A tired body means a tired mind and in the same way it would be a bad idea to drive when you’re exhausted, it’s best not to read the cards when you’re not in the best physical state to do it. The goal in reading tarot for yourself is clarity. When you start a reading, pay attention to how your body is feeling.

What are tensions? Your tensions can be physical or mental, and often they’re both. Other readers call this cleansing your space or centering yourself, but regardless of what you call it, the goal is to let go of your tensions. The key here is to start by getting in the right mindset. It’s true that these things can and will distort the way you read the cards, but it doesn’t mean you shouldn’t read tarot cards for yourself. You might have come across people who tell you not to read for yourself because you can’t be objective about your own experiences or because you’re too attached to the outcome. Start by Getting in the Right Mindset for a Tarot Reading But the truth is that everyone reads differently, once you get past the universal symbolic meanings of the cards, the only thing that makes them true is what makes them true to you. When you start reading tarot for yourself, you might find yourself wondering if you’re competent enough to do this and whether your reflections are “accurate”. Reading tarot cards for yourself can be daunting because of how many cards, meanings, and spreads there are to keep track of. Tarot made self-care and meditation fun, and gave me a common language to use for sharing my reflections with other people - something that was always missing for me when I only meditated for Stoic reasons. These days, it’s become a meditative routine that helps me carve out time from my busy schedule to think about my day and my life as a whole.

That was the realization that brought me to start reading tarot cards for myself a few years ago.

But because the videos are made with a hypothetical viewer in mind, they’re neither tailored for you nor are entirely reflective of what your thoughts on the cards would be if the meanings weren’t filtered through another person. No matter what social media platform you’re on, it’s easy to come across a reader telling you that you were meant to see their video and that their reading is just for you.

Star spinner tarot by trungles