Tarot has always been considered the best option to find out your destiny and get answers to difficult questions. They convey as accurately as possible all the events and emotions that are inherent in human life. Each card has its own meaning, which foreshadows certain situations and informs about caution or gives hope to rejoice. Before starting to work with tarot, each master charges the deck. This is necessary so that the energy of the cards and their owner become one. Only in this case will the deck provide answers to questions. Before starting the layout, you need to study each of the arcana. To do this, you need to carefully look at each card and understand its meaning, having previously familiarized yourself with the interpretation of the symbols. There should be no rush in this matter. Consistency will allow you to correctly understand any combinations and draw conclusions from them.

Before starting to work with tarot, each master charges the deck

Exercises before the ceremony

There are different ways to charge a tarot deck. All techniques are aimed at making the tarot reader feel his deck. The layout should be clear not only from the images, but also at the energy level, using the established connection.

Before using any of the techniques, it is necessary to perform preparatory exercises. Their list includes simple actions.

1. It is necessary to stop the dialogue within the consciousness. To do this, it is enough to inhale the air well and concentrate on the breathing process.
2. Next, you need to relax and rub your hands until the heat appears.
3. Sit at the table, close your eyes and extend your left palm downwards, in a position above the surface, then move it to the end of the table.
4. Next, the palm is moved beyond the table and returned to its original position. At this moment you need to focus as much as possible on the condition of your palms. They may feel a tingling sensation, coolness, warmth, or a slight breeze.
5. It is necessary to compare the sensations that were above the table and beyond its boundaries. When there is a clear understanding of the difference, you can finish the exercise and rub your hands.

After this exercise, you can use the technique of finding the deck with your hand. It is done as follows:

1. You need to place the deck in the middle of the table without spreading it out.
2. Then close your eyes and move your hand over the deck.
3. Next, the hand is retracted and the sensations are compared.
4. After this, you need to determine the location of the deck with your eyes closed.

The technique is repeated until the deck is felt by the hand on an energetic level.

You can feel the map not only with your hands, but also with your eyes. To develop this ability, you need to perform the following exercises:

1. You need to pick up a book and look at it, first stretch it out in front of you.
2. Without taking your eyes off, the book is removed, and then the sensations are compared.
3. For greater clarity, you need to repeat the steps again.
4. Next, you need to change objects and compare sensations - this allows you to focus on the main thing and not be distracted by trifles.

And there is also an exercise that helps to perform emotional processing of the arcana. To do this you need to do the following:

1. Take two cards that are as different as possible.
2. First concentrate on the meaning of one and experience all the emotions, then shake them off and take them to a friend, doing the same.
3. Next, you need to put the lassos face down, trying to determine with your hand the emotions that they evoke.
4. Then a comparison is made of the feelings when looking at the symbols and the sensations with the hand.
5. Gradually the number of cards increases.

After such exercises, you can safely begin to activate the tarot. The energy level gradually reaches its development, which makes it possible to perform charging.

All techniques for charging a Tarot deck are aimed at making the tarot reader feel his deck

How is the ceremony performed?

Each tarot deck must belong to one owner. For its correct operation, special activation is required. There are several methods for charging a deck. The most common and simplest of them is energy visualization. The following list of actions must be performed:

1. Sit at the table in a comfortable position and place the cards in front of you.
2. Close your eyes and relax.
3. Concentrate as much as possible on the solar plexus area, visualize a huge golden ball - this will symbolize the flow of human energy.
4. Next, you need to imagine how this energy spreads throughout the body and is directed to the earthly center, after which it turns back.
5. Without losing concentration, you need to imagine how the stream also merges with the sun.
6. When the merger with earth and solar energy has been completed, you need to take the cards in your hands and mentally transfer the energy to them - this allows you to become one with the deck.

Next, the phrase is pronounced: “I fill my tarot with divine solar and earthly energy so that it is connected with spiritual forces and answers truthfully. I transfer energy to the cards so that we can be united and have mutual understanding. Let it be so". After pronouncing the words, it is necessary to keep the cards nearby for a week, so you need to carry them with you.

Before starting the layout, you also need to feel the mood of the lasso. Once it is charged, the energy will be transferred through the hands that select the card. It will symbolize the state of a person in a given period. There are several options for activating the tarot. The above is one of the simplest and most effective.

