Beginners Tutorial To Reading Tarot Cards

Over the next Nine days I will be writing a beginners tutorial to reading Tarot cards. I will do my best to assume that you have no knowledge of reading for others and will attempt, with this Tutorial Series, to take your readings to a place that gives you greater confidence and adds greater depth and subtly to your interpretations. This tutorial will help you understand the following:

1. How to choose the right Tarot deck for you!
   • Which we will cover in this introduction.
2. Learn the 78 divinatory meanings of the cards.
3. Put this new found knowledge into place by looking at two card readings.
4. An introduction on the Elements.
5. Three card readings.
6. Introduction to reversals.
7. An introduction to the Celtic Cross Spread.
8. Putting it all together with loads of practice examples.
9. An increase in understanding and confidence with your own abilities.
10. Understanding the importance of communication.
    • In fact this is the most important skill you will learn.

The Tutorial Series aims to give practical advice to people wanting to learn the Tarot. I try and avoid unnecessary theory where possible; if I think it’s important I’ll do my best to explain why I think it’s important and also how this theory can help you on a practical level. This Tutorial Series will also focus heavily on practical real life examples which I hope will take a lot of the mystery out of reading with Tarot cards.

I want to mention just one or two further points before we begin looking at choosing a Tarot deck. Although I do my best to assume no knowledge of the Tarot, I also do my best to make this as practical a tutorial as possible. This means that it may feel at times like I’m asking you to jump from one idea to another without time for reflection. I do this on purpose, to help build your confidence and to hopefully show you that a lot of things that have been written on this subject unnecessarily complicate the learning process; in fact most of what has been written only serves to undermine confidence.

How To Choose A Tarot Deck That Is Right For You

There are many myths surrounding this stage of learning. I won’t go into them here because I feel it’s unnecessary and wouldn’t necessarily help you in the context of this tutorial. This is my advice for choosing a Tarot deck:

Simply pick one that you like!

There’s no more to it than that really. It’s important you pick a deck you like and that you enjoy looking at it. I would suggest, for the purposes of this tutorial, sticking to a deck that has the standard 78 cards in it. Apart from that there is no rule for choosing a deck to learn with. I think it’s really important that you realise that the deck itself, for all intents and purposes, is the least important factor in a Tarot reading. Its only importance lies in making sure that you have a deck that you enjoy looking at.

For instance, when I was first learning the Tarot, the first deck that I bought was the Thoth Tarot deck. I hesitated because of the myths that I had heard surrounding the buying of a deck. I’m awfully glad I ignored those myths because, to this day, the Thoth deck is still one of my favourites; and the one I use most often with clients. However, if you still feel unsure with what deck to choose then I would like you read a brilliant guide written by The Tarot Sense – Choosing The Right Tarot deck.

Beginners Tutorial to Reading Tarot Cards

This post is part of the beginners Tutorial to Reading Tarot Cards. Follow this 9 day course (with weekends off – oh yes) and you will develop greater confidence and understanding in how to accurately read Tarot cards for others. This course assumes no prior knowledge.

1. Introduction.
2. A Guide to learning the divinatory meanings of all 78 Tarot cards.
3. Learning how to confidently do 2 card readings.
4. An introduction to the Elements that will help you develop and understand one of the most misunderstood areas of Tarot – Elemental Dignities!
5. Applying the four Elements to 2 card readings.
6. An introduction to Reversals and applying them to 2 card readings.
7. Using the information we have learned so far and combining it into a powerful three card reading.
8. Applying what we have learned towards the Celtic Cross spread.
9. Communication during a Tarot reading.
10. Reflecting on everything we have learned during this tutorial.

(Theoretically) Related Posts:

• Tarot and Astrology: going back to basics with a look at perception
• Showing the structure behind the Astrological Associations
• Timing and Predicting when Events will Happen with Astrological associations
• An Introduction To The Elemental Dignities Compendium
• Three Ways To Accurately Predict When Events Will Happen

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