{"id":10506,"date":"2024-01-18T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spirituallyinspired.co\/?p=10506"},"modified":"2024-01-14T18:20:30","modified_gmt":"2024-01-15T00:20:30","slug":"5-tarot-card-reading-myths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spirituallyinspired.co\/5-tarot-card-reading-myths\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Tarot Card Reading Myths"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-anchor-fm-inc wp-block-embed-anchor-fm-inc\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"149: 5 Tarot Card Reading MYTHS | Learning Tarot Without Memorization by Spiritually Inspired: Manifesting, Mindfulness, And Magic\" src=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/spiritually-inspired\/embed\/episodes\/149-5-Tarot-Card-Reading-MYTHS--Learning-Tarot-Without-Memorization-e27g4dd#?secret=15ZWBqZS1G\" data-secret=\"15ZWBqZS1G\" height=\"102px\" width=\"400px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Accurate_Tarot_Card_Reading\"><\/span>Accurate Tarot Card Reading<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_80 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6986d34a7321a\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6986d34a7321a\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spirituallyinspired.co\/5-tarot-card-reading-myths\/#Accurate_Tarot_Card_Reading\" >Accurate Tarot Card Reading<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spirituallyinspired.co\/5-tarot-card-reading-myths\/#Myth_1_Tarot_cards_are_evil\" >Myth #1: Tarot cards are evil&nbsp;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spirituallyinspired.co\/5-tarot-card-reading-myths\/#Myth_2_You_cant_read_your_own_cards_or_acquire_your_own_deck\" >Myth #2: You can\u2019t read your own cards (or acquire your own deck).&nbsp;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spirituallyinspired.co\/5-tarot-card-reading-myths\/#Myth_3_In_order_to_read_the_cards_accurately_you_have_to_memorize_all_their_meanings\" >Myth #3: In order to read the cards accurately, you have to memorize all their meanings<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spirituallyinspired.co\/5-tarot-card-reading-myths\/#Myth_4_The_%E2%80%9Cbad%E2%80%9D_cards_and_the_tarots_overall_reputation_to_be_negative\" >Myth #4: The \u201cbad\u201d cards and the tarot\u2019s overall reputation to be negative<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spirituallyinspired.co\/5-tarot-card-reading-myths\/#Myth_5_Organized_spreads_are_required_each_time\" >Myth #5: Organized spreads are required each time<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Tarot card reading comes with a lot of myths that only hinder your ability to use the cards as a powerful divination tool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This post is all about busting common tarot MYTHS that are holding you back from your tarot card reading potential. I have five specific things I want to talk about with you, heart to heart, so that you feel ready to read your cards intuitively, accurately, and with more fun. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buymeacoffee.com\/sararae\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"628\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spirituallyinspired.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/become-a-member-2-1024x628.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10490\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Myth_1_Tarot_cards_are_evil\"><\/span>Myth #1: Tarot cards are evil&nbsp;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a myth because evil is a relative term. Morals, ethics, and values are subjective. If the cards don\u2019t feel evil <em>to you,<\/em> then they are not. Nothing can be judged as evil or good unless you decide to label it that way.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of my clients and good friends loves getting her cards read.\u00a0She completely understands the value of a tarot card reading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She will bounce around to different readers, some she knows and some she doesn\u2019t, and she also loves following readers on social media that share group readings, and she tells me they always show up exactly at the right time with the exact right messages she needs to hear.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She also joins the weekly group readings I do on social media via our free Facebook group, and she kindly tells me how much they resonate with her.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I once asked her privately why she doesn\u2019t pick up her own cards and read for herself more?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She confessed that she didn\u2019t own a deck of cards, tarot or oracle. Which genuinely surprised me! She always seems excited and enthusiastic when card reading is involved.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She told me that she just couldn\u2019t bring herself to actually pick up or touch divination cards because there was something deep down inside of her that continued to tell her the lie that the cards are evil.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She loved them enough to trust their messages, but perhaps didn\u2019t trust herself enough to receive the messages in her own way.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tarot card reading is about bringing Spirit or God closer to you. It\u2019s a way to hear Spirit directly. And some of us have been told repeatedly that to communicate so closely with Spirit is inherently evil.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The people who dubbed tarot as evil in the 17th century had a goal of bringing God further away from the common people. They didn\u2019t want everyone to realize the empowerment and ease of receiving your own messages from God at any moment in time.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If they convince everyone that only special people with unique powers have this ability, it raises their position in the hierarchy of society.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m not saying that people who may have told you in the past that tarot cards are evil think they\u2019re better than you. What I\u2019m saying is that this collective belief that tarot is evil is rooted in the obscure idea that only a select group of people have access to God. Which is simply a LIE.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And the tarot proves this. The tarot proves that anyone can talk to God, or reach out to Spirit, at any time, and they will get an answer. Guaranteed.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Myth_2_You_cant_read_your_own_cards_or_acquire_your_own_deck\"><\/span>Myth #2: You can\u2019t read your own cards (or acquire your own deck).&nbsp;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This myth is old and tired and it\u2019s time to ditch it for good. It doesn\u2019t appear as common as it once was. It\u2019s thought that if you read your own cards, your own biases will get in the way of the Divine messages. If we follow this logic, then we also shouldn\u2019t be giving ourselves reiki, or building crystal grids for ourselves, or choreograph our own yoga sequences.