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Monday, May 20, 2013

Tarot Reading: The Basics of Tarot Cards

The most popular version of the Tarot was established in 1910 by the artist Pamela Colman-Smith. She worked under the guidance of occultist A.E. Waite. The Waite deck was the first tarot deck to include symbolic imagery on all 78 cards.

The tarot has its roots in many different philosophical and religious backgrounds. It originated in a time imbued with symbolic imagery that was influenced by many cultures, languages and historical references. The tarot’s symbolism is based on archetypal elements and metaphors, giving its imagery an universal appeal. Regardless of one’s cultural, religious or educational background, the Tarot experience is collective. Their interpretations are recognizable by everyone.

The modern Tarot deck is comprised of 78 cards, 40 in the minor arcana, 16 court cards and 22 cards that make up the major arcana. The 16 court cards consist of pages, knights, queens and kings. The four suits in the minor arcana include the Suits of Cups, Swords, Wands and Pentacles. Each Suit is connected to one of the four elements: Earth, Air, Fire and Water. They are also connected to the four directions: North, South, East and West. The imagery of Tarot reflects an association to these elements. This enables the tarot reader to identify the key aspects that are influencing a particular situation or individual.

The Suit Cards

In tarot, the cups suit represents the dream world, the unconscious, feelings and relationships. The wands suit represents fertility, creativity and one's sense of purpose or career endeavors. The sword suit represents reason, life challenges, the mind and truth. And lastly, the pentacles suit represents the material, financial and ethical aspects of a person’s life.

There is a king, queen, knight, and page in every suit as well. They are referred to as the court cards and each one (excluding the page cards) has an astrological sign associated to it. This adds yet another level for interpretation in tarot card readings. To be helpful, here are the astrological associations. I often encourage people to identify their sign and the associated tarot card meaning. This can offer tremendous insights into ones strengths and vulnerabilities.

* Aries: King of Wands
* Taurus: Queen of Pentacles
* Gemini: Knight of Swords
* Cancer: King of Cups
* Leo: Queen of Wands
* Virgo: Knight of Pentacles
* Libra: King of Swords
* Scorpio: Queen of Cups
* Sagittarius: Knight of Wands
* Capricorn: King of Pentacles
* Aquarius: Queen of Swords
* Pisces: Knight of Cups

The Major Arcana Cards

The Major Arcana cards reflect where one is in his or her life’s journey. There are 22 tarot cards in the Major Arcana. The first half of the Major Arcana (the Fool through the Hermit) identifies the transition from child to adult and all of the challenges we must face as we progress into a deeper level of maturity and spirituality.

The second half of the Major Arcana (The Wheel of Fortune through the World) reflects our personal and spiritual world view. In a tarot reading, the second half of the major arcana typically points to a more inward-looking stage or process in our development. Keep in mind, this does not always happen in procession. In fact, in some areas we are still the “fools” while in other areas we can be the “The Hermit".

The Minor Arcana Cards

The Minor Arcana, or Pip cards, are the numbered cards (1-10) that comprise each suit. The Minor Arcana reflect day to day issues. They can represent how you interact with people, your work, your emotions, your finances, and your personal relationships. In a tarot card reading, the minor arcana reveal the who’s, how’s, and what’s. There is no sense of permanence. If there are a number of minor arcana suit cards in your spread, know that you can make changes, work through blocks, and understands where you are emotionally.

Interpreting Tarot Card Meanings

They key to understanding tarot card meanings is to not always be literal. It often requires one to attach their own life experiences to each of the tarot cards. Tarot card meanings can also vary depending on the type of reading that is being done or even where a particular card might appear in a tarot spread. Upside down cards, known as "reversed tarot cards", also have their own unique meanings as well.

The Basics Of Tarot Reading

Now that you know a little about the basics of the tarot cards, we can now look at what you can expect from your first tarot card reading. Most readings typically consists of shuffling the deck, drawing a set number of cards, and placing them in a specific configuration known as a "tarot spread". There are hundreds of tarot spreads in use today, but most psychic tarot readers tend to favor some spreads more than others. They will often use different tarot spreads for different types of readings as well.

Once the cards are pulled and placed in a spread, the tarot reader will begin to interpret the symbols of the cards. Often they will point out the implications of the past, what is happening in the here and now, and what will influence your future. You may ask particular questions and additional tarot cards may be drawn for specific areas of your life. The configurations the cards are placed in add to the complexities of their meanings.

