What makes a good Tarot reader?

The best Tarot readers are sensitive and intuitive: genuine psychics who merely use the ancient imagery of their Tarot cards as a visual stimulus, enabling them to tap into their own inner wisdom. Anyone can learn to read the cards to some extent, and doing so will benefit you in many ways, but it is generally accepted that the truly great Tarot readers are born, not made.

Tarot is a wonderful tool for deepening your understanding of life and of the people around you.
It is a shame that despite the long history of Tarot, many people still don’t understand what it’s all about, or how and why it works.

One major misconception about Tarot is that it’s all “fortune telling mumbo jumbo”. This is largely due to the way it has traditionally been portrayed in Hollywood ‘B’ movies: as the preserve of gypsy charlatans and tricksters, or as something dark and sinister, but this is simply not the case.

Most modern practitioners are sensitive, responsible souls who have a deep-seated desire to help their clients achieve greater happiness and fulfilment through an understanding of some of the forces acting upon them, both positive and negative.

A gifted tarot reader can help you to see the issues surrounding your life with far greater clarity. They can help you to overcome many of the problems and worries in your day to day life by giving you gentle guidance and advice, and can often alert you to forces around you which may not always have your best interests at heart. A wise reader will encourage you to take responsibility for your own life, and to be the active determinant of your destiny, rather than a passive victim, blown on the winds of fate like a leaf in the breeze.

In more ancient times, many people believed in the unshakable power of predestination. Many believed that the future was set in stone, and that we poor humans were merely the playthings of the gods, with no real control over our own lives. The vast majority of Tarot practitioners today acknowledge the power of the individual to shape his or her own destiny. The future lies in your own hands, and a good Tarot consultant will enable their clients to see that.
Another misconception is that Tarot is a mechanical ‘system’ for giving readings. Again – not true! The cards form only a part of the whole picture. The energies of both the person HAVING the reading and the person DOING the reading also come into play. The tarot reader’s main job is to decipher the meaning of the cards for the individual client.

No two readings are ever identical, just as no two people are. Even if by some peculiar twist of fate the exact same cards were to be drawn, the meanings will be subtly different depending upon various factors: the time, the circumstances, the subtle shifts of psychic energy, and the various forces acting upon all the parties involved. A truly gifted tarot reader will pick up on all of these factors, and when combined with their own unique psychic abilities, the truths and perceptions which come flooding out can be extremely insightful.

This is what makes Tarot so powerful, and so fascinating.