Does anyone read tarot cards?

i need some tips on how to read tarot cards for yourself. and possibilly some meaning of the cards or just hints in particular.

Does anyone read tarot cards?
I read from the Thoth tarot and it has a great book by Lon Milo Duquette called Understanding the Thoth Tarot. In it he lays out some of the basic structures of the cards and why they are what they are. One of the hardest things to do in all of Tarot is read accurately for yourself we get all over the cards and our wants just really mess us up. There is a great book by Mary Greer called Tarot for Yourself, that I highly recommend.





Depending on which deck you use many of them are set up along the Tree of Life. It works like a big cosmic filling cabinet in which you can use to figure out why cards mean what they mean. Really briefly all of the cards live inside the Fool. From there they are broken out into his/ her cosmic journey in the Major Arcana that can be viewed as a quest for the Holy Grail. Then you move to the crazy world of Court cards. They are just a pain. They can be broken up into elemental corrospondences by their rank and suit. So: Kinghts are fire, Queens are water, Princes are Air and Princesses are Earth. That means that the Knight of Wands is Fire of fire and Princess of Disks is Earth of Earth. The Aces contain all of the pip cards and are the beginning points. The pips are directly impacted by where they are on the Tree of Life.





All of this is a functional backdrop but sometimes the most information can be gleened by just looking at the card and figuring out what sort of story it is trying to tell you.





Good luck and enjoy the journey!
Reply:Hello





It takes years to understand the tarot, the best way to learn is one question at a time.





Pam
Reply:Hmmm there is really a lot to know about tarot cards, its not as simple of knowing what the cards mean and throwing them down on a table, I suggest getting a book or something.
Reply:This is a really broad question. Suggest that you visit blogs and/or forums targeted for newbies so that you can learn more about tarot readings. It is a very interesting yet information-packed subject. One recommendation is to come here: http://www.tarotnewbie.com