Tarot for Beginners E-Book

Sybil Wolfe

• Herausgeber: Sybil Wolfe
• Kategorie: Ratgeber
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2023

Beschreibung

A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO LEARNING EVERYTHING ABOUT THE MYSTICAL WORLD OF TAROT TO GIVE ACCURATE AND SEAMLESS READINGS!

So, you want to learn Tarot, but you're not sure where to start.

Tarot readings can help you gain insight into your life, relationships, and future. They can provide guidance and support during difficult times, and give you a new perspective on situations.

And it's no secret that Tarot readings can be incredibly helpful and insightful, but learning the meanings of all the cards and how to do a reading can seem daunting at first.

It can be overwhelming when you don't know where to start, especially when it comes to learning something new. There's so much information out there, and it's hard to know what's true and what's not.

But, lucky for you, you've found the solution to your problem!

Tarot for Beginners is the perfect guide for anyone who wants to learn this ancient divination practice. In this book, you'll learn everything you need to get started, from the basics of reading Tarot cards to more advanced techniques like card symbolism and intuition development.

This step-by-step guide breaks down everything you need to know about Tarot readings, from understanding the symbolism on each card to practicing your intuition with simple exercises!

Be mystified and discover:

• The history of the cards: The best way to build a strong foundation for learning is by going back to the beginning. Know everything there is to know about Tarot cards!
• Arcane secrets explained to beginners: Decode the deeper meaning behind the symbolism of each card and take your readings to the next level.
• How to trust your intuition: With exercises that you can do at home to practice your intuition and feel the truth of the cards in your veins.
• In-depth and detailed information: Learn everything from the basics to more advanced techniques all by reading this book! And by the time you're done, you'll be a master at Tarot.

Awaken your intuition and begin your glimpse into the future.

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Tarot for Beginners

The Ultimate Guide to Real Tarot Card Meanings, Simple Spreads, and Intuitive Exercises for Seamless Readings - Learn Symbolism, History, Secrets, Intuition and Divination.

Sybil Wolfe

Copyright

Copyright © 2022 by Sybil Wolfe

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Contents

Introduction

1.

Demystifying The Tarot

Tarot 101

The Key to Card Reading

What You Stand to Gain

Tarot Myths Busted

2.

The History Of The Cards

Only a Parlor Game…

The Tarot of Marseilles

The Rider-Waite Legacy

The Thoth Deck

3.

A Practice Of Your Own

The Essential First Step: Your Tarot Journal

It’s All in the Cards: Your Tarot Deck

Developing Your Practice

4.

Free Goodwill

5.

The Art Of The Spread

Single-Card “Spreads”

Three-Card Spreads

Four or More Cards

6.

Arcane Secrets: The Symbolism In The Cards

Spiritual Symbolism

Archetypes

The Significance of Color

Changing Times, Changing Symbols

Personal Correspondences

7.

The Cards Of The Major Arcana

How to Use This Guide

8.

The Cards Of The Minor Arcana

The Suit of Wands

The Suit of Cups

The Suit of Swords

The Suit of Pentacles

Final Words

Introduction

Thislittletomeis the last book you’ll ever need to read on the tarot. Yes, really.

The tarot, a simple deck of cards emblazoned with occult symbols, promises to reveal what is hidden. We consult the cards in search of answers, a glimpse of what’s to come in our lives. Each arcane image holds a message for us, should we be aware enough to recognize it and wise enough to heed it—and having picked up this book, you are well on your way to both wisdom and vision in spades.

If you have ever wanted to practice tarot but felt intimidated by its complexities; if you have seen evidence of your own psychic abilities and long to unlock your intuition and dive deeper into these powers of yours; if what has always stopped you from mastering tarot is the drudge of memorization, then this book is for you.

I have practiced tarot for more than twenty years and worked as a professional card reader. In my years of building a relationship with the deck, there have been many ups and downs, trials and tribulations, struggles, and breakthroughs. I wrote this book because I feel called to share with you the simple truths about the tarot that I have learned through experience, to give you the keys you need to unlock tarot mastery without struggling as I did.

