Normally people pull 1 or 3 or 4 or 7 cards from 78 cards. There is no wrong way to pull the cards. More cards will give you a detailed prediction. One can even take 4 different decks and pull 1 card from each deck.
Before pulling a tarot card, one needs to clear his/her mind and calmly focus and ask a question. There should not be any presumptive answers in mind. Many tarot readers use crystals to enhance the cosmic energy to increase the accuracy in reading. Crystals interact with the body’s energy field, creating balance and alignment. Many people use crystals to remove stress and focus, while others believe that crystals have the power to heal physical ailments and illnesses. They have also been used in ancient forms of medicine and by priests to align the body chakras. And now, using crystals as an effective form of practicing self-care is becoming incredibly popular.
If you pull 1 card, that may give you an interpretation of how your day will go or how some upcoming event will go. You can maintain a journal to measure the accuracy.
If you pull 3 cards then the first card you pull will talk about your past, the second card will tell you your present condition and the third card will tell your future. Or it can also talk about your body, mind and soul respectively.
If you pull 4 cards, the first card will talk about your love life. The second card will talk about your finances. The 3rd and 4th cards will talk about your health and career respectively.
If you pull 7 cards, then they can represent the next 7 days and how they will go. Anyway, based on your questions, you can always customize your interpretations of the cards.
One thing you have to remember is that the Major Arcana cards have more gravity than the Minor Arcana cards. So, from these 3, 4 or 7 cards if you get one or more Major Arcana cards, that should be given more emphasis and the bigger picture can be crafted with the other cards. As an example, suppose you want to know about your career and you pull 3 cards- the results are 2 of Pentacles (Reverse), Page of Pentacles (Upright), Justice (Upright). You may interpret it like this- in the past, you were lacking balance in your career, now you are exploring new options, whatever happens, you will receive what you deserve based on your present and past actions. I am not any tarot reader and this example might seem pretty bland but I believe that to become a successful reader, one must have a good level of common sense and analytical cognition are necessary to link the cards based on scenarios. There are many other types of spreads like Celtic Cross or the Wheel spread etc., by which one can pull cards. Descriptions related to these are easily available on the internet.
How to pull cards from Tarot deck-
- Take the whole deck in your hand and think of a question for which you want an answer.
- The backside should face you, so that you cannot see any card’s front side.
- You can shuffle the cards or spread like a fan.
- Then pull any card(s). Your luck and energy will help you to choose.
- No need to replace the card you have chosen. Trust the divine.
- Now you can see the cards and interpret them.
Tarot card reading is no a science or an art, at least not yet proven. It is much more of a tool for a medium to have a peek into the future. It cannot work for you unless you actually literally meditate on the cards for a long time. When you shuffle and lay down the cards, then shuffle and lay them down again, it is much less of a reading and much more of a trance. A story is unfolded, the pictures talk to you – this is why it is not possible to discuss meanings of all combinations. It depends upon the scenario. Meaning and sense comes on its own. It isn’t about which picture/card represents what, but more about how they speak to you. Otherwise, any kind of tarot reading will fail unless the person has the ability to talk to them.
And there are rare people who would have such an ability. Most people usually struggle to see their own future let alone others’. To be a tarot card reader, one needs to be spiritually gifted, meditative, calm, composed. Many people who consider themselves as psychic or tarot readers, are just trying to avoid responsibility. Moreover, such abilities might be uncontrollable. Sometimes, a tarot reader may become a psychic, other times she may be a normal person.
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