Seven Ways You Can Use The Tarot

Seven Ways You Can Use The Tarot By John Gaydon Welcome to our Special Report on Seven Different Ways to Use Your Tarot Cards. We are confident that you will find valuable information you can use to enhance your reading ability in this report. Here are the Seven Areas We have found that you can use the Tarot to enhance the lives of yourself and others. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

How to conduct a reading Tarot for personal development Download this file in PDF Here How you can help others How to answer questions. Becoming a professional Tarot Right click your mouse to store the report on reader. your computer 6. How to interpret individual cards. 7. How to develop your psychic ability. So let’s get down to it. As you can see, there are many ways to use the cards. We use them for all of the above. Over the last 17 years and more, our Tarot Cards have provided us with insight into the nature of the Universe, our own and other people’s lives, a way to help others and answer their questions and supplied significant income. We have opened up to more extensive ability in the Psychic area we use to confirm what the cards say and provide additional insight. In order to use your cards to best effect, we suggest that a fundamental understanding of them is a necessity and a platform for the future. By understanding a general meaning for each card, how to link them in a spread, and having these skills second nature, you will find you can use the cards for any purpose.

1. How to Conduct a Reading There are two methods we use when we layout a spread. 1. Ask your client to shuffle the cards. Then get them to cut them in three. They select the mini deck to use. Deal these cards face down starting at position one until you fill up the layout. 2. Spread the cards out in a fan shape. This may take a little practice. Ask the client to select the number of cards required for the spread. Lay them out from the top down until the spread is filled. Don’t get too caught up in rules. The cards have a habit of coming out the way they want to. You really can’t do it wrong. Take a note of any cards, which fall out of the deck

during shuffling. They are a clue to the reading. Note any reverse, or upside down cards. Interpreting these is in our Tarot Consultant Manual. 3. Turn one card at a time over in order. Note the position, which tells you what this card refers to. For instance, the “where you find yourself” or ”present” position in the Celtic Cross describes what is occurring right now. A Knight of Wands in this position could indicate a move of house. 4. Using the keys and looking at the symbols let your imagination run wild and tell your client what the card is saying to them. Start with the literal meaning and allow yourself to move beyond that. You may see pictures, be aware of feelings or have words come into your head. These are all clues as to what the card is saying. To start with you will be amazed at how much you know simply from interpreting the symbolism and literal meaning. A detailed list of Tarot Symbols and their interpretation is included in our “Tarot Consultant’s Manual.” 5. Repeat this for each position until you have finished the reading. Note: Read the Section “Linking the Cards” in our “Learn Tarot in One Day Course” for some advanced techniques to enhance your interpretation of the reading. As a final step you may wish to add up the total numerology of the reading. Court Cards count as zero. Add the numbers until you get a single digit. If the cards add up to 32, add 3+2 = 5. Look this number up for the overall meaning. “11” and “22” are master numbers. If your cards add up to these, there is no need for further breakdown. Check this against the “Tarot Numerology” section in our “Learn Tarot in One Day Course” for an insight into what the whole reading is about.

2 Tarot for Personal Development There are many ways you can use the cards for your own personal development. Here we are assuming you wish to use the cards to find insight into your life and where it is heading and ways to improve your outlook on life, leading to more fun and happiness. After spending over $30,000 and three years of my life on Personal Development Courses, I can say it was the best decision of my life. The end result – I married Linda, learned all about Tarot and the information we offer in our courses, changed my career, and now have a wonderful life helping others to greater success. (John) For those interested in furthering their own journey, you can read my story in my book, “Life Mastery – how to achieve it” available at http://www.pems.com.au/lifemastery.htm Using Tarot in this area, here are a few tips. a. Take a card from your deck each day, find a quiet place in nature and sit and contemplate it for 15-30 minutes. Look at the card and the symbols and ask what they are saying to you. We find that in time the cards start to talk to you. You notice certain items and can feel that they mean something. It is a sort of active

meditation. Start with the Major Arcana. This is a great exercise we recommend in our course to get to discover hidden meanings in the cards. b. Do a reading for yourself every day for a month. Once you have a clear understanding of Tarot, use them for yourself. We know this is a bit controversial and some frown on it, but it has done nothing but enhance our life experience. When we have important decisions to make, we consult the cards. When we are looking for answers, we consult the cards. They have been a great guide to resolving conflicts in our marriage, to providing career direction. It was the result of using Tarot for our own development that this project now exists! c. Here is an extract on a Tarot Profile you can make to use for your ongoing personal development. It will provide some great insights for you and your clients. A complete version is included in our Tarot Consultant’s Manual. It combines Tarot and Numerology. In the profile there are the personality, soul, zodiac, and year cards. The personality, soul, and zodiac cards are lifetime cards, while the year cards change annually Personality Card - This indicates life purpose, aspirations and lessons to be learned in this lifetime. It shows how you express yourself in the world, and how others see you. It denotes how you should be using your inherent gifts, talents, and resources. To find out your personality card you add your date of birth together. Example:

19/08/1947 = 1+9+0+8+1+9+4+7 = 39 3 + 9 = 12 = The Hanged Man.

