Witches, Wizards and Psychics, Oh My!
by Jessica Aspen
It’s late. The wind blows and the stars are out. A slim crescent moon plays hide and seek behind the thin veil of clouds. But none of this is of any concern to the group of teen age girls huddled around their leader: the tarot card reader.
She shuffles, then passes the cards to the person asking the all important question: Will he? Or won’t he?
The questioner shuffles, cuts the deck three times, then passes the cards over to the reader, careful that they face the correct way. Careful not to mess with destiny.
One by one the cards are laid out in a Celtic Cross. One by one they’re read. This describes the question. This crosses you. This is your answer.
We love their gorgeous artwork, but are skeptical and scared of their possibilities. Despite our fears most of us have at least sat down with a tarot card reader. Can something the size of a large man’s palm tell the future?
Like the Ouja board and Light as a Feather tarot cards rule the night and make their appearance at parties and social gatherings. Unlike its cousin, the cards have less opportunities for manipulation. I mean really, unless you are a very talented slight of hand artist, how can you make the same cards appear not once, twice but three times?
It must be real.
Tarot is a serious tool for psychics and especially useful to those who are not conversant with their psychic talents. If you are looking for a way to explore your talents tarot cards can provide a bridge to the other worlds and to our inner selves.
Interested in learning how to read the cards> One of the best ways is to spend time with your deck.
First, get quiet. Turn inward and find your center. Try a cleansing or centering ritual and then turn to your deck.
Next shuffle and pull one card, analyze what you think it means, then pull another.
See if you can tie the cards together. Can you piece meaning from individual cards? Do you see a pattern?
Next, use a tarot guide and try one of the spreads. The Celtic Cross is the most common, but try using a variety of spreads to find the one that works for you. I use the Celtic Cross most often because I find it addresses past, present and questioner, but there are other spreads that do other jobs better.
Want a fast answer to a question? Try making three piles. The first for the past, the middle for the answer and the third for the future. Don’t like those ideas? Make up your own, just be sure you have in mind what each pile represents.
And be careful what you wish for.
I’d love to hear about your experiences with the Tarot, leave a comment in the box for me and let’s have a discussion.
My sister bought me a beautiful pack of Tarot cards years ago but I never had the patience to learn how to use them. I’m going to go look for them & follow your instructions above.
That is the best way to receive the tarot, as a gift. In fact, I think the decks that work the best are the ones that have been given as a gift. Which deck is it? There are some really beautiful ones out there.
I don’t know much about tarot cards except for what I’ve read in books. I think they sound interesting if not slightly scary. But, heh, I’m scared of ouija boards.
Ouija boards are scary, because you are inviting in the unknown. But tarot cards are entirely different. The scariest thing about tarot cards is confronting the truth about yourself or a situation. I can’t tell you how many times people have told me that the cards are wrong, and then they come back later and tell me they were right, but they just couldn’t face it. Tarot is a conduit to your subconscious, and that can be scary!