So my question is, as someone who is a baby witch and felt very called to do tarot cards for myself and tarot in general. I've been doing a bunch of yes or no lately. Decided to give my hand at a try of a past present and future spread. Which I asked how do I get over my ex. My deck comes with a guidebook that includes up-right and reversed meanings. So I grab my journal, write down the cards and there meanings. Than I look at the meanings, and I start listening to what my thoughts are telling me about the meanings. I write it down. I'm am doing it right? The next time I do another reading, should I try it without guidance but look at the meanings for a proper reading?

I am thinking of challenging myself and committing to using the same Tarot deck, just that one, for one year and one day starting the next 1st of May. Then, on May the 2nd of next year, I will report on my experiences. Would any of you like to join me in this challenge?

If so, start thinking about which deck you will choose for the challenge.

As for me, I am undecided between:

• Leeza Robertson's Mermaids Tarot.
• Herbcrafter's Tarot
• Witch's Garden Tarot

I did a love reading for this month. I had an sp in mind but also wanted kind of a general reading.

My three cards were: the lovers, judgment, and wheel of fortune (all upright)

I didn’t ask for a specific outcome or anything, just a general sense of what is happening for me. I have my own ideas about how these cards come together, but I am new to tarot so any interpretation would be helpful! :)

I'm so interested in Minchiate Tarot after watching some review deck video. It seem that the Minchiate is quite similar the Marseille. I'm looking for books about Minchiate but I just found something likes "keywords" not a real document.

I did a mother wound spread ( if anyone is interested here it is https://benebellwen.com/2018/05/13/the-blessing-of-dodging-the-mother-wound/) using my El Dios de Los Tres deck and the first three cards I got to represent my mother were the page of cups reversed, ten of swords and seven of cups - emotional immaturity, victim mentality, blindness to the fact that she has a choice and resenting me for not making choices she wants.

Interestingly, I got the queen of wands in the position that was what the most valuable lesson she taught me…. I took that to mean that I was motivated to work on myself because I never wanted to be like her because I sure as hell didn’t learn how to be a queen from a reversed page.

I feel like this deck definitely has a sense of humour in its imagery and in some of its responses to me and I found the role reversal of the queen and page really interesting and kinda funny…I’ve always thought of court cards as being more literal but truth be told my mum has never acted like an empress or queen to me…she’s very emotionally immature and I’ve never seen her as a role model in any area of her life. Has anyone else had any funny role reversal moments like this?

When you all go to read, what (if any) little rituals do you do before hand? I've started getting kind of a routine down that seems to have increased my accuracy and an wondering what everyone else does/what you all have found helpful to increase your reading proficiency.

I usually will start by lighting incense and may hold my deck over the smoke. I'll also knock the deck. I then say a little prayer for guidance through the cards and then I start shuffling. I shuffle this out feels right, then I close my eyes and hold the deck, and if I feel at peace I draw. If not, I keep cutting until I feel at peace. Doing these things seems to have increased my proficiency

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Hi all - I am new to tarot and am using the Osho Zen tarot. Would love some help interpreting these cards.

for context: I asked about the following situation:

i am recently out of a 7 year relationship and have been seeing someone new for a few months but they have recently pulled away / cooled towards me. i asked if i should continue to see them or end it in order to not repeat the same patterns that existed in my previous relationship (them being uncertain about me and ending it).

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The relationship with this person felt wrong and something was missing. It did not work out. I wanted to ask who this person was deep inside? Knight of cups and two of cups A lover, romantic interest, connection. Clarifying cards, what kind of a lover? Three of cups and wheel of fortune Celebration, happy and lucky feeling card. I wanted just a card that represented him for overall I got The fool So was he too innocent and did not see that the relationship was coming to an end? What was the missing piece in this relationship? (The thing that was not done) Knight of swords and nine of wands Aggression and defensiveness. Honestly this is scary as it looks like someone who wants control of the other person (me) and somehow "own" me?!

Is it really the opposite? It is either Tarot hates me for ending this relationships or it is the opposite meaning? That I was the fool in the relationship and he could have tried to control me after getting married?

Hello everyone!

I’m curious on to those who only read upright, why is that ? And do you find ur readings to be more accurate ? If you read rx as well , how does it make ur readings feel and go, along with do you feel your readings become accurate ?

Personally for me , I read rx and feel like it gives me the message that I need to be hearing or a warning in a way of what could come up. However , I’m not always connecting with rx readings and I know I can read upright yet, don’t want my own bias (wanting the reading to be positive ) to get in the way of how I read.

i understand that the phases of the moon have special relation to tarot drawings, how about the total eclipse on monday?

Ran into an ex friend and was curious how they felt when they saw me. Pulled three of wands reversed and ace of cups upright as the clarifier?