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To me, the main purpose of reading tarot cards is to learn to channel messages from the Divine, which means learning to set aside biases in order to hear Spirit clearly.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Self reading and self healing are extremely important and personal spiritual practices that I encourage all of you to engage in. I also encourage all of you to experience healing and readings from someone else, as an outside perspective is invaluable. Both self healing and receiving healing from someone else are powerful. It\u2019s a balance!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I talked a little bit more about why this myth isn\u2019t true in the previous episode about connecting with your soulmate deck. If this is something you\u2019re stuck on right now, put that episode in your queue right now to listen to next!\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spirituallyinspired.co\/podcast\/\">Click here to find the Spiritually Inspired podcast<\/a> on your favorite podcast app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spirituallyinspired.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20210919_161122-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Learn tarot card reading without memorizing anything.\" class=\"wp-image-10509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spirituallyinspired.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20210919_161122-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.spirituallyinspired.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20210919_161122-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.spirituallyinspired.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20210919_161122-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.spirituallyinspired.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20210919_161122-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.spirituallyinspired.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20210919_161122-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Myth_3_In_order_to_read_the_cards_accurately_you_have_to_memorize_all_their_meanings\"><\/span>Myth #3: In order to read the cards accurately, you have to memorize all their meanings<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This is A HUGE MYTH that held me back for years. And I\u2019ve seen it hold back my clients too. I just talked about this in depth in episode 147, but it\u2019s so important that I felt the need to say it again.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to do tarot card reading, please do not feel obligated to memorize anything.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trust me, I make no effort to memorize anything ever. Because I know the more I work with it the more I will understand it. I don\u2019t want to force it. I\u2019ve been reading cards professionally for years and I still would not say I \u201cknow\u201d the meaning of each card, because I read cards <em>intuitively.<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I think it\u2019s important to get familiar with the subject, read the guidebooks, understand what the tool is and how to use it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But it\u2019s intended to be an intuition boosting activity. Every time you pull out your deck, it\u2019s about communicating with Spirit, which requires you to work out your psychic muscles. You don\u2019t pull tarot cards like flash cards, trying to remember their meaning without \u201ccheating.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is no cheating in card reading. There is only divination!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Myth_4_The_%E2%80%9Cbad%E2%80%9D_cards_and_the_tarots_overall_reputation_to_be_negative\"><\/span>Myth #4: The \u201cbad\u201d cards and the tarot\u2019s overall reputation to be negative<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The \u201cbad\u201d cards &#8211; Death, Swords, Hanged Man, etc. Again, it\u2019s all relative! The tarot overall has a reputation of \u201cdoom and gloom,\u201d and even more so with specific cards and suits.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s no doubt that the tarot points out difficult and unpleasant things on a regular basis. That\u2019s because sometimes Spirit has a tough-love type of message to give to you.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The whole purpose is to help you grow and expand from a place of love and light. And thanks to the LOA, it\u2019s literally <em>impossible<\/em> for you to experience anything in your life that isn\u2019t already a vibrational match for you.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That means, whatever message those cards have for you, \u201cgood\u201d or \u201cbad,\u201d you are ready to receive it. On some level, you probably already know the message to be true. That\u2019s the truth of the tarot, it highlights all of these expansion opportunities so you can focus your healing attention on those areas.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Myth_5_Organized_spreads_are_required_each_time\"><\/span>Myth #5: Organized spreads are required each time<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Organized spreads are necessary for an insightful reading &#8211; First off, a card spread refers to the cards we pull as a whole. Some people read tarot through detailed spreads that make elaborate shapes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each portion of the spread represents a different question, relative to the person who is receiving the reading. They might form a circle, or a cross, or a diagonal line.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you search tarot spread on pinterest, you\u2019ll get tons of visual results back of different shapes and prompts you can use when you want to communicate with Spirit through pulling cards.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My argument is that you don\u2019t NEED these spreads. You can do tarot reading completely freeform, following your own set of rules. I think those spreads are a lot of fun and indeed insightful, and again I encourage you to use them, but without the pressure of needing your card pulls to be that elaborate and in depth <em>every single time.<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If I\u2019m pulling cards for simple day-to-day guidance, I\u2019ll just pull one or two and receive a general message. When I pull for clients, especially if it\u2019s our first reading together, I like to pull one or two cards that represent <em>them<\/em> before moving onto either specific questions or a more \u201cgeneral\u201d reading.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The key to intuitive tarot reading is to pull the cards and lay the cards in your own way. And the best way to figure that out is through practice and experimentation. 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