Tarot Decoder: Interpret the Symbols of the Tarot and Increase Your Understanding of the Cards

376 Pages·2014·16.84 MB·English

by  Kathleen McCormack

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CONTENTS
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
The History of the Tarot
Reading the Cards
The Spreads
The Major Arcana
The Minor Arcana
The Suit of Cups
The Suit of Wands
The Suit of Pentacles
The Suit of Swords
Index
Credits

Introduction
Many people have intuitive experiences but only a few develop their psychic sense.
Some ignore the experiences, because they are afraid, or believe them to be evil;
others consider intuition irrational. Experiments to test for psychic abilities began
in the 1930s at Duke University, North Carolina. These tests showed that there are
people with the ability to see into the future, or into the past, and many of the
individuals studied possessed a telepathic sense. The term E.S.P. (extra-sensory
perception) was established to cover a range of psychic abilities, including
telepathy, clairvoyance, recognition, and psychokinesis.
The Tarot has served scholars and seers for centuries as a stimulus to their
intuitive powers and an aid to divining the future. Make the cards the focus of
daily meditation by concentrating on their mythical symbolism and its hidden
meanings. When you still the conscious mind in this way, you allow the
supraconscious to come into play. This helps you to make the best use of your
psychic ability. And the first person to look at is yourself. In order to grow
spiritually, we need to love and accept ourselves. Only then can we genuinely
accept and understand other people. The power of the Tarot carries with it the
great responsibility of using the cards constructively, to find the right path in life, so
always conduct readings with great sensitivity and care for others' feelings.
There are many different Tarot decks available to buy, and there is no right or
wrong deck to use - it is really a matter of personal preference. It has never been
easy to memorize the meanings of such a large number of cards, and because it is
vital never to make up an interpretation, in the past psychics would often write the
meanings on the cards. Nowadays many people type or write them on labels and
paste them to the back of the cards I highly recommend this practice, particularly
for those who are new to the Tarot.