Your personality number should fall between 1 - 22. Soul Card This indicates your soul or spiritual purpose, and what qualities assist you. Also, what inspires you. To find out your soul card, reduce the personality double digit to a single digit. Using the same example from the personality card, 12 = 1+2= 3 3 = The Empress. Hence, this person’s personality card is the Moon, and their soul card is the Empress. Zodiac Card This is your sun sign. It indicates what you need for self-expression.

If your soul and/or personality cards are the same as your zodiac card, then that major arcana card is more magnified as your life purpose. If the zodiac card is different, then it shows you the natural gifts that can help you to achieve your life purpose. To find your zodiac card, look up the astrological correspondences in the Tarot Consultant Manual and find out which major arcana card is linked to your sun sign. Current Year Card This card indicates the growth, challenges, and opportunities for the year. It shows you what qualities you should be developing at this time. To find your year card for 1995, simple add the day and month of your birth date to the current year. If you have a good understanding of Astrology and Numerology in relation to the Tarot, you should be able to utilize this information fully. To save time, we have a more complete version plus full Astrological and Numerological correspondences in our Tarot Consultant’s Manual.

3 How You Can Help Others If you are someone who wishes to make a positive contribution to the lives of others, Tarot is an extremely useful tool. Because the cards are impartial and third party, they are a non-threatening way of passing information others need to make necessary life changes. We believe that we are responsible for our decisions in life and that each choice we make has certain consequences. Once you make that choice, you head down a certain pathway leading to expected outcomes. The Tarot can let you know what those might be prior to making the decision. Let’s say your friend is about to start a new relationship and you know this isn’t going to work out. She is blinded by live and won’t listen to your advice. By conducting a reading, she can see in the cards what the likely outcome will be. We have a saying, “The Cards Never Lie!” and over the years we have found this to be true. A classic example is how Linda and I met. Linda was in a relationship and looking for a verification that she had found her soulmate. She went to a reader and received a description of someone different! After six readings similar. She finally found someone who told her what she wanted to hear. There are some people who don’t really read cards, they just tell you anything and take your money. Fortunately most won’t do this. As readers, we pride ourselves in telling the truth, warts and all, and value our personal integrity. Anyway, shortly after she met me! You guessed it, I matched the man in the Tarot Cards, so I partly have Tarot to thank for finding my Soul Mate!! Use a decision spread to help others with their choices. A friend of ours does this with corporate executives making major decisions in large companies. You would be amazed what goes on in the boardrooms of major companies!

Tarot provides independent advice. This can be a great way to help others see the truth of what is happening in their lives, avoid bad decisions, and do this without creating conflict. You might even help your friends find their perfect partners!

4 How to Answer Questions Tarot can be used to answer any question your client might have. You can use a standard Celtic Cross or any number of question spreads. These can incorporate many areas surrounding the question, insights into possible solutions to a situation, even timing in the future. A simple question spread is a three card spread. Simply think of the question to be answered and lay out three cards, representing past, present and future. When asking questions of the Tarot, we find that open questions are better. A question such as, when will I marry Bill may bring a confusing answer. It could be that you are not going to marry him at all, so asking a closed question with definite outcomes limits you. Sometimes we tend to mould our answers to suit what we want to see. Let's say you lay out a three card spread on Bill. The centre card is a Knight of Wands. Typically this is a young man who is out to conquer the world. He is full of fire and those in the way better watch out. Now Bill is a placid man, one who dreams and never really does much. He is more into meditation than action. The temptation is to use the square peg in a round hole technique and fit Bill into the card so you are right. What this reading indicates is that there is someone else who you are going to marry who is very different. It may also be a part of Bill's character that he is suppressing. Asking, "what type of man will I marry", or "who will I marry" opens up the reading for a wider interpretation. When told of the type of man a Knight of Wands is, you are at the bus stop a few weeks later and someone draws your attention. He smiles, you exchange glances, and as your eyes meet you recognise your soul mate. After you go out with him a couple of times you notice he is just like the man in your reading. If you insisted on marrying Bill, you would have missed out! So here are a few tips on answering questions. • • • • • •

Ask open ended questions - let the cards tell the story. Be open to answers other than what you expect - expectation narrows possibilities. Start with a simple three card spread and then use more complicated spreads for further insight. If you are looking for general direction or guidance, use a Celtic Cross or Seven Card Question spread. Try several readings around the same question - you will be amazed how similar the answers are sometimes. Let your client know that this is your opinion, not necessarily correct. Ask them to think about what has been said and see how that fit's into her own ideas.

