History of Tarot Cards

Where and when Tarot started is a mystery. The earliest proof of Tarot cards being used is from the fifteenth century as a popular card game. Some of the beautiful Tarot decks created then are still around. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries the cards were discovered and used by a number of scholars of the occult who realised that the cards were much more powerful than just a card game. The cards have since then been created or changed by connections to the Kabbalah, Egyptian mysteries, Hermetic philosophy and secret societies such as the Order of the Golden Dawn into what it is today.

Do you have to be a psychic to use Tarot Cards?

You do not have to be a psychic to read Tarot cards. Practise and training of reading your intuition will get your Tarot reading skills improved quickly. Tarot is simply just another tool to reach and use the power of the unconscious, much like meditating, psychotherapy, visualization and interpretation. In movies, psychic readings and Tarot readings are often performed by an old scary witch like lady in a dark scary room. This “Hollywood” image have created and cemented a perception of Tarot cards, for most people in a unfavourable way. Exactly how Tarot cards work has many different interpretations. Some claim that the cards are just tools for communicating with spirits, psychic phenomena or intuition. Others  mean that the number of people that have meditating on the cards have collectively created an energy around the cards.

The Tarot Cards

A standard Tarot deck has 78 were 22 of the cards are “major arcana” or trumps for example The Lovers, The Fool, The Pope and The World. In the US the standard deck is the Rider-Waite deck. Even though it is certainly not the most attractive of Tarot cards the Rider-Waite deck is the most recommended deck to start out with if you are new to Tarot. The basic meaning of the cards are the same regardless of what deck you are using, however, the specific images and language used on a deck can be more or less useful depending what type of reading you are doing. For example, many people find the Renaissance Tarot particularly good at questions of passion, mastery, and reason.

What can Tarot Cards do for you?
It can help you with guidance and finding meaning through making the connection to your source or consciousness easier. It is simply a tool for connecting to yourself and reading the signs that were always there. Most of us live our lives in a way that we let our conscious minds lead the way of our daily life, the Tarot cards helps you to connect to your inner guide and let that wisdom guide you in your choices and the paths you are choosing.

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Along with the many different types of psychic abilities there are also many different types of psychic readings. When most people think of a psychic reading they think of going to a psychic and asking questions which they hope the psychic will be able to answer. Psychic readings can take on other forms as well

•    Tarot readings are psychic readings that foretell the future using tarot cards. Tarot cards have been around since ancient times and have long been a tool that psychics used to see possible future events. There are many different types of tarot card decks but they all have different suits and cards which have different meanings. During a tarot reading a psychic will shuffle and deal the deck with or without help from the person being read and will then arrange the cards in a pattern. The psychic will then interpret the meaning of the cards as they relate to each other.
•    Horoscopes are very popular types of psychic readings, they appear in magazines and newspapers all around the world. Horoscopes are insights into what is likely to happen to a person during a specific time. Horoscopes are based on a person’s star sign or astrology.
•    Astrology readings are more in depth than horoscopes and are based on the position of stars, planets, and other celestial bodies as they relate to the person being read. Everyone has a specific astrology sign based on the position of planets, stars, and celestial bodies when they are born This sign will give a psychic insight what type of influence the celestial bodies will have on a person’s life.
•    Palm readings are another popular form of psychic readings and they involve interpreting the lines on the palm and fingers to give a person insight about themselves and their future. There are few different ways that the lines on the palm can be interpreted and they usually represent life, health, and longevity. The shape of the lines and how they  relate to each other is used as the basis of the reading.

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Psychic abilities have been a popular topic of study and discussion for almost as long as humans themselves have existed. In ancient times psychics were revered for their powers and looked to for guidance and advice. In some time periods such as early colonial America psychics were shunned and considered witches with evil powers.

Today psychics are not usually used to advise government and relied on to give hope to the masses, but they are still popular among individuals who want some insight into their life, situation, or who want to get an idea of what the future may hold for them.

There are many different types of psychic abilities, some are commonly known such as clairvoyance and mental telepathy, and others are more obscure such as psychometry and auric sight. There are also many types of psychic readings including tarot readings, palm readings, horoscopes, and more.

•    Clairvoyance is the psychic ability to see places, scenes, situations, people, and objects that are far away using the mind’s eye. A psychic with clairvoyance can use their mind to connect with people, objects, and places that are far away and see mental images of that far away place. This ability has most famously been used to help solve crimes and murder cases. Clairaudience is a similar ability where a psychic can hear words and sounds from other places and clairempathy is the ability to sense emotions of others far away.
•    Psychometry is another psychic ability that has been popularized by entertainment. This is the ability to perceive information about a place, person, or event by touching an object associated with that person, place, or event. Personal objects such as keys, jewelry, or watches can be used or larger objects such as furniture or walls. Touching these objects allows the psychic to sense either with feelings or images what has happened to the person or object associated with the item.
•    Psychokinesis is another popular psychic ability. People psychokinetic abilities can move and influence objects with their minds.
•    Telepathy is a similar power of the mind and allows people with the ability to read the thoughts of other people.
•    Auric sight is another psychic ability and it allows people with the ability to see the aura, or energy that surrounds others. Everyone’s aura is unique in shape and color and gives insight into the person’s personality, moods, emotions, and health.

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