lesson to focus on. However, in doing some research I see the Teacher and Hidden Factor terminology used interchangeably. I was hoping for additional reading to better understand the distinction. I found this quote interesting about 19, 10, 1: "In this pattern, you co…