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Tarot Card Reading

Tarot Cards

Tarot cards are Divine interventions, coming from the Universe. Tarot card readers are mere channels or mediums of Divine Guidance. Situations and people are the only external factors that influence our lives. Situations like seasons and relationships are even more dynamic!

Among all these, we also go through challenges of having to make decisions; some short term and some long term. To add to all this, is our individual personality that plays a big role in how we approach different situations and our attitude towards the world around us!

Tarot cards represent situations, events and influences that affect people. They are designed to project the possibilities of a situation or influence.

Tarot readings encompass a number of different spreads. A spread is an arrangement of the cards designed for a particular type of question. A card may have a somewhat different meaning depending on what spread is being used, what type of question is being asked, and the card’s position in the spread.

The Tarot Deck

The Tarot deck is composed of 78 cards. For the purpose of divination, the deck is segmented into two parts, the Major Arcana and the Minor Arcana. The Minor Arcana is separated further into the group of face cards, known as the Court Cards or People Cards and Page Cards. The lessons, issues and influences presented by the Major Arcana cards tend to be of a more significant and persistent nature.

Although they answer questions and influence other cards in individual readings, the Major Arcana are also about life lessons. There is a well known story in Tarot, called The Fool’s Journey. The Fool card represents a young, inexperienced, open minded person starting down the road of life.

The Fool’s Journey tells of the learning experiences and lessons along the way, illustrated by the cards of the Major Arcana, and finally reaching The World, or Worldliness. The Court Cards or People Cards are often used to represent people in the life of the person for whom the reading is being done. The Page Cards more often represent shorter term influences, although they can still have very significant impact. The numbered cards of the Minor Arcana are also very interesting in that they represent a progression of states in the human condition.