Judgement inverted 3 of swords Tower inverted

(I interpreted as some sort of emotional release after self reflection) Asked what form it would come in

Cooresponding with the respective card in the previous list: 3 of Wands inverted 9 of pentacles Moon inverted

I interpreted as a realization causing a sort of over indulgence and catharsis

Final card was the king of cups inverted.

Any thoughts?

A book I have on Tarot (The Little Book of Tarot by Xanna Eve Chown) at one point describes something referred to as ‘Reconcilers’. It states and I quote:

“If you want to find out how to deal with the blockages suggested by a card reversal, you can deal another card on top of it, called a reconciler.”

“For example:

• You draw the Reversed Six of Pentacles.
• Upright, this would represent balance in financial matters. Reversed, it suggests you are giving out more money than you are getting.
• You deal a reconciler on top of it.
• This is the Empress, a card of strength and creativity, suggesting that these are the aspects you can draw on, to get through this challenging time.”

Yet when I attempted to search up more info on this method, I only come across ‘Reconciliation Spreads’ rather than the aforementioned concept, which leads me to question its validity, existence and usage.

If it IS an established practise, even if obscure, are you to draw a random card? And if so, if the drawn ‘reconciler’ card also happens to be reversed, do you render it upright, to present the energy needed to overcome or deal with a reversed card?

I am looking for a good way to study the cards. I'd almost like a daily look at a card and have a deep discussion on what each one brings. Ive been learning from tarot for dummies (it was the only one at my library) and am just finding it's an ok first look but I feel like there is more insight to be had. I feel like I need some different guides.

I would really enjoy a thread where we discuss each card and it's meanings. It would be cool if we could post our card from our decks of the "card of the day" and our understandings of the card but I am too green to lead this.

If there is something like this lmk, and if someone was willing to spearhead this I'd much appreciate!

my question was “how does x feel about me at this moment in time?”

for context, x is a person who has had a crush on me for some time now according to some acquaintances. i wanted to see what comes up in a reading. i pulled:

•8 of pentacles •death card

for the 8 of pentacles i assume this means that he is interested in me but thinks that he may need to out in a lot of effort or work for this relationship.

but the death card is what im having trouble with here. i dont know what to make of it and have no idea where to start?

can anyone drop their own interpretations for both cards below? ❤️

I was looking at the history of tarot and learned that the cards were invented in Italy in the 1400s and not used for divination until the 19th century. Anyone have insight on why that may be?

Hey all, open to anyone’s thoughts. Pulled the 8 of swords as my card of focus this week, then had a dream with a white wolf - encountered in the woods, as if it had been waiting for me, but in a non-frightening way.

I recently learned about tarot birth cards and mine is 10-1, magician and wheel of fortune. My understanding is that these two cards and the tension between them will be a central theme in my life story…. Freedom Vs fate, te vs tao, control and power vs humility and submission. Anyone have insights about this pairing of birth cards and what it means for my life path?

The cards keep telling me about a situation that took place in my past. Something, I wasn’t fully aware of until the cards spelled it out for me.

Personally, I don’t want to know about it. The situation was extremely painful and I can’t change it. Yet, the cards keep coming back to the same situation.

At first I thought I was imaging it, that maybe I was misreading the cards. But even when I’m doing a reading on a subject I’m not connected to, the cards keep rehashing the same story from my past.

I’ve cleansed the cards, used different tarot decks, Lenormand, Kipper, and all the decks keep talking about the same past situation. Let me add that the cards don’t show me the future. They just keep talking about the past. Maybe it’s me stuck in the past?

Has this happened to anyone before and if so, how did you deal with it?

I keep asking questions on how things will play out between my ex boyfriend and I. And other questions about him.

I keep being shown a water sign female alongside a water sign male in my pulls. It’s happened many times- To where now I am convinced the cards are REALLY trying to tell me something.

Could the water sign female be a third party he’s involved with? But then why the water sign male card? I have since looked up his natal chart and my own- We both barely have any water sign placements. His moon is air and his Venus is earth. My moon is earth and my Venus is air. He has mostly earth and fire.

Alternatively, I thought perhaps he’s acting or will act in an emotional way? But my ex is extremely emotionally controlled. Then I thought, could the water sign female be me? Because I am often moody and emotional.

Also interestingly, these two suits are not often aspected well. I’m shown a falling out between these two signs in many pulls.

What do you think this could be?

I had a super intense day yesterday and opened up my feelings to a platonic friend about it. They experienced much of it with me.

I feel ashamed, a bit, but also safe about telling this person my interior thoughts, so I pulled 3 cards for insights on this. How did yesterday affect my relationship with so and so? Below is my interpretation, but I would love more nuance from those more experienced and gifted than I.

8 of cups: this person is moving away in a few months, so I feel this is the tarot acknowledging that in a concrete way.

Ace of cups: Opening up strengthened our bond or started a new chapter.

Magician: resonates loudly. With this person, everything always seem to work out. We are magical together in general, so this vibe just got brighter. Telling them my worries leads to solution-seeking.