Other types of rituals

Tarot cards can be charged in different ways. There are several types of rituals. The first of them is done after sunset. You need to do the following:

1. Lay out the cards in a figure-of-eight loop: the major arcana make up one loop, and the minor arcana make up the second.
2. In the center of the loop you need to place a white candle and the third one from the top of the eight.
3. You can express gratitude to the spirits who help you understand the tarot.
4. The connection with the deck becomes much stronger after this.

This ritual can be performed both to initiate a new deck, and to strengthen the connection with an already working one. At the end the conspiracy is read. The best activation method is practice., which involves constant study of the deck and its contemplation.

Initiation is carried out to create a single energy, as well as customize it for yourself. There are a lot of rituals, so everyone should choose the most suitable one for themselves, based on the practices that the tarot reader deals with.

A fairly common method of initiation is a ritual created by the masters of the Warsaw school of magic. To carry it out, you need to perform simple manipulations.

1. First you need to choose a new deck and tame it. To do this, you need to pick up the cards and hold them. This will help determine if the arcana are right for you and if a connection will be made. If this is the same deck, corresponding sensations should appear between it and your hand.
2. Next, you need to prepare a case for the deck. It can be made from red velvet.
3. After purchasing the cards, on the first night they need to be placed under the pillow on which the master will sleep. Thus, they absorb energy and are saturated with it.
4. In the morning, you need to pick up the deck and hold it for a few minutes, then put it in your pocket and carry it with you all day.
5. This ritual must be carried out for three days. Place the lassos under your pillow before going to bed, and carry them in your pocket in the morning.
6. During this period, it is necessary to concentrate as much as possible on the transfer of energy, since simple mechanical actions will not give anything.
7. On the fourth day, the cards need to be laid out on the floor surface according to a special pattern, which can be found in the teachings of the Warsaw magic school. Candles and corresponding symbols are placed on four sides.
8. Next, the incense is lit and the ritual is completed.

Initiation is carried out to create a single energy, as well as customize it for yourself

After the candles burn out, you need to collect the cards and lay them out in order. Four aces are removed from the deck and placed in a separate place. After a week, all the cards are collected together and ready to go.

Before charging the cards, it is necessary to familiarize yourself with all the details of the chosen ritual so that it is suitable and effective. The most common and simplest method is to bless the deck. To do this you need to do the following:

• you need to light the candle and incense, then put the cards next to them and close your eyes;
• the master takes a deep breath in through his nose and exhales through his mouth - this must be done five times, after which he opens his eyes;
• then the deck is picked up and passed through the smoke of incense and the following words are said: “I give you clean air, breathe it deeply.”

Next, the card is drawn through the candle flame. This must be done quickly so as not to get burned and burn the lassos. Then the following words are said: “and now I give you warm fire so that you can help me make my wish come true.” The deck is sprinkled with water, with the following spell pronounced: “I give you water, which is a source of life, drink it all while walking your way.” Then a little salt is sprinkled on the deck and it is said: “I give you the land that will become the soil for my Tarot seeds.” To complete the ritual, you need to raise the deck up and say: “the power of the ancient Tarot, share your knowledge with me, let it reach my mind and soul, let knowledge flow from this deck.”

For 15 minutes after the ceremony, you need to try to reproduce visual images. You will notice that there is an ease in understanding the arcana and their meaning. The deck must be left near the candle until it goes out.

There are really a lot of techniques, so based on what area a tarot reader or other master is involved in, you need to choose the appropriate ritual.

How to use the deck correctly after the ceremony

If you skip loading the deck and immediately start making the layout, you may encounter many difficulties. The combination of cards and their interpretation will become unclear and not always correct. To receive truthful advice, you need to invest as much energy as possible into the deck. There is a certain list of rules that will help keep the deck charged and maintain contact with its owner.

