| Tarot cards are an extremely popular mystical oracle. | | | | have chosen and will lay them out in a format. There |
| It is one of the few oracles that most people feel | | | | are a variety of formats to choose from, each one |
| comfortable to attempt on their own. | | | | representing a different thing. |
| You do not find many people attempting to read palms | | | | 3) But it does not really work, right? |
| or to contact the dead, but you do see a large amount | | | | Wrong. If you go to a tarot reader who has had |
| of people purchasing tarot cards, determined to | | | | practice, and enjoys doing what they are doing, than |
| master them. There has long been a debate about the | | | | you will likely get an extremely accurate reading. |
| necessity of psychic ability, whether hidden or not, in | | | | You will probably be asked if you would like to ask a |
| reading tarot cards. I, myself, pondered this very | | | | question before the reader interprets the cards. Some |
| question, and in trying to find the answer, learned a little | | | | people choose to ask a question, and others do not. |
| bit more about the tarot cards. | | | | Do not get upset if your question does not get |
| 1) The Mysterious History | | | | answered. |
| One of the very interesting things about tarot cards is | | | | Often, the cards reveal what you NEED to hear, not |
| that there is no concrete proof about where they | | | | what you want to hear. Just like any other |
| originated from. Some say that they began in Italy, | | | | fortune-telling phenomenon, the results you get from a |
| while others believe that they came from China, and | | | | tarot reading may scare you. |
| still others say that they are the creation of the | | | | So how do they work? That is a question that has yet |
| mysterious Egyptians. It is believed by some that they | | | | to be completely answered, and is also one that leads |
| were created all the way back in 1400. | | | | us back to our original question. Some people believe |
| The majority of people believe that tarot cards were | | | | that you need to be psychic in order to determine |
| invented by the Gypsies. This rag-tag band of fortune | | | | what the cards are trying to say. Others believe that |
| tellers crossed almost all of the continents at one point | | | | learning to read the cards is just about practice and |
| in time, and made their fortunes by fleecing gadjo, | | | | learning to trust your instincts. |
| which is their word for non-gypsy folk. | | | | As to what I believe? I have always believed in intuitive |
| To do so, they used to read palms, throw stones, and | | | | powers and having a good intuition give you that extra |
| tell the future by looking into crystal balls. There is | | | | advantage to do a good tarot card reading. I do know |
| rumor that more than one gypsy actually had psychic | | | | that I purchased my first tarot deck quite a few years |
| ability, but we will never know for certain how many. If | | | | ago. I then took the deck and tried to learn as much as |
| psychic ability is truly a product of the mind, a piece of | | | | I could about every card that was in the deck. The |
| it that is not used by many people, than it makes | | | | only problem was that it got extremely confusing. I |
| sense that the ability to tap into the power could pass | | | | decided, instead, to go by what the pictures were |
| down through gypsy progeny. | | | | revealing. |
| 2) The Basics | | | | The more I use tarot cards, the more I realize that my |
| There are some basics that you should understand | | | | intuitive powers are increasing each and everyday. It |
| about tarot cards. There are 22 major arcane and 56 | | | | just happens and you will know it when it happens. |
| minor arcane, for a total of 78 cards. The major | | | | Each picture is extremely revealing and tells a story all |
| arcane cards are meant to show life journey. | | | | on its own, if you look at it right. I then tried the cards |
| The minor arcane cards look more like the regular | | | | on a few close friends, with mediocre results. |
| playing cards, with suits, such as wands, cups, | | | | It was not until late one night at work, when I tried the |
| pentacles and swords. Each card has a different | | | | cards on a co-worker, that I was really astounded. The |
| meaning, and the meanings together tell a sort of story. | | | | cards revealed an entire different side to him; a side I |
| It is this story that winds up being what is known as | | | | knew nothing about. We both left, shaken, that the |
| the tarot reading. | | | | cards could be so powerful. |
| In most readings, you will sit down with a reader. You | | | | Does this mean that I have hidden psychic abilities? |
| will then be asked to shuffle the cards. There are a | | | | Does it mean that the cards are all that is needed in |
| variety of ways that this occurs. Sometimes you do a | | | | order to delve into someone soul? The only thing I do |
| normal card shuffle, as you would a regular deck. | | | | know is that, when read by someone who enjoys |
| Other times you are asked to drop the cards and just | | | | doing it and practices, they tend to reveal what is truly |
| pick out a few. | | | | in your heart. |
| The reader will then take the specific cards that you | | | | |