I'm just at the beginning of my Tarot journey. I've tried a few times before to learn Tarot but my methods weren't working. I'd like to know from those of you who have been reading Tarot what has worked for you when you were just beginning to learn......
Thanks in advance
Even though I read intuitively, I have a highly thorough, organized and logical side that comes in when I am learning something new. For me what worked best was a four-pronged approach:
1) First I took part in a comprehensive group Tarot class offered by a local reader and shop owner, so that I could get a feel for the basics and have some experience in reading for others. (When I say, "comprehensive, this class met for three hours once a week for nine months, and then a few 2-day weekend intensives after that.)
2) Next, I checked every Tarot book I could find out of our local library and studied them to see what types of interpretations and methods worked best for me (we didn't have Internet at the time or I would have done a lot of this type of thing online too). Then I purchased the two or three that I liked the best and could see using long term.
3) In conjunction with the second step, each evening I did a 3-card reading (positions: Morning/Afternoon/Evening) on the question, "What will my day be like tomorrow?" I journaled what I thought each card meant and then, before doing the next day's reading, each evening I went over how my day had actually turned out, adding any new or personal meanings to that card's section of my most-trusted book
4) Finally, I joined the American Tarot Association and signed up to do free one-card readings. They provide the querents and a mentor to guide you through the process of reading for others. Doing these readings deepened my knowledge of each card's variety of meanings, while giving me practical experience in reading for strangers how to organize and phrase a reading, etc., with feedback from many of my querents and from my mentor.
After doing these steps, I felt confident in my skills.
