Category | Tarot Basics

Practicing your Tarot Reading Skills

Posted on 27 February 2010

Once you’ve become more familiar with your chosen deck you’ll probably be eager to start doing your own readings. From now on it’s going to be a case of practice makes perfect; the more readings you do the easier it will become. Start with an easy spread, the Celtic Cross is a great beginners spread [...]

Tarot Card Meanings

Posted on 17 January 2010

Tarot card meanings may vary from deck to deck but the basic symbolism and element stays the same. It’s the symbolism, and mood of the card that needs to be interpreted, not by simply regurgitating what it says in the book, but by letting your intuition decide how the message needs to be interpreted. Of [...]

Getting To Know Your Tarot Cards

Posted on 19 November 2009

There is such a vast selection of Tarot cards on the market that choosing your own deck can be a daunting process. Often the retailer will have a display deck and images are always available online so you can have a good look at each card. Hunt around until you find a deck that you [...]

About the Minor Arcana

Posted on 17 November 2009

The Minor Arcana cards represent the events we experience as we journey through life. Different decks depict different stories but the symbolism, lesson learned or moral of the story is carried from deck to deck with only a few minor variations. There are fourteen cards in each of the four suits, wands, cups, swords and [...]

About the Major Arcana

Posted on 15 November 2009

The Major Arcana cards signify major changes and karmic lessons. If we see many of these in the same spread then we can guarantee that there’ll be major changes going on in our life. The Major Arcana cards force us to analyse ourselves, they delve into our psyche, test our strength and our values and [...]