tarot & tea

I love reading tarot, but I find “general” readings to be frustrating and a bit boring. Usually when I pull out my tarot cards, it is because I am excited to read. My querents usually have no idea what questions to ask, and have never even had a reading before. When I do general readings it comes out like, “well, this card says you have, err… money problems?” and it sounds like a terrible cold reading.

So here are some fun questions to read for instead of a general reading! I use them for one card spreads usually but you can expand it to be however you like. These are also fun party questions. Give one card to each person who wants to be read for instead of shuffling for each individual person.

The Questions:

What is your secret greatest fear?

What is your soul’s purpose in life?

What is your greatest quality you don’t recognize yet?

What is your untapped talent?

What does your spirit want right now?

What are you taking too seriously in life?

What does your life need right now?

What should you be focusing on?

What is your relationship like with your spirit guides?

What would make you the happiest right now?

What do you need to let go?

What is ready to manifest in your life?

What is something you need to hear?

What is an important truth in your life?

What is the next step you need to achieve your current goal? (note: ask them to specify which goal ahead of time)

What can you do to improve as a person?

What do your spirit guides want to tell you right now?

What are you avoiding?

What are you ready to let go of?

What do you need to let go of?

What is the next big opportunity that will come to you?

What do you need in your everyday life?

What lesson are you learning right now?

What phase or cycle are you about to enter?

What needs to be dealt with in your life?

What journey are you on right now?

What was your most recent past life like?

What is a big challenge you will need to face soon?

What is advice you could use in your everyday life?

What is the biggest challenge you are currently facing?

What is your subconscious trying to tell you?

What is your higher self trying to tell you?

Bonus Spooky Halloween Questions

What kind of spirits are following you around right now?

How will you die?

What is your inner monster like?

Past Life Spread adapted by Maya and Meritinpu

(originally inspired by and adapted and tweaked from here or  here)

I’d been talking to some of my followers about doing past life Tarot Spread and I figured I’d go ahead and post this to share with everyone. This is the best one my roommate and I use all the time when trying to figure out and work on our past lives. Hope you enjoy.

Best to be done with only the Major Arcana for the main cards. Additional cards (i.e. like the blank black ones in the image) can be done with Court Cards and Minor Arcana.

1 - This card indicates who you were in a specific past life

2 - This is what you did

3 - This is your life’s purpose in that life

4 - This indicates whether/how this purpose was resolved or attained

5 - This is what was carried forward. i.e. talents, preferences, etc.

6 - This is how this past life manifests in your present life

7 - This shows what the circumstances were that you were born in to. Also indicative of your childhood.

8 - This was your youth or adolescent years.

9 - This card shows how your life was in your middle years and adulthood.

10 - This card shows your later years, end of life, and circumstances around your death

11 - This card explains what your karmic lessons are in this life related to the events from your past life

12 - This card explains what your current life’s purpose is related to your past life

Extra Cards you can pull:

Was one of your soul mates present in this life? (You can focus this card on any particular person as well like parents, friends, etc. A positive card meaning will indicate that ‘yes, said person was there.’)

What was this person like? (This is where I like to use Court Cards especially to indicate their personality. Sometimes I combine both this card and the previous card and just use one card. Up to you.)

What was the relationship like with this person? (You can use any card type here. Depends on my mood and the reading so far if I use only Major Arcana or incorporate the Minor Arcana.)

The Wild Unknown Daily Draw

The Wild Unknown Daily Draw

The Three of Pentacles suggests that you get started on that project you’ve been putting off! With some outside perspective or another’s expertise, your work will thrive! You may also find yourself in a position to lend a helping hand or share some of your own knowledge to a beginner or someone with less experience than you. Help them out!