If you skip loading the deck and immediately start making the layout, you may encounter many difficulties

1. You cannot give your cards to anyone. When performing layouts, it is necessary to allow you to choose a card only from the table or your hands.
2. You cannot use the tarot when you are clouded or after drinking alcohol.
3. You need to work with the deck in a calm environment, without extraneous noise. It is desirable that this be a specially designated place specifically for layouts, where it is as comfortable and convenient as possible. In the room, besides the master, there should be only one person who is being told fortunes.
4. It is advisable to cover the table with a cloth of a dark or matte shade.
5. Lighting should be natural or with candles.
6. There is no need to disturb the deck just out of curiosity. You should only turn to her for help on important issues.
7. The question can be said out loud or silently. It can also be written down. At the moment of the situation, you need to concentrate as much as possible on the exciting issue and not think about other things.
8. There is no need to shuffle the cards. They must be mixed clockwise on the table surface if both upright and inverted positions are required for interpretation.
9. You can simply select a card or pass it over the deck with your hand to feel the warmth of the desired value. It is better to pull the lasso with your left hand, as it is more sensitive.
10. You need to open cards in the direction from left to right.

If the alignment is made for another person, you need to find out what is bothering him. The tarot reader must explain that the more open the emotions, the more accurate the answer to the questions of interest will be. The master must concentrate on the problems of the interlocutor and think about them.

You cannot make several layouts for the same question. There is no need to figure out the very distant future. Tarot answers precisely to specific situations and questions that are relevant at a given time and the near future.

An inverted lasso in almost any scenario symbolizes the opposite meaning. For beginners, it is recommended to ignore this position of the card and concentrate on those that are in a straight position.

Proper handling of the tarot will make it as truthful and useful as possible.

Sometimes from ignorant people, far from the world of esotericism, you can hear strange statements that, for example, the energy of the Devil Tarot can bring negativity and trouble, and the Arcanum Tower will certainly destroy the life of a tarot reader. What is this connected with? What kind of energy do the cards contain, and can they be dangerous for the master working with them? Let's figure it out.

What energy do Tarot cards carry?

Everyone knows that fortune telling with Tarot cards is energy work. But what are the magic cards in our hands - is it a communication channel or are we ourselves connecting to the information field? What are Arcana - a tool or a conductor of otherworldly energies?

Here everything is not so clear. By turning to cards for help, we thereby open a communication channel with a huge information field in which information about the past, present and future of our entire Universe is stored. We connect to this field through cards and read information from it. It turns out that the magic deck is just a conductor, a connecting link between our consciousness and the information field. We cannot connect to this field without cards (more precisely, we can, but here we are talking about extrasensory abilities).

But do cards have their own energy? Everyone knows that every living creature has its own biofield. The same goes for inanimate objects, houses, places. People with extrasensory perception very subtly feel, for example, heavy energy in places of death of people and can easily determine where this or that thing was. It turns out that the Tarot deck also has its own energy. It’s not without reason that many tarot readers endow their working decks with completely “human” qualities: kind, soft, straightforward, cunning, powerful. Please note that here we are talking about the energy of the entire deck, and not about the individual energy of the Tarot Arcana - we will discuss this aspect a little later.

Each deck is individual, which means their energy will be different. “Softer” in energy are light, meditative decks, for example, Osho Zen Tarot, and more “severe”, “heavy” - dark cards, for example, Tarot of Shadows, Black Tarot.

Do the Arcana of the Tarot affect the energy of the fortuneteller?

This question can be answered both yes and no. During fortune telling, we can only feel the general energy of the deck, and the energy of each individual Arcana is felt only when working with it individually. By reading information, we make an energy exchange with the Universe. Our personal energy is spent on this work. It turns out that fortune telling on cards in this way “pulls” vitality from us? It seems like everything is so, but not quite.

Let's figure out whether Tarot can harm the energy of a fortuneteller. Here, a lot depends on the initial energy of the tarot reader and on the “power” of his working deck. Some beginners, starting to work with cards, feel very tired after several hands. This happens because a person does not have enough personal energy to interact with the deck for a long time. The same thing can happen when we make a layout on cards with heavy energy, for example, on one of the dark decks.

It has been repeatedly noted that some decks have virtually no effect on the fortuneteller, for example, Tarot of Dwarves, Tarot of Angels, Osho Zen Tarot - after working with them no fatigue is usually felt. But as soon as you spend half an hour telling fortunes on the Thoth Tarot, the Necronomicon deck or the Phantasmagoria Tarot, you feel as if all your life force has evaporated somewhere. But the answers, nevertheless, turn out to be very accurate.

