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Last updated: 11.9.21 5:45pm pst

Hey folks! It has been a hot minute since last opened tarot readings. I've been caught up in school and internships and life in general. But I'm back, and I thought I'd open up a few tarot reading slots! As always, I'll keep this post updated with the number of slots still available.

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A Detailed Guide to Cleansing Your Tarot Deck

How often should I cleanse my deck and why?

Between every in-depth reading you do: they require a lot of energy and focus and can heavily impact the energy around your deck

When you get a new deck: you don’t know who has handled the deck before you or what energies surrounded it

If someone touches your deck: their energy can be easily transmitted through physical contact (which you could potentially use to your advantage if you’re reading for them)

When you see multiple cards from a recent previous reading appear in your current reading: a sign that the energies of the people you are reading for are becoming muddled

At different times of the year - equinoxes, full moons, first day of a season: routine cleansing is a great way to keep your cards in good shape

If you haven’t used it in a while: old, built up energies need to be cleared to help “wake up” your deck after it’s been sitting unused

How can I clean my deck?

With a cleansing sigil: place the deck on top to the sigil and write “Negative energy” or “Old energy” for removal

Passing through some sage smoke: sage is a great all around cleanser!

Shuffling while focusing on cleansing: shuffling reorganizes the cards and is a quick method for cleansing in between consecutive readings

Place a clear quartz on top: quartz, especially when charged with light from a full moon, absorbs negative and foreign energy really well

With the light of a full moon: the full moon represents new beginnings and holds strong cleansing power, place on a window sill overnight 

Meditation with a focus on cleansing: sit near or hold your deck, close your eyes, focus on your breathing (count your inhale as 1, exhale 2, inhale 3, etc until 30), then imagine a white, cleansing light enveloping your deck

Make a salt circle around your deck: can get kind of messy, but the salt will absorb negative energy, make sure to dispose of it after!

Put the cards in order (by suit, element, number, or astrology): sorting your deck will give it a fresh start, make sure all the cards are upright as well!

Tarot Tips - Confidence

Don’t put so much pressure on yourself to be right all the time. Sometimes a reading just doesn’t resonate, and that’s okay! It’s also okay to acknowledge this and try again. When reading for someone else, and they don’t resonate with the cards, if you casually brush it off, they likely will too! 

Memorize the cards as best as you can. This is obviously going to take a lot of practice. But recognizing the cards right off the bat will make your reading go smoother and help you feel more confident.

Learn to read body language. Chances are, you’re probably already pretty good at this! Receiving positive body language when reading for others will help reassure you. And knowing when a reading doesn’t feel right for others will help you switch gears.

Ask the right kinds of questions.

Start small. Don’t jump in with a 12 card reading about your life’s destiny. Start with 1-3 cards about how your day or week is going to go. This applies when reading for others too! Answer their questions with a 3 card spread instead of 8. It’ll help you not get lost in the details. 

Read for close friends. Sometimes you know too much about yourself, and that can be confusing. And reading for people you trust can remove some of the stress if you’re new to reading for others.

On that note, read for people that don’t know enough to correct you. If you read for people unfamiliar with tarot, and you get something wrong, they won’t know! Even if you don’t get anything wrong, knowing that you won’t be “exposed” will take away some of the anxiety. 

Learn to read without a spread. If you find pre-made tarot spreads restrictive or just don’t want to remember a spread for every occasion, learn to rely on your intuition instead and do away with them!

Don’t be afraid to provide a disclaimer. If you’re still a baby diviner, give a quick “btw I’m still practicing” to, again, relieve some of that pressure to be perfect. 

Get a reading from someone else! Seeing another diviner in practice can only ever be a learning experience. You also get a sense of what it feels like to be on the receiving end of a reading that isn’t your own, and hopefully you’ll realize you’re much more focused on your own question than trying to spot your reader’s mistakes. (In case that’s something you were worried about.) 

Written In the Stars Tarot Spread

Option 1: Love 1 - 2: You and your crush / significant other 3 - 4: What you need to know 5, 7: Things to look forward to 6, 8: Things to look out for

Option 2: Making a decision  1, 3: Choice 1 2, 4: Choice 2 5: Pro of Choice 1 6: Con of Choice 1 7: Pro of Choice 2 8: Con of Choice 2 Add more pro/con cards as necessary 

Option 3: Short Term Future Reading 1 - 4: Overall tone of short term future 5 - 8: Timeline of events

“Safe Travels”