Learn to do Tarot Reading from Home
Tarot is to a large degree miss understood. Many individuals who have not researched the idea of tarot believe that it is either evil, has no basis in truth, or is supposed to have mystical powers to work. The truth is tarot was created first as a game and then as a way to learn about oneself. If you are interested in learning how to do tarot reading from home you have many options. There are several websites offering ways to do tarot reading to help you learn the process for yourself or to become a tarot reader.
Tarot decks typically have 78 picture cards. Each of the cards has a different picture and shows something to do with nature. The point in the lessons on how to do tarot reading is to find a balance of inner and outer realities to make that person more self aware and encourage personal growth and insight. Many of the courses you find for tarot reading from home will have 10 to 19 lessons. The tarot lessons may go a little like this:
Introduction with tarot history
The Major Arcana
Minor Arcana
The Spread
Daily Tarot Reading
The Environment
Writing a question
Other types of reading
Interpreting a single card
Revisiting the Major and Minor Arcana
Aces
Court cards
Card pairs
Position of Celtic Cross spread
Reversed cards
Creating a story from tarot reading
Conclusion and a few meanings of tarot
Many of the courses for learning tarot from home will also have exercises one can practice to learn more and become better at tarot reading. To explain some of the tarot definitions above is important to help you understand what you would be learning for the tarot reading. The Major Arcana is derived from the root word Arcanum, which means profound secret. Alchemists in the middle ages believed in the Arcanum of nature. Therefore the tarot cards were meant to have nature properties to show the Arcanum as well as explain the universe. In the deck of 78 cards there are 22 cards with the Major Arcana. These cards have universal aspects regarding human nature. Each card has a name and number. Some of the names have a direct relationship to meaning such as strength, justice, and temperance. The other cards may be a magician, hermit, sun, star or moon. Depending on the type of deck you have you might have evocative images such as the Rider Waite Deck. The symbols on these cards offer esoteric symbols with figures and situations that you can understand. The Minor Arcana in tarot reading are themes. There are 56 cards in the Minor Arcana such as wands, cups, swords and pentacles. These four suits have a specific meaning for the approach to life. In a tarot reading wands are for creativity, action and movement. Cups are emotions and spiritual experience. Swords are intellect, thought and reason. Lastly the pentacles are practicality, security, and material concerns.