What to do? There are only two options here. Either through trial and error, choose a deck with a “softer” energy, or learn to magically raise your own energy level and replenish it. Both are quite real.

How to use the energy of cards in real life?

The energy of the Tarot Arcana can be used to attract desired changes into your life. Yes, yes, now we’ve gotten to the energy of individual cards. How can this be done?

First, you need to determine the Arcana with which you will work. So, for example, if you are a man and want to increase your strength, strengthen your masculine qualities, become more serious and responsible, take the Emperor Arcanum. If you are a woman who wants to develop, for example, intuition and sensory perception, choose the Priestess for this purpose.

And then everything is very simple: you need to pull the selected Arcana from the deck and “live” with it for several days. What does it mean? During sleep, place the card under your pillow, meditate on the image of the card several times a day, take it with you to work, keep it in sight during the working day, reflect on the meaning of the Arcana, on the archetype it represents, imagine that the hero of the card is not an abstract character, but you yourself. How do you feel when you are “in the map”, what new qualities and changes do you feel in yourself? By working with an individual Arcana, you can not only understand its meaning more deeply, but also attract into your life the energies that it carries within itself. Plus, it's a great way to work on a new deck!

How to charge cards with your energy?

Now let's talk a little about how to charge Tarot cards with your energy. This is usually required when buying a new deck, or if you lent your cards to someone (although this is not recommended). And now we come to the most important thing: what should this ritual of energy charging look like, and is it needed at all?

Here, as practice shows, everything depends on the person himself. Some people prefer to “activate” new cards with the power of the elements, some literally talk to the deck, hold it in their hands for a long time, examine each Arcana, some put the Tarot under their pillow and sleep with it for several nights in a row. But you know, all these are just rituals, i.e. actions that have special meaning only for a specific person. This means that you can choose any method of “charging” that you personally believe in and which you consider the most reliable and suitable.

But let’s reveal a little secret: Tarot will work perfectly without all these ceremonies, saturated with your energy during fortune telling. So more practice, friends! But, if you don’t believe in this and prefer to “charge” the cards in a special way, do it as you see fit, it definitely won’t get any worse.

How to clear a deck of foreign energy?

Speaking about rituals, we cannot ignore the question of how to cleanse Tarot cards of foreign energy. Here, too, there are different methods: someone simply places the deck in salt for a day or puts it on the windowsill at night so that they are “saturated” with moonlight, someone cleanses the cards with the elements, and some even read special spells. And again we repeat that all of these are just rituals, and not strictly obligatory actions. You can safely choose any of them or even come up with your own - the main thing is to believe in its power.

