My Tarot journey began on a holiday in 1996 when I had my first ever Tarot reading – I was amazed and truly blown away. How did this woman with the cards know so much about me? More to the point, how was she so accurate!! From then on, I was hooked. I received my first ever deck of Tarot cards as a Christmas present and this was really my "foot in the door", so to speak, where the Tarot was concerned. I "played around" with them for about 3 years doing readings for friends and family, growing in confidence, tuning into my intuition, as well as referring to books and pieces of paper. I felt after a while I needed more and so felt compelled to purchase a new deck – the Rider Waite – this is when my intuition really took off. Since then, I have been reading a Psychic Fairs, for Clients, friends and family again and even online now, reaching out to people all over the country. My latest Tarot achievement is to begin teaching, which I love too, as I see so many people fall in love with the Tarot and use this as an aid to their own spiritual growth.

The impression of ‘learning’ the tarot seems to many to be complicated and that you need to know the meanings of the deck, numerology and symbology, however this is not necessarily the case! Certainly not to begin with. First and foremost, try sitting with your deck and choose a card - look at your chosen card and see, feel or hear what it says. What does it say to you? Not what does it mean - how does it speak to you; what feelings and thoughts do you have about the card? If you apply this simple theory to each card as you go along, you will begin to gain more confidence and without realising, you are reading the tarot! You could try this with your friends and family as your confidence grows, to see that this intuitive approach not only helps to guide you, but those around you too.

The cards do have 'traditional' meanings of course and it would be sad really not to consider them with their Creator’s insights too. There are many fabulous Tarot books around to absorb information from, but initially simply handling and looking at the pictures on your cards would be enough for you to begin reading. In doing this, you link more and more to your intuition and allow your psychic abilities to grow too! As your journey progresses, you will likely be naturally drawn to learn more and more about the tarot and its magical meanings, which is when those marvellous books and even the odd tarot course might be useful!

Pick up a Tarot deck, start a journal and begin your Tarot journey today!

Joy Duffill