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Tuesday, March 10, 2009
How Tarot Cards Can Help You... Really!
What Are Tarot Cards?
Made up of no less than seventy-eight cards, each deck of Tarot cards are all the same. Tarot cards come in all sizes with all types of artwork on both the front and back - some even make their own Tarot cards. The meaning and the message of each one of those seventy-eight cards, however, always remains the same.
Tarot cards were first used by the Celtic people more than two thousand years ago. Many believe that Tarot cards serve only to tell the future, but this is not true. When used traditionally, Tarot cards speak of the past and present, and are supposed to give clues and ideas about the future that you are potentially heading into.
What's In the Cards?
Tarot cards are made up of four suits - much like any regular deck of cards. In fact, Tarot cards have all the same values as traditional playing cards: ace through king for each suit. Only one extra card is added to the royal family in Tarot cards - the squire, his position is just under that of the knave (also known as the jack).
The suits are as follows: wands, which in general speak of esoteric issues such as spirituality or creativity; swords, which speak of conflicts and tensions; cups (or pentacles), which are always about money; and cups, which deal in relationship matters and love. The other twenty-two cards of the standard Tarot deck are called the Major Arcana cards, and are all very specific. Cards such as the Devil, the Tower, and Death are in the Major Arcana.
How Could a Tarot Card Reading Actually Help Me?
When done traditionally, a Tarot card reading can put everything into perspective in a clear and understandable way. Every Tarot card reading is prefaced by a question, one that you do not have to reveal to your Tarot card reader but that you keep to yourself. Each card will come up in the past, present, or future position and will shed some light on the topic of your question.
Whether or not you believe in spiritual or esoteric things, or even in the art of telling the future, a Tarot card reading can help you better understand your own thoughts. You'll realize potentially dangerous patterns in your life, and get a better understanding of self. Even the question that you ask in your mind can help you understand something about yourself, and in this way a Tarot card reading can truly help you.
Can Anyone Read Tarot Cards, Or Do I Have To Call Someone or Go Online?
Anyone can learn how to read Tarot cards. There are many books available, both in online and physical bookstores that will tell you the meaning and message of each and every card. Every card in Tarot has a card-specific meaning, and a message or warning. The good news is, there's no secret about what these cards mean to convey - so you, too, can learn how to read the Tarot.
Once you know the meaning of the cards (and it's not something you have to memorize; it's perfectly okay to keep notes by you when you try to give yourself a Tarot card reading), you can read the Tarot for yourself or for others. Any book you read about the Tarot will explain the spreads to use - the way to lay the cards out to understand their meaning and placement in the scheme of your question.
An Ancient Mystery
Tarot cards are more ancient than religion. Tarot cards are older than most languages and most writing, and yet they are still around and are still being used today the exact same way they were used thousands of years ago. If Tarot cards didn't help people, why would they still be used and still be so popular?
Author Bio
I have been studying Tarot for seven years and have incorporated it in my dailly meditation routine. My purpose for this article is to give others a free resource which can hopefully change their lives for the better.
By: Glen Wearden
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The Power of the Tarot
Tarot readers have always given their hand at making sure a person receives an accurate tarot reading. The tarot reading is extremely popular in today's society because so many people are interested in what the future may hold for them. It's not an every day thing that you can have your tarot reading done by a popular or accurate psychic.
Many psychics from around the world have mastered the art of reading the tarot. It is not an easy art to learn if you do it correctly. The tarot can pick up on love, money, business or other types of questions. I had my first tarot reading in Buffalo, NY. I was getting ready to make some life changes for myself and I came across a tarot reader in a cafe in Buffalo called Spot Coffee. As I walked into the coffee shop, I noticed a young man sitting down with a deck of tarot cards. I never had a psychic reading before that day and I realized that I was about to encounter a different type of psychic reading. The psychic shuffled their cards and asked me to ask the tarot cards a question. I asked about location. Where was I supposed to move and why? What was in store for my future?
