Tarot · Beginner

Tarot From Scratch

A structural approach to the deck. Learn four suits, ten numbers and four courts, and the Minor Arcana stops being a wall of images. Then learn to read cards in relation to each other, which is where actual reading begins.

What you will be able to do

  • · Derive any Minor Arcana meaning from suit plus number
  • · Read the Major Arcana as one continuous story
  • · Handle reversals without dread or superstition
  • · Read pairs and sequences rather than isolated cards
  • · Design a spread that fits the question asked

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01
The structure of the deck

Fifty-six cards collapse into four suits and ten numbers. Learn the grid, not the cards.

8 min
02
The Fool's journey

Twenty-two cards as one narrative, which is far easier to hold than twenty-two definitions.

9 min
03
Reversals, honestly

Four defensible ways to read an upside-down card, and permission to use none of them.

7 min
04
Reading in combination

The skill that separates lookups from readings: cards modify each other.

11 min
05
Designing a spread that fits the question

Most bad readings are bad spreads. Build positions from the question, not from a book.

9 min

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