Chapter One
Tarot, Magic, and You Start Reading the Cards Right Now Tarot reading is like wading in an icy swimming hole on a cool summer night. Diving in is easier than tiptoeing. You can read tarot right now. There’s no need to be versed in occult secrets. You don’t need to be the love child of a certified witch. You don’t need to memorize card meanings. The most important part of tarot reading is the intuitive space you create while gazing at the cards. Tarot’s power springs from you. You hold the magic. You hold the power. You arrive at a message. The cards are simply a tool with which you can engage your intuition. You are a walking symbolic dictionary. Your life is chock-full of symbols holding deep associations and profound meanings for you. It is exquisite that your experience of symbol, color, sound, and shape is unique to you. No one will ever read the cards or arrive at the answers just like you. You already know what the cards mean because tarot is a reflection of the human psyche. Everything you have or will experience is reflected in the arcana. The cards are a reflection of life. Every day you grow richer with experience. Apply this knowledge to the cards.
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