5 Becoming a Professional Tarot Reader The business of being a professional Tarot reader is one that can be both rewarding and profitable. Nowadays there are many opportunities for readers from Psychic Fairs to Coffee Shops and Private Consultations. You can work for a few hours per week or full time. It is up to you. This section is an extract from the Tarot Consultant’s Manual, and lists some of the possibilities, and how to go about creating a business with the Tarot. To start out you really only need a set of Tarot cards. Once you have completed the Certificate course you will be familiar with the meanings of the cards and how to perform basic readings. From this point it is best to learn a few layouts so that you can lay the cards out with total confidence. The Celtic Cross, Three Card, Astrology, and Seven Card Spreads are a good mix. Develop your skills by reading for anyone who will allow you. The more readings you perform, the quicker your skills will develop. There is no substitute for this. You may be able to find a Spiritualist Church where you can perform readings voluntarily. Working at a Spiritualist fair you can do as many readings as you wish during a day. Because you are not being paid, you can feel free to leave when you have had enough. When you first read you may find that two or three readings in a row leaves you feeling a little exhausted. If this happens, take a rest. Readers are required to give full attention to clients, in time you will be able to read all day long. Take it slowly. There are many areas where you can work as a reader. These are Psychic Fairs, Markets, New Age and Coffee Shops, Cruises, Entertainment Venues, and as a Private Consultant. You can also use your skills when travelling. Dress appropriately, set up an appropriate ambience for a consultation area. Purchase appropriate aids, i.e. candles, pictures, cloths, etc. Use items which enhance your professional status and leave clients at ease. There are many Tarot readers. Few are exceptional. By giving good customer service and maintaining a high standard of integrity and service you must become successful. Look around at the number of business which are successful despite themselves. This section is just part of the information on how to set up Tarot as a business, part of our Tarot Consultant Manual.

6 How to Interpret Individual Cards In reality, this is part of an overall reading. You can read each card in isolation, or as part of a spread. Each of the Major Arcana has a specific meaning. The cards can be seen as the journey of life. The first seven cards deal with the lessons of life in the outer world -

such as love, morality, education, and career. The Chariot signifies the final mastery of these. The second seven deal with the issues of the inner life. The Temperence represents final mastery. The third seven deals with the cosmic forces and universal laws, which are represented by the planetary spheres. We confront spiritual reality, which while making the other two seem small in comparison, integrates and synthesises both. The Court Cards can be seen as people you know. Spend some time looking at the characteristics of each court card and think of who you know who is like the figure on the card. The more people you categorise in this way, the easier it will be for you to interpret court cards. For the minor arcana, learning basic numerology will assist greatly in understanding the meanings of individual cards. This also applies to the major arcana. Look at the symbols used in the card. Often an extended gaze at the card will open up your intuition and it will speak to you. Finally, the cards have correspondences in Astrology, so looking at their equivalent astrological sign gives further insight. More detail is included in our Tarot Consultant Manual.

7 How to Develop Your Psychic Ability This is a huge subject and could fill an entire volume, so here you will learn some basic techniques which work very well. You may be interested to know that studies done with Australian Aborigines on ESP showed that they possessed remarkable powers beyond that of Westerners. While many doubt our ability to tap into the unseen world, we know different. Better still, this is a learned skill. Here are a few tips to enhance your perception of the unseen world of the Psychic. 1. Practice close observation. When something catches your eye, take a close look. Anything that comes to our attention has significance. It is a matter of looking at what the object or event has to say to us. 2. Ask the question and expect an answer! Anything that pops into your mind is a clue. When you receive information during a reading, ask what the information means. Keep asking questions about details and you will be surprised what happens. 3. Practice Palm Clairvoyance. Ask to hold your client’s palm in yours while you conduct a reading. This has two significant purposes. To do this they have to unfold their arms and therefore open up to you reading them. You can feel energy from the touch and with practice this will talk to you, providing great insight.

4. Spend time in nature. That is what the aborigines do! The more time you spend alone or in the stillness, the easier it is to clear your mind of thoughts and allow the messages to come through. In the west, most of us are so busy thinking about the past or future, that we don’t have enough room for present time thoughts to be noticed. When we learn to be comfortable with our own company, and release all worry and thoughts of the outside world, we find that our Psychic Powers increase greatly. 5. Meditate daily. The Buddhist form of meditation is where you find a quiet place and practice observation of your thoughts. Start with 5 minutes a day. IN time you will have gaps between your thoughts. This is an amazing experience. As those gaps increase, you will not only feel blissful, but your Psychic ability will expand. The are many ways to open up your Psychic powers. We all have them and when developed, they give us the ability to make right choices in life and spot trouble before it reaches us. We believe that it is this ability that has enabled us to live such a blessed life. We are guided by inner voices, and listen and act on them. It is a great way to live, but one which necessitated a complete change of attitude and thinking.

Final Words As you can see, there are many ways you can use Tarot Cards for yourself and others. I am sure that using your imagination, you can discover many other uses for the cards. We have found that a fundamental understanding of this ancient art provides us with insights to assist with our own decision making and clarify areas of life which we can’t understand. Whenever a friend rings for advice, we go to the Tarot for answers. We cannot possible provide everything you need in one report, you would be still reading it by this time tomorrow! Our Learn Tarot in One Day is designed to shorten your learning curve significantly. So many of our students who have taken the course have told us that it made everything clear and easy. This was despite in some cases 6 week courses of study. For serious students we include our comprehensive Tarot Consultant’s Manual which explains everything in this report in greater detail. This is a must for your library and you can use it as a reference when conducting readings. It looks very professional. We wish you well on your Tarot journey.

John Gaydon