Tarot guides

Practical, plain-spoken guides to reading tarot. For a step-by-step course with quizzes, see the 14 lessons.

• How to read tarot cards: a practical guide for beginners

  Learn how to read tarot cards step by step: setting a question, shuffling, laying a spread, reading each card in its position and putting the reading together.

  9 min read

• Reversed tarot cards explained: what an upside-down card means

  What a reversed tarot card means, four ways to read it, how to choose between them, and whether you should read reversals at all.

  7 min read

• How to shuffle tarot cards: five methods and how to choose

  Five ways to shuffle a tarot deck (overhand, riffle, washing, cutting into piles and the fan), how to protect your cards, and when a shuffle is done.

  6 min read

• How to ask tarot questions that get useful answers

  How to phrase tarot questions that give clear, useful readings: open questions, questions about you, timing, yes-or-no, and what to avoid.

  6 min read

• How to keep a tarot journal (and why it makes you a better reader)

  What to write in a tarot journal, a simple template, how to look back on readings, and the patterns a journal shows you over time.

  7 min read

• Tarot card meanings cheat sheet: all 78 cards at a glance

  A one-page cheat sheet of all 78 tarot card meanings: upright and reversed keywords for the Major Arcana and every suit, with links to the full meanings.

  5 min read