How To Get Started with Tarot
Many of the participants in my tarot Meetup group are brand-new to tarot and eager to learn everything they can. So I decided to compile a list of the best articles I have on how to get started with tarot.…
Category Introduction to Tarot
Joy’s Quickie, DIY 5-Minute Guide to Reading Tarot
Fastest Way to Read Tarot Cards for Yourself This is my absolute fastest way of reading the cards for yourself without looking up tarot card “meanings” in the book. These are not shortcuts or cheats. Instead, these are some of…
Easily Interpret Tarot Cards with these Five Questions
How To Describe a Tarot Card This is the easiest and fastest way to connect with your cards and understand them instantly. There are five questions that will reveal the heart of any card. No, these aren’t questions to ask…
How to Phrase Tarot Questions for Clear Answers
How to Develop the Best Tarot Questions for Useful Readings Brows furrowed, fingers steepled, he stared at the deck of tarot cards in front of him. We were at a tarot meetup. Usually people are this focused when they look…
Don’t Memorize Tarot Card Meanings—Do This Instead
Sadly, most tarot classes start students with memorizing card meanings. An intimidating introduction to the art and beauty of tarot! And establishing the idea of a “right” meaning encourages people to rely on cheat sheets or the book. At worst,…
Do Your First Tarot Reading
Are You Ready to Do Your First Tarot Reading? it’s Easy with My Quick Start Tarot Guide! After teaching tarot for twenty-eight years, I asked myself, “What is the one thing I would say to a brand-new tarot reader?” If…
How To Shuffle Tarot Cards
Before performing a tarot reading, it’s important to randomize the cards. The standard practice for randomizing a deck is shuffling the cards. But with tarot cards, shuffling can be awkward when the deck’s too big. Fortunately, there are a variety…
Interesting Beginner Tarot Decks: 22 Favorites
My favorite Choices for Interesting Beginner Tarot Decks One of the best things about tarot is having seventy-eight pieces of art to hold in my hand, contemplate, and adore. Tarot is all about the image. Images lead to stories, and…
How to Learn Tarot
How a Newbie Can Learn Tarot Are you a newbie to tarot? You want to do readings, so you check out online articles, videos, podcasts, you even head out to some meetups. But everybody tells you to look at the…
Three Types of Tarot Cards
Learn the Three Types of Tarot Cards and Never Buy a Useless Deck Again We all love to collect decks for their beautiful artwork. But many of us also need workhorse decks. How many decks have you purchased that sit…
Good and Bad in Tarot
Good and Bad in Tarot Imagine asking the tarot to advise you on staying in your cushy but unappreciated corporate job or leaving to run your own business. Leave? Five of Coins: A disheveled woman wrapped in a ragged blanket…
Opening a New Tarot Deck
Opening a New Tarot Deck Is a Special Occasion This month the Denver Tarot Meetup hosted their first “New Year Party and Meet the Artists” event. We featured a panel of five deck creators and authors, moderated by Jason Gruhl,…
Fifteen Tarot Questions to Ask When You Don’t Have a Question
Fifteen Tarot Questions to Ask When You Don’t Have a Question Most tarot readers eventually find themselves in a situation where they want to do a reading but don’t know what to ask. Cruise control is on. Straight road ahead.…
inTAROTduction: Tarot Lineages and Reading Styles
The Tarot Lineages Tarot decks fall into one of three tarot lineages: pip decks, esoteric decks, and scenic decks. These lineages are based on the style of illustration and the type of information included in the numbered suit cards of…
inTAROTduction: Top Ten Tarot Benefits
Part 5 of inTAROTduction, your Introduction to Tarot: Top Ten Tarot Benefits Welcome back to inTAROTduction, your Introduction to Tarot and induction into the world of all things tarot. Today I’d like to share with you some of the various applications of…
inTAROTduction: Joy’s Favorite Tarot Decks, Part 2
Week 4 of inTAROTduction, your Introduction to Tarot: Joy’s Favorite Tarot Decks, Part 2 Welcome back to inTAROTduction, your Introduction to Tarot and induction into the world of all things tarot, including tarot deck collecting. Today is a continuation of last…
inTAROTduction: Joy’s Favorite Tarot Decks
Week 3 of inTAROTduction, your Introduction to Tarot: Joy’s Favorite Tarot Decks Welcome back to inTAROTduction, your Introduction to Tarot and induction into the fascinating, mysterious, and colorful world of tarot readers. Today I’d like to show you my favorite tarot…
inTAROTduction: Choose Your Perfect Tarot Deck
This week in inTAROTduction, your Introduction to Tarot: How to Choose Your Perfect Tarot Deck. Thank you for tuning into inTAROTduction, my series that serves as an Introduction to Tarot and an induction into the world of tarot readers. This week I’ll give you…
inTAROTduction: Tarot or Oracle?
Welcome to inTAROTduction, your Introduction to Tarot. I love reading tarot and I love inspiring others to read tarot. I frequently get the opportunity to help someone brand new to tarot get started. The inTAROTduction series will be an introduction to…
Rookie Mistakes that Beginning Tarot Readers Make
Reading tarot is hard. You’ve taken classes, studied, read books, asked your cards a million questions, but every time you lay the cards out, you feel like you’re lost at sea with no land in sight—just a lonely, empty silence…