All three combined, I am reading this as even though our relationship is doomed by their impending move, yesterday was kind of a solidifying of our connection, allowing in more emotion or intuition and for us to be magic together.

Anything pop out to you all? Is this too pollyanna?

Edit to add: someone did a practice reading for me in another sub about this, and they pulled the King of Swords. overthinking!! could be me, could represent my friend. I wish I were better at tying all this together.

Just wanted to know bout a connection cause its been a month of no contact but he ia on my mind every single day im getting so tired and cant move forward.

I read professionally out of a tiki bar and I was wondering if anyone could recommend decks with a tropical aesthetic. I have a great collection of beautiful decks but it would be nice to have a few that really fit the space perfectly.

Just wondering what cards you guys think signify as ‘the one that got away’

Update** 🤭 thanks guys for the replies, and the question is in the context of someone that you wish to be with but “lost” 😅

Hi, I am a tarot beginner, I have mixed feelings about my apartment situation. I'm 20, a uni freshman (in my country, we graduate high school at 19 but that's irrelevant to this). Since September, I have lived in a big apartment with 3 girls (I've been in the same class with them for 8 years). The problem is, I don't feel at home there. I just can’t get rid of the feeling of not wanting to be there and wanting to go home where I feel less stressed (I live an hour away by train so I’m usually in the city during the week and go back home for the weekend). I don’t know how to describe it… I just don’t like to be there, don’t want to do things I like (reading books, watching movies or anything). I don’t even unpack my suitcase since I’m going away in a few days anyway. I am also having a problem with doom-scrolling on my phone while I’m there because it is like an escape from the reality of being there. It makes time go by faster – and the faster it goes the sooner I can go back home, right?

I am playing with the thought of moving out in the future – I feel weird in the apartment even if I’m there alone and I'm an only child so 3 roommates might be a bit too much and even though the apartment is bigger, it feels crowded and uncomfortable for me.

I did a reading about this whole situation and what came out was the king of swords as the main card, then temperance, nine of swords (which made me laugh, because the picture showed exactly how I was feeling for these past few days lol), then a two of cups came out and from what I read in the guidebook I didn’t understand it’s connection to the situation so I asked about clarification – queen of wands.

At the end, I asked if there was anything else the universe wanted to show me and the card "everything is fine" flew right out of the deck (I have the modern witch tarot deck where this is the card for ten of swords). I’m not going to lie - the last card made me cry a bit, I’ve been really stressed about this situation, and it felt good to have that kind of reassurance.

If there is anyone who could explain to me in more detail what these cards could mean, I would be grateful :)

I am going on a solo trip soon and kind of want to take my deck. I have a LOT going in and this will be the first time I have some actual alone time. If I keep them in my carry on / near me, it should be fine right? I guess I’m just worried about picking up a lot of different energies being so far from home.

Hello all! I've been stuck between a rock and a hard place trying to figure out what I should be doing career wise in my life. The current job I have is VERY creative focused (marketing and social media) and there is not a ton of money in it but with time I could move up to more management level stuff. Yesterday I got this very deep feeling that I should be switching to something much more fact based (going into family law to help queer families with life transitions) and it felt like home when I thought about it more. As these are two very different paths, I decided to ask my cards about it and the results I got somewhat confused me. I ended up doing a four card spread with my newish Alice in Wonderland tarot deck (which I am in love with by the way). Here are the results and my interpretation. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!

What was I put on this planet to do? (Knight of swords)

• Overcome obstacles, bring assistance and momentum to any situation, be brave and courageous for self and others

What type of job is aligned with my life purpose? (The empress)

• Maternal energy, feminine energy, loving others, a creator, a nurturer, creator of resources and abundance for others

Should I switch career paths? (The Devil)

• Be more ambitious, you're bound by the thoughts of what you can do, think bigger, release negative ideas

How can I best live out my destiny? (The fool)

• Embrace change, connect more with the divine, discover one's true self, there's something more that you have not thought of yet

From what I am getting from this, my path is still undefined and that I need to keep digging deeper into myself to find what I love and allowing divine timing to show me what my path is in due time. Is this relatively accurate?

Out of all the cards, I believe 7 of swords is the hardest

What's your take on interpretation?

Hi! I’ve been dabbling with tarot cards on and off for a few years, just using my intuition and a book i got from 5 below as a reference. But I would like to actually start practicing more seriously and often.

My question is how do you learn the cards and their meanings? What resources did you use to learn?

How my tarot readings for myself usually go

-I’ll cleanse my deck and self -shuffle deck while concentrating on topic I want guidance on -spread cards face down and pick 3 that speak to me.

I’ll interpret them by looking at them and analyzing with my intuition what I think the card means and then I write it down

Then i usually google what it means and compare. I’m usually spot on but I would like to loose the google aspect eventually if possible.