If you are just starting to learn how to read tarot cards, there seems to be a lot to absorb! Not to mention the pressure to make every reading "correct"! Have you always been curious about Tarot cards, but never dared to buy your deck. Don't know where to start?

You can drive yourself nuts trying to learn all the spreads, study multiple guidebooks, and learn “the correct” meaning of each of the 78 cards in your Tarot deck! To make matters worse, your guidebooks probably have different (and sometimes contradictory) card interpretations, there are a whole bunch of reading techniques, you’re getting bogged down in complex esoteric systems and language that’s more than a little “out there”.

But learning Tarot doesn’t have to be hard, complicated, or stressful. Learning Tarot is not necessarily difficult, complicated, or stressful. You first need to learn how to use tarot cards, which requires intuition and familiarity with tarot symbols. There is no correct way to do this, and eventually, everyone will develop the technology they are familiar with. I will complete it step by step so that you can start reading the cards immediately.

1. Selecting A Tarot Deck

Tarot relies on symbols pulled from a wide range of human consciousness. There are many decks available, each with its own unique set of symbols and systems. However, Different Tarot decks are going to resonate with us in different ways, and it’s really important to connect with that and find the deck that is right for you. Just know that there is no perfect answer here, and ultimately, you do need to find that deck that feels good for you.

That said, look for a good learning deck. If this is your first Tarot deck, you want to make sure it’s a deck that you can learn with and that’s going to make your learning process easy and enjoyable as well. Think about things like the pictures, the imagery in the card, that you can understand quite quickly, as well as once you start to go deeper with learning about the Tarot, then you can go much, much further with your studies.

You’ll have to create stories using the symbols of the deck in your reading, so choose a deck that you do resonate with visually, energetically, and make sure that you have that opportunity to go through the cards and check-in how you're resonating with the deck.

2. Devote yourself with questions

Most people become curious about tarot when they are faced with great uncertainty in their lives. And when the cards are used correctly, they prove to be a formidable tool to help you consider other perspectives and move forward in the best way possible. Consider what you’d like to learn with this reading. It can be as simple as, “Am I suitable for a date with him today?” or “When will my finance grow?”.

You just go through your cards one by one and spend some time with each card. Flip over the first card and just gaze at the images in this card. Spend three or four minutes with each card. Then pick up the second card and do it all again, until you’ve started to work your way through your deck. Tarot cards are a tool in which you can project hidden perceptions.

3. Do A Daily Tarot Card Reading

The best way to learn Tarot and to create a personal connection with the cards is to simply draw a card each day. While you shuffle, think carefully about the area of your life in which you’d like more clarity. Shuffling and handling the cards is a great way to physically connect with the deck that you’re using. As intuition is an important aspect of reading, you’ll need to bring yourself into the cards. Try to shuffle at least once, but many times you feel is necessary to get the cards “cleared”. You can also cut the deck into 3’s and reorder them. When you feel ready, keep the cards face down.

4. Try A 3-Card Reading

Nearly every Tarot beginner book includes the Celtic Cross Tarot spread. It’s a beautiful spread, but at 10 cards, it’s not a great place to start for the Tarot beginner. Instead, use simple 3 card tarot spreads. You’ll be pleasantly surprised about how much insight you can gain from even just a 3-card reading.

Tarot spreads give you a structure in which you can explore your questions. Each position in the spread reflects an aspect of your question to consider. You don’t have to use them for every reading, but it’s a nice way to get started while you learn about the cards. One of the simplest readings you can use to familiarize yourself with the cards in the past, present, future spread. Take the top card from your shuffled deck, and reveal them one by one, left to right. When you read the cards, pay attention to the images. What story are they telling you? Keep in mind — that story might be different than the textbook meaning. Feel into that story to get the best intuitive hits.

You could be reading Tarot more confidently in just a few weeks if you do this! But I still want to tell Tarot beginners that the best way is to find a suitable Tarot advisor for yourself so that the problems we face can be dealt with in a targeted manner.