Tarot for beginners ( english)

Cấu tạo bài Tarot Tarot là gì? Bài Tarot có tổng cộng 78 lá được chia thành 2 nhóm chính. Bao gồm Lá ẩn chính (Major Arcana) và Lá ẩn phụ (Minor Arcana). Mỗi lá bài Tarot đều ẩn chứa ý nghĩa xuôingược (tốt đẹp, xui xẻo) khác nhau. Cụ thể như sau: Lá ẩn chính (Major Arcana): Đánh số từ 0 – 21 và có ý nghĩa riêng biệt Lá ẩn phụ (Minor Arcana): Chia thành 4 nhóm chính, bao gồm Gậy, Tiền, Kiếm và Cốc Trong đó, Gậy là biểu tượng của Hỏa (nồng nhiệt, cháy bỏng, mạnh mẽ). Tiền là biểu tượng của Thổ (tiền bạc, bảo hộ, sự ổn định và ham muốn). Còn Kiếm sẽ biểu trưng cho Phong (ngoại giao, kiến thức và năng lực phán đoán). Cuối cùng là Cốc, đây là biểu tượng của Thủy (cảm xúc phong phú, tính chủ quan, tình yêu).

Tarot For Beginners

Lisa Boswell

-“Welcome to the Tarot For Beginners free guide!

My name is Lisa Boswell, and I specialize in teaching diviners like yourself how to make more detailed predictions

I have been reading Tarot ever since I was 7 years old I

am Romany Gypsy, and many of my family members are also fortune-tellers (think crystal ball readers and dream interpreters)

My Tarot journey began when I started ‘borrowing’ my older sister’s Tarot deck After a

couple of years I acquired my own and I have been obsessed with divination ever

since!

Although my family are diviners, I pretty much had to teach myself how to read Tarot

For the first decade, all I had to assist me on my Tarot journey was my deck and the

one small guidebook that came with my cards

Everything else I learned about Tarot, I had to discover through trial, error and lots of

practice readings

As I was left to my own devices, it took me a very long time to figure out Tarot For

example, I had been reading Tarot for ten years before I discovered what a reversal

was!

However, I have no regrets I believe that, when learning the basics, less is always

more Too many Tarot books and beginner resources confuse the budding Tarot

reader and overwhelm them with information I’m not going to do that

Through this guide, I’m going to teach you just enough to make sure you know the

basics of Tarot reading, so that you can learn what you need to know to be able to

read Tarot and leave the rest

Because I self-learned Tarot, I know what it is like to feel overwhelmed That’s why I

created this guide just for budding diviners like yourself If you ever get confused

over the meaning of a Tarot-related phrase, just come back to this guide

By saving and printing this guide you can refer back to it again and again If you’re

unsure how to save or print your guide to your iPhone or tablet, don’t worry as there

is a useful walkthrough on the next page

Finally, I want you to keep in mind that learning Tarot will be one of the best things

you ever do By reading Tarot, you can:

• Read Tarot for yourself or others

• Predict whether or not something is likely to work out

• Get advice on how to overcome your issues

• Make better choices

• Make predictions for your love life, career, business, health, spirituality, finances,

family, pets, friendships, and pretty much any other subject you can think of!

Good luck on your Tarot journey And, if you would like to go further than the basics,

feel free to check out my Tarot course, The Tarot Immersion or sign up for the free

workshop at the very end of this guide

I look forward to further assisting you during this adventure

Happy divining,”

Lisa xx 


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I’m super excited to get started on teaching you how to read Tarot cards, so let’s get

to it!

I’m pretty sure that, as a budding Tarot reader, you’re going to have a lot of questions

about how Tarot works, what Tarot is, and how you can get started reading Tarot

cards Therefore, for this section of this guide, I’m going to give you the very basics of

Tarot

From my experience as a full-time divination teacher, I know there are several

questions that potential Tarot readers have when they’re learning Tarot Therefore, this

section is going to be formatted in a Q and A style, and it will answer all the questions

I know you’re just dying to ask

“Can anyone read Tarot?”

YES! Anyone can read Tarot, especially if you have a strong interest in developing

your Tarot skills However, I will say that not everyone wants to learn how to read Tarot

You have to have some level of commitment and desire to read Tarot So, if you feel as

though you’re committed and ache to learn Tarot, you’re good to go!

