Beginning Tarot Practice

[Starman]

Inspired to start a very basic thread on beginning tarot practice and it is my intent to be very basic. Others with experience with Tarot are welcome to contribute, and I realize there may be differences in opinion on this subject.

We are not talking about what deck you use here, but I will be referring to the Rider-Wait Deck, which is the most used deck in the world. In my opinion the magic is not in the deck of cards, rather the magic is inside of you, and you form a relationship with the deck.

You also subconsciously, through handling your deck, let your soul or deeper being know that you are using this medium to communicate with it. Tarot readings are intuitive readings and in using the Tarot you can develop a stronger intuition. I started using the Tarot back in the 1970’s and what I share here comes from my process, everyone has their own process but there are some basics.

The first thing is to form a relationship with the cards, and you may do this by frequently handling your deck, when you are not handling your deck put your deck under your pillow and sleep on it, or put it in a place where you keep your personal items so that your energy will rub off and be infused in your deck of cards. Energy from your personal items and from you will make that deck better respond to you.

It does not matter what deck you use, you should use a deck that appeals to you, this will help you form a relationship with that deck. Like I said, I encourage others to give tips and pointers on Tarot as well, Or you can make your own deck; I have made two decks of cards from scratch over the decades and in doing so have put my presence in those cards.

But I am not going to go into making your own deck here because I have been told to keep it basic and for beginners, so please keep it basic. Questions and comments are encouraged but please no conflict.