Learning The Ways of Tarot.

I decided to order my very first tarot deck. The deck that caught my eye the most and I felt more drawn to is the Golden Tarot deck. I was really wanting to get an Egyptian tarot and the Hermetic tarot decks. Somehow I didn't feel as connected to those as I do with the Golden Tarot deck. It comes with a nice booklet to help interpret the meanings of each card, and it even interprets the reverse meaning of the card. I decided to do my own reading myself last night once I became comfortable doing one. I did learn a good deal from my personal reading. I understood that I am worrying about something that is hindering my spiritual walk. My emotions are getting in the way as well. Even though I may feel this way about why this friend of mine made this decision it has nothing to do with me. I cannot change another person's behavior because everybody is different, and everybody changes everyday. I must focus on myself and push those emotions that are hindering my spiritual growth out of the way such as anger, jealousy, envy etc.

Just by simply reading the cards this way I am starting to better understand myself. The number 7 card in the Celtic Cross Spread I did for my personal reading last night actually deals with a person I am to come across soon enough. Not sure when they may show up, but all I know is it will be soon. I am going to learn how to read Tarot cards based on elements that are within each card. In my tarot card deck it has Coins, Wands, Swords, and Cups. These four items represent the four elements Earth, Air, Fire, and Water. A few cards I could easily tell it had the element based on a horoscope I am familiar with such as Pisces the fish, Taurus the bull, Leo the Lion etc.

In the passing days I really intend on learning a lot from my Tarot deck. My sisters were not even enraged when they had seen them. They asked me to do a small reading from them, but I explained how I only just got them. Tarot does take quite a bit of practice. It may seem difficult because of the signs, symbols, and the Major and Minor arcana themselves. Those symbols can be learned. Hermetic Tarot definitely would have been advanced for me. I am glad that I bought my first deck of tarot cards.

Once I master this deck I definitely plan on browsing for a new deck.

Cartomancy (Tarot)

Cartomancy is a type of divination using Tarot. It helps in telling the person’s positives and negatives within their personality. They are used for telling the future as well. Numerology from what I learned from a friend is also used in better understanding how Tarot is done. From how I understand Tarot is when using Numerology you take your/someone else’s birthday you add the month together to get a single digit, you add the day to get a single digit, and you add the year to get a single digit. BUT if your birth month is November or the day you were born is on the 11th or 22nd then you do not touch it. Numbers such as 11, 22, 33, 44 etc etc etc. in Numerology are Master Numbers that cannot change at all.

There are different decks of Tarot cards not only the ones that have the picture of The Emperor, Death, The Fool, The Lovers etc. Tarot cards also have varying numbers of chalices, pentacles, swords etc. I cannot really differentiate between the two types of decks I just explained. I will have to do my very own research to figure that out, unless I come across some people who could better explain it all to me.

Tarot sounds simple enough except for when you have to remember the meanings of each card. I think that would definitely be tricky to do. Many are afraid to get the Death card, because they think it actually means death for them. Death does mean death but it refers the passing on of another person, an animal, or an event in your life is to come to an end. I had a reading done by a friend who is a Shaman to let me know my spirit guide is here with me, but my guide does not think I am ready to see him yet.My guide is here to protect and guide me. I agree with the reading myself because I still need to grow even more spiritually aware of my guides presence before I can see that he is there. I always knew after I left that dark part of my life that I was being protected by something, and I was guided more into the Light than ever before.

Tarot is not a parlor game of any kind although some people can make it that. There are individuals that take Tarot seriously to give fellow friends readings, and even do readings for themselves to see if there needs to be any change in their life. Tarot definitely is not bad at all. It can be looked into just to see how Tarot in general works. I myself have learned a good bit of the basics to it, but not a whole lot to where I know what I am doing. If you know real experienced people with Tarot then they can happily explain its structure.

Numerology I will go more in depth with it in my next post. It will include more on Tarot. I may even get my hands on a deck of Tarot cards, and take a few pictures front and back to show you what it looks like. Or better yet I can just get an ordinary deck and then get a more modern version of one.

Note: The two types of decks are Major Arcana and Minor Arcana.

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