Tarot Meditation: Integrate the Tarot into your Life
After obtaining a passing familiarity with tarot, many readers look for a
way to make the meaning of individual cards more natural to them. One way to do
this is with a tarot meditation. Learning how to meditate is outside the scope
of this article - you can find several other pieces that address this,
including one of my own, on Finetuning. However, if you are familiar with
meditation, this can be used in tandem with tarot to make the deck's meanings
more "real".
For a tarot meditation,
remove the minor arcana from your deck and shuffle the remaining major
arcana and court cards. Draw a single card when you feel ready. Spend five
to ten minutes with your eyes closed, focusing your thoughts on the
meaning of that card. For the rest of the day, make the card a part of
your life - look for its influence around you, and try to approach
challenging situations from the perspective of one who has mastered the
"lesson" of the card.
If you are still unclear on
the meaning or use of the card you drew, keep it with you that day along
with a slip of paper that breaks down the meaning in a few words.
At the end of the day, record
any observations you have about the card. Did using it change your
behavior? Do you feel any new understanding of that card? Continue using
whichever card you drew until you begin to glean more insight from it.
Once you begin to see how the
cards can act as "frames" for thought and behavior, it will be
easier to remember each card and to relate them to others when you do
readings. This can truly bring a new dimension to tarot reading both for
you and those you read for.