Growing with the Tarot Daily Draw

I’ve been reading Tarot for 30+ years and just realized something crucial about the Tarot daily draw– I was doing it wrong from a certain perspective. We think tarot expands awareness—but what if it’s secretly limiting it? Argh! I just realized I’ve been doing daily draws wrong for years. Here’s my tried and true method … Read more

5 things that trip you up in a Tarot reading

5 things that trip you up in a Tarot reading (and how to fix them) But — good news — there’s a simple fix to these Tarot trip ups. Tarot Reading Trip up #1: I didn’t have a focus and now the reading is a mess FIX: Ground the reading FAST with: Lesson: Have your … Read more

Wisdom in the cards: why Tarot thrives with age

Newsflash: Tarot at 40, 50 or 60 isn’t “late” – It’s the Perfect Time. Your BS detector alone makes you a better reader than any moonchild with a dreamcatcher at Coachella. After five decades navigating office politics, family dynamics, and relationship mind games, you can spot manipulation and self-deception from a mile away. This isn’t … Read more

Picking a Tarot Deck

Best Tarot Deck for Beginners

Picking a Tarot deck can be a bit overwhelming.  Here are my simple guidelines to picking a tarot deck for beginners and some of my recommendations.

Guidelines for picking your first Tarot deck:

  • My advice for picking a tarot deck for beginners is to choose one based on the Rider Waite.

    Pick a deck based on the Rider Waite.  The Rider Waite isn’t the best deck or the true deck or the most accurate deck, but it is the most talked about deck.  Join the conversation where the majority of conversation is happening, set your foundation, and then be free to explore.

  • Pick a deck that is clear and easy distinguish without excessive detail.  Start simple.  Start with 3×5. Don’t jump to algebraic equations before you’ve learned the basics.

 

  • Picking a deck with pictures on the numbered cards or pips makes interpretation straight out of the box easy and without a lot of research.

 

  • Pick a tarot deck with the court cards: King, Queen, Knight, and Page.  Some Tarot decks will drop one of the court cards.  Or they may change names, for example pages become daughters. To avoid confusion, stick with the standard court cards.

 

  • Pick a tarot deck with the 22 major arcana, no more no less, and hopefully sticking to the “traditional” names.  Many decks will rename cards such as the Devil and the Death cards because people shy away from such naming conventions.

 

  • Keep to the standard 78 card deck.  Once again, some decks will have more or less depending on the author.  Keep it simple in the beginning and play with a full deck!

My Recommendations for Beginner Tarot Decks:

  • Rider Waite
  • New Palladini
  • Morgan Greer
  • Aquarian Tarot

And if you are in need of copyright free Tarot Images, be sure to check out the deck I created.

What was my first Tarot deck?

Marseillies.  Doesn’t fit my criteria, LOL., but I’m a sucker for woodcuts!

Ever wondered if you should buy your first Tarot deck or if it should be gifted?

Post in the comments what your first Tarot deck is or will be.

Should I pick my own Tarot deck?

You may have heard that your first Tarot deck should be gifted.

Many people ask, “Should I pick my own Tarot deck? Or wait for someone to give me one?”

should I pick my own Tarot deck
The Sun Card from the Rider Waite Tarot Deck.

My answer to that is, don’t wait for someone to give you a deck.  Go ahead and buy one.

We have lost tradition and lineage in our modern western society. It used to be that many things were passed down through families: professions, wedding dresses, watches, family history, occult knowledge perhaps…

Now that kind of passing down is very rare.  We no longer practice mentorship. Schools of thought are very different now, and very often the new ideas are favored over the old. You get the picture.

So if you wait for someone to gift you a Tarot deck you may be waiting a very, very long time.

Do yourself a favor and go buy one.

A few of my picks for beginners include:

How to Get Started Reading Tarot

In this episode I give a few tips for beginners to get started reading Tarot cards. Special thanks to Lukashi Sounds for Heart Chakra which is the background music for this episode. The big tip to getting started reading Tarot is to read for other people. Another tip is to discover what kind of reader … Read more

Opening a Reading

Time for the Tarot Tip of the Week.  Tips you can use to learn Tarot today! Today let’s talk about opening a reading. Just start talking. The same advice is given for learning a foreign language, and Tarot is a symbolic language, right? Sure you may feel awkward and overwhelmingly WRONG, but say it anyway. … Read more

How to Learn Tarot Tracy Jordan Style

On the lovely TV series 30 Rock, character Tracy Jordan is a loose cannon to say the least. In one episode he discovers that he can cuss a blue streak on TV simply by paying fines for the offense. When advertisers drop their ads, he simply buys the ad space. Problem solved. Silence the Censor … Read more