The start of Tarot
Exactly when Tarot started is still to this day unknown, but there are however proof of Tarot cards being used as early as the fifteenth century and some of these Tarot decks are still around. In the 18th and 19th centuries people discovered that the true powers of Tarot cards where far beyond just a normal card game. The cards have then been created or changed by connections to the Kabbalah, Egyptian mysteries, Hermetic philosophy and secret societies such as the Order of the Golden Dawn. Today many psychic readers and online psychics use the art of Tarot.
Can anyone use Tarot cards?
Psychic readings and Tarot readings have always been portrayed as occult, dark and scary by “Hollywood” movies showing the typical old and ugly psychic living in a dark, dirty hole somewhere scary. You do not have to be a psychic to read Tarot cards. Practice and training of reading your intuition will get your Tarot reading skills improved quickly. Tarot is simply just another tool to reach and use the power of the unconscious, much like meditating, psychotherapy, visualization and interpretation.
No one can tell you the exact science about how Tarot cards work, there are a lot of different ideas. One interpretation is that all the energy from people that have meditated on the cards have created the energy, others say that the cards are simply a tool for communicating with your intuition, unconscious or spirit.
The Tarot Cards
A standard Tarot deck has 78 were 22 of the cards are “major arcana” or trumps for example The Lovers, The Fool, The Pope and The World. In the US the standard deck is the Rider-Waite deck. Even though it is certainly not the most attractive of Tarot cards the Rider-Waite deck is the most recommended deck to start out with if you are new to Tarot.
Tarot decks vary in look and graphics a lot while the basic meaning of the cards remain the same, but some Tarot decks are more suitable for specific types of readings.
What can Tarot Cards do for you?
It can help you with guidance and finding meaning through making the connection to your source or consciousness easier. It is simply a tool for connecting to you and reading the signs that were always there.
Most of us live our lives in a way that we let our conscious minds lead the way of our daily life, the Tarot cards helps you to connect to your inner guide and let that wisdom guide you in your choices and the paths you are choosing.
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