In this chapter of the tarot course we will see how to know yourself better thanks to the Tarot. Tarot exercises and practices for personal tarot readings to know yourself better.
This practice will demonstrate, once again, that as a tool for personal knowledge, the Tarot is priceless. I invite you to try this exercise and also to experiment it with other people. The results will surprise you.
The exercise consists of two parts. Important, read and execute the first one before continuing with the second one.
Personal Tarot Reading Exercises
- Take the Tarot deck and separate the 22 Major Arcana. Place them face up on the table. From among the arcana, choose four cards and write their names in your notebook:
- Select, One card that you feel looks like you.
- Another card that shows something you hate above all else.
- A third card that shows an attractive person or energy of the opposite sex.
- Finally, a card that represents a great teaching or reminds you of a vital teacher.
Interpretation
- Now you will analyze the meaning of each arcane. Each of them has been chosen to show one of the sub personalities that make up your being from the perspective of the psychology of the unconscious of the great Swiss psychiatrist Carl Gustav Jung.
- The first card represents your social mask: what you like to show to others and how you want them to see you.
- The second card shows your shadow: the part of your being that you don’t like to acknowledge, but is an integral part of your personality. You will work with your shadow in later exercises.
- The third card shows the part of the opposite sex that you have inside you: your anima if you are a man or your animus if you are a woman. This card points out what you like most in the opposite sex.
- The last card shows what your inner master is, the most evolved part of your being, the one that can help you progress as a human being.
Now that you know this, interpret these cards as if they were part of you. The results of this exploration will surprise you. Write down your impressions and try this exercise with other people.
