We all want to build out best life possible. Using tarot as a guide to your unconscious mind can help you unlock your potential and see what you were meant to be.ShareTweetPinShareNo CommentsThe court cards can be tricky to learn and really connect with because the card imagery doesn’t always tell a story, and there are so many dimensions to what a court card can mean.When I see multiple court cards in a spread I like to look for patterns in the way that they’re laid out. I like to see where they are in relation to the heart of the question. But first you need to learn to see the court cards in patterns. To do that I use this exercise.

Court Card Matrix

Pull out the court cards from your deck and shuffle them. Focus on a question or an event/situation that you wish to read about. As this is just a practice exercise, you don’t have to choose anything too specific.Lay them out in rows of 4 in front of you.Gaze over the cards and see if you keep going back to one particular card. If you are not a visual person, but are morelinked to energy through touch, you can run your hands over the cards to see which cards you feel the strongest sensation from. If you are an auditory person, you can also imagine the layout of the cards in your head whilehumming a song. Where the humming seems off key would be the card (s) that are of greatest focus for you.The card that you are drawn to is you or the client.Once you have found your card,look to see where each of the other sets of court card lie. Do you have multiple knights together? Multiple Queens?Where are they in relation to you?Are you in the center (center of attention)? Or are you on the outside looking in? What way is your court card facing?Don’t think about the suits at this point, just focus on noticing the location of the cards. When you are looking at the court cards around you, think about the keywords for the courts:Kings: Creativity(building something, making things happen)Queens: Relationships(romantic or not, people coming together, working together, union)Knights: Conflict(problems, blockages)Pages: Transition(movement, change, messages)Use these keywords to state out loud how the court cards are relating to you. For example, if you have 3 kings surrounding your card, you may be surrounded by creativity. If you have pages below you, you may have received begun the transition into something.Go deep into this, notice if cards are in a diagonal line towards you, is energy moving towards you or away from you?Spend some time with the cards here to really notice patterns. What do they mean in relation to what you asked?You should repeat this exercise often until you are more comfortable with the court cards.ShareTweetPinShareNo CommentsWhen learning tarot memorizing all 78 cards can be overwhelming. And then you have to learn 78 more meanings for the reversed card… I’ve been there.. more than once.I came across the story telling method previously and assumed that it was for only authors or people wanting to write stories (because you can use tarot for that too ya know). Tarot storytelling is also a loved method by tarot superstar Rachel Pollack (78 Degrees of WisdomandTarot Wisdomauthor).When I came across it again inTarot Face to FaceI decided to give it a try. Here is the method that they recommend.This time I not only follower their instructions, but put a bit of my own spin on things.I did this initially in a upside down pyramid the first time that I did this spread, but after doing this spread a few more times, I find the a circle (ish) works best because the story is about going out on a journey to bring back new knowledge to your previous situation. Like a spirit journey that shamans take to find their calling.

Setup

Make 3 piles. Separate your deck into the 3 types of cards, major arcana, minor arcana and court cards. Shuffle each separated pile and place them in a row.

The Goddess’s Journey

1.Pull 1 card from each pile to start your story.a.The first card should be acourt card. What kind of character is she and what kind of life does she lead?b.The second card should be amajor. What changes in the Goddesses life? What is her call to adventure?c.The third card is aminor. This is the nature of the Goddesses refusal to go on the journey or engage with the major card previous.2.The next card could be acourt card or a major(based on your preference). This card shows the Goddesses mentor. Who or what encourages change in the Goddess?3.Pull aminorcard. This card shows the first challenge that must be completed to enter into a higher place.4.Nowpull 3 cards(each can be from any of the piles). These indicate the tests, allies and enemies that the Goddess will encounter in the new situation she’s creating.5.Amajoris next. This shows the secret at the heart of the story, the revelation, or where the Goddess encounters the problem (select a minor or major here) and gains rewards (select a minor or major here). What is the reward your Goddess gained?6.On the way back to the start, the Goddess crosses another threshold (minor), experiencing a transformation or resurrection. What is this transformation/ resurrection about?7.Finally the Goddess returns home with a reward or gift to bring to her previous situation (major). What did she learn?

Journaling Prompts for the End of the Exercise:

1.Who is your new Goddess and how does she compare to the Goddess who started this journey?2.How can you apply this story to someone’s life?3.Did this story answer the question/topic that you posed at the beginning of the reading? If yes, how? If no, why not? What’s missing? Could cards have been interpreted differently?4.How did you feel while you were telling the story? Did you feel confident in the cards and what their meanings?5.Did you enjoy telling the story or do you prefer more of a factual type of interpretation? Why?6.If you read for others, do you think they would enjoy more of a story or more factual? Why? How can you implement this activity into your readings/offerings?Disclaimer: this post may contain affiliate links that may earn me a small commission at no extra cost to you.ShareTweetPinShareNo CommentsPositions:1. Where are you currently? What are your feeling, moods etc?2. What needs to be seen that is not seen?3. What energy needs to be released?4. What energy do you need to bring into yourself?5. What intentions should you set for the next month?Use this spread to see where you are at and what intentions that you should set for this upcoming month. The Full Moon is a great time to set your intentions and take stock of what is currently going on in your life. It's a time for manifesting what you want. So get to it and make your dreams a reality!ShareTweetPinShareNo CommentsOlder Posts

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