Pagan : A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions. Paganism is also known as the religion of peasantry. During the Middle Ages, the term Paganism was applied to any non-Christian religion. Pagans believe that nature is sacred and the natural cycles of birth, growth and death observed in the world around us carry profoundly …
Occult: Demystifying the Tarot #BlogchatterA2Z
Occult The occult (from the Latin word occultus “clandestine, hidden, secret”) is “knowledge of the hidden”. In common usage, occult refers to “knowledge of the paranormal”, as opposed to “knowledge of the measurable”, usually referred to as science. This is how Wikipedia defines ‘Occult’. Tarot Card Reading is known as an Occult science. However, people are unaware of what the word Occult truly means. …
Need: Demystifying the Tarot #BlogchatterA2Z
‘I am just curious about Tarot, there is nothing I really want to ask.’ ‘Life is going great, there is nothing wrong as such, just want to get my Tarot Cards read for the fun of it.’ When faced with such requests, I am forthright enough to say, ‘No, you do not need a Tarot Card Reading’. Being a Professional …
Misconceptions: Demystifying the Tarot #BlogchatterA2Z
How many Tarot Card Readers do you know, like personally? My bet would be none (and no I did not need to read my Tarot Cards to predict this) When people find out I am a Tarot Card Reader the reactions I get are, shall I say, amusing. After the complete silence that falls post me introducing myself, an up …
Lovers: Demystifying the Tarot #BlogchatterA2Z
My theme for the #BlogchatterA2Z is ‘Demystifying the Tarot’ and I have been unveiling Tarot Card Reading with each post. I have been writing about the Tarot, the Deck, the process, and little snippets of how a Reading is done. In my posts, I have often repeated that a Tarot Card Deck has 78 Cards and each of the 78 …
Knowledge: Demystifying the Tarot #BlogchatterA2Z
Last week I saw a video advertisement for Tarot Card Reading classes. What caught my attention was that the content specified that ‘you won’t need to memorize the meanings of each card in our course to become a Tarot Card Reader’. I was taken aback. How then can one learn to be a Tarot Card Reader? For, isn’t being a …
Jumping Cards: Demystifying the Tarot #BlogchatterA2Z
A very important aspect of a Tarot Card Reading Session is the shuffling of the Tarot Deck. By the Client, when they are asking their question and by the Tarot Card Reader, between each question (done to redistribute the energy of the Deck) Yes, that’s a whole lot of shuffling! There are times when the Deck is being shuffled, and …
Intuition: Demystifying the Tarot #BlogchatterA2Z
Intuition, as defined by the Dictionary: The ability to understand something instinctively, without the need for conscious reasoning. Among the many misconceptions about Tarot Card Reading there are, a major one that is brought up almost in every other Tarot Card Reading I conduct. That is that I have ‘a great Intuition’. Now, I have no clue how people assume …
How Tarot Changed Me: Demystifying the Tarot #BlogchatterA2Z
One day out of the blue, my brother told me that he thought Tarot Card Reading would be my calling and I would be great at it. I thought he was pulling my leg and brushed off his suggestion. He persisted, gifted me a Deck, and encouraged me to learn it professionally. I forgot all about it, till a year …
Guidance : Demystifying the Tarot #BlogchatterA2Z
Oftentimes we find ourselves in situations where we need guidance. Almost always we lean towards the ones we trust and love to guide us. Yes, we can always rely on friends and family at such times, but we also do know that they may tend to get slightly biased while they guide or advise us. This is where the Tarot …