“Do you need to be psychic to read Tarot cards?”

I believe that everyone is psychic and anyone can develop their psychic abilities To

read Tarot, you don’t have to consider yourself to be psychic – but just like all

creatures, you already are a little bit psychic!

That being said, you don’t have to have super strong psychic abilities to be able to

read Tarot Believe it or not, Tarot will actually improve your psychic abilities! So, you

don’t have to worry too much about the strength of your psychic skills

“Is Tarot dangerous or evil?”

No, Tarot is not dangerous or evil I’ve never been possessed yet!

“Is it true that you can’t buy your own Tarot deck?”

No! This is another urban myth of Tarot It’s not true that you shouldn’t buy your own

Tarot deck In fact, the opposite is true

The Basics

It’s better if you do buy your own Tarot card deck If you purchase your own deck, you

will instantly begin to form a bond with your deck and get used to its energy It’s

much more desirable if you go out of your way to hunt down your own deck than

waiting on someone else to do it for you!

“Do I need any special equipment to be able to

read Tarot cards?”

No! To be able to read Tarot, all you need is a Tarot deck There are some optional

extras you can pick up on the way including:

Keep in mind that all of the above items are all optional extras and are not required in

order to have a thriving Tarot practice

If you’re going to invest in anything (other than your Tarot deck) I recommend that

you purchase somewhere safe to store your deck and a journal so that you can record

your readings Anything after that is in no way essential

“Which Tarot deck should I buy?”

There are many different types of decks you can use for divination There are Tarot

decks, Lenormand decks, Oracle decks, Kipper decks… the list goes on Therefore, it

can sometimes be easy to purchase the wrong type of deck accidentally

For ease, I recommend that you purchase a Rider-Waite-Smith (sometimes simply called Rider-Waite) Tarot deck This is a classic Tarot deck that will get you familiar with the structure of Tarot, get you used to the symbolism of Tarot It is just a good all-around beginner’s deck Then, in the future, when you get more confident, you can expand your collection

The reason why I recommend the Rider Waite-Smith deck to begin with is because

renamed certain elements of their decks (we will look at this in more detail later in this

guide) Obviously, this can be confusing, so if you’re just starting out, you should stick

to the Rider-Waite-Smith deck until you’re more confident with reading Tarot You can

buy a deck from Amazon or any reputable mind-body-spirit shop

“What are reversals and should I use them?”

Reversals are the name given to Tarot cards that appear upside down Readers who

read with reversals shuffle half of the cards with them upright and the other half with

them reversed They assign different meanings to the cards that appear upside down

Usually, these meanings are negative (but not always)

It is not essential that you use reversals In fact, I recommend that you don’t as they

can become confusing – and besides, you don’t honestly need them That’s just my

opinion, but your readings will probably be better (and less confusing) without them

“How should I care for my deck?”

There are no hard and fast rules for how you should care for your Tarot deck There

are no ‘best’ ways, but I can give you a little bit of direction!

It’s best if you put your Tarot deck in its own special Tarot bag so that it doesn’t get

damaged You can keep your deck in the box or you can decide to take it out

A lot of older readers feel that your deck should be wrapped in pure silk, or that you

should try to obtain a silk Tarot bag You don’t have to use silk, but this can add to the

‘special’ feeling of your cards

Some readers opt to keep their deck in wooden Tarot boxes with crystals or ‘powerful’

herbs If you’re into crystals, magic, and/or witchcraft, you may want to have a think

about what types of things you would like to store with your Tarot cards However, this

isn’t essential (I currently don’t store anything at all with my cards)

The Magician Upright The Magician Reversed

Another point is that a lot of people like to ‘cleanse’ their decks after readings

Usually, deck cleaning consists of passing your Tarot deck through some incense

smoke or leaving them out to ‘charge’ under the full moon Cleaning your deck isn’t

essential (I prefer to let the energy in my decks build up), but it’s a practice that a lot

of Tarot readers like to do

“Well, which deck practices do you recommend?”

