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This site is intended to assist you to interpret a spread of
cards you have laid with a real tarot deck of your own. Traditionally
it's been said that a tarot deck should be stored wrapped in
a dark cloth. Others should only handle your deck to shuffle
it when you are doing a reading for them. Really though, it's
about what feels right to you. Some consider it fortune telling,
others consider it's a personal development tool (I
count myself in the latter group).
Regardless
of which deck you have (assuming it's a standard 78 card deck),
you can use this site to interpret any spread. I usually use
the Celtic Cross Spread, which requires
a Significator to be chosen before
shuffling. Other popular spreads include a quick 3
Card Spread, and the Horseshoe Spread
(with variants for Romance and Career).
I
don't read cards reversed, since when shuffling the deck I don't
change their orientation. This is definitely a matter of personal
choice, however, so I have included "reversed" meanings
throughout the site for those of you who prefer that method.
Aside
from individual card meanings, some other factors to keep in
mind:
Major
Arcana cards are considered to be of deeper significance
than Minor Arcana. A large number
of Major Arcana cards in a spread can indicate that this is
a time of profound change for the subject, or that there are
major influences affecting their life.
Dominance
of a particular Suit, Court Card, or Number in a spread can
also be significant:
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Coins .+. Cups
.+. Swords .+. Wands
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Page .+. Knight
.+. Queen .+. King
.+. Ace .+.
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Two .+. Three
.+. Four .+. Five
.+. Six .+. Seven
.+. Eight .+. Nine
.+. Ten .+.
I
hope to be adding a free tarot reading facility here if I can.
Meanwhile, I can recommend some other sites for free
Tarot readings. Most of the free-reading sites have very
little interpretative detail though, so you may wish to keep
note of the spread given to you by another site and then return
here for a more full investigation of the meaning of each card.