One of the main requirements for a professional tarot reader is to “feel” their working decks as magical tools, and by “feeling” is meant not only the logical and intellectual awareness of the meanings of the cards individually and collectively, but also emotional and “energetic” work with them.
For the purposes of this article, energy is understood as a complex of specific bodily sensations that arise both during certain actions and at rest. I also proceed from the fact that cards do not (initially) have any living or divinatory power and only help in connecting the tarot reader with his subconscious or higher spheres, information field, etc., depending on the faith of the tarot reader himself, but, like any material object can be perceived by “energy” damage and affected through it.
Why is all this needed? In addition to developing the intuitive skills of a fortuneteller, working with energy allows you not only to perform a number of simple tricks with the deck - enchantment from the wrong hands, quickly finding the deck in case of loss, not only allows you to penetrate deeper into the image of the card (any image captured on paper has its own special character in energy perception), but also to understand more deeply the situation for which the layout is being made, with significant skills - to see much more than the logical meanings of the cards can tell you.
Preparatory exercise for energy techniques.
Stop the internal dialogue by any means you know how. The simplest one is to focus on your breathing and try to breathe deeply and clearly. Then relax your muscles. Rub your hands until they feel warm.
Close your eyes, sit at the table and hold your outstretched arm, palm down, a short distance from the table surface. Slowly walk it to the end of the table. Now slowly walk her outside the table. Slowly return your hand back. Concentrate on the sensations that arise in your palm - it could be a light breeze, warmth, cold, tingling. Compare your sensations when your hand was above the table and when it went beyond it.
If the sensations are unclear, it is worth repeating several times.
After finishing, rub your hands.
Technique “Find the deck with your hand”
Now place a deck of cards (unpacked) in the center of the table in a single stack (a more complicated version - one card). Close your eyes. Move your hand over the surface of the table in the place where your deck lies. Move your hand away. Compare the sensations.
Now try to find the deck (card) with your eyes closed, focusing solely on the sensations in your hand. If it turns out clearly enough, ask another person to place a card (deck) in front of you on any place on the table while you are sitting with your eyes closed. Repeat your search.
Basic exercise to increase hand sensitivity
Take a comfortable position. Place (turn, raise in front of you) your hands with your palms facing outward (up). Massage a point on your palm located at a distance approximately equal to the width of three thumbs from your wrist. Imagine that a kind of vortex breaks out from this point (the direction of the twist does not matter). Strengthen the sensations of the vortex until specific thermal sensations appear in your hand. Hold the feeling as long as possible. Rub your hands together.
WARNING: IF YOU SHOW SIGNS OF FATIGUE, PAINFUL SENSATIONS, OR Drowsiness, STOP EXERCISING AND TAKE A BREAK FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. IN OTHER CASES, NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES FOR YOUR BODY MAY BE POSSIBLE.
Exercise "beacon"
Imagine that you have a small children's inflatable ball in your hand. Feel its warmth, weight, elasticity. After some success, imagine how it slowly enters your palm and, without losing previous sensations, passes through your arm, then your shoulder, torso, and exits the solar plexus. “Take” the feeling of this ball with your hand from there.
Take any two cards face up with your other hand. Place the sensation of the ball in one of them with your first hand, losing sensation in your body. Rub your hands, as well as those areas of the body where there are specific sensations that arose during the exercise. Turn over the cards.
Shuffle the two cards taken earlier with your eyes closed. Open your eyes, and using your hand and focusing on the sensations in it, try to find the card in which the ball was placed. Test yourself by turning the card over. Take your time, but at the same time, don’t hesitate to consider your choice.
Repeat the exercise. With sufficient success, complicate it by increasing the number of third-party cards from which you need to find a charged one.
Exercise to feel the map with your eyes
Not only hands can be used as a source of obtaining specific sensations. For ease of understanding, imagine that your eyes can also emit special energy rays that can be used to influence objects (in reality the situation is somewhat more complicated, but this is a topic for a separate study).
As a preparation, look at the book, which you should hold in front of you at the distance at which you usually read. Without unfocusing your gaze or moving it, slowly remove the book. Compare the sensations in your eyes before and after the specified action. Repeat for better clarity. Try to catch the difference between the sensations of the presence of an object at the focal point and its absence.
Experiment with different objects like this. Try replacing one object (book) with another (for example, a ball, an apple, an object of a different composition and color than the book). Compare the sensations in your eyes.
After some success, use any two cards from the deck, looking at their designs and comparing the feeling in your eyes.
After significant success and the appearance of a clear sensation of rays from the eyes, try looking at the center of your palm. When the usual sensation of a solid object appears, try to “push” the boundary with these “rays”. Capture the feeling that arises from this.
Do the same with the drawings of the cards in your deck.
P.s. It is highly not recommended to perform this exercise in public without prior preparation in order to avoid social conflicts.
Exercises with emotional elaboration of deck images.
Take two cards that seem most different to you in their meanings. For example, a fool and a hanged man, or a tower and 10 staves. When perceiving the image of the card, catch the emotions and feelings, the memories that it evokes. Strengthen the experience of these sensations to the limit, right up to somatics. Put the card aside and discard the sensations, do the same with the next one.
Then, turning both cards face down and touching them with your hand, try to determine what feelings it evokes in you. Compare them with those experienced when considering the images. Test yourself by turning over the cards.
If you are successful, make the exercise more difficult by increasing the number of cards.
Enchanting the deck "for yourself."
Take a card (deck of cards). Having felt them emotionally, energetically, try to let this feeling into yourself (like the ball from the exercise described above), and dissolve it in yourself. Then try to move your consciousness into the deck - imagine that the deck is you, think like a deck, feel like a deck. Return your consciousness to your normal body. After placing the deck down, continue to feel it in your hand, as if it were firmly attached to you. If difficulties arise, try touching the deck with your hand, feeling the material from which it is made. Removing your hand, reproduce the feeling of the material, the weight of the deck. As a result, merge with the deck, imagining that you are a single whole, the deck is a part of you and your instrument of knowledge, like eyes, ears or mind. It is worth repeating this exercise periodically for a better connection with the cards.
Working with pulses
Clench your hand tightly into a fist. Feel the pulsation in it, identical to the pulse of your heartbeat. Slowly unclench your fist while maintaining the feeling of your pulse. Transfer the feeling of the pulse to your finger, from your finger to your wrist, from your wrist to your elbow, and so on throughout your body. Play around with it. Return the feeling to your finger and pick up the deck. Transfer the feeling of the pulse to the deck, and then, placing it on the table, try to feel its beating outside of yourself.
Make the exercise more difficult by turning away or going into another room.

