Study Guide To The Beginners Tutorial To Reading Tarot Cards

This is the final post on the Beginner’s Tutorial To Reading Tarot Cards. At some point I may write some tutorials that look at expanding and adding to the techniques we have already learned. However, I want to use this time to reflect on a few of the key concepts and techniques we have learned.

The Difference Between Work And Play

I have talked a lot about practicing the techniques that I have laid out in this Tutorial Series, but it’s really a double edged sword because there is a point where practicing too much can actually take you further from the goal of delivering a great Tarot reading.

In the Western culture there is a heavy focus on hard work; hard work that eventually, through sacrifice, brings success. This focus does not translate well to Tarot readings. Naturally, you do have to practice the techniques, but as I said in my previous post, there is a point in a reading where the focus on the cards will naturally reduce; this is the point where intuition comes in.

When I think of hard work I think of ‘no fun’. I do not associate hard work with fun. It’s really important that you have fun learning Tarot. The more fun you have the more likely the intuition will just start to flow. In fact, if you work too hard at reading Tarot cards, you will most likely forget to enjoy yourself and the intuitive quality that you can bring to a reading becomes further and further removed from your ability to apply it.

I have tried to show that you only need a few techniques to deliver an outstanding reading; the less you know the more you will be able to offer. What are you offering? You are offering your intuition.

I would suggest practicing all the techniques in this Tutorial Series up until the point you don’t need to think about them anymore. Then, to put it simply, forget about them.

When practicing, it is vital not to read for yourself or others. Instead, view the practice as nothing more than telling a story; which is all a Tarot reading is anyway, only the story you tell does not involve you or anyone you know. That way you will be completely free to experiment with any one of the techniques you want to focus on.

Giving A Reading For Someone Else

There will come a point when you will want to read for someone else. When that point comes do your best to relax, and to relax the person you’re giving a reading for. When the reading starts, don’t worry if you don’t remember anything. In fact, that is a good sign. Allow your ’story telling’ abilities to come through; another way of saying this is to allow your intuition to shine.

How to study the techniques

1. Deal out a card, name it and two keywords
2. Name the Element associated with the card
3. Name some key concepts associated with that Element
4. Repeat until it starts to feel like hard work

I’d then move onto the second stage of the practice session.

1. Deal out two cards
2. Use the Elements and the Keywords to tell a story
3. Repeat until it starts to feel like hard work

I’d then move onto the third stage of the practice session.

1. Deal out three cards
2. Use the Elements and the Key words to tell a story
3. Repeat until it starts to feel like hard work

I’d then move onto the fourth stage of the practice session.

1. Deal out the Celtic Cross
2. Use the Celtic Cross, Elements and key words to tell a story
3. Use the time to work on your communication skills. Imagine you are telling the story to someone else
4. Repeat until it starts to feel like hard word

I’d then move onto the final stage of the practice session.

1. Do a reading for someone else
2. Forget all the techniques that have been learned
3. Help create a relaxed atmosphere
4. Go crazy with the intuition
5. Repeat until it starts to feel like hard work

It is not necessary to use the structure that I have just outlined. I’ve mentioned it to give you some ideas on how to approach your study. It is also not necessary to complete all the stages outlined above. Simply decide what area you would like to work on and practice. In fact, just practice whatever technique takes your fancy. Once it becomes unconscious (the ‘forgetting’ part) move onto another technique.

The Main Technique I Use

Three card readings seem to work best for me. They are short enough and yet complicated enough to allow me to practice everything I want to work on.

I often deal out three cards from the top of my deck followed by another three cards and another and another, until I have run out of cards. It doesn’t take long. Remember, when it feels like work, stop. It’s much more important to allow your intuition to develop that it is to ‘put the hours in’.

Conclusion

When all is said and done, more is said and done – Lou Holtz.

I hope you have enjoyed this Tutorial Series and I wish you all good luck on your journey. If you have any problems or anything that you would like to discuss with me concerning this tutorial, then please feel free to either leave a comment at the end of this post, or contact me via the Contact page and I’ll do my best to help you in any way I can.

This post is part of the Beginner’s Tutorial To Reading Tarot Cards

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