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Three Spring Tarot Spreads

Find out what’s blossoming for you

The Fairy Tarot by Antonio Lupatelli. Photograph by author.

Spring is definitely happening now, though I’ve had my doubts that it would ever arrive. To celebrate the temperature uptick in the northern hemisphere, here are three fun tarot reading spreads for you to try.

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The ‘Know Myself’ Tarot Spread

Who are you, really?

Know thyself spread Light Seers Tarot

If you are like 99% of human beings, one thing you are most interested in is… you. It is easy to get so caught up in life, though, that we forget to pay attention to our deeper self. Rushing around, getting to work, caring for others and making sure we look presentable; our busy-ness prevents awareness of our true thoughts and feelings.

Grab your favourite tarot deck and indulge yourself in this specially created tarot spread designed to help bring the hidden you into the light. You might also want to jot down a few notes as you go along, so have a notebook/journal and pen nearby.

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12 Tips to Help You With Tarot Card Interpretations

A mixed spread of tarot cards
Mythic Tarot. Photo by author.

Often, when people decide to learn tarot, it seems simplistic—you learn the meanings of each card, shuffle, lay a few down in a pretty pattern and they will form a cogent reading. It’s not until you delve deeper that you realize how complex the system of tarot really is. Here are some tips to help you explore tarot card interpretations and to make you a better reader.

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New Deck: The True Colors Tarot

True Colors Tarot by Sibelle

I don’t often review tarot decks but I was contacted by Sibelle, who is in the process of producing a new one, the True Colors Tarot. I took a look at her website and think that she deserves a bit of support. After all, there are never enough tarot decks, well not in my collection anyway.

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The Dark Tetrad of Personality Disorders: Four Cards to Note

Trionfi del la Luna

Dark Tetrad from the inherently psychopathic Trionfi del la Luna

Most tarot readers will look at reversed (upside-down) cards to see negative traits. And that’s fine, of course. I don’t use reversals; instead, I view the card on a scale, from most negative to most positive. I base my interpretation on the situation, position in the spread, surrounding cards, and my own gut feeling or intuition.

So why are we fascinated by certain personality disorders? We lap up novels, dramas, and movies that track the rise and downfall of psychopaths, controllers, and narcissists. In real life, some people discover the wonderful, attentive person they have fallen in love with, has a much darker personality and spend years trying to get away. And thereafter, healing, from the effects of a toxic relationship.

I have deduced after 20+ years of tarot reading, there are four cards in which lurk a ‘dark tetrad’ of personality disorders. Look out for these red flags in your readings.

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New Article: 13 Tarot Factoids

Highly decorated Mamluk kanjifah cards

Mamluk Kanjifah cards (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Well, it’s sort of new. I originally published it a couple of years ago on a HubPages network site. However, I thought it might be of use to readers on Tarot-Study.

13 Myths and Misconceptions About Tarot

  1. Tarot was the first deck of cards ever invented, and playing cards were inspired by tarot.
  2. Tarot cards were invented by the Romani people as a fortune-telling tool.
  3. Tarot is not a game. . . it’s a serious, mystical spiritual practice.
  4. Tarot decks were designed for telling fortunes.
  5. Tarot is occult, pagan, satanic, anti-Christian.
  6. To read tarot, you need to have certain special powers or knowledge.
  7. Your first tarot deck must be given to you.
  8. You can’t do your own tarot reading.
  9. You mustn’t use tarot cards for anything but telling the future.
  10. There is only one right way to read a tarot card.
  11. Reversed cards mean reversed fortunes.
  12. Tarot cards are magic.
  13. Tarot is dangerous.

Or maybe none of those apply?

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How Much Do Card Positions Matter in Tarot?

Light Seer's Tarot 4-card spread

When contemplating a tarot reading of more than one card, we need to think about the card positions. Or, rather, the arbitrary label we intend to assign each card. For example, the simple past, present, future spread. But does it matter how and where the cards are placed? Does position matter in tarot?

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