One Tarot deck practice that I strongly recommend is to form a relationship with your

deck I feel it’s very important to have a personal relationship with your cards – carry

them with you, sleep close by them, handle them often, and don’t let other people

play or read with them Your deck should feel like yours and nobody else’s Having a

bond with your deck will make your readings more accurate

“What is shuffling?”

In divination, the name given to the act of mixing your cards up is known as ‘shuffling’

You should shuffle your cards before you lay them out in a spread Shuffling will

randomize your cards

“If I am reading someone else, should they be the

person to shuffle?”

You may just be starting out with reading Tarot, but you probably have plans to one

day expand into reading other people One question that comes up time and time

again with my students is this: who shuffles Is it you (the diviner/reader), or is it the

person you’re reading for (the seeker)?

This comes down to personal preference Personally, I don’t like other people

touching my cards, so I always shuffle the cards for the person I’m reading However, I

know some very good readers who like the seeker to ask their question, shuffle the

cards, and then hand the cards over to the reader; the reader then lays them out and

interprets them As I said, it’s purely about personal preference, but again, I don’t like

other people touching my cards

“How do I know when I have shuffled enough?”

There is no such thing as shuffling too much, or not enough You have to trust that the

right cards appear in the right position at the right time

With that being said, some readers like to shuffle their decks a set number of times

before they lay their cards out in a reading For example, you may decide to shuffle

your cards twelve times before laying out your reading

If you’re a beginner, I recommend that you pick a number of times to shuffle for each

reading and stick to that number Then, in the future when you feel more confident,

you can stop shuffling when you feel like it As a general rule, if you’re getting bored

during the shuffling process, your cards are shuffled enough!

“What is the ‘top of the deck’?”

In a pile of cards, the top of the deck is the card with its back facing upwards

This information is important because you should pull your cards from the top of your

deck after shuffling

Some readers go through their deck, selecting cards at random They may take a card

from the top, a card from the middle, a card from near the bottom, etc I think doing

this causes confusion and can make you second-guess the accuracy of your readings

Instead, you should always take your cards from the top of the deck - this will ensure

that you are not left wondering whether or not you have selected the ‘right’ card from

the ‘right’ place

For example, on this

picture, the woman has

her hand on the top

card The bottom card

in this deck is the one

that touches the table

In this image, her right hand (with the bracelet)

is facing the bottom of the deck Her left hand

is touching the top of the deck

Finally, as you can see, the woman is correctly pulling a card from the top of the deck with her right hand in this picture

Tarot has a very specific structure Tarot’s structure is what separates true Tarot cards

from other methods of cartomancy, such as Oracle or Lenormand card reading

There are 78 cards in a Tarot deck Any less and you’re not working with a Tarot deck

While some deck creators choose to create an extra card(s) and include them in their

deck, these extra cards are usually not used in Tarot readings Tarot readers either

collect extra cards or use them as bookmarks

Tarot decks consist of two different types of cards These card types are known as the

Major Arcana and the Minor Arcana In Tarot, there are twenty-two Major Arcana cards

and fifty-six Minor Arcana cards

The Major Arcana reflect major life events The Major Arcana speaks of – or predicts –

events that are hard to control because they’re the result of destiny or fate Although

the situations of the Major Arcana can sometimes be avoided, it’s more challenging to

do so when compared to the Minor Arcana However, don’t worry, as this can also

mean that destiny is on your side

The Minor Arcana are more likely to reflect day-to-day events Situations that are

predicted with the Minor Arcana are somewhat easier to control That isn’t to say that

you can always avoid what will be revealed with the Minor Arcana, but it’s easier to do

so than it is with the Major Arcana

Although you will have more control with the Minor Arcana cards, fate may not be

working for you as hard as it is if you have lots of Majors

Tarot Structure

The Minor Arcana is further split into four suits, which are called Wands, Cups, Swords,

and Pentacles (sometimes called Coins) In the above graphic, the names of these

suits have been short handed to W, C, S, and P

There are fourteen cards in each suit; the numbered cards, which are numbered from

Ace to Ten, and the Court cards, which are the Page, Knight, Queen, and King of the

suit The numbered cards represent events and the Court cards represent people

All of the cards can predict events, feelings, or situations in love, career, business,

health, and more However, the meanings of the suits can generally be interpreted as:

