Tarot Talk & Technique

I have a deck, sturdy, but I shuffle it quite a bit. ONE card has lamination JUST starting to peel from one corner. I want to fix it without it looking weird. Anyone else ever have this issue and how did you fix it? Not that easy of a deck to replace.

Just starting to get into using tarot cards more often, and I have a question: have you noticed if there is a particular time of day that works best for you to do your readings? I've tried pulling cards in the morning to get insight for my day, and I've also tried doing spreads at night when I can light candles and really get in the mood. Sometimes I feel more focused in the mornings and can more easily schedule it into my day, but some of my best readings have come at night. What have you noticed? Is there a particular time of day that you like to do your readings? I'd especially like to hear if anyone has a routine at a different time of day than I've tried. Thanks!

If I put this in the wrong place please let me know I’m brand new to forums in general!! So I’m currently going back and interviewing some of my decks that’s are a bit newer to me / underused. One of the questions I posed was “what are your limits as a deck”. I got the 6 of wands and then the wheel of fortune reversed. I’m a bit lost on what it’s trying to tell me! Initially I was thinking that he’s (yes the deck is a he haha) always aiming for me to continue growing, that it’s a never ending journey but that didn’t really feel like a “limit”. Any insight would be greatly appreciated!

Wondering who likes accessories 🙂 I rarely use box they came in unless a tin or a really big deck like Touchstone. Buy, make your own? IF I had to dress my own, they would have to be in baggies, I do NOT have sewing skills.

I was having a conversation with a friend about tarot decks that follow no system, if the images didn't have a number or title, one would never know what the card was supposed to be (I see this often in theme decks). Decks that are more like an oracle to me, but just numbered like tarot. He said he doesn't need a system or titles, he interprets them himself. I found this really interesting as I have yet to find an oracle (honestly haven't looked really hard, but would like to find an oracle I can work with) I can work with and decks that don't follow a system, to me are basically oracles, you use your intuition. I KNOW some oracles have a book and descript…

Hi all, after a breakup I received a reading which encouraged me to move on. The reader told me that it (our relationship) could not work which indeed is the case at this point, and I have been moving forward. However, I found myself thinking that how much if at all can the tarot cards predict the future. "Could not work" are words that have been teasing me a bit, since who knows about the future? Sometimes, maybe there is a soul contract of only having a short relationship and then moving on? Or, maybe one can see that if things didn't work out the first time, a second chance is very unlikely. But even then, I wonder how much the cards…

As per the title. I'm feeling Tower today ... letting go of a dream. Destruction of a foundation. Tearing down something I tried to build. Changes. Ketu entering my H4 and going to transit my Moon soon. Yet no Tower. I'm stalked by other cards. I guess maybe the situation isn't as extreme ... like the other stalker cards are important issues and my own personal tower feeling is just overly dramatic by comparison. I dunno. I sometimes get clients who read for themselves and they want to know why they got Tower and 10 swords and I didn't. With such a client I say, it's not as bad as you fear. These cards show it's not so very…

I wonder if any of you have done readings for missing person cases. I never used to, until last year a woman from the wider area went missing and I thought to try. I drew one card from the Marseilles and got Death reversed, which moved in a way first reminding me of a hanging and I thought suicide, but then it all seemed to fall and I saw some weird motion reminding me of water. I had the impression she fell into a body of water and drowned. Forgot about it until now, when I saw news about her case with the information that, some months back, a fisher found hair of her color in a body of water but searches have not found anything as the area is vast and verda…

Hi all, I'm wondering if anyone knows some good tarot workshops or courses, especially in UK? I could get a book I suppose, but reading is difficult for me as I tend to lose focus very quickly (although if you do have book recommendations, post them here!). Thanks :)

I did look at multiple resources re reading, many meanings of each card, but then before I got really into reading, I first journaled with each card. Would look at it and see what meaning resonated. That worked for me. And as I went into Tarot as my own personal journey, not to become a reader of Tarot for others, I did what worked for me. WHAT didn't work for me and what I wish I figured out, was that just because you find a deck attractive, doesn't make it a "reader" for you. I have passed along a lot of decks, because once I got them (oh pretty!), I realized they just weren't readers for me. I was picking out decks like artwork, not because of how they…

My reading have been inconsistent. I am getting different results for the same questions. I will get the same results for several hours and than it will change. Does this mean someone changing the outcomes through black magic?

First off, I put this thread in Tarot talk & technique because I would like to discuss our favorite tarot techniques, decks and spreads for spirit readings, not spirit work in general. So I hope the thread is permitted to stay in this area, since I think it will be seen by more people and it won’t push this type of tarot practice into a specialized corner. It is my opinion that lots of valuable tarot lessons and techniques are born from this type of work. We shall see if anyone else agrees 😊 Secondly, when I say spirit readings, I refer to any type of reading where the individual(s) are not alive. This includes ancestral readings, mediumship readings, spirit …

Lately, I have been feeling that Tarot is mirroring me and reflecting my subconscious more than telling me about the future. I do understand that the future is not set in stone and that things can change according to our energies. But sometimes with the readings I feel hopeless because it mostly shows me what I want to see. If I dont want to encounter a situation and ask for the future outcome, the resultant card would be a No. If I do want to encounter the situation, the resultant card would be a Yes. And this is when I do the same reading twice, but a week apart. And in the end, I end up in a third situation. I think what I am trying to ask if yo…

I used to like to get readings, back in the day. But now at closing in at 73, some chronic conditions, and pretty isolated (although I have some great friends locally, my best friend is a retired ER doc, which comes in handy), there's no reading I can see being great. What would I ask to be read on? So it's not that I think there are not great readers out there, I DO, it's that I KNOW there are and there isn't anything I want to know. Does anyone else not really want to be read for for any reason?

