The Tarot as a way of life

THE TAROT – how to use it effectively and efficiently

What come to mind when we think of the tarot is the image of the fortune telling gypsy woman. Many people still regard the tarot as an amusement. Like everything having to do with divination arts, it is a very subjective matter as it has no empirical data to substantiate its veracity. For all those of you who considers the tarot as fortune telling, we have nothing further to add, we would appreciate that you go your own way with your beliefs.

For a growing number of people though, the tarot has become an integrated part of their life, they have recognised that insights provided by the tarot gives them an advantage in their day to day life. Examples are endless, but the most recurring ones are:

– Make or break relationships of all kinds
– Business decisions (queries on partners, colleagues etc)
– Buying a new house
– Moving from one place to another
– Having a child
– knowing our child

We can see that the above list consist of major turning points in one’s life, and this is an important aspect of the tarot. People will consult the tarot because they have reached a turning point in their lives, and the overflow of emotion and information during these phase makes it difficult for them to make proper analysis of the situation and respond accordingly.

The tarot deck is divided between the Major Arcana and the Minor Arcana. The Major Arcana can be viewed as a road map to fulfilment of one’s goal(s) in a lifetime, it has several layers of interpretations which starts on the mundane plane to other planes of existence where the Higher Beings dwells, look at it as intervention from the Divine. Whereas the Minor Arcana deal on a more mundane level with the intricacies and interrelationships between you and your environment (situations, people, etc).

In respect of questions, it is important for the querent (person asking for a reading) to know how to properly phrase the questions. let us analyse the proper way to ask questions.

– Yes and No questions, personally i don’t think they are effective. Think about it, if certain cards represents yes and others represents no, this would mean that there are several categories of yes and several categories of no. This can turn out quite confusing if you are looking for a simple yes/no answer. So, do not use them
– Always user terms like:
• show me …the energy surrounding a situation
• give me an insight into a situation, relationship, or decision
• give me an insight what lead to this situation
• show me the significator (card which best represent someone or a situation at a given time) of that person or situation
• show me if this course of action benefits me materially/ or emotionally/or career-wise/or relationship-wise
• Never ask for advice

Tarot can be interpreted solely on a mundane level, or it can go beyond that and analyse the requirement of the person’s soul in this lifetime. Let us assume that you believe that a soul undergoes several birth during its journey back to the light. There are three elements that must be considered in such a scenario:

– the Karmic effects of past life
– the duty towards the ancestry line
– the duty towards the soul

This type of analysis provides a clear way forward for the querent, the only hic is that most of us are not prepared for that type of reading. Most of us are so taken up by our immediate needs and wants, that little time is available to contemplate our deeper needs.

The tarot does not give advice to you, it gives insights, it is for you to choose the way forward. What drives us nowadays is family, love relationship, children, career, everything having to do with material and emotional comfort. Thus most of us will consult the tarot in respect of the material and emotional need.

For people who feel that there is a different need which is not being catered for, a need which cannot be satisfied materially or emotionally, an empty space. They are at a stage where the Universe influence in their mundane life is felt heavily by them (increased sensitivity) and compels them to seek what is commonly referred to as spirituality of some kind. All too often they fall under the wrong hands and are balloted around seeking to get something which is already in their possession.

Someone once asked me if the tarot could be used to predict investment outcomes, example on the stock exchange. Well, I haven’t tried yet. But it is an interesting topic, because on the same line of though we could analyse nations, politics, i mean all the driving forces of our society. This is not different from analysing an individual, the individual is a micro subject, the forces of society is a macro subject, complicated yes, but possible.

We always accompany readings from the tarot with Angel and Goddess oracles, these provides strategic insights which acts as a framework for our tarot reading. It guides us on important aspects of ourselves like faith, trust, love, patience, compassion, empathy, health, that help us frame the reading of the tarot in a loving and compassionate cloud. The most important aspect of these oracle is that they compel us to love and be kind to ourselves first of all. If you do not love yourself or you are being too judgemental and critical vis a vis yourself (despondent) then nothing good will come to you or from you.

We’ll take your leave for now and hope you have gained some valuable advice on how to consult the tarot effectively and efficiently.

Bye for now
Lots of love
Peace to all of you.