How can you learn tarot for free?

At some point in our lives, we have all taken part in a card game with friends or family. Whether or not we really knew how to play mattered little, because all that counted was the fun. But we know that far more complex card games exist, such as Rummy or poker. They call for much more concentration and mental investment.

The game of tarot is one of them, and it has also become the perfect tool of the divinatory art known as tarot reading, which remains, even today, one of the central pillars of clairvoyance. So here we answer one of the most frequently asked tarot questions.

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What are the rules of tarot?

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Without being overly complex, the rules of the Tarot of Marseille do require at least a little concentration from anyone wishing to get started. A wide open mind towards everything connected with the stars and the horoscope of each of the 12 zodiac signs will nevertheless be a great asset for anyone wanting to step into this esoteric world.

It is also true that a person gifted with an innate talent for extrasensory perception will be better able to interpret the cards for a querent, even if that is no longer essential.

Nowadays, there is no need to pay anyone to understand the principles of this card game that leads to the divinatory arts.

Indeed, all you have to do is take a look at the various books, tutorials and articles on the subject, written and posted by professional tarot readers or by serious enthusiasts, to learn tarot reading for free.

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The Tarot of Marseille is made up of a set of cards with suits that can also be called colours. But it is unique thanks to a series of major cards known as trumps, twenty-two in number, which depict illustrations of figures with strong, moving characters that symbolise our deepest feelings.

It becomes clear why, from a simple card game, tarot was transformed into tarot reading, the divinatory art of predicting someone’s future by reading the cards.

How is tarot reading practised?

Once you know perfectly the whole set of 22 major cards that are the trumps in the Tarot of Marseille, you can begin to learn this divinatory art.

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  • First of all, you must learn to shuffle the cards, also called blades. This gesture will be of the utmost importance when you hold a session with a querent. It requires graceful execution from the hand and the wrist. In tarot reading, the blades must be shuffled 7 times and it is during that moment that your energy will blend with that of the cards, which are all face down.
  • Then, with your left hand, the hand of the heart, you will cut your deck of cards,
  • You will lay them out one after the other, always face down, on a flat surface.
  • Then, by turning them over one by one, you will interpret the story the cards tell you, according to the symbols you uncover.