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Intrigued by tarot?  Fascinated when you receive a reading?  Learning tarot and want some tips on how to read the cards easily? ...Here I reveal some secrets tarot readers use.

Tarot reading is about entering into a conversation with the subconscious. Here are 5 secrets Tarot readers use to connect with the cards.

• TAKING NOTICE - Seeing is necessary before speaking. Do not immediately jump into the reading. Instead, stop and look at the cards drawn. Consider the arrangement of the cards and allow the patterns in front of you to be revealed. Breathe and relax into the moment and take notice. Tarot cards are not static and are meant to interact just like we are. Learning from opposite ends of the spectrum - by studying the basic meanings and then learning to read them as a group - builds experience in the mind. 
  
• IDENTIFYING PATTERNS - Identifying the patterns will lead you into the reading. Search for answers to questions like these:

• What is the prominent theme?
• Are there more sword cards, more wands, more cups, more coins? What might it indicate to have more of one suit than another?
• Where are the Major Arcana? Are they in key places - part of the foundation cards?
• What spread have you chosen? Are the cards fitting the nature of the spread? Or does it feel like you have a business spread in a love reading?
• What numbers are prominent? What colors are prominent? What movement of the characters is prominent – are they moving in the same direction?

• FINDING THE STORY - Putting a context with the patterns ignites a reading. Start by locating the theme in the reading – is there sorrow throughout the cards, joy, action? What is the focus – personal, business, social? Is there success in the end or is the person in the middle of a situation that shows an ending in the far distance? Again, take note of the main character in the reading – there often is one type of card that shows up in duplicate or triplicate and can be considered the main character. Sometimes there are groups of people that show up and a character must be identified. How does this character relate throughout the reading? Are there cards that support him/her or cards that turn their back on that character? Some readings may have a cast of characters. Are these family members, fellow employees, or friends of the client? If you are having difficulty piecing it all together, relate the situation you see in the cards to a personal experience – what would the cards mean to you and how would they speak about your life? The person being read may be a total opposite to you in appearance and lifestyle but our experiences are truly what connect us and you can always connect with your client by revealing what something means to you.
  
• TRUSTING RESPONSE - Trusting a response zero's in on issues. There is an odd phenomenon that occurs when you read tarot with your intuition engaged. At some point in the process the basic meaning of the cards can disappear as you read. It is a place of alchemy where your understanding and knowledge actually disappears and almost seems irrelevant. This is when your personal connection to the subconscious and inner knowing take over. TRUST IT! If you keep getting a particular image over and over bring it to the attention of the client. Tell them what you are getting. In doing so you trigger your ability to move deeper into the meaning of the reading – keeping it to yourself blocks your ability to continue the reading.
  
• FACILITATING - Facilitating is not permission to misuse information. It is important to remember that when you are using this tool it is not okay to misuse it for your own purposes. You are merely a facilitator of the information you are receiving and not the originator of the information. If you cannot see the information being asked for simply say so. And if you are receiving information that doesn't seem to fit, then present it to the client as just that. Recognizing that the cards are simply a tool for the client to self-analyze can relieve you of feeling at odds with the act of receiving and giving words to something that you have no knowledge of and what often is intuition on your part. What might feel to you as a patchwork of information may very well make sense to the person in front of you.

Trusting what comes to mind indicates a willingness to allow the flow of information. When a person sits across from you and requests a reading they are giving you permission to tap into them and engage in the flow of energy that comes with that request. A tarot reading is a flow of information. If you block the flow you dam up the information and the reading can dry up.