It takes only minutes a day to improve your Tarot skills on your own — not YEARS. How do you improve your Tarot skills without spending loads of time?
It’s the how do you eat an elephant strategy — one bite at a time.
Tarot skills improvement #1
A new take on the daily draw (10 min)
Yes, you’ve undoubtedly heard of the daily draw. But most people don’t leverage the power of the daily draw to their advantage.
The mistake that most make is to lay a card or 2 in the morning and then go about their day.
The way to get the most out of your daily draw is to REVISIT the draw that evening and write down your reflections from the day. This simple step helps you connect the cards to actual events, feelings, thoughts, perceptions and more instead of just forgetting about the cards you drew and moving on.
At first, your draws may not make much sense.
Even after doing this for many years, I have draws that don’t make any sense. I don’t click with what the cards are trying to say.
The key is to just write down your reflections anyway.
Remember the elephant? Just keep the relationship between you and the cards fresh. This is your goal.
pick from the choices below to supercharge your daily draw
Tip 1:
Another tip for the daily draw is to use some sort of focal point for this mini reading.
Instead of guessing what the cards are referring to:
–give yourself a head start by using a question or a spread deck to focus with.
You can use a question as broad as — what do I need to know today?
Or as specific as — will Bob call today?
Tip 2:
If you don’t have a question in mind, then pull a random card from a spread deck. I have a link to a spread deck below if you want one to print out. Tarot is known for being an infinite rabbit hole. A question or spread deck helps fence off an area for you to inspect and get some useful information.
Tip 3:
The final tip for the daily draw is to try pulling 2 cards instead of one for the same reason that I just stated. The 2 cards work together to create a picture, feeling, or word salad that you can play with to come up with the message.
Remember the daily draw is part of your Tarot practice. And practice makes perfect.
Tarot skills improvement tip #2
Weekly Spread (15 minutes)
The weekly spread idea is pretty much the same as the daily draw. Do this weekly on Sunday or whatever day you choose.
Here it’s best if you use a spread with actual spread positions.
Your question can be what do I need to know about the week ahead?
Here’s a sample weekly spread. (biggest victory, biggest challenge, advice)
Three card spreads work great for a weekly spread. See below for examples:
- what I know – what I don’t know – advice
- the challenge – key players – outcome
- celebrate – contact – consume
- the vibe – my energy – best approach
- higher self – my perspective – best action
- my head says – my heart says – my gut says
As with the daily draw, be sure to review your weekly spread at the end of the week before you lay another spread.
What can you see in the cards at the end of the week that you couldn’t see at the beginning of the week?
Tarot skills improvement tip #3 (10 min a day)
Card Linking
No man is an island.
No Tarot card is an island either.
Having a grasp of how the cards work or don’t work together is what will add depth and specifics to your readings.
rehearse card interactions with your daily draw
The daily draw is a good place to tease out card interactions.
Here’s how to do it:
Lay 2 or more cards for your draw.
Jot down the interactions you see between and among the cards.
Examples of interactions include:
- both cards picture women
- the people on the cards are looking toward each other
- the people on the cards are looking away from each other
- both cards are 8’s
- both cards are wands
- one card is an Ace and one is a 10
- the sun in one card looks similar to the wheel pictured on the other card
- one card seems positive while the other seems negative
After you’ve noticed all the interactions between the cards, come up with a few ideas about what that might signify. What are the cards trying to express?
Write it down.
When you come back with your reflections on the following day, you will see if you hit up on anything and have a chance to add to your observations.
When learning Tarot on your own remember, practice is your friend. The more you interact with the cards, the faster you will learn.
To your success!