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Rite of Activation
A new deck is taken and then laid out as follows:
It is laid out from the inner triangle of the major arcana from the 1st to the 21st and the zero is laid out last, then the minor ones are laid out - from the ace to the king = swords first and so on.
After this, candles are placed according to the scheme - church candles are quite enough, but they need to burn for at least 20 minutes and are lit in an expanding spiral - from the 1st eldest, then to the 7th, then the 15th, after that the Ace of Swords, the Ace of Wands, the ace of pentacles and finally the zero major.
The optimal time is dawn twilight on Wednesday of the waxing or first day of the full moon, the 3rd or 6th lunar days are ideal.
It is advisable to meet the sunrise with the deck; ideally, you need to wait until the sun's rays fall on the deck with burning candles (although this is not necessary).
You can use sunset twilight - but worse.
The activation ritual can be performed not only for magic decks. What does it give?
1.adjustment of energy on an unconscious level
2. astrological exercise
3. the same ritual is also used to cleanse the deck (it makes sense to keep this in mind, since the deck can sometimes “get tired” and stop “talking” to the owner - it does not want to answer.

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First person

Different schools have very different approaches to the issue of charging the Tarot deck. Sometimes they adhere to the point of view that a tarot reader works, and the deck is his tool. And accordingly, the main problems with the performance of this tool arise not from the fact that no ritual was performed on the deck, but from the fact that the tarot reader did not establish contact with it.
Contact is established in the same way as with a person - through joint work and communication. In the case of the deck - elaboration and long-term joint practice.
But the ritual allows you to speed up this process, remove the initial barrier, and help you feel the deck as something more than a stack of cardboards with pictures. However, I carry out rituals of cleaning and recharging with almost all of my tools - from a comb to a knife.
As a rule, my acquaintance with the deck begins with small layouts in which I ask what issues she would like to work with, who she sees herself in my life, how she sees me, what I should do to make our communication more fruitful and etc.
During the “taming” period, it is advisable to carry the deck with you, often take it out, rearrange it, and examine it.
You can use the ritual of charging with the help of the four elements. For charging, as opposed to cleaning, elemental tools are usually used. Those. instead of water, salt, candle and incense, you will need a bowl, pentacle, wand (magic wand) and knife (dagger, sword).
The sequence of addressing the elements remains the same: Earth - Water - Air - Fire.
Activation of instruments by the power of the elements is not necessary if the instruments were tied to a specific element when created.
When interacting with an element, you can specify what exactly the deck receives from a particular element. For example, “I charge this deck of cards with the Power of the Air Element - may working with it bring me new knowledge, and may I always find the right words to interpret its images.”
I highly recommend the energetic methods described by Roar Method of charging the deck and tuning it to a person
(method developed by I.L. Sosnina)
This method can be used when initially charging the deck to establish connections with the owner or to attune to the querent when working remotely (in this case, do not forget to re-tune the deck to yourself after the session).
First you need to get nine Major Arcana from the deck.
The first four are determined from the date of birth of the tarot reader (or querent, if you are charging the deck for him).
The first card is determined from the date, the second from the month, and the third from the year. The fourth card is determined by summing the first three.
In order to get the card number, you need to add up all the numbers and then reduce by 21. Values ​​not exceeding 21 remain unchanged.
For example, 09/29/1977
First card: 29-21=8 - Arcana 8 - Strength
Second card: 9 - Arcana 9 - Hermit
Third card: 1+9+7+7=24-21=3 - Arcana 3 - Empress
Fourth card: 8+9+3=20 - Arcana 20 - Last Judgment
The next three cards are determined by last name, first name and patronymic. It is advisable to take your full passport name.
It is calculated by the sum of the numerological codes of all letters of the surname according to a table built on the basis of the correspondence of the letters of the Russian alphabet to the Major Arcana of the Tarot:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
A B C D E F G H I/J
K L M N O P R - S
THAT
b, ы, b - counted - 6
E, Yu, I - count - 9
F, X, Ts, Ch, Sh, Shch - they do not have numerological codes and do not participate in the calculation.
For example, Petrov Ivan Ivanovich
Fifth card: PETROV = 6+6+1+7+5+3=28-21=7 - Arcana 7 - CHARIOT.
Sixth card: IVAN = 9+3+1+4=17 - Arcana 17 - STAR.
Seventh card: IVANOVICH = 9+3+1+4+5+3+9=34-21=13 - Arcanum 13 - DEATH
The eighth card is obtained by adding the fifth, sixth and seventh: 7+17+13=37-21=16 - Arcana 16 - TOWER
The ninth card is determined by the sum of the fourth and eighth: 20+16=36-21=15 - Arcana 15 - Devil.
If some cards match, then you can change the addition rules for one of them, not reducing to 21, but continuing to sum the numbers.
For example, when calculating the seventh card 34=3+4=7 - Arcana 7 - CHARIOT.
In addition, one of the duplicate cards can be replaced with a Jester.
Having calculated and selected nine CAs from the deck, we proceed directly to the charging ritual:
the deck should be randomly divided into six approximately equal parts and laid out in parallel in two columns of three stacks. We cover the stacks in the left column with the first three cards we have chosen, face up. The piles on the right are the fifth, sixth and seventh cards. After letting the cards lie like this for some time, we collect the columns into two piles and cover them with the fourth and eighth cards. Again, let the cards sit and soak in the energy of the selected CAs. We collect the cards in one pile, cover with the ninth card. Let's lie down.
The ritual is completed.

