How to Read the Mermaid Tarot Card
Choosing the right deck of tarot cards and learning how to work with a specific deck pose a number of challenges. The Mermaid Tarot deck offers a new take on the classic deck. The Mermaids Tarot by Pietro Alligo and Mauro de Luca offers a new take on the tarot cards, using traditional and beautiful mythology. Reading these tarot cards poses some challenges; however, you can adapt easily with a basic understanding of how the Mermaid Tarot works.
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How to Read the Mermaid Tarot Card
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Take time to familiarize yourself with each Mermaid tarot card. While the cards in the Tarot of Mermaids have familiar names, the images may be less familiar to you. The imagery in the Mermaid tarot deck are largely feminine and include sirens, mermaids, and other water based scenes.
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Review the Major Arcana in the Tarot of Mermaids as well as the Minor Arcana. You will find that one of the key difference in the Mermaid Tarot is that cards typically depicted as male may well use a female figure or feminine symbolism. You may find it helpful to review the meanings of the cards in a more generic sense, using a website like LearnTarot.com (see Resources).
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Use your favorite tarot deck layouts and try some sample readings for yourself or a friend. Choose simple readings, perhaps those using only a single card to answer a question or three cards representing past, present and future. Working with these layouts initially will allow plenty of time to study the cards as you work.
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Try more complex readings using the Mermaid Tarot (see Resources). You may even want to try layouts that are more intricate than those you have used before once you feel comfortable with each mermaid tarot card.
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Meditate on the imagery of the Tarot of Mermaids. Many people find the right tarot deck a useful tool for spiritual growth, thought and contemplation. Water signs may be especially drawn to each mermaid tarot card for this purpose. While this is not a traditional use of a tarot deck, you may find it expands your understanding of yourself and the cards.
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Tips & Warnings
The Tarot of Mermaids is a Rider-Waite style deck and relies on the same basic structure.
Look at images from the Tarot of Mermaids online before you buy to make sure that this is the right deck for you. Choosing a tarot deck is personal, and you should choose the deck that feels right to you.
