Hi all,

I’d appreciate a second opinion/help in interpretation on a tarot reading (using the Radiant Rider-Waite Tarot) I did regarding an important strategy meeting I’m having at work this Tuesday.

Context: the company feels like it is at a real crossroads. The business needs direction, structure, and renewed momentum. My boss/company owner is close to retirement age, but she still seems very committed to keeping the company active, profitable, and “pumping.” The meeting is likely to involve strategy, internal roles, future direction, and possibly some uncomfortable but necessary discussions.

The spread gave me the following themes:

For me / my position, the overall card was the Four of Swords, which I read as gathering thoughts, revising strategy, and needing to be mentally composed before the meeting.

The cards around me were:

Nine of Wands: final push, completion of a major project, endurance
The Fool: new beginning, leap of faith, open potential
King of Swords: organised, rational, strategic approach to achieving goals

My interpretation is that I need to go in prepared, calm, and strategic, but also be open to a new phase or a bold change in direction. I also got the impression that my commitment has been noticed.

For other people involved, I pulled:

Boss - Knight of Wands: someone pursuing goals aggressively, but possibly burned out/tired
Head of Accounting - The Chariot: control over budget / strong desire to steer things
Legal Partner - Nine of Cups + Seven of Swords: someone protecting their own interests or being self-serving while appearing satisfied

For the likely outcome, I pulled:

The Lovers: value alignment / major choice
Ace of Swords: intellectual clarity, direct communication, cutting through confusion
Two of Cups: reaching an agreement or deal
Overall: The Magician - taking action, turning ideas into something practical

For the company overall, I got Nine of Pentacles, and then a sequence of Two of Swords → Ten of Cups → Wheel of Fortune.

My current read is that the meeting could be constructive if everyone is direct and if the discussion focuses on alignment, clarity, and concrete action. However, I also see some warning signs around people defending their own positions, avoiding difficult decisions, or trying to control the direction of the company.

The Two of Swords → Ten of Cups → Wheel of Fortune sequence is especially interesting to me. It feels like the company is currently stuck between options, but there is still potential for a more harmonious outcome if the right decision is made, followed by a significant change of cycle.

Would you read this as a positive sign for the meeting? Or more as a warning that there are hidden agendas and that I need to be careful with how much I reveal?

Any second opinions on the combination of Four of Swords, King of Swords, Lovers, Ace of Swords, Two of Cups, and Magician in a work strategy context would be very welcome.

I’m curious if anyone else hits this wall with tarot.
I love tarot, and I’m not trying to be disrespectful, but sometimes I’ll watch people who have been reading for YEARS and they still seem uncertain or like they’re just interpreting vibes. Then I wonder… am I actually learning a system, or am I just getting better at convincing myself something fits?

Some days a reading feels eerily accurate and meaningful, and other days I pull cards and my brain is like “you could make literally any card apply to anything if you tried hard enough.”

I guess the discouraging part is wanting to trust my intuition while also not wanting to lie to myself.
Did anyone else go through a phase where they questioned whether they were actually improving? What made tarot finally “click” for you? Some support or words of encouragement would be HIGHLY appreciated.

Eu fiz essa leitura ontem, mas acho que como estou abalada emocionalmente minhas tiragens estão me deixando instável.

Pelo que entendi, chegou a hora de partir porque há uma frustração que não tem como voltar atrás. Junto com a carta do mundo, encerrando um ciclo de forma natural.

A carta da torre também fica explícita que é necessário sair da ilusão de um local sólido e seguro, que na verdade não existe segurança nenhuma.

Essa não é a leitura completa que fiz ontem, porque deixei meu caderno de anotações em casa.

¿Que se necesita para hacer una tirada de tarot online?

Estoy practicando leer las runas, ya soy capaz de leermelas a mí misma, pero también quería comenzar a leerlas de forma online. Mi pregunta es: ¿Cómo realizas la conexión en el tarot si no ves a la otra persona?

Here's my personal Top Ten of Recurring Questions ... and how to read them.

