Tarot Reading Example: Past, Present Future

www.LearnTarotInaDay.com

A few general reading ”rules”:

A few general reading ”rules”:

Avoid yes/no questions.

A few general reading ”rules”:

Avoid yes/no questions.

Choose the spread appropriate for the

question.

A few general reading ”rules”:

Avoid yes/no questions.

Choose the spread appropriate for the

question.

Pay attention to how you react to each card.

Different cards provide different kinds of advice:

Different cards provide different kinds of advice:

Major Arcana – big lessons in life.

Different cards provide different kinds of advice:

Major Arcana – big lessons in life.

Minor Arcana – specific everyday concerns.

Different cards provide different kinds of advice:

Major Arcana – big lessons in life.

Minor Arcana – specific everyday concerns.

Court Cards – other people or aspects of yourself.

It’s not about individual cards’ meanings...

It’s not about individual cards’ meanings...

...but how the cards relate to

each other.

The Problem

My family's small vacation house at the coast hasn’t been in good shape for years.

My family's small vacation house at the coast hasn’t been in good shape for years.

Of course, complete remodel would take a lot of money...

My family's small vacation house at the coast hasn’t been in good shape for years.

Of course, complete remodel would take a lot of money...

... but that couldn’t be the only reason why I’m so

reluctant to do it.

My whole family is involved, so frankly...

My whole family is involved, so frankly...

...I was not sure I would be comfortable with what I discover.

The safest thing to do was the simple Past-

Present-Future spread.

My question was simple and straightforward:

My question was simple and straightforward:

“What are my real thoughts about this house?”

Card 1: The Past

King of Swords is harsh but fair, a decisive commander.

Card 1: The Past

King of Swords is harsh but fair, a decisive commander.

This is obviously my grandfather

who built this house.

Card 1: The Past

He kept the house in mint condition, until his eighties...

Card 1: The Past

He kept the house in mint condition, until his eighties... ...when he couldn’t really keep up.

Yet, he wouldn’t let anyone meddle in his responsibility.

Card 2: The Present

Five of Pentacles: Everybody became

paranoid about keeping what they have and

isolated themselves from each other.

Card 2: The Present

Five of Pentacles: Everybody became

paranoid about keeping what they have and

isolated themselves from each other.

This does sound like my family.

Card 2: The Present

The key is not to quit but endure and find a

smarter way of moving forward.

Card 2: The Present

The key is not to quit but endure and find a

smarter way of moving forward.

Things won’t improve until we all learn to

give and accept help from each other.

Card 3: The FutureNine of Pentacles - Success and great results are already

here, whatever the final outcome proves to be.

Card 3: The FutureNine of Pentacles - Success and great results are already

here, whatever the final outcome proves to be.

(After choosing a path and pursuing it with

determination and commitment)

Card 3: The Future

In short, it seems there is no way out, nor any

easy way toward results.

Card 3: The Future

In short, it seems there is no way out, nor any

easy way toward results.

Better to prepare myself for hard

work that is coming.

But one thing was still bothering me: What exactly should I do?

But one thing was still bothering me: What exactly should I do?

I decided to open one more card to clarify this point for

myself.

And the card I opened:

Ten of Swords!

And the card I opened:

Ten of Swords!

(Just great, two pentacles and two swords:

And the card I opened:

Ten of Swords!

(Just great, two pentacles and two swords:

... hard work, hard thinking, and

conflicts.)

Back to Ten of Swords:

After confronting fears and expectations, the situation is conclusively resolved.

Back to Ten of Swords:

After confronting fears and expectations, the situation is conclusively resolved.

Although the result may not be what I

hoped for, the new cycle is about to

begin.

Let’s get the whole picture now:

Let’s get the whole picture now:

The period of conflicts and of everyone looking only after themselves is about to end...

Let’s get the whole picture now:

The period of conflicts and of everyone looking only after themselves is about to end...

... while step-by-step continuous effort is

about to begin.

What is needed is to trigger this transition somehow...

What is needed is to trigger this transition somehow...

...and taking action is more important than

worrying whether the action is the right one.

See? That was easy.

Each reading is a story.

It’s about how the cards relate to

each other.

Before You Leave

Share this.

www.LearnTarotInaDay.com

Image Sources:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/Sánchez_Coello_Royal_feast.jpg

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jean-Léon_Gérôme_-_Louis_XIV_and_Moliere.jpg

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Miranda_-_The_Tempest_JWW.jpghttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vasnetsov_samolet.jpg

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fortune_teller,_Albert_Anker,_1880.pnghttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Georges_Seurat_-_Un_dimanche_après-

midi_à_l'Île_de_la_Grande_Jatte_v2.jpeg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/

File:'Hawaiian_House',_oil_on_canvas_painting_by_Theodore_Wores.jpghttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monet-montorgueil.JPG

Tarot Reading Example: Past, Present, Future

www.LearnTarotInaDay.com

www.LearnTarotInaDay.com