Tarot Card Meanings

Tarot card meanings haunted my sleep in the summer of 1997. Every night I would dream of another major arcana card, feeling the energy the card represented. It felt like I was going to tarot night school. I was relieved when I reached the World card and could get a good night's sleep again.

Used wisely, tarot cards can give you insight into the question you have asked and insight into your beliefs and ways of doing things. Rather than taking the tarot card meanings literally, ask yourself how you feel about the image represented. Your response reveals your thinking on the question and the answer you are seeking.

How Do You Feel About The Image Changes The Meaning

Let's start with the Fool. The Fool is about risk-taking and being true to your own nature.Do you see the Fool as the innocent adventurer, not knowing where he is going, yet eager to explore the world? Or do you see the Fool as stupid and foolish stepping off a cliff oblivious of the dangers? Trust your response to the card, because it reflects the meaning that is right for you. Like dream interpretation, one meaning will resonate more than another.

The Fool may reflect what risk-taking means to you concerning the question. Suppose you ask, "Should I take this new job?" If the Fool to you is the adventurer, ask yourself whether you expect this job to be an adventure. It might feel like an exciting new opportunity for you even if you are uncertain about how to do the job. You are expecting a positive outcome if you act.

What if the Fool, on the other hand seems stupid and foolish to you. Then you may be worried that taking the job would be foolish. Or you may worry about appearing stupid and foolish in the new job. You are expecting a negative outcome if you act.

Seeing you expect a positive or negative outcome isn't the end of the reading. Tarot card meanings are designed to make you look deeper. Ask why do you expect a negative outcome? Is there a real basis for that feeling, such as rumors the plant is shutting down. Or is it based on old beliefs that you never get a break or you always screw things up.

Don't use tarot to limit your future. Use it to reveal how you are thinking, If the reading appears negative, it may be your beliefs that can be changed to bring a different outcome. Because changing your beliefs leads you to making different choices, resulting in different outcomes.

Tarot card meanings can open you up to a deeper understanding of yourself and how you see and create your world. One of the books I found to help folks to quickly develop their intuitive understanding of the meaning of the tarot cards is The Complete Beginners Guide To Tarot. Daniel does a good job of helping you identify tarot card meanings and develop your intuition to do readings quickly. You can check it out here if you are interested.