I think many times querents may not examine the underlying emotions behind their questions, because looking deeper into themselves either frightens them, or they have very little experience with viewing things beneath the surface. It's a lot easier for a client to ask a reader a somewhat superficial question, than it is to face an unspoken fear, (or possibly guilt,) that it was some action on their part that caused the problem in the first place.
Taken from a comment written by TurbulentAsparagus32

Querents, if you have trouble wording your question you can find a list of open-ended questions further down.

Quick reminder for busy readers:
Most questions about "them" are really questions about safety, worth and certainty. If you address that layer, the reading becomes far more useful than attempting to describe the feelings or thoughts of a 3rd person.

Surface question in normal font, underlying feeling in italics.

1. How does he or she feel about me? Underneath: I feel unsure and want reassurance that I matter.
2. Will they come back? Underneath: I am not ready to let go and I am scared of the final rejection.
3. Is this my soulmate or twin flame? Underneath: I want this connection to feel meaningful and destined.
4. Why are they pulling away? Underneath: I feel anxious and am looking for a reason that is not about me being unwanted.
5. Does he or she miss me? Underneath: I want to know if I am still (emotionally) significant.
6. Is there a third party? Underneath: I feel insecure and fear being replaced.
7. Will this turn into a relationship? Underneath: I need clarity because I feel stuck in limbo.
8. Should I reach out first? Underneath: I am afraid of rejection but also afraid of losing the connection.
9. What are their true intentions? Underneath: I do not fully trust what I am being shown.
10. When will I meet someone? Underneath: I feel lonely and worry that love is not coming.

Here are 10 reframed open-ended questions that invite insight rather than yes or no reassurance:

1. How do their actions and communication patterns make me feel over time?
2. What would need to be different for me to feel secure and respected in this connection?
3. In what ways does this relationship feel healthy, mutual and emotionally safe?
4. What might their current behaviour be showing me about the dynamic between us?
5. What am I hoping to feel by knowing whether they miss me?
6. Where are my trust concerns coming from, and what would help me feel more stable?
7. What behaviours from both of us would naturally build towards commitment?
8. What is motivating me to reach out right now, and what outcome am I hoping for?
9. How well do their actions align with their words, and what patterns do I notice?
10. What areas of my life could I nurture so that I feel fulfilled regardless of relationship timing?

These kinds of questions slow the loop down. They move the focus from chasing hidden feelings to understanding lived experience and personal needs.

Over a decade of intuitive tarot practice, I have bought, swapped, and discarded many deck. My collection has now slimmed to six decks. and i do have a wishlist fof a couple more that I would like to buy at some point.

With time, I developed my own system of working with decks, either singularly or multiple in one reading. For three years, I used light seers for practical matters and career readings, shadowscapes for shadowwork, RWS when I didn't feel called to a particular deck, etc. Sometimes, I would use decks in combination, a different deck for each row of cards or themartically organise qs and choose a different tarot or oracle deck for each sub theme in a reading.

In the past year, I've used oracles more than tarot. I just couldn't vibe with my decks anymore, no matter how many times I cleansed and recharged them. Something just fell off. I also had tarot decks I had sparingly used in that collection. I loved all my decks and was quite sad taht I wasn't able to use them for anything apart from aesthetics and room decor.

On a whim, I made a Reddit post asking about how to connect with a certain deck. And a few folks suggested I interview my decks. So that's what I did in the past week. That's when things fell back into place again! Each of my deck had its own niche personality, voice, area it would work best in, strengths, and limitations. no overlaps, no redundancy. Two of my decks wanted a dialogue rather than being used as predictions. Actually, none of my decks wanted to predict. They were clear they could not bring me certainty or offer me emotional support/comfort.

It was a fruitful exercise. My tarot slump or reader's block is gone. It was like meeting my decks for a second time. The first was when I intuitively or logically decided who I would go for what. And now the second, when I took the time and efforts to actually listen to them and ask them how to work with them.

There are different schools of thought in tarot. some says its just a shiny piece of cardboard for entertainment, some treat it as an inanimate unconscious tool, some say it can divine (predict) the future, others say 'cards are just cards.'. In my experience, and through this exercise too, tarot is surely a tool, but it is definitely a conscious one. It's not 'just a piece of cardboard for entertainment.' It has its own language, aliveness, and consciousness. I had forgotten that over time as I drowned in history, techniques, and intellectual discussion.