Finally, keep in mind that some modern deck creators have renamed certain deck

elements In the Wild Unknown Tarot deck, for example, the Queens are called

Mothers, the Kings are named Fathers, the Knights are named Sons, and the Pages

are called the Daughters

The renaming of elements in some decks is one of the reason why I feel you should

stick to a more traditional deck In the future, you can branch out and try modern

decks when you become comfortable with Tarot

• Wands represents energy

• Cups represent love

• Swords represent trouble

• Pentacles represent money

Tarot Card Meanings

III - The Empress

This will be a time of

The Magician is usually a

‘yes’ for all questions

IV - The Emperor

You will find yourself socialising with influential people who can help with this matter Try not to be too bossy or domineering

V - The Hierophant

Tradition, religion, and belief will play a role in this matter The Hierophant is a good card for predicting marriage, baptisms, etc

In Tarot decks, it is traditional for the cards to be numbered in Roman numerals,

even in more modern decks Don’t worry – this is something you’ll get used to as

you become more familiar with Tarot

Also, in some Tarot decks, Justice is numbered VIII (eight), and Strength is numbered

XI (eleven) This doesn’t really make any difference to the Tarot meanings

0 - The Fool

You will leap into the

unknown Have fun and

take risks Keep in mind

that others may not take

this matter too seriously

II - The High Priestess

Your psychic abilities are in development You must use your intuition at this time as some information

is hidden from you

VII - The Chariot

VI - The Lovers VIII - Strength

There will be mutual love

between two people

Someone will make a very

important decision that will

impact this matter

IX - The Hermit

XII - The Hanged Man

You will feel lonely in the

future The Hermit predicts

that you will need to spend

time by yourself in order to

process past events

If you’re waiting around

now, you will still be

waiting around in the

future Sometimes, this

card predicts illnesses

You will be very determined to succeed in this matter Sometimes, The Chariot can predict a desire for revenge

Care and strength is required here This matter will leave you shouldering

a lot of responsibility well into the future

X - The Wheel of Fortune XI - Justice

Your luck is beginning to turn and good fortune is going to be on your side

The spirits of your ancestors have your back

Everyone involved in this matter will get exactly what they deserve Justice can also predict attendance to court and legal issues

XIII - Death

This situation is going to come to a natural conclusion Eventually, your feelings will change enabling you to move on

XIV - Temperance

Your ancestors are watching over you, giving you daily guidance In the future, you will find peace with this matter

XVI - The Tower

XV - The Devil XVII - The Star

You will be manipulated by

something (or someone) in

the future The bond you

have with this thing will be

hard to break

XVIII - The Moon

XXI - The World

The future of this matter is

uncertain so you must take

it a day at a time Be careful

that you’re not only seeing

what you want to see

The world is a positive card

predicting good results

You may travel to far away

places This cycle will end

and a new one will begin

This matter is going to lead

to catastrophe Nothing good will come of this path

as it is doomed for complete failure

There is hope for this matter You will get what you want from life but you may not get it exactly how

you expect

XIX - The Sun XX - Judgement

You are going to be very happy in the future Expect success Any stress you’re currently experiencing will

II of Wands

You will be in a partnership

in the future Although you will be successful, your achievements will feel

hollow

IV of Wands

In the future, you will work

as part of a team Be

prepared to explore other

possibilities, people, and

places

VI of Wands

You may have to battle for

a job or relationship, but

you will be victorious in the

end Your enemies will not

outsmart you

Your home will become your sanctuary In the future, you will live with your partner (if you do not already live together)

You will have to fight for the things you want well into the future This matter

is going to cause drama in your personal relationships

VII of Wands VIII of Wands

Other people are going to attack you because of your actions, thoughts and feelings Be prepared to defend yourself

Expect news regarding this situation in the near future

Are you waiting on someone contacting you?

You’ll hear from them soon

IX of Wands

This situation is going to

put you directly in harms

way You are at risk of

sickness or injury Remain

alert and guard yourself

X of Wands

Your burdens will not ease

This matter may be hard now, but it will become even more challenging in

the future

Page of Wands

There is an enthusiastic person who is going to help you They are a friend who is fun to be around and always on your side