As the psychic tarot reader shuffled the cards, my mouth dropped becuause I had some power of telling the psychic reader when to turn the cards over. The psychic asked me to focus my attention on my question only and to take out any distractions that may have been on my mind. I did just that.
A minute later he told me that I would be moving to a foreign place and one that I have never seen before. When he told me Asia, I said to myself that he must not know what he is talking about. I did not have much money and I wasn't about to take a trip to a country that I knew nothing about. I left the table sadly and the psychic said to wait for his psychic reading to come to pass.
A month later, I decided to join the United States Army and my first assignment was to go to Korea. I was shocked. My mouth completely dropped. The tarot cards were correct, I was going to be stationed in Korea. I did not know what to say because Korea was the only place that the Army offered me to go. I was not allowed to go to Germany or even Fort Drum, New York which is known for its cold weather. I asked the army if they could send me anywhere except Korea. They said that it was not possible to do at that time. The tarot cards were correct because I had no other choice at that time in my life. I had to go to Korea because of tough financial times. I realized that this was God's will and so I left for Korea.
This was the first time ever in my life that I became a believer in the tarot card. I was not a believer before then. I always went to clairvoyant psychics. I knew in my heart that there was absolutely no way that this psychic could have picked this up on his own. I did not even know this information yet.
If you are looking to find some direction in your life, I encourage you to get a tarot psychic reading. They are fun, interesting and have much truth to them. Make sure that you go to a professional reader that has been doing it for years so that you can have the same experience as I have had.
Author: Psychic
Tarot Cards and the Language of the Unconscious
The system for using Tarot cards for self-exploration and as a way of examining life themes is, unfortunately, often shadowed by erroneous associations with black magic and such like. For example, consider the "Death" card: it does not refer to physical death but rather external
transformation - i.e., the destruction of some aspect(s) of our old lives to make room for the new. Similarly, "The Devil" card pertains not to violence or hatred but rather sexuality (creative energy in its most raw and earthy form), and procreative energy.
Most of the symbols within the Tarot revolve around the same four elements outlined by the alchemists of antiquity: Earth (Disks), Air (Swords), Fire (Wands), and Water (Cups). Like the Tarot itself, the Alchemists were often mocked and derided by "enlightened" minds that failed to understand the real intent of their work. They were, therefore, forced to perform their research under extremely repressive and fearful conditions thanks to the Medieval Church and the Inquisition. As a result of these pressures, their quest for spiritual expansion had to be recorded in coded language in order to protect it - and themselves. To the uninitiated, the Alchemists were searching for a way to transmute "base metals into gold". But in reality, the aim of their work was wholeness and spiritual union with the Divine (the soul's true gold).
I would propose two reasons why inner work often seems obscure and esoteric to western minds. The first relates to what I've mentioned thus far: that the explorers of the inner realms have, throughout our history, been forced to cloak and enshroud their findings in mystery in order to protect themselves. The second reason is that the inner world does not follow the same laws as our logic-brains. Its logic is the poetry of dreams.
The entire Surrealist movement in the early twentieth century was based upon methods of releasing conscious control over one's art and allowing the unconscious to express itself. The surrealists assumed that any material derived from the unconscious held inherently greater value than that which was produced by the intellect. Their approach was perhaps unbalanced, their philosophy biased. Returning to the Tarot, we can see illustrated in such cards as "Art" and "The Lovers", with their mystical wedding of opposites, the necessity of our conscious and unconscious minds working together rather than existing at odds.
Again we are dealing with a coded language that communicates certain insights to the initiated and appears as something entirely different to those unfamiliar with its symbolism. So how does a person new to any kind of inner work approach methods like Tarot, numerology, and astrology? By keeping an open mind and trying to shed any kinds of superstitious notions that cling to them. Then, over time, the symbols begin to speak to us and we understand, intuitively, what they are telling us. We become fluent in their language.
Author: Seth Mullins
How to Increase Your Psychic Abilities with Tarot Cards
Tarot cards are an excellent tool to increase your psychic abilities. This article will tell you how to increase your psychic abilities in a way that will keep you accurate. You may be able to read Tarot cards miraculously well if you go by these simple guidelines and practice regularly.