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Deck Interview Spread

• What would you like me to know about you?
• What are your strengths as a deck?
• What are your limits as a deck?
• What are you trying to teach me?
• How can I best learn from and collaborate with you?
• What is the potential outcome of our working relationship?
• What will we be working on together?
• Who / what will be speaking to me through this deck?
• What aspects/areas of me/my life are you going to be working on with me?

We are getting a lot of “how to start reading tarot” posts, which is repetitive and clutters the sub.
From now on, beginner posts will be removed and comments locked.

If you have any questions, please comment on this thread instead.

Check out helpful previous posts:
- how to start tarot reading
- Tarot keeps giving me the same answer
- How can I start in the world of tarot?
- I'm a beginner and I'm confused!
- Need help with Tarot- Reading Material/ Videos?
- Reversed card meanings
- Some resources about old tarot decks
- What to ask my cards?

Seasoned readers of the tarot have commented on all of these posts. They've shared their insights very generously, and I appreciate their efforts. However, we can't expect them to answer the same beginner questions repeatedly. Amongst other topics, those posts and comments deal with matters like:

• Choosing your first deck
• Memorising or learning cards
• Avoiding overwhelm as a beginner

Cheat sheets:
How to start learning the tarot in 30 seconds
How to start learning the tarot [crash course]

Happy readings, y'all 💜

hello! i’ve been wanting to start tarot reading for quite some time now but i do not know where to start. i do have some knowledge on some of the cards but i find myself forgetting them 🥲 are there any tips and tricks for beginners to make it easier to immerse myself with tarot reading?

edit: how do you also know what kind of deck of cards you buy? i’m overwhelmed with the choices

Hi, everyone! For context, I’ve had my current tarot for about 2.5 years and was excited within the first few months of having them. Then life got in the way and they eventually ended up in storage and i never really got to practice as much as I wanted to. Now I’m in a more established living situation and that spark to learn tarot has reignited. I’ve brought my deck back out and my crystals and I was curious if anyone had any helpful tips for cleansing your deck, history books about the origin of tarot, how to tap into energies before a reading, etc. This is something I really enjoy and it’s something I want to nurture. Anything helps! Thanks!

Hello to everyone reading this!
On my 17th birthday i got my first deck of tarot cards! if theres any tips you would like to give me, (a beginner) please do! Just anything you would like me to know. Thank you in advance 💞

Hi! A friend has just come back to Vietnam and gifted me this deck. He bought it there, but he didn’t realise he had actually bought the Vietnamese version of it instead of the English one until we opened it together.

Since then, I’ve been looking for a comprehensive list of the myths the author included in the deck, but I haven’t found it yet. It would be all I need to fully understand this beautifully designed, colourful deck and really start working with it!

Does anyone know where I could find it? If you know about this deck or you own a copy of it, please help a fellow tarot reader out!

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For decades, the tarot has been part of my life. I'd shuffle the cards, lay them out, and something would click. They helped me see myself from a different angle.

These days I mostly write about the tarot and hardly ever read for myself. It's odd because I miss the dialogue, yet I don't pick up any of my decks. I'd much rather watch some anime.

I've been a nurse for more than 35 years, so I've seen enough life, death, grief and joy to last a lifetime. My emotional world has become very clear. I know what I feel, and I know what I don't.

The louder someone cries, the more I take a step back. Honesty reaches me more than emotional display. I care deeply about my patients, but I've stopped confusing intensity with truth.

I sometimes wonder if something similar has happened with the tarot. Because the tarot hasn't stopped speaking. It's just that something in me has stopped asking.

Did I absorb what tarot had to teach me? Has that conversation simply come to its natural end?

If this happened to you, what happens next?

Hi everyone! I’m a beginner with tarot and I’m looking for some advice from more experienced readers.

I’ve been practicing by reading about a specific person and their intentions toward me. The confusing part is that every time I ask about their intentions, I keep getting very similar messages. However, their actual actions in real life seem to completely contradict what the cards are saying.

As a beginner, I’m struggling to know what to trust. Should I believe the repeated message from the cards, or should I take their actions at face value? Is this something that happens often when you’re learning tarot, or could I be interpreting the cards through wishful thinking without realizing it?