In these pages, I’ve passed to you everything I know about giving an effective and authentic tarot reading in clear language, busting a number of myths you may have heard along the way. If you follow along with me, you’ll learn how to recognize the symbolic images in the cards and use these clues to feed your intuition. You’ll practice trusting your gut when interpreting the cards so that you never have to memorize another card's meaning again—and when you stop reaching for the guidebook, insightful, powerful readings will flow naturally.

I’ve pulled a card for you, dear reader: it is the High Priestess. She has much to teach you if you follow her into the depths of your own consciousness. So, come along with us.

Chapter one

Demystifying The Tarot

Ofthemanymethods of divination, the tarot is perhaps the most quintessential and the most misunderstood. The cards are often featured in popular culture, typically in the hands of an antagonistic witch or gypsy feared and respected for her clairvoyant powers. She pulls Death from her deck, and the protagonist gasps in horror. With their ornate, symbolic artwork and promise of the future revealed, the cards fascinate and terrify in equal measure.

In recent years, public opinion of tarot has shifted. What was once considered heretical black magic is regarded more and more as a means for spiritual growth. Even still, the truth of the tarot remains obscured—intentionally, oftentimes, by tarot practitioners—and it is from this sense of the unknown that fear springs.

The essential first step in learning to read the cards is understanding what they are and how they work, so let’s pull back the shroud.

Tarot 101

The tarot is a deck of 78 cards: 4 suits of 14 cards, analogous to the suits of today’s familiar playing cards, and 22 trump cards. When used for divinatory purposes, the cards are shuffled, chosen, and arranged in what practitioners call a spread. A tarot reader then interprets or “reads” the cards in the spread based on their relative positions and arcane imagery. The goal is to divine guidance, and commonly, a specific question is asked of the deck.

Tarot can be practiced solo or with a group of “querents”—those who are seeking guidance—and done anywhere with minimal tools. The practitioner doesn’t even need to be in the same room as a querent; video calls work great for readings, while some readers prefer to write their observations down in private and deliver them to the querent that way.

The Key to Card Reading

Anyone can learn to read tarot cards and read them well. All it takes is a little bit of study and a lot of intuition. Intuition is key—it is the entire mechanism by which the practice of divinatory interpretation works.

Intuition is the ability to understand something without conscious reasoning. It is the voice in your head that is sometimes hard to hear over the din of life, the sensation in your gut when you know something is true but you can’t explain why. Everyone has the power of intuitive knowledge; it is innate to your humanity. Learning to harness this power and growing your intuitive abilities is what makes a great tarot reader.

When you read a tarot card spread, it is absolutely essential that you listen to what your gut tells you about the meaning of the reading. If instead you lean entirely on the written card meanings, your reading will be flat, lifeless, and probably nonsensical.

The tarot doesn’t reveal truths to you so much as you reveal truths by the way you intuitively interpret the cards. This seemingly subtle distinction is everything. The power of divination comes from within you, not from the tarot deck. We’ll cover all you need to know about tapping into your intuition in this book!

What You Stand to Gain

Unlocking your intuition and learning to read the cards will benefit you in many ways. Here are just a few of the things a tarot practice can bring to your life.

Clarity and decisiveness: Tarot cards excel at helping us make difficult decisions—not because they provide clear instruction, but because they help us see the situation clearly for what it is.New perspectives: You will likely intuit messages from the cards that challenge your way of seeing things, or you may have ideas you never would have considered without their guidance. Improved relationships: When it comes to relationships (romantic, friendly, familial, or professional), the cards can help you find compassion for others and empower you to communicate your needs and feelings.Confidence and self-love:Building your intuitive power will naturally build your confidence as you learn to trust yourself.Living your best life: The tarot can help you not only identify patterns in your life but find the root cause of them so that you can break them for good. With regular practice, you’ll start to realize your highest self.Comfort in hard times: You can turn to your tarot deck when your mind is clouded with troubled feelings. The practice itself is meditative and calming, and the guidance you’ll find in the cards can bolster your resilience.Inner peace: Stick with your practice, and you’ll cultivate a sense of deep, spiritual calm.