Our inherent human powers of perception of reality are far beyond what we are normally taught that they are. Let’s push the limits and leave those who believe the mass media version of who we are behind. Being able to read Tarot cards and really show yourself you know what they are is a great way to affirm that you have abilities to see beyond the tangible world. The more confident you become in your psychic abilities, the more you will be able to bring through wisdom. And you can keep tabs on your accuracy regularly by practicing with them.
The concept behind using Tarot cards for readings is that part of ourselves knows what each card is. There are two main methods of picking cards. One relies on the overmind to shuffle the cards correctly so the ones on top, as they will be picked for a spread, will be the correct ones to answer the questions. That means the moment in which a person is shuffling is sacred, and you must be tuned in completely at that moment to be able to pull off such a feat. Often, it is the person receiving the reading who is expected to do this, and without practice, this may be asking too much of a client. Tarot readers may need to explain to people how to tune in, go into a trance, connect with the over-self. People should be prepared to feel out what is the right arrangement through shuffling, and actually create what is the proper arrangement, their hands doing the work of the larger self, without the conscious mind being involved. But the more we can make the conscious mind a good conduit between the two, pure, and well refined, the more we can trust our answers. The practice I describe in this article helps make sure the conscious mind is truly transparent, and tuned into the higher self, and bringing that knowledge through effectively.
The other method of reading Tarot cards involves carefully choosing each card out of the deck, one at a time, to answer the questions. This is easier to accomplish, as it is more direct, and you can feel the cards’ energy. It can be more casual, not necessarily based on a layout. I am going to concentrate on this method. It becomes a dialogue between you and the cards as you receive immediate answers and you can then ask another question, and tune into the cards, feeling which one calls to you. You may use this also if you are having a reading done, and the psychic tells you to pick the cards. In either case, it is good to know what you are doing, as you may be putting a lot of weight on answers, and you don’t want them to be random. You want them to come from your highest self, filtered down through your psychic abilities to feel or see which card is the one with your answer. You can feel the card by holding your hand over the deck, preferably your left one, as it is the more receptive, sensitive to incoming energies. Feel with your palm, or your fingers, moving your hand across the cards without touching them, feeling their aura. You can feel the aura. You will be able to identify it because of spending time identifying with each card.
First, to train yourself, it is good to do exercises that improve psychic powers. Breathing in and out of the third eye chakra, in the center of the forehead, is one good practice. Ask that the energy you bring into your intuitive center be focused for that purpose. You may want to imagine the light you breathe in being indigo colored. Then, use the cards to test how you are improving. You can release clutter out of the third eye chakra, breathing it out, and asking for clarity to be brought to you. Open to a pure observance of being, releasing your own personal issues. You want to be able to perceive reality, not your own filters.
Doing Taoist or Tantric exercises will take the third eye exercise much farther, with complex movements of energies. The more you commit to doing these very physical spiritual practices, the more you will cleanse the pathways of perception, open them for more energy to come through, be able to feel the joys of the energy moving through your pathways, and concentrating that energy in the central channel of your body, through the spine. As you do that, you can become the central channel, which can merge with the spine of the Divine, the tree of life. In Eastern traditions, we are able to commune with God through the practices, rather than remain apart. We are able to tune into that which connects all things. As you feel yourself being the central channel, you can also feel yourself as the energy moving through the channel. Feeling such combinations of movement and containment of energy is the divine love play of Shakti and Shiva, the god and goddess principles. As you feel yourself be the container and the contained, you can feel Bliss, and an overpowering sense of Ecstasy as you participate in their love. Feeling that will naturally increase your psychic abilities. Your frequency is being changed.
Shuffle the cards and lay them face down. Then, to test the theory that we know what the cards are, pick up one at a time and guess first what it is. Keep a record of how many correct guesses you get each day you do it, and see if your odds improve. You are using a psychic muscle, so by doing so regularly, you should see a gratifying rise in the number of correct answers. I have been able to do this with 100 percent accuracy. So I know it is possible.