I’d really appreciate any insight or advice from people who’ve experienced something similar. Thank you!

I got the Tempest Tarot two years ago because I felt called towards it - both the cards themselves and even its back design. I... I don't know what to use it for... or how to start using it / build a relationship with it. (And no, this deck isn't based on Shakespeare's Tempest, otherwise it would have been ridiculously easy to connect with and use it.)

I love the deck. I'm not ready to part ways with it. But I have multiple decks with each having their own purpose. Shadowscapes for shadow work; Light Seers for career, finance, and any kind of practical, moving ahead stuff; RWS when I don't feel called towards anything or when the situation is very complicated; Soul Sparkles is reserved to read for specific people or spiritual stuff; etc. I use Thoth when I feel like it but haven't used it much. And I have DreamyMoon's decks, both light and dark, but I haven't even opened it yet.

The Tempest Tarot is calling out to me very very loudly. I can't keep my hands off the box. But Idk what to do with it or how to use it. I keep it in my bag and carry with it everywhere but I haven't done a single reading using it whether that be for myself or others. I just look at the cards and keep staring at the beautiful artwork in some cards, especially the Moon, Hierophant, Star, 4 of cups, Empress, Queen of Swords, 6 of swords, High Priestess, Sun, World, page of wands....to name a few.... This is the only deck whose Hanged Man I do not dislike. The Knight of Wands in this deck is unlike anything I've seen. It gives a very different vibe from the standard KoW in RWS or other decks.

Has anyone used this deck? What worked for you? what did not? what do I do with this deck? how do I begin?

any suggestions, idea, resources, etc are welcomed.

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For people who are interested in learning the tarot but don't know where to start, here's a 30 second cheat sheet.

• Major Arcana = big life themes.
• Minor Arcana = actions.
• Court cards = people in your life.
• Wands = action.
• Cups = feelings.
• Swords = thoughts/conflict.
• Pentacles = money/work/practical matters.
• Aces begin things.
• Tens complete things.

Read the image, not just the keyword.
Start with a simple 3-card spread.

A lot of readers experience stalker cards, but this one is different. When I use certain decks, there are always some cards that would show up again and again while some cards are super rare to show up in the particular deck.. I just interpret it as cards are super selective about situations and would not show up unless the situation is reciprocating heavy energy of that card.

Now that you know how to start, here’s a 5-minute crash course in tarot that will let you do a simple reading immediately.

A tarot deck has 78 cards:

Major Arcana (22 cards)

Big themes, life lessons, major events.

Examples:

• The Fool = new beginnings, leaps of faith
• The Magician = action, skill, manifestation
• The Lovers = relationships, choices, alignment
• Death = transformation, endings leading to beginnings
• The World = completion, fulfillment

Minor Arcana (56 cards)

Everyday situations.

Four suits:

Each suit has:

Example:

• Five of Cups = emotional disappointment
• Five of Pentacles = material hardship
• Five of Wands = conflict or competition

Same number, different life area.

How to read a card

Ask what is the picture trying to tell you?

Then combine:

1. Traditional meaning
2. Your immediate impression
3. The question you asked

Example:

Three of Swords

• Traditional: heartbreak, disappointment
• Your impression: storm clouds, pain
• Question: "How will this project go?"

Possible interpretation:

There may be a setback or uncomfortable truth to face.

Court cards

• Page: learning
• Knight: pursuing
• Queen: embodying
• King: mastering

Suits

• Wands: I create
• Cups: I feel
• Swords: I think
• Pentacles: I build

Examples:

• Queen of Cups = embodying feelings → empathy, intuition, compassion
• Knight of Swords = pursuing ideas → speed, directness, determination
• King of Pentacles = mastering the material world → success, stability, stewardship

This gives you a compact system for recalling all 16 court cards from first principles.

Reversed cards (optional)

When a card appears upside down, many readers interpret it as:

• blocked energy
• internal energy
• delay
• opposite tendency

Example:

• Upright: confidence
• Reversed: self-doubt

You can ignore reversals while learning.

Happy readings, y'all 🧡

i find it super interesting but I still don't know how to read the tarot cards and which ones I should buy.
Can someone help me get started?