Tarot Cards
Tarot A Beginner’s Guide 1
Before you learn all the tarot card meanings, it may be in your best interest to learn some of the basics: Tarot reading is the centuries-old practice of using a 78-card deck as a tool of divination—t...
Tarot A Beginner’s Guide 2: What are tarot cards?
Each card in a deck has its own unique imagery, and the deck as a whole is broken into two categories: the Major and Minor Arcana. The Major Arcana consists of 22 cards, spanning from numbers 0 ...
Tarot A Beginner’s Guide 3: What is the history of tarot?
Tarot cards are thought to have originated in the 15th century in Europe, more specifically in Italy, and originally the deck was called Tarocchi. The cards quickly gained traction throughout many oth...
Tarot A Beginner’s Guide 4: What was the original purpose of tarot?
While we know that tarot cards were used in aristocratic society, their original purpose is still not fully known. Whether they were family heirlooms to be passed down to the next of kin, simply a fun...
Tarot A Beginner’s Guide 5: What is the difference between tarot and oracle cards?
Tarot decks have to consist of exactly 78 cards made up of 22 Major Arcana cards and 56 Minor Arcana cards. No more and no less. They also need to include four different suits. In the traditional Ride...
Tarot A Beginner’s Guide 6: How can I learn how to read tarot?
Tarot as a tool of divination is meant to give clarity to the person being read for. That could be either you reading for yourself, you reading for someone else, or someone else reading for you. In or...
Tarot A Beginner’s Guide 7: How do you ask tarot questions?
When you are asking your tarot deck questions, it’s important to set an intention first. Try something like, “I call forth my spirit guides of the purest and highest intention to give me messages of c...
Tarot A Beginner’s Guide 8: Why is it important to clean tarot?
If you’re the owner of the tarot deck you’re reading from—so, reading for yourself—keep your deck clean and treat it with care. Clean your deck by smoking it using sustainably harvested sage or palo s...
Tarot A Beginner’s Guide 9: What are tarot card spreads?
The position of the cards that you put down on the table to be read is called a tarot spread, meaning that cards are placed down in a specific order and spot, and each placement has its own meaning. T...
Tarot A Beginner’s Guide 10: Which tarot cards represent which zodiac signs?
Although they are not intrinsically interwoven, there’s been a long-standing tradition of placing astrological influence onto each tarot card. This helps to get more accurate readings with timing and ...
Tarot A Beginner’s Guide 11: What is the most powerful tarot card?
Each of the 78 tarot cards holds different importance to each person who interprets them. The 22 Major Arcana cards are said to be representative of big, life-changing events in comparison with the Mi...
The Sator Square and its Potential for Tarot
The Sator Square is an old Latin word puzzle. It’s made up of five words that read the same in every direction—left to right, right to left, top to bottom, and bottom to top. The five words are: OPERA...
Tarot Cards Divination Techniques for a Solitary Pagan Practitioner
Tarot cards are a popular divination tool that can provide insight into a variety of different areas of life. They consist of a deck of 78 cards, each with its own unique meaning. To use tarot cards f...