How did I do it? I dedicated my life to this activity for a few months. I lived in the forest in a tent in a mountain in Colorado, and allowed myself nothing but a Tarot book with exercises, pen, paper, and a few toiletries. I climbed mountains, picked berries, which were my only food, did Tantric and Taoist exercises, which cleared my energetic channels, and amplified how much energy they could hold, cleaned the energy, made it vibrate at a higher frequency, connected my charkas, broke down blockages, and allowed clear access to my higher self. Eating nothing but living food picked right off the bushes gave me the auric fields of the berries, with their enzymes intact, requiring me to give up none of my own inherent enzymes. Breathing fresh, clean air with lots of life force and negative ions helped. Drinking crystalline water from the melted snow helped. Being away from electromagnetic interferences helped my own auric field be nice and large, and clear, and also kept the static out of my psychic readings. Having no other distractions kept my larger self focused on its goal. Of course, few people can do this, or would want to, but some version of this is highly recommended if you want to be truly psychic.
Immersing yourself in the deepest meanings and the magic and symbolism behind the Tarot is important if you are to concentrate your psychic readings on the Tarot. To use them as tools for developing your general psychic abilities in general you may not need to delve as deeply into writers such as Crowly, who use the Tarot cards for dubious but effective methods of transmitting clues about such things as time travel through the etheric planes. You would still want to get a good emotional identification with each Tarot card, however, as it is not only a visual, but a visceral, palpable reaction we feel when picking up a card and feeling what is on the other side.
Practice using them and also feeling what is on the other side of them, and test your accuracy by asking questions about things you can verify. You may want to ask about will happen the next day, or about details about friends’ lives you can ask them about. The possibilities are endless.
The more you are able to go into a lower brain wave frequency, the Alpha level, the more you will be tuned into all that is one, flowing together, our consciousness, and the world around us. There are biofeedback machines available for this, and you can also tell if you are in Alpha brainwave generally by whether your eyes flutter when they are closed. Being in that frequency helps you be one with all things, and identifying with your larger self, which knows all.
Being able to discern what you or others want to know about the world using Tarot cards is gratifying, and empowering, and gives you more chances to be of service to the world. Blessings.
Author: Tantra Bensko
The Concept of Tarot Cards
Most people these days, in a world of technology and scientific study, seem to take the old fashion tarot practitioners not too seriously. Most people are logical and unusually sceptical when it comes to tarot, and they might second guess the idea that it is possible to tell someone's fortune by the laying or spreading of cards from a deck.
Tarot has been widely accepted in many metaphysical and occult societies for a very long time. They arrived long ago and are dated back to somewhere around the fifteenth century, but they were not widely recognized and accepted in divination until the 17th or 18th century according to Wikipedia. Tarot cards have changed over time, by interpretation, symbolism and definition. Tarot is constantly evolving, changing and adapting to the spirituality of the individuals still involved in reading with tarot. Tarot cards used to be part of a game like a deck of cards. It is unclear to this day how the cards branched out into a business of looking into past lives and fortune telling.
According to Schuelers Online readings, Carl Jung considered tarot as an alternative to psychotherapy. His perception was that the imagery and randomization of each card and expression related to each card and the concepts portrayed in them were merely a reflection of the subconscious mind in each individual who decided to explore and interpolate tarot.
Over the years and many numerous readings, we can begin to find ourselves melded by our findings and readings as they affect our subconscious mind in many different ways and tend to lead us in different directions and open us up to numerous thought philosophies that eventually change and evolve into something much grander, than we once were. Tarot offers an alternative language system through which we can access in our unconscious. Therefore, we do not just randomly pick cards, but we take what we get with what is presented before us and interpret the meanings around the events in our lives to help guide us through them with a sense of guidance.
The act of tarot reading is a very powerful thing. Its power originates from symbolism and meaning created by individuals who dared to dream and see beyond the physical realm. For them, these power principles lie on the fringes of human experience that we need and use to survive.
Tarot History, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarot, Wikipedia
Carl Jung & Tarot, http://www.schuelers.com/chaos/chaos7.htm, Schuelers Online
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