| If you would like to learn to read tarot cards, your first | | | | often "speaks" to you. If you a feel a connection with |
| challenge is to choose a deck from the 8,000 or so | | | | the images on the cards or even how they feel in your |
| published brands of fortune telling cards on the market. | | | | hands, then that is probably the deck that you will |
| What works for one person often doesn't for another. | | | | relate to best. I also recommend a deck that comes |
| Some people are comfortable reading several decks | | | | with a small book inside the package or box so you |
| and others just identify with one deck. In my | | | | will have something to quickly reference if you should |
| experience you will find that over time, you will grow in | | | | get lost while reading.A tip for beginners! When I first |
| and out of several decks. You may also find that the | | | | began reading the Tarot, I typed myself up a one |
| deck that you prefer to use to read yourself is not the | | | | sheet that a resembled a chart so that all the |
| deck that you prefer to use read others.For instance, | | | | meanings of each card right side up and upside down |
| when I first began reading I started out with a deck | | | | were apparent to me at a glance. Typing out the |
| that was too heavy for me - The Crowley Deck. The | | | | meanings like this really does help you learn the cards |
| ultimate result of that was that I ended up selling them | | | | quickly.Your next step would be to get acquainted with |
| because I was spooked out the images of the deck. I | | | | your cards. The best way to learn is to study the |
| was simply too young to handle the imagery on this | | | | image on each card, one at a time, while memorizing |
| dark deck and was giving myself nightmares. I then | | | | the meaning. Be patient. There are usually 78 meanings |
| switched to the Rider Waite Deck for a few years, | | | | to learn so this is not always a fast process. Some |
| which is the ultimate easy, all -purpose deck. I then fell | | | | tarot teachers recommend that you put the deck of |
| in love with the Renaissance Deck which is much | | | | cards under your pillow at night so you can get better |
| more elaborate in terms of it's imagery and a bit more | | | | acquainted with them. The idea is that your |
| pointed in its meanings when it came to describing | | | | subconscious will absorb the information the same |
| relationships. Then I entered a period when I was | | | | way that a sponge soaks up water. You can also |
| yearning for more simplicity, I switched to the Palladini | | | | meditate or dream upon the individual cards in the |
| deck, which is very pure and has a "lighter feeling." | | | | same way by placing them under your pillow.Some |
| (Kind of like the Pollyanna of Tarot Decks.) Now that I | | | | people like to charge their cards after they first get |
| am older, I am back to the Crowley Deck and the | | | | them, either by praying or meditating over them, placing |
| Order of the Golden Stair decks, which are a little | | | | a crystal on them or passing them through the smoke |
| heavier in feel.There are also lots of specialty or | | | | of incense or placing them in the light of the full or new |
| eclectic decks on the market that might appeal to you | | | | moon for a night.Finicky readers believe the power of |
| more than the Rider Waite, but learning the Rider | | | | the cards is enhanced if they are placed inside a |
| Waite is like going to high school. Psychic Realm | | | | special box or wrapped in a silk pouch. I personally |
| reader Bacchus for instance, uses the Haindl deck for | | | | don't think this makes much of a difference because I |
| his readings, which has a Nordic feel and is a | | | | KNOW I am accurate and my cards have so much |
| permutation of the classic Rider-Waite deck, but as | | | | gunk and wear and tear on them it is laughable. Still |
| wonderful as it is, I don't think it is a beginner deck.Here | | | | they do say that pomp and circumstance is supposed |
| are some good decks I can recommend for beginners | | | | to add to the power of all ritual and magic, so if storing |
| that are based on the Rider Waite System of | | | | your cards in a special way or in a special place helps |
| meanings.The Rider Waite DeckThe Aquatic Tarot - | | | | you read them better than by all means do so.Also |
| the same as the Rider Waite but realized in | | | | many readers protect their cards by not letting anyone |
| watercolorsThe Pamela Colman Tarot - the same | | | | touch them. There is a belief that others can "infect" |
| imagery as the Rider Waite but done in brighter more | | | | the cards with their beliefs, fears or anxieties. The |
| psychedelic colorsThe Golden Tarot - the same as | | | | cards do act as a portal through to the other side, so |
| Rider Waite but the imagery is more medievalThe | | | | keeping them away from other people may be a |
| Palladini Tarot - the same as Rider Waite but with | | | | good way of preventing people from accidentally |
| very simple, cheerful drawingsThe Renaissance Tarot | | | | "touching" you through the cards and passing along |
| - the same as Rider Waited but enhanced with | | | | possibly toxic energy.Once you get your cards own, |
| images from the Renaissance age.You can find a | | | | spend some time just looking at them, playing with |
| selection of Tarot Decks in the Psychic Realm store | | | | them and getting to know them. It is essential that you |
| off the main page or browse the web and buy one | | | | feel good about your cards because in the future, they |
| that catches your eye online. I recommend doing a little | | | | will be your best allies when it comes to telling the |
| online research first and finding places you can view | | | | future.Stay Tuned for our Crash Course in Tarot #3: |
| different decks online because most storeowners | | | | Card Spreads.---Samantha Steven's articles have |
| won't let you open and handle their deck because it | | | | been published in many high-standing newspapers and |
| means removing the plastic from their packaging. | | | | she has published several books. If you wish to buy |
| However, the best way to be sure is to go to a store, | | | | Samantha's books about metaphysics click here |
| pick up the deck and see if you like the feel of the | | | | |
| cards once you have done some research on the | | | | You can meet Samantha Stevens at where she |
| imagery in them. The feel, weight or look of the cards | | | | works as a professional psychic. |