Tarot Myths Busted

“I can’t read tarot cards because I’m not a psychic.” This belief is as widespread as it is patently false. Tarot, like much divination, is an intuitive practice, and while it may come naturally to some, using your intuition is ultimately a learned skill, not an inborn talent. My aim with this book is to give you everything you need to tap into and embolden your inner voice—the one and only way to deliver authentic, intuitive tarot readings.

“Tarot cards are magical objects imbued with power.” You might be surprised to learn that this is untrue. Your deck of tarot cards is just a bunch of pretty cardstock, no more magical than any piece of paper—save for the energies you have transferred to it! The power lies entirely in the reader, who simply uses the cards as a tool to channel energy and tap into inner guidance.

“I can’t remember all of the card meanings, so I have to keep the guidebook close by when doing a reading.” This myth is the most insidious of all. Your ability to read the cards relies almost entirely on your ability to tap into your inner guidance. Every time you reach for the reference book to look up the meaning of a card, you’re missing an opportunity to stretch that intuitive muscle. The card meanings are important, and Chapters 6 through 7 include no-nonsense interpretations for you to refer to, but in Chapter 5, I’ll reveal the secrets to using them to strengthen rather than silence your inner voice.

“Tarot cards are a fortune-telling device used to predict the future.” The truth is that tarot cards and other divination methods are much less about predicting the future and more about guiding the querent towards their own inner truths so that they can live to their fullest potential. The cards can show you the future, but it is not an inevitable, deterministic future. It’s a reflection of the querent’s innermost hopes and fears, a mirror held up to their subconscious. The real power of tarot is to deliver not divine guidance, but inner clarity. I’ll reveal the number-one key to developing an intuitive tarot practice in Chapter 3.

“I can’t buy my own deck of tarot cards; I have to receive them as a gift, or else they won’t work.” This myth is not just a harmless superstition—it’s gatekeeping in action! Nothing needs to stop you from beginning your tarot practice, least of all waiting for a loved one to take the hint. I am giving you permission right now: buy your own damn tarot cards.

“Tarot cards are evil, Satanic, and dangerous.” Oh, please. There is nothing malicious about tarot cards, and the only danger in asking questions to the cards is that you might get an honest answer you aren’t ready to hear.

Whether you’re brand new to the cards or seek to deepen your understanding and improve your practice, I hope you’ve learned something about tarot in this crash course. In the next chapter, I’ll unveil the true history of the tarot: far from demonic, it began as a parlor game!

Chapter two

The History Of The Cards

Itisnocoincidence that the four suits of the tarot so closely resemble the four suits in a standard deck of playing cards. Tarot cards originated as playing cards, and what makes them unique from others is the trump suit or major arcana.

Only a Parlor Game…

The origin of playing cards is unknown, but they seem to have first appeared in Europe around the late 1300s, likely due to trade with Middle Eastern countries. We don’t know what these first European cards looked like or how they were played. Surviving records of the card games of this time mostly exist because they were banned in many places as the cards caught on in Europe. The first known tarot deck that included the major arcana—again, this is what distinguishes the tarot from any other deck of cards, not the purpose for which it is used—was recorded around 1450 in Italy. By this time, it was standard to depict religious symbols on playing cards because this was a common language that was understood by all, regardless of education.

By the Victorian era, tarot cards were quite popular as a parlor game throughout England, France, and Italy. The game of tarot was played similarly to modern Bridge. As civilization marched forward, the wealthy classes grew in number, and leisurely activities like playing cards became a symbol of status and a common feature in well-to-do homes across Europe, with the wealthy commissioning custom-painted tarot trump cards.

…with a Touch of the Occult