FAQ

The tarot is a game composed of 78 cards whose origin dates back to the middle of the 15th century in Northern Italy, though it is believed that they are older, dating back to Ancient Egypt. The typical deck includes 22 Major arcana and 56 Minor arcana which are divided into 4 suits (Wands, Cups, Pentacles, and Swords); in each suit, the cards go from the number 1 (the Ace) to the 10 followed by 4 court cards: the Page, the Knight, the Queen, and the King.

There are many variations of the classical deck, using different depictions that can add nuances and meanings to the interpretation.

In practice, the tarot is made of symbols that illustrate the evolutionary path of the human being, from birth to the full realization of the self.

The cards are used for several practices such as divination, intuition, and deepening the knowledge of the self. Contrary to popular opinion, divination is not the primary art of tarot, it is just one aspect of a far more complex and ancient discipline that aims at awareness and knowledge.

Tarot can give you a picture of the present, helping you to understand what may happen if you decide or don’t decide to make a change in your life.

Tarot is an extraordinary tool for knowing the self since it acts as a mirror that can offer help and profound healing to those who use it.

Tarot can give you a glimpse of the energies of the present. It can help you see aspects that are invisible to you at the moment, and it can reflect a series of probabilities given the conditions that are there at the time the reader is pulling the cards. Tarot can be defined as a mirror of a certain situation, it is a tool to gain insight and reflect on the decisions you make, and it can show you pathways that lead with a certain probability to an outcome. Remember that some circumstances can always change depending on your actions and the way things turn out is basically up to you.

You should take it neither too seriously nor be dismissive towards it. Consult the tarot as if you were asking for advice from a trusted friend. While you take everything with a grain of salt, be respectful of this practice and the time and energy the readers put into it. Keep in mind that skepticism will inversely affect your capacity to formulate a precise question and establish a bond of trust with the reader. When asking for a reading, be sure you’re willing to give the message some credit and come to us with an open attitude.

The best questions are those that aim at receiving clarity on problems or issues that you are not able to face with your mind alone. When you feel emotional, overwhelmed, and overtaxed it can be hard to see solutions and find a way out. Sometimes all we do is keep going around in circles in our heads or mull the same thoughts over. Cards are objective and can help you with various topics: love, relationships, career, life’s purpose, education, choices, changes, crossroads, family dynamics, and spiritual healing. Cards can also confirm some of your own intuition about a situation thus giving you the confidence to make your decisions.

The best questions to ask tarot are open-ended. Avoid all those questions that start with “Will I” because it is only up to you to decide what to do in your life. These questions can easily be turned into better ones by rephrasing them in this way: instead of asking “Will I get X” >  “What do I need to get X”, “Tell me what I need to know about the situation”. All the WH- questions are probably good questions since they allow the tarot to give you a picture of the present so that you can decide to redirect things if you please. The reader will automatically rephrase some of your questions so that they can work with the best type of question that will give you the information that you really need.

You don’t need to provide too many details, but you should give the context and explain your concern with accuracy, since the more accurate the question, the more precise the reading. If you give a clear idea of your main concern, the cards will answer with honesty and the best accuracy.

The reader won’t share details of your life or of your personal situation with anyone else. All your information will be used only for the aim of providing the service.

Asking repetitive questions about the same issues? What you may not know is that it is a sign of stress and anxiety. Once you get your reading, don’t rush to another tarot reader asking the same question. After the reading, take time to absorb the message and reflect upon the response given by the cards. Be a good listener and accept that the cards may be giving the message you need to hear, instead of what you expect or want to hear.

If the reader has set a time frame for the outcome, wait until that time. If the reading was partially predictive, you should wait to see how things develop from there. In general, we recommend waiting at least six weeks to a couple of months before coming back to ask about the same issue. In any case, it is advisable to have experienced some important changes since the previous reading.

We guarantee the satisfaction of our clients 100% and it’s quite rare to get negative feedback. But there can be cases where you may not feel enthusiastic about the response, especially if it was an answer you didn’t want to hear. It is important to discern between a good reading that may give you an undesired answer and a bad or unethical service. Even when you’re not pleased with the answer, we suggest you evaluate why and introspect a little about the underlying reason why you’re feeling this way. Resist the urge to ask the same question over again or turn to another reader, take some time to digest the reading, and reflect upon the meaning of the messages.

What is contained in the message may not have happened yet. You have to give it the time to play out. The tarot only predicts what can be seen at that moment. Remember, dear seeker, nothing is set in stone; people have the power to make decisions and they are free to change their minds. Another possibility is that the cards offer a point of view of the situation that you’re not considering at this time. Again, take some more time to evaluate.

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