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Tarot Learning Guides #

These guides offer foundational knowledge for deepening your tarot practice. Whether you’re just starting out or looking to refine your reading skills, these resources will help you develop a richer, more nuanced relationship with the cards.

Understanding the Cards #

Guide to Reversed Cards #

What do reversed cards mean? This guide explores multiple approaches to reading inverted cards, helping you decide how—and whether—to incorporate reversals into your practice.

Topics covered:

  • Different approaches to reversed meanings
  • When to use which interpretation
  • Examples across the deck
  • Developing your personal approach

Guide to Court Cards #

Court cards—Pages, Knights, Queens, and Kings—are often the most challenging to read. This guide demystifies these sixteen figures, offering multiple lenses for interpretation.

Topics covered:

  • The four ranks and their meanings
  • Court cards by suit and element
  • Reading courts as people, energies, or aspects of self
  • Shadow expressions of each court

Numerology in Tarot #

The numbers 1 through 10 carry meaning that weaves through all four suits. Understanding numerology gives you a powerful key to interpretation.

Topics covered:

  • The journey from Ace to Ten
  • What each number represents
  • How the same number expresses differently by suit
  • Using numerical patterns in readings

The Four Elements #

Fire, Water, Air, and Earth—the classical elements—form the foundation of the four suits. Understanding elemental qualities deepens every reading.

Topics covered:

  • Qualities of each element
  • How elements manifest in their suits
  • Elemental balance in readings
  • Elements in Major Arcana

Reading Skills #

Reading for Others #

When you read for another person, new skills and responsibilities emerge. This guide covers the practical and ethical dimensions of reading for others.

Topics covered:

  • Before, during, and after the reading
  • Communication and listening skills
  • Handling difficult topics
  • Ethics and boundaries

Keeping a Tarot Journal #

A tarot journal is the single most effective tool for deepening your practice. Learn what to record, how to reflect, and how to track patterns over time.

Topics covered:

  • What to record for each reading
  • Physical vs. digital journaling
  • Reflection techniques
  • Tracking patterns and growth

Tarot and Astrology #

Tarot-Astrology Correspondences #

Discover the deep connections between Tarot and Astrology. This comprehensive guide introduces the Golden Dawn system linking cards to planets, signs, and decans.

Topics covered:

  • The synthesis of two symbolic languages
  • Major Arcana planetary and zodiacal correspondences
  • Minor Arcana and the 36 decans
  • How to use correspondences in readings

Major Arcana and the Planets #

Eight Major Arcana cards correspond to planetary energies. Learn how Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and the outer planets express through specific cards.

Topics covered:

  • The Magician and Mercury
  • The Empress and Venus
  • The Tower and Mars
  • The Wheel of Fortune and Jupiter
  • The World and Saturn
  • Modern outer planet associations

Major Arcana and the Zodiac #

Twelve Major Arcana cards correspond to the zodiac signs. Explore how each sign expresses through its associated card, from The Emperor (Aries) to The Moon (Pisces).

Topics covered:

  • Fire sign cards: Emperor, Strength, Temperance
  • Water sign cards: Chariot, Death, Moon
  • Air sign cards: Lovers, Justice, Star
  • Earth sign cards: Hierophant, Hermit, Devil

Court Cards and Astrology #

The 16 court cards represent elemental combinations with zodiacal associations. Learn which signs and elemental blends each court card embodies.

Topics covered:

  • Elemental dignities: Fire of Fire, Water of Air, etc.
  • Court cards and zodiac date ranges
  • Using courts as astrological significators
  • Matching court cards to natal placements

Minor Arcana and the Decans #

Each pip card (2-10) corresponds to a specific decan—a 10-degree segment of the zodiac. This guide provides all 36 correspondences with interpretive guidance.

Topics covered:

  • The decan system explained
  • Complete correspondence tables
  • Using decans for timing
  • Decans and your birth chart

Tarot and Your Birth Chart #

Your natal chart translates into a personal collection of Tarot cards. Learn to find your Sun, Moon, Rising, and planetary significator cards.

Topics covered:

  • Finding your personal Major Arcana cards
  • Decan cards from exact planetary degrees
  • Creating a birth chart spread
  • Using astrological significators

Tarot Timing with Astrology #

Use Tarot-Astrology correspondences for timing: when will the energy of a card manifest based on astrological cycles?

Topics covered:

  • Solar transits through decans
  • Planetary ruler activations
  • Major Arcana seasonal timing
  • Practical timing techniques

The Four Elements in Tarot and Astrology #

Fire, Water, Air, and Earth form the shared foundation of both systems. Explore how elements express through suits, signs, and readings.

Topics covered:

  • Each element in both systems
  • Elemental balance in charts and readings
  • Elemental dignities
  • Working with elemental strengths and gaps

The Aces and Elemental Seeds #

The four Aces represent pure elemental potential before manifestation. Understand their unique position in the Tarot-Astrology system.

Topics covered:

  • Aces as undifferentiated elements
  • Astrological resonances
  • Working with elemental seeds
  • Aces and elemental dignity

Continue Learning #

Once you’ve explored these guides, deepen your practice with our collection of spreads, ranging from simple daily draws to complex psychological explorations.

The tarot is a lifetime study. These guides are waypoints on a journey that never ends but always rewards.