The tarot’s power lies in its ability to distinguish a person’s path through the psychic ability or intuition of the tarot reader. In some cases, a psychic tarot reader will rely primarily on their own psychic abilities to interpret the cards, while a non-psychic tarot reader will rely more on the tarot card meanings themselves. Either way, trust the cards can do their job and ask a lot of questions.

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Tarot 101: The Basics

***Phone Psychic: Accurate Answers, Your Part in A Good Reading, as the Caller

Phone Psychic: Accurate Answers, Your Part in A Good Reading, as the Caller

Caveats about Integrity:
This article begins with your call. It assumes you have done your homework choosing whom to call. Briefly re that: Integrity on both sides is a good thing. There is a world of dishonest psychics, and a pool of dishonest 'clients.' May they eat each other. Something for nothing is usually worth the money—enough said about that. Avoid ads with silly promises, avoid self-inflating ads like 'God gifted,' 'amazing,' and so on. Avoid psychics who take only Western Union; credit card merchant processors have standards! Avoid tacky web sites, the gaudy 'psychic to the stars' presentation. Avoid religious claims like 'brother Tom' or 'sister Mary.' If you can, get a recommendation from a friend. Avoid anything about spells unless YOU are informed on that subject and want to do that. And if you are asked your mother's maiden name and your Social Security number, report the incident to the advertiser and to the police, not that it will do much good. Also, the large psychic 'hot lines' with all the advertising pay the psychics 25 cents or so a minute, charge you MUCH more a minute, and then sometimes bill you for calls you didn't make, probably hoping you are too embarrassed to admit to your credit card company that you call psychic lines. Some of the psychics on those lines are good. You can't interview them first, though, before you decide; and, at 25 cents a minute, they may not be there that long. You will lose your contact with them.

Be undistracted:
People call while they are driving, eating, shopping, imbibing, dealing with screaming toddlers. You the Client are half the process. Your half of the reading is a real factor in your result! Call when you are calm and objective, or as close to that state as you can be. You can or may still get a good reading when you are upset, distracted or under the influence, but (1) maybe not and (2) you might not remember it, and you paid for it.

Introduce yourself: What does she do? What do you want?
Just as some construction workers are electricians and some pour concrete for the foundation, psychics too focus more on one aspect of the trade than another. Ask the psychic "What do you do? What are you good at?" If she says she is equally good at everything, she may be an idiot. (Ask her for all the winning lottery numbers in every state, and the date and place to buy the ticket.) If she is a medium and you want to know when and for how much your house will sell, she may not be your best choice now. She may not want to say that, either. Ask. Introduce yourself to her, and let her introduce herself to you.

During this introduction: gut check! Do we have a rapport going? You are half the reading; a good flow of communication is beneficial. You don't have to be best girlfriends. Do you two understand each other's manner of speech? Once on my ranch I answered the phone when the geese were screeching outside. A (probably rural) lady hollered "I don't want no barnyard psychic!" and hung up. She did the right thing: She 'got bad vibes,' so it wasn't going to work. The fact I am from Palm Beach is beside the point.

Now talk money:
What are your questions, and what is your budget—if that matters to you. It does matter to most of us. Can she do that for that much? No?--then what CAN she do for that much, for you today? Could you do part of it next payday? (I have told first-time callers, after they told me the things they wanted to know about, "Yes, I can tell you how he thinks and feels about you, what his motives, intentions and attitudes are toward you (or toward another) for $15 to $18.75; but that will leave you wanting to know the rest, to know more. I think you would be happier overall if you saved up $45 or $37.50 and called me then."

Know what your questions are:
Some psychics don't need a question. They are 'generalists.' Some of those are wonderful! They give out random information and predictions, whatever they get from their spirit guides. They see things, hear things, feel things. These workers will come out with 'they say' every once in a while, meaning whatever they are getting guidance from. When I was in third grade, a gypsy mother of a classmate accurately told me my life events past age 50, with no information from me! These psychics are less likely, perhaps, to give detailed answers to one subject. You can be lazy with them: Just listen to what they receive. That can be fun. That can even seem like a game. Most psychics are this category.

Some psychics do need a question. They are less likely to bring up a new subject to predict or give information on, less likely to volunteer unrelated pieces of information. But they are the ones who can minutely go into a given topic, who can give detail. They, for example, could delve into a criminal investigation or a mystery health problem or the psychology of a delinquent addict for an hour of minutia if that is what you want. They are better at combining practical and psychic information. You could take the discoveries of a generalist and have this category of psychic enlarge upon them, and have the best of both worlds.

