How to Interpret Tarot Cards

Read the booklet or book that came in your tarot deck package. This is a good place to start learning about card interpretation.

Go to your local library, bookstore or alternative spirituality store. Skim through several books on card interpretation.

Select a book to read and study. A good book will emphasize the psychological aspects of tarot interpretation, not the predictive.

Get to know your tarot cards. Take time to look at each one individually. Take note of your emotions as you consider each card. This will help your interpretive skills as a tarot reader.

Wait until you feel comfortable with your tarot cards before using them to interpret readings.

Experiment with a tarot spread suggested in your book. Most people use tarot cards by placing a number of them into a pattern called a tarot spread. To begin, choose a simple one that uses 10 cards or fewer.

Look over the cards chosen for your reading in the tarot spread and try to think of each card as a chapter in a story you are telling. See if there is a preponderance of any one suit or arcana. Personal feelings or memories may surface as you gaze at the images before you - they are important and should be noted as well.

Try interpreting cards only for yourself at first before you branch out to friends and family members.