Tarot guides

Short, practical reading lessons. Start with the first one if you are new.

  1. How to ask the tarot a good question

    The question shapes the reading. Here is how to turn a vague worry into a question the cards can actually help with.

  2. The three-card tarot spread, explained

    Past, present, future and a few other ways to read three cards. The best spread to learn on, and one you will keep using.

  3. Reversed tarot cards: what they mean and how to read them

    An upside-down card is not automatically bad news. Here are the main ways readers interpret reversals, and when to leave them out.

  4. The Celtic Cross spread, position by position

    The most famous tarot spread, explained one card at a time, with a simple order for reading all ten without getting lost.

  5. Yes or no tarot: how it works and when to use it

    How a single card can answer yes, no or not yet, which cards lean which way, and how to ask so the answer is actually useful.

  6. Major and Minor Arcana: how the tarot deck is built

    Seventy-eight cards, two families and four suits. A short map of the tarot deck that makes every reading easier to understand.