You can jump start a connection with any Tarot deck, no matter how far it wanders from the old Rider-Waite-Smith tradition.
The next time you succumb to dazzling illustrations or a favorite theme, before you head for the companion booklet (or scan a QR code to read it online), give your intuition a chance to dive into the deck.
Before shuffling for the first time, scan the entire deck in sequence. What’s the creator’s intention? What’s your visual reaction? Your emotional? The design and aesthetic will give a sense of its vibe and point of view.
Start with a simple three card pull – past, present and future, for example, or body, mind and spirit. Look at the cards as a unit. Does anything connect them visually? How do they make you feel?
Look at the colors. Does the same color appear on more than one card? How? What do the colors connect?
Do the same thing with objects and buildings.
Look at the figures. What are they doing? Look at their postures. What direction are they facing? Is one facing the past? Facing you? Facing the future? If you look at them in a row, could you see them as interacting with each other?
What’s going on in the left card? In the middle card? In the right one? What is the visual progression from the left card to the middle to the right?
Now spin that progression into a story line. How is the past leading to the present to the future? Or how are body, mind and spirit working together (or not)?
This approach sets up a connection between your intuition and the deck. It’s not a substitute for mastering the cards’ traditional meanings, or for reading up on the deck creator’s interpretations. But it will enhance you. See if it doesn’t carry over as you move on to more elaborate spreads. Have fun with it!
Author: Kathy Biehl http://bestamericanpsychics.com/listing/kathy-biehl
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