When NOT to do a reading

Have you ever rushed home crying from an argument with your boyfriend to consult your cards on the situation? Tears wetting each card as you lay it out in a spread, only to find yourself looking at cards that make no sense to you at all. Desperate, you gather the cards and try again, and again.

When a person is upset and confused over a situation, it is not the best time to do a reading. The questioner's energies will transfer to the cards, resulting in either a false reading or a confusing reading. Your emotions can also cloud your mind, making it hard to understand what is trying to be revealed.

The best thing to do in this situation is to avoid attempting a reading at all. Do something to take your mind off the situation. Anything you enjoy will do, read, watch television, listen to music, whatever it takes to ground you and bring you back to yourself.

After you feel more relaxed and focused, then you may ask the cards for direction.

Which court card are you?

Rider-Waite Tarot

Some spreads suggests a Significator card be selected. One of these is the Celtic cross spread. This card represents the Querent in the reading.

The most common choice for this card is a court card. There are many different aspects that can be used to determine which card to choose, and there is no right or wrong way of making your selection.

Two aspects that can be used are age and your zodiac sign.

Age
The page represents a young person, female or male.
The knight represents a boy in his twenties.
The king represents a man who has reached adulthood.
The queen represents a woman who has reached adulthood.

Zodiac
The suit of wands represents the fire signs – Aries, Leo, Sagittarius
The suit of cups represents the water signs - Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces
The suit of swords represent the air signs - Gemini, Libra, Aquarius
The suit of pentacles represent the earth signs - Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn

Using these aspects, my Significator card is the Queen of Wands.

Which court card are you?

Tarot for Writers

The tarot can be used in many ways.

A writer can spice up his/her creativity with a deck of tarot cards.

You can produce a story from the images of some tarot cards, or you can create a spread to jumpstart you progress.

You may also feel the need to create your own spreads.

You may even dig into a character's life with a general spread, as I did here.

I use one tarot spread to flesh out my short stories when I feel stuck. It is a three card spread. Position 1 - beginning, Position 2 - middle, Position 3 - end. This spread has helped me complete a few stories.

With the tarot guiding your muse, you'll see amazing results.