Tarot and Psychic Readings

Tarot reading is belief in using cards to gain insight into the past, current and future situations by posing a question to the cards, i.e. cartomancy. Some believe they are guided by a spiritual force, while others believe the cards help them tap into a collective unconscious or their own creative, brainstorming subconscious. The divinatory meanings of the cards commonly used today are derived mostly from cartomancer Jean-Baptiste Alliette (also known as Etteilla) and Mlle Marie-Anne Adelaide Lenormand (1776-1843).The belief in the divinatory meaning of the cards is closely associated with a belief in their occult, divine, and mystical properties: a belief constructed in the 18th century by prominent Protestant clerics and freemasons.

Tarot decks can have the entire seventy-eight cards consisting of fourteen cards per suit plus the twenty-two trumps or consist of only the twenty-two trump cards. Traditionally the trumps and suits were part of a trump style game with many historical and national variations.

Tarot is often used in conjunction with the study of the Hermetic Qabalah.In these decks all the cards are illustrated in accordance with Qabalistic principles, most being influenced by the Rider-Waite-Smith deck and bearing illustrated scenes on all the suit cards. The images on the Rider-Waite deck were drawn by artist Pamela Colman Smith, to the instructions of Christian mystic and occultist Arthur Edward Waite, and were originally published by the Rider Company in December 1909.This deck is considered a simple, user friendly one but nevertheless its imagery, especially in the Major Arcana, is complex and replete with esoteric symbolism.The subjects of the Major Arcana are based on those of the earliest decks, but have been significantly modified to reflect Waite and Smith’s view of the Tarot. An important difference fromMarseilles style decks is that Smith drew scenes with esoteric meanings on the suit cards. However the Rider-Waite was not the first deck to include completely illustrated suit cards. The first to do so was the 15th century Sola-Busca deck.

Tarot and Psychic Readings – Reversed cards

Some methods of interpreting the tarot consider cards to have different meanings depending on whether they appear upright or reversed. A reversed card is often interpreted to mean the opposite of its upright meaning. For instance, the Sun card upright may be associated with satisfaction, gratitude, health, happiness, strength, inspiration, and liberation; while in reverse, it may be interpreted to mean a lack of confidence and mild unhappiness. However, not all methods of card reading prescribe an opposite meaning to reversed cards. Some card readers will interpret a reversed card as either a more intense variation of the upright card, an undeveloped trait or an issue that requires greater attention. Other interpreters point out that card reversal is dependent on the order of the cards before shuffling, so is of little bearing in the scope of a reading.

Tarot and Psychic Readings – Spreads

A Tarot reading typically starts with the tarot reader (self or other) shuffling the deck, and is laid out in one of a variety of patterns called spreads. This is then interpreted by the interpreter or reader. The spreads generally cover the subject’s thoughts and desires (known or unknown) or past, present, and future events. Each position in the spread is assigned a number, and the cards are turned over in that sequence, with each card being contemplated/interpreted before moving to the next, and in connection with neighbouring cards. Each position has an interpretation indicating what aspect of the question the card in that position is referring to.

Sometimes, before being dealt, the initial card in a spread is chosen to represent the querent or the question being asked, often from the major arcana. This card is called thesignificator and is removed from any further role in the spread.

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Tarot and Psychic Readings – Order of the Trumps

The following is a comparison of the order of the trumps up to and including the A.E. Waite deck. This table is based on Dummett (1980) and actual inspection of the relevant decks.

Tarot de Marseille	Court de Gébelin	Etteilla’s Egyptian Tarot	Paul Christian’s Egyptian Tarot (divinatory meaning in bold)	Oswald Wirth	Golden Dawn	A.E. Waite	Book of Thoth (Crowley)
1 – the Bateleur (Mountebank)	Bateleur	Ideal/Wisdom	the Magus / Will	Magician	1 – The Magician	I – The Magician	I – The Magus
2 – the Popess	High Priestess	Enlightenment/Passion	Gate of the (occult) Sanctuary /Knowledge	Priestess	2 – The High Priestess	II – The High Priestess	II – The Priestess
3 – the Empress	Empress	Discussion/Instability	Isis – Urania / Action	Empress	3 – The Empress	III – The Empress	III – The Empress
4 – the Emperor	Emperor	Revelation/Behaviour	Cubic Stone / Realisation	Emperor	4 – The Emperor	IV – The Emperor	IV – The Emperor
5 – the Pope	Chief Hierophant	Travel/Country Property	Master of the Mysteries/Arcana /Occult Inspiration	Hierophant	5 – The Hierophant	V – The Hierophant	V – The Hierophant
6 – Love or the Lovers	Marriage	Secrets/Truths	Two Roads / Ordeal	Lovers	6 – The Lovers	VI – The Lovers	VI – The Lovers
7 – the Chariot	Osiris Triumphant	Support/Protection	Chariot of Osiris / Victory	Chariot	7 – The Chariot	VII – The Chariot	VII – The Chariot
8 – Justice	Justice	Tenacity/Progress	Themis (Scales and Blade) /Equilibrium	Justice	11 – Justice	XI – Justice	VIII – Adjustment
9 – the Hermit	Wise Man	Justice/Law-Maker	the Veiled Lamp / Wisdom	Hermit	9 – The Hermit	IX – The Hermit	IX – The Hermit
10 – Wheel of Fortune	Wheel of Fortune	Temperance/Convictions	the Sphinx / Fortune	Fortune	10 – The Wheel of Fortune	X – Wheel of Fortune	X – Fortune
11 – Fortitude	Fortitude	Strength/Power	the Muzzled(tamed) Lion / Strength	Strength	8 – Strength	VIII – Strength	XI – Lust
12 – the Hanged Man	Prudence	Prudence/Popularity	The Sacrifice / Sacrifice	Hanged Man	12 – The Hanged Man	XII – The Hanged Man	XII – The Hanged Man
13 – Death	Death	Marriage/Love Affair	The Skeleton Reaper /Transformation	Death	13 – Death	XIII – Death	XIII – Death
14 – Temperance	Temperance	Violence/Weakness	the Two Urns (the genius of the sun) /Initiative	Temperance	14 – Temperance	XIV – Temperance	XIV – Art
15 – the Devil	Typhon	Chagrins/Illness	Typhon / Fate	Devil	15 – The Devil	XV – The Devil	XV – The Devil
16 – the Tower	the Castle or Plutus	Opinion/Arbitration	the Beheaded Tower (Lightning Struck) / Ruin	Tower	16 – The Tower	XVI – The Tower	XVI – The Tower
17 – the Star	Sirius or the Dog Star	Death/Incapacity	Star of the Magi / Hope	Star	17 – The Star	XVII – The Star	XVII – The Star
18 – the Moon	Moon	Betrayal/Falsehood	the Twilight / Deception	Moon	18 – The Moon	XVIII – The Moon	XVIII – The Moon
19 – the Sun	Sun	Poverty/Prison	the Blazing Light / (earthly) Happiness	Sun	19 – The Sun	XIX – The Sun	XIX – The Sun
20 – Judgment	the Creation	Fortune/Augmentation	the Awakening of the Dead / Renewal	Judgement	20 – Judgement	XX – Judgement	XX – The Aeon
21 – the World	Time	Law Suit/Legal Dispute	the Crown of the Magi / Reward	World	21 – The Universe	XXI – The World	XXI – The Universe
Le Mat (Fool)	Fool	Madness/Bewilderment	0 the Crocodile (between 20 and 21) /Expiation	Fool	0 – The Fool	0 – The Fool	0 – The Fool

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