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Also, I took a basic Tarot class last year. It was all day long, and it taught the history of the Tarot and the artwork on the Rider-Waite deck, as well as going through the cards one by one. It covered the symbolism of the suits and the colors and numbers.
The instructor, however, told us not to use the book too much at first. He said pull cards, lay them out, do spreads or whatever, but look at the cards and see what impressions you get. What do you see in the cards/what is yourself telling yourself.
I still try to do that, and then I look on the above website to see if there are any similarities. Sometimes there are, sometimes there aren't.
The last full moon of this decade is on 12/12 and happens at 12:12 Eastern.
That's 4 sets of 3 (1+2) and the total of the date/time is 12 which is 3.
3 - mystical, magical, mysterious
Cleanse your tarot cards by putting them in the light of the full moon.
The last full moon of this decade is on 12/12 and happens at 12:12 Eastern.
That's 4 sets of 3 (1+2) and the total of the date/time is 12 which is 3.
3 - mystical, magical, mysterious
Cleanse your tarot cards by putting them in the light of the full moon.
I am not an expert, and I'm fairly new to Tarot myself, but I would advise you to start with the Rider-Waite deck, which is the original. There's a whole interesting history behind it, and it is considered the "standard". I took a class, but everything I learned there you can look up online. Each suit (swords, wands, cups, pentacles) represents some aspect, as do the numbers and the characters depicted.
Basically understand that the cards themselves have no magic, but they serve as a visual for you to focus upon and pick up and read into that which is beyond which we can see; in other words, psychic energy.
Some people I know have many decks. I have two, the Rider-Waite and a set of shamanistic cards that I haven't explored two deeply. Someone else I know has Medicine cards, which depict animals and their meaning derived from indigenous traditions. I really like that deck.
One more thing. The Rider-Waite deck (and probably all of them) comes with a little booklet that includes someone's interpretation of the meaning of the cards. While it's good to get the basics down, the guy who gave the class I took (and he is pretty well-known in reading circles) said that for the first year at least, try not to use the book too much but rather rely on training yourself to see what YOU see in the cards, because that's what's most important. The other thing I thought was important that he said is that people often assume Tarot is a predictor of things to come, but it's really an oracle, which means it's revealing the hidden side of what is here and now.
Anyway, good luck. Check back in here if you like
I haven't picked up my own cards in a while. Think I'm going to do that on this rainy day.
I also would recommend that you buy the larger sized cards -- approximately 12 X 7 cm -- rather than the smaller size -- approximately 10 X 6 cm.
You might also want to look into what I refer to as "tell a story" cards, such as the Gypsy Oracle Cards. The deck I have is also from Lo Scarabeo, although they are of the smaller size.
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