Before you start the layouts, study each Arcana of the deck, in other words, the Tarot needs to be charged: Look carefully at the Arcana, study the symbols, read its meaning. Understand, feel the mood of the Arcanum, as if charging it with the appropriate energy. Take your time! The better you feel the state of the Arcana and understand it, the easier it will be for you when interpreting the layouts, and the more accurate and understandable the answer you will receive.

After you charge the Arcana, your hand or the hand of the person to whom you are making the alignment will be like an antenna that receives a certain signal from the cards, pulling out the Arcana that corresponds to the person’s state at the moment.

If you skip this point and immediately start making layouts, then your first experience of communicating with the Tarot may become disappointing for you, since the layouts will be incomprehensible to you.

If you really want to receive advice from your magical Tarot assistant, then do not be lazy and invest your energy in the deck, especially since this is a very exciting and interesting activity!

Charging the Arcana of your deck, we can say that you are joining the common egregor of the Tarot, and in order for this egregor to work for you, you first need to invest energy into it!

Don't give your Tarot deck to anyone! Even when you make a layout for another person, he chooses cards from the table, or from your hands. You cannot work with the Tarot deck while intoxicated or otherwise intoxicated!

Work with the Tarot deck it is necessary in a quiet, calm atmosphere, in the evening. It’s better if it’s always the same place where you feel comfortable and comfortable. There can only be one person in the room besides you, for whom you are making the layout.

It is better to cover the table on which you make layouts with a dark, matte cloth. It is advisable to turn off electrical appliances in the room. It is better to work with Tarot in natural light or by candlelight.

You cannot lay out cards out of idle curiosity. You should turn to the Arcana if you are really worried about something and need advice.

The question can be asked out loud or silently, or better yet, written down. During the reading, your thoughts should be completely occupied with the question that interests you. Don't get distracted by other topics.

Do not shuffle the cards, but shuffle them clockwise on the table if you want to take into account both the upright and inverted positions of the Arcana. If you do not want to take into account the inverted meaning of the Arcana, then shuffle the cards and spread them out in front of you in a fan. You can quickly select cards, or you can move your hand over them and wait for the feeling of emanating heat from the Arcana. It makes no difference how you draw cards - still draw the one you need. It is better to draw cards with your left hand, because... the right is active, and the left is more sensitive (for left-handed people it’s the other way around).