Have a list of issues or questions either in mind or on paper. If you don't really know exactly, and want to have a reading, you may be just wanting to vent or talk, which is fine. Just start telling the psychic the situation, and either a question will fall out or the psychic will give you information, or she will ask if such-and-such is your question. This will get things started. Having a list of questions or subjects will usually save you about one-third of the minutes! Just chatting may be more satisfying but more money too. If you do the 'chat' route, be careful not to 'drown' the psychic in information. Too much information puts her mind in 'factual' gear, when it needs to be in 'psychic muse' gear. (When clients overload me with information they have the urge to talk about, I tune out so as to stay in 'psychic muse' mode. I tell them 'I don't need all this stuff.'

Tape recording saves you money:
Another way to save money AND have better use of the information is to tape record your session. That upsets some psychics; I don't know why. If you are calling mainly for psychological reasons, or psychological relief, playing back the reading will save you from calling to vent again because you can relive the whole process for free. If you are calling for factual reasons, the tape recording will remind you of things you would not have remembered the psychic said, when those things do come to pass. The tape recording may also contain answers you would have asked again because you don't remember you did ask them. (My clients who record are the ones who tell me I said something would happen, or something would be said by someone, that I have long forgotten.) If the psychic analyzes people and situations, hearing on your recording the 'why' of things, as more things happen, allows YOU to figure the situation yourself, allows you to step in and take more charge. You get the hang of what is going on, see the pattern yourself. That is what my purpose is, as a psychic, for you.

I have saved repeat callers who asked very similar questions say a week or less apart in long sessions a good amount of money by suggesting they record the sessions. They end up spending less by either calling with the same frequency but talking not as long, or they call less frequently.

Love and The Tarot: What The Tarot Can tell Us About Our Realtionships

Relationships aren’t easy. They require a tremendous amount of effort and commitment. There are, of course, those times where one feels lost and hopeless within their relationship. Misunderstandings and lack of communication seem to permeate everyday matters. Love feels as though it has been replaced with distrust and confusion. Obviously, there can be a number of issues that cause strife within one’s relationship. The difficulty often lies in an inability to uncover the causes and issues surrounding the discord within the nature of a relationship. So what can the Tarot really tell us about our relationships? Just about everything.

When we lack the faith and understanding, our behaviors tend to get rigid, pessimistic, and hostile. Letting ourselves be vulnerable proves to be quite difficult. We hide our feelings and become resentful. The Tarot offers a new perspective. It reveals hidden motivation, feelings and needs. The Tarot can offer a struggling relationship new hope.

The Tarot enables us to tap into our intuitive natures. Thus, it provides us with a new sense of awareness and perception. When applied to one’s relationship, awareness can often reveal the key challenges a relationship must overcome. The Tarot has the unique ability to identify not only your own needs, but the needs of your partner. It offers insight into one’s behavior patterns and projections that are influencing a relationship. It also reveals where both partners expectations may be unrealistic. Most importantly, it can redirect the energy of a relationship. It always offers a new way of seeing. Both partners may come to learn that their relationship is there to teach something.

Utilizing the Tarot can inspire a couple as it often can set a new course for a relationship. On some level, it is there to map out a new path for action. The Tarot reveals what needs to be accepted by each partner and what may need to be changed. It can also identify important challenges that may come up in the future.

When inquiring about love relationship, it is always important to get specific. Don’t be afraid to ask questions that get right to the point. Here is a list of some questions that can be very valuable when utilizing the Tarot:

1. What are the key issues that my partner and I are struggling with?
2. Where do my partner and I need to grow?
3. How might we overcome our difficulties?
4. What are the lessons we need to learn from each other?
5. What can I expect from my partner? What can they expect from me?
6. Where am I not willing to give of myself?
7. What do I need from my partner? What do they need from me?
8. What are the issues of my past that are affecting my current relationship?
9. What direction should my partner and I take?
10. How might we make our relationship more loving?

The list can go on and you are free to get as creative as you want. Using the Tarot with your partner can have tremendous results. It certainly helps a couple to feel a deeper level of commitment and intimacy. In truth, the tarot can help build a joyful relationship. It is there to ease a couples fears and get them back on track.