Hello fellow TTM-ers, I have always wondered about the tarot cards and their meanings, and how, whoever decided the meaning or designed the cards ended up with associating these keywords to their respective cards? Sometimes it feels very random. For example, Strength: The strength cards means courage and determination BUT it also means patience. Patience is such a contradictory word to 'courage' or 'determination' and every 'Strength' itself. I see 'patience' as a PATH of achieving strength but not 'Strength' itself. Lovers: This card means everything you can imagine around the word 'Lovers'. It is a very positive card th…

Hello hello! I was recently told about the 'pace' of the cards. For example Chariot is a fast moving card, meaning any event/idea/thought that I am asking about will happen at a very fast pace, while some have been known to be slow paced cards meaning an event/idea/thought will be executed at a very slow pace. How do you figure out the movement or speed of a card? Is it pre-decided like the meanings of all cards or do we extract the 'speed' factor by reading the imagery on the card? How do I go about this?

Hi fellow forum-ers, I have been on this journey of discovering my own technique to read tarot and this topic is a very interesting one for me. Initially when I was learning how to read the cards, I was able to catch up the upright meanings very quickly and they all made a lot of sense to me. However, when I started reading reversals, things just confused me and I could not make out what was what. After a lot of trials I decided to not read reversals anymore. But that makes me think if I am missing out on any messages from my spirit guide. Apart from this, I also want an insight on other readers techniques and practice of …

Every now and again, I remove all my court cards from my deck before doing a reading. Sometimes I'm just NOT in the mood to wrestle with who/what any court card in the layout will refer to. I know that's probably heresy—but I've found that the results I get are usually quite clear and accurate without them. And much simpler to deal with. Anybody else ever do—or try—this? I'm not advocating this approach, by the way. Just curious.

Hello dear Tarot friends, First of all ... definitions. STALKER CARDS are cards that repeat across two or more spreads. I just threw cards tonight and had to laugh. Of 10 cards I drew for the full moon reading ... 5 of the same cards appeared in tonight's spread. 3 of them in the exact same positions. Reading #1 used Triunfi della Luna. Reading #2 used Lightseers. VERY different decks ... yet they served the same cards. Stalker cards definitely strengthen a message for me. A deep theme. If this is a conversation, they're speaking loud and clear. A card appearing across two spreads is noteworthy ... when it appears in the …

Hello, I realize I've not read personally for quite some time. I'm beyond the phase of needing to do daily or weekly readings for learning and study ... I read professionally for clients fairly often. Yet Tarot is part of my private spiritual practice and I've neglected it lately. I realize part of it is some ambiguous feelings about deck consumerism. Like I get inspiration from Tarot content on media or this forum ... but I also get a lot of temptation to buy new decks. I feel my deck collection is a good size and I don't want the temptation toward consumerism. So i've avoided Tarot content ... thus avoiding consumerism ..…

Hello Everyone- This morning was the first time I have ever used a significator...The reading was on behalf of my husband, although I asked the question...I have always felt that choosing a significator was strange. But, over the years that I have been studying Tarot, I have begun to associate a specific card with my husband, It personifies his personality and thus I choose the 10 of Wands. My question is this: Has anyone personified a particular card to an actual person that isn't a Court Card? TIA

Hello friends, how are you? Do you usually play with the concrete meanings of each arcane? I like to create a word bank for each one of them, and exercise my ability to associate meanings to not-so-obvious events. Here are some (I use RWS): Hermit: download. Ace of Wands: like a post. 4 of Wands: Carnaval. 9 of Swords: night skincare. 10 of Swords: acupuncture. 3 of Swords: surgery. 7 of Pentacles: Christmas tree. 6 of Swords: cruise ship. 8 of Pentacles: bank payment slip, installment, financing. 8 of Cups: trekking, backpacking. Tower: home renovations Strenght: Pets Care. Any to share?

I feel very uncomfortable with reading the tarot for people so much so that I freeze, I mean, I literally freeze. I know the meanings and could say them, but something inside of my freezes up. Especially if they seem sceptical. I can talk in front of people just fine until it comes to this. I can't reven ead the cards for people because of this. I can do it if I'write the reading, but I know most people want their cards read by chat or zoom now.Has this ever happened to you? What did you do?

Hello, I always have trouble with the court cards. There are two major issue that I am experiencing: 1) The kings and the queens In almost every reading that I do, they make an appearance. But I find it hard to understand the following: • Who is this person that the king/queen is representing in a reading? For e.g., if I am reading on a topic related to my work and if I get King of swords, then I want to know if this king of swords is my boss or a co-worker or a new client. • How is this person related to the topic or to the other people (the other kings/queens) involved in the situation/appearing in the reading? For e.g., • If I get King…

Just wondering whether you should be in a particular state of mind while doing a tarot card spread? Is it better to be calm and relaxed? What if your emotions are heightened?