The Tarot is a vocabulary of signs and symbols that are a way of communicating with universe, spirit, God.
You can go to your doctor for emergency medicine, your lawyer for legal advice, your mechanic for car troubles, and the internet for nutritional advice, but where do you go for answers you can't find elsewhere? You might turn to God, whatever this means to you. But, sometimes, things get lost in translation. Sometimes, the stress of being a human on planet Earth can get in the way of hearing, understanding, or acknowledging the message.
Not to cross personal boundaries or rattle your cage, but each card in a deck of Tarot can be perceived as a personal message from God (your higher power, the creator, the force behind nature, pure energy, spirit, spirit guides, ancestors) and, as such, Tarot can be of immense value in helping you to decipher intuitive hunches, signs, dreams, and provide explanations regarding the unknown.
In many ways, pulling a Tarot card is like flipping a coin. It provides an answer you can choose to agree or disagree with. However, unlike a coin toss, Tarot works through the energy you're expressing during a reading and can reveal answers, insights, and clarifications about any question or concern you may have through pictures, colors, and symbols. If you've already requested an intuitive consultation or dabbled with Tarot, you likely recognize Tarot as a holistic tool to gauge your intuitive responses (or are beginning to).
Each card in a deck of Tarot cards relates to specific aura colors, constitutional temperaments, health-related conditions, and holistic alternatives, such as corresponding herbs, oils, stones, and sense-based activities, which is why Tarot can be such self-empowering tool for transformation.
For example, the Queen of Cups (click her image to enlarge) represents a real sweetheart, the wife of your dreams, the doting mother, the kind sister, or the young grandmother baking lavender cookies made with love. She has a positive demeanor, is approachable and very supportive, and is blessed with good health when upright. However, when she's reversed, she can be a drama queen, prone to insecurity, codependency, emotionalism, depression, and escapist behaviors.
The Queen of Cups element is Water. So, naturally, water therapies, foods honoring her Phlegmatic temperament (or Blue foods, like blueberries), and stones containing her aura shades, ranging from blue to green (and a few pinks), will help restore her inner peace and physical balance. Her aura color is Blue, her constitutional temperament is Phlegmatic (matching her element), and her primary senses are Sound and Touch, which she is empowered through. Hence, the sound of rain and a loving embrace will help regain her inner peace and physical balance. Because she is filled with empathy and compassion for others and nature, fairness (justice) is one of her concerns. Should this card be pulled in a reading, it suggests these things and and a loving attitude can go a long way to ease life's pains and promote health and happiness.
Tarot has been used throughout the past hundred years or so as a game and for fortune telling. It's only been the past couple of decades that Tarot become recognized as a tool to magnify one's inner voice of intuition.
Each of the original twenty-two major arcana cards in a deck of Tarot cards relates to specific biblical meanings and keywords.
If you have a regular deck of playing cards at home, you can improvise an intuitive reading and perform a Tarot self-study.
Many people are under the impression that Tarot is evil, an opinion derived from religion and pop culture, which have used Tarot to manipulate and promote scare-factor in the media. However, the Tarot was originally a card game, period. It's made of paper and ink and has no power of its own—none whatsoever. For example, guns are made of metal and wood, and syringes are made of metal and glass (or plastic), but neither are inherently evil or have any power to injure unless placed in the wrong hands. It's not what a thing is that makes it evil. It's what you do with it.
Fool ~ One who is deficient in judgement, sense, or understanding or acts unwisely on a given occasion.
Me-jish'-en ~ One whose formidable skills seem magical, a wizard, a sorcerer. One who performs magic for entertainment or diversion.
Pre'-stis ~ A female priest having the power or authority to administer religious or sacred rites.
Em'-pris ~ The female ruler of an empire (or another type of imperial realm) or the wife or widow of an emperor.
Em'per-er ~ A man who rules an empire or is the head of state (company, office, group, home) in an empire.
Hi'·er·o·phant ~ A person, especially a priest in ancient Greece, who interprets sacred mysteries or esoteric principles. Specifically, the chief priest of the Eleusinian mysteries.
Luv'-er ~ One who loves another, especially when involves in a romantic or sexual relationship with another. Either of the two people involved in a love affair. Or, a person, especially a man, who has a premarital or extramarital affair.
CHerēət: A two-wheeled vehicle used in ancient times for sport, fighting and pulled by a horse or team of horses.
Strenth ~ The state or quality of being strong. A worthy attribute. The capacity to resist stress, strain, or attack. A protective or supportive power. Persuasiveness.
Hur' mit ~ An early Christian recluse. A religious (or any other) person who has withdrawn from society and lives a solitary existence.
Wēl or Hwēl ~ In mythology and literature, a revolving device spun by a deity of fate selecting random changes in the affairs of man. A wheel-shaped instrument on which victims were bound for torture and execution in medieval and early modern Europe. Water, spinning, or potter's wheel.
Jus' tis ~ The quality of being just, fair, right, moral, decent. What is merited and according to law and honor. Also, to capture, try, and punish. To be held accountable.
Hang'd ~ Put to death (execute) by hanging, which may include being drawn and quartered. Or, to remain suspended, unresolved, or uncertain (limbo).
Deth ~ The destroyer of life (the skeleton with the scythe), the act of dying, a state of being dead, the destruction, extermination, or extinction of a thing.
Tem′per-ens or Tem′prens ~ Moderation and self-restraint (as in behavior or expression. Yielding to one's appetites or desires. Abstinence from alcoholic drink.
Dev' el ~ In many religions, the major personified spirit of evil, ruler of Hell, and foe of God. A demon. A wicked or malevolent person. An energetic, mischievous, daring, or clever person. A device or machine, especially one having teeth or spikes and used for tearing.
Tou' ar ~ A tall, usually square or circular structure, sometimes part of a larger building and usually built for a specific purpose. A place of defense or retreat. A tall, movable structure used in ancient and medieval warfare in storming a fortified place. To rise above or surpass others.
Star ~ Any of the celestial bodies visible at night from Earth as relatively stationary, usually twinkling points of light. A planet or constellation of the zodiac believed in astrology to influence personal destiny. One who is highly celebrated in a field or profession.
Muun ~ A natural satellite revolving around a planet. A month, especially a lunar month. Moonlight. Something unreasonable or unattainable: as in asking for the moon.
Son ~ A star that is the center of a planetary system. The radiant energy, especially heat, and visible light, emitted by the sun; sunshine.
Juj' ment ~ A discernment. The formation of an opinion or estimate after consideration or deliberation, especially a formal or authoritative decision. A misfortune believed to be sent by God as punishment for sin.
Wurld ~ The universe. The earth, especially with the life it supports. Humankind. A realm or domain. A state of existence. All that relates to or affects the life of a person. As in, what's going on in your world.
The Tarot Suit of Cups is the same as the Suit of Hearts in a deck of regular playing cards, with the exception of the Knight of Cups. There are no Knights in a regular playing cards.
The Tarot Suit of Swords is the same as the Suit of Spades in a deck of regular playing cards, with the exception of the Knight of Swords. There are no Knights in a regular playing cards.
The Tarot Suit of Wands is the same as the Suit of Clubs in a deck of regular playing cards, with the exception of the Knight of Wands. There are no Knights in a regular playing cards.
The Tarot Suit of Coins is the same as the Suit of Spades in a deck of regular playing cards, with the exception of the Knight of Coins. There are no Knights in a regular playing cards.
