Reading Tarot Cards To Foretell the Future

Reading Tarot Cards with the Major Arcana Cards
with Upright and Reversed Divinitory meanings
for easy guidance to reading tarot cards.

 

Reading Tarot Cards by reading and learning the meanings of each major arcana card.  We start of course by the number one card The Fool.  I will then take you through each individual card to help you through the art of reading tarot cards.

 
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  How to Read Your Tarot Cards: Discover the Tarot and Find Out What Your Cards Really Mean

The Fool is the herald of new life and fresh beginnings.  He can be seen as the innocent spirit about to embark on physical life, the young child who has yet to learn of the perils in the world; or as the seeker after enlightenment chasing the elusive butterfly of intuition in the hope that it will lead him through life.

The mood is happy and carefree, yet with hints of setbacks and trials and tribulations ahead.

Reading this tarot represents the chaos before reason, the pure impulse that is neither good nor evil.  Symbolically the Fool can be said to be both the beginning and the end of the twenty-two card sequence so when reading the tarot cards, this should be considered and be dependent upon the cards nearby.

When he appears, as here, at the beginning, he can be interpreted psychologically as representing the newly born child which is not yet aware of itself as a separate entity.  He is not yet an individual, and therefore is not responsible for his actions as an individual.

He is shown setting out on his journey into life entranced by the bright butterfly unaware of experiences and heedless of all warnings about any dangers or pitfalls that lie just ahead. 

His bag contains those elusive memories of what he is leaving behind, memories that will urge him ever onwards in his search to recover what he is about to lose - his primeval innocence.

Having this card in a reading of the tarot cards is warning to be aware of surroundings and to think carefully before proceeding ahead  and with care.

In some Tarot packs he is seen to carry a small flower loosely in one hand; this is his soul, the fragment of divinity which he will bear with him through all the trials ahead.

The negative aspect of the Fool in readings tarot cards reveals the Joker, who chases in pursuit of

 
 

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  Fortune Telling by Tarot Cards: A Beginner's Guide to Understanding the Tarot

wasteful entertainment, heedless of the chaos and disorder he leaves in his wake.  The joy of the moment is his only concern.

Divinatory meanings:

Upright:  Indicates an influence which is unexpected and unplanned, but which exerts a powerful force on the matter in hand.  It is a challenge that can transform the situation in the querent's favour if properly handled.  It indicates that an important decision or choice will have to be made.  If this card is well placed in reading tarot cards and flanked by fortune cards, then a wise decision will be made, and perseverance will bring its rewards.  If badly placed, flanked by unfortunate cards, warning is given of impending error.

The Fool can also indicate the imminent start of a new cycle of destiny in the reading, and can refer to a type of person - the creative dreamer.

Reversed:  If reversed in the reading, this foretells major problems arising from reckless, impulsive action.