Is it easy to learn to read Tarot cards or does it take a long time to learn?

You can get a deck of Tarot cards, read the instructions, do a layout and then read what each card means. That just takes practise. To actually use the Tarot as a divination tool, that depends on your pyschic abilities. As with all pyschic's you choose your form of divination and then the more you use that form the easier it gets. I am a Medium, and used to use Tarot as a way to get my information, now I just do a meditation to connect with the other side. Hope this info helps.

Is it easy to learn to read Tarot cards or does it take a long time to learn?
The key to learning the Tarot is to learn the symbolism. I don't think you ever finish learning, that is the beauty of the cards.


Start by learning what the symbols for the 4 suits mean. Then learn the symbolic meaning of the numbers from 1-10. Also use the Major Deck as a meditation tool, focusing on each one individually.


You can get a book which will tell you the "definitive" meanings, but the real art comes from letting the cards "talk" to you. There is no one meaning for any card or combination of cards.


Just like any other form of Medieval art work, all the pictures represent more than one thing and the symbols can evoke different images to different people.


Finally learn to enjoy and appreciate them. Start with a simple deck, like the Swiss or Marseilles decks. Once you are familiar with the imagery you can then choose a deck to reflect your tastes.
Reply:The best way to start with the tarot is choose a deck that appeals or 'speaks' to you.





There are so many out there now that you will be spoilt for choice.





There is no great mystery. You do not have to learn by heart what each card means though it is useful as a starting point.





There are different spreads you can use but you can begin very simply;





1 card for an answer to a specific question


3 cards - the one to the left is conditions that have influenced the present, the one in the middle is the current situation and the one to the right is anticipated outcome.





Study the cards and use your own intuition; what is the overall symbology of the card. Look for the details - what do each represent to you - what is the overall picture.





Start by reading for yourself and keep a note - see how accurate your intuition is.





The more you use your own deck the easier it will become.





Remember tarot is just another tool to use with natural psychic ability.
Reply:there are 78 cards in the tarot, so it is a fairly complex process to learn the card meanings, but it is not difficult. time and persistence will always do the trick so do not become disillusioned.





do layouts of cards daily to learn what the cards mean and how the work together and before you know it you will gain a working knowledge. as your intuition develops you will find your information becomes more accurate and specific to whoever you are reading for.





be sure to let anyone you read for to know you are learning so they and you can allow for misinterpretations. good luck
Reply:When you say learn to read Tarot cards you need to realise that they don't actually do anything or have any mystical powers or meanings.





There are several differnt shuffling and laydown techniques that can have a myriad of supposed meanings and so you could spend many years learning by wrote all the methods previous people have tried or you could just laydown any formation of cards you like. As long as you speak convincingly you will find some half wit prepared to give you a few quid for doing it for them.
Reply:Like many aspects of the occult, it can take a little time to learn. A lifetime to master.





Keep in mind though that Tarot was originally intended to be a game. Played as a standard card game centuries back as one may play something like Poker or Blackjack in this day and age.





As such, whilst the result of divination may well be no different to other methods, be it reading tealeaves, runes or otherwise, there will always be sceptics. Granted sceptics exist everywhere, but moreso where it comes to divination.





If you want to know some free advise? The future is best left where it is. To attempt to change your future or those around you is to invite wrath upon you if it should actually work. I believe things are set in place for a reason. If we deviate from this things can go wrong.





But then, someone will combat that with "But maybe it's destiny for you to know, thus your destiny is to change your destiny" etc lol. It all gets quite complex!
Reply:if you get an easy-to-learn deck like the rider-waite standard, you will learn very swiftly. i started one august and i think i was very fluent in them by january or so... but really you could learn the whole deck in two weeks of intense study. basically the RWS is easy to learn because of the various visual clues on it... more abstract decks are harder to learn.





http://tarotforum.net is a good site to start with... join the site and learn from the forums. it's a community of people learning from each other and having fun at the same time. they all post their favorite spreads, so if you keep a journal of all your favorite spreads, it'll be easy.





good luck and start with that RWS deck... it's pretty easy sailing from there =)





p.s. mike H is right... sometimes it gets kinda boring knowing what's going to happen, and some argue it's impossible to observe the future without changing it. therefore, i mainly do readings for people's present situations and how to change them, not necessarily what's coming into their future. though sometimes it IS important to view the future.... you decide =)
Reply:there is no right or wrong way,they are just a tool to open.


You can do a whole reading from one card.


first you have to learn to push your light body out as we call it.


You do this by imagining your aura is extending and you put a circle of protective light around it.


pick one card and what you are going to do is look at three things that stand out to you,what do you feel from each.write it down.practise on friends etc as its hard to read for your self.


Always remember to close down after by bringing your light body back in ,and thanking your guides etc.


any questions please ask,as I have tried to make it short and not too much to digest in one go.use you intuition before you look in the book.to see if they are alike.
Reply:Hello Girl





Join forum below if you want to talk tarot!





Tarot can take time to learn as they are complex, but there are many ways to also work with them.





I have studied for over 20 years, I teach them - but i'm also still learning!





Sadhara
Reply:Its not hard, provided (for complete beginners, who don't know anyone who does them) you get the cards with a book which tells you the card meaning. And sometimes the meaning is so clear you just know it. No, it isn't hard at all. Its really simple.
Reply:it depends on the cards and the books that you get. i have the faerie oracles. it was very easy to learn. you just have to read the book and practice.
Reply:Like anything you either have a knack for it or you must learn learn learn.
Reply:Get a good book and practice,practice,practice.
Reply:its takes time and patience. Expect alot of practice, but its rewarding.
Reply:it depends how serious you are about it but the basics won't take that long at alll......


it depends on you ;)