For Tarot Reading First Timers

I have recently started reading cards for people outside of my close friend group, and have come across many people who are interested but have never had a reading before. Here are a few key pieces of information in regard to readings and how they work.

In a reading there is the reader, and the querent. The reader lays out the cards and tells the story that unfolds to the querent using a mixture of knowledge of the cards and intuition. The querent can tell you as much or as little as they would like to about themselves, though sometimes it helps the reader to see more clearly when a story is confirmed or expanded upon. I always disclose before hand that I am not psychic, and so the more you tell me about your situation, the better I will be able to decipher the meanings to you.

Some people fear that the cards will tell them something that they don't want to know or that if they get a certain card then they will be cursed by it, or not be able to change the outcome. This is mainly due to the common idea that the cards are only used by witches, and psychics like you see in the movies.The future however is not static, and so they cannot tell you what the future holds, but rather can help you identify patterns in your life that will guide you in your decisions moving forward. So to those that feel afraid of getting their cards read; it should be noted that the readings will never tell you information about you that you don't already innately know or show you something awful that you don't have the power to change. You control your life. The cards are just ink on paper.

The way in which it really works starts with you. The thing is- that we are usually so busy being caught up in our lives that we don't take the time to check in with ourselves. When you have your cards read, you are seeing your story laid out before you and your subconscious opens up, and spills the beans on things that you've stuck back there for however long; and often these are things that have been influencing your choices without your conscious awareness of them. So initially, that can really be a shocker! 

Once you get past the initial surprise of having a stranger tell you about your life by using cards with weird pictures on them, you will start to see the story, the cycle, and the patterns that come through in the reading. That's what it's all about. Identifying these things and considering your current path, you'll be given new choices in regard to moving forward. That's what it's all about. As the famous Carl Jung said:

"Until you make the unconscious- conscious; it will rule your life, and you will call it fate".