How to Make a Tarot Three-Card Reading
Tarot cards are an ancient and mystical tool used for divination for future, past and current events. The art of tarot reading is done in what is referred to as layouts. The three card reading is a popular and simple layout for beginners and advanced users alike. Following are a few simple steps and tips to follow to make a tarot three card reading successful.
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Instructions
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Select a tarot deck to work with. Pick a tarot deck that suits your personal tastes, it should be attractive to you and you should derive some meaning from it's symbols.
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Become acquainted with the meaning of every card in your deck, most decks come with instructions or books to accompany with possible meanings. When looking at a card if it means something else to you then what it is use that meaning to interpret the card.
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Sit quietly and focus on meditation; center yourself and your breathing. Hold the deck in your hand and visualize the question or problem that you want to be answered through your reading.
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Shuffle the cards, stop only when you feel as though the cards have been sufficiently shuffled. Cut the cards three times using your right hand and pick them up with the opposite hand.
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Draw three cards from the deck and lay them down in the order drawn. Make sure that the first card you pull is the first card down, read the cards left to right as you would read a book.
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Interpret meaning from the cards, one possible method is; the first is your past, the second the present and the third card the future. Consult your intuition to tell you what the cards mean and pay attention to reversed or upside down cards as they typically hold a reverse meaning.
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Tips & Warnings
Many people use a three-card reading on themselves for day-to-day questions or problems.
The three card reading is the most simple, but that does not make its impact any less important. Respect the signs the cards send you, and do not judge them.
There are no "death" cards in the tarot. Do not interpret the Death Card or the Hanged Man to mean any kind of death of the literal sense.
