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The A to Z of Demystifying the Tarot

Tarot Card Reading gets a lot of bad press. The misconceptions and misinformation around it make most people I know misinterpret it. This is why all through April I decided to Demystify the Tarot with a series of posts. These posts were based on the often asked questions and misconceptions people I came across had. Here they are. Hope you …

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Zodiac: Demystifying the Tarot #BlogchatterA2Z

Did you know that Tarot Card Predictions and the Zodiac Signs are intertwined? And that each of the 12 Zodiac Signs (English Calendar) are represented by a Tarot Card each from the Major Arcana Cards. In a Tarot Card Reading; The Wands are associated with the Fire Signs of the Zodiac – Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius. The Pentacles are associated …

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Vice: Demystifying the Tarot #BlogchatterA2Z

People from all age groups, different walks of life, and both genders come to me for a Tarot Card Reading. Their demeanor before, during, and after a Reading undergoes visible changes I can see happening right in front of me, during the Tarot Card Reading. From being stiff-backed and often uncommunicative, some even refrain from looking me in the eye …

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Transformation: Demystifying the Tarot #BlogchatterA2Z

When you hear the word Transformation you don’t bat an eyelid, right. At the most, the mention of this word might pique your curiosity a bit. However, If there is one card that gets an immediate, and horrific, reaction when it appears during a Tarot Card Reading it is the Death Card. The question that almost always follows its appearance …

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Spread : Demystifying the Tarot #BlogchatterA2Z

A Spread is the placement of the Tarot Cards in a specific formation by the Tarot Card Reader. The Spread is what helps to answer the questions asked by the Querent during the Tarot Card Reading. There is a Spread for every occasion and every Reader. There are hundreds of Tarot Card Spreads. Some Readers use multiple Spreads for a …

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Respect: Demystifying the Tarot #BlogchatterA2Z

At social gatherings, I am often asked if I am carrying my Tarot Deck and if I would ‘answer a few questions quickly’. People I barely know ask me to ‘pick Cards for them’. When I am traveling and meet someone, mostly for the 1st time, I am asked ‘what the Cards are predicting for them’. I can understand that …

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Querent : Demystifying the Tarot #BlogchatterA2Z

The ‘Querent’ is a Latin word for ‘The Seeker’ or ‘The one who seeks’. The one who questions an Oracle. The person who is questioning, and receiving the interpretation of the Tarot Cards is known as the Querent.  Most people don’t realise that in a Tarot Card Reading it is not the Tarot nor the Tarot Card Reader who are …

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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. …

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