When laying out, the cards are opened from left to right (and not from top to bottom!), so as not to change the position of the Arcana (straight or inverted).

If you are making a reading for another person, then first just talk to him about his problems. Explain to him that the more frank he is with you, the more precisely he formulates the question, the clearer and more accurate the Tarot answer he will receive. You, in turn, should also immerse yourself in his problems and think about them.

You cannot do the same layout for one question two times in a row. If the interpretation of any Arcana is not entirely clear, then use it.

Do not make plans for the distant, abstract future. Ask about specific situations (How are things going in the present? What to do to achieve what you want? What consequences are expected when choosing this or that opportunity? What obstacles are there on the way and how to overcome them?).

The Major Arcana in an inverted position almost always changes its meaning to the opposite.

The energy of the Minor Arcana in an inverted position can be unbalanced or driven to extremes. That is, the questioner will have to make more efforts to achieve the goal, show patience in some cases, and overcome unexpected difficulties.

To take into account or not to take into account the meanings of inverted Arcana? There is no consensus on this issue. In the process of working with the Arcana of the Tarot, you yourself will be able to choose the most understandable and convenient method of interpretation for you.

At the initial stage, it is better not to take into account the inverted position of the Arcana, because There are a lot of meanings and you may get confused in the interpretation of the Arcana.

The Tarot deck should first of all be perceived as a tool through which we learn this or that information. You can use various techniques and methods of fortune-telling, but you must remember that during rituals and readings, first of all, communication with your subconscious is established, and then only interaction with subtle matters occurs. In order for the cards to prompt you to the right decisions and interact with your energy, the deck must be charged.

Primary Tarot Initiation

Each new deck requires prior activation. Through this, you introduce the cards to your energy, saturate and nourish them. There are a huge number of rituals intended for the initiation of the Tarot. To choose the right and most suitable method for you, you should take into account the complexity of the ritual, and which practice is taken as the basis.

Some esoteric teachings say that the entire predictive system is under the protection of the goddess Isis. The flow of her knowledge is the truth. But those who call for the truth are in wait for her sister, Nephthys, whose kingdom is unconscious darkness and illusion. And it is very important to start working with the deck correctly so that it does not fall under the corrupting influence of hidden fears and distortion of the truth.

Rituals for Tarot initiation

You can activate the deck using a simple ritual. To carry it out you will need a purple or blue candle, melt water, crystal salt and incense. It is necessary to light the incense, light the candle and place a new deck in front of it. Focus and visualize the currents of your energy that begin to envelop the deck. At the same time, fumigate the cards with incense, saying: “I give you a breath of air, fill yourself with its purity.” Pass the deck through the candle flame with the words: “I give you the warmth of the fire so that you can fulfill my desire.” Then pollinate the cards with melt water, reading: “I give you water as the source of all living things. Drink it to the dregs as you make your way.” After this, you should take a pinch of salt with your right hand, sprinkle it on the deck and say: I give you the land in which the seeds of strength will sprout.” Then take the cards in your left hand and say: “Ancient powers of the Tarot, grant me knowledge. May it satisfy my soul and my mind. From this deck let knowledge flow." At the end of the ritual, it is strongly recommended to spend 15-20 minutes in silence and peace, being alone with the cards.

After activating the deck, it is very important to carry out the first layout. It should be at the same time simple, everyday, and at the same time touch on esoteric issues. The general “Celtic Cross” layout is best suited for these purposes. Its specificity is that when pulling out cards, no special questions are asked; the deck, as it were, itself chooses that aspect of your life in which certain explanations are required.

Shuffle the deck and select any 10 cards from it, placing them face down in a stack in front of you. Then place the cards in your palm one by one without opening it, while at the same time listening to your feelings regarding its position. Your hand itself should tell you which position will be correct. In this way, you should go through the entire deck, still stacking it. Only now their position is shifting from end to beginning. And from this position the cards are laid out according to the Celtic cross pattern. Then you should open the cards by moving, as if turning over the pages of a book.

Charging the Tarot with your own energy

Such rituals are carried out after the initial activation. As a rule, this is necessary after clearing the deck of negative influences, or when you feel the need to “get closer” to the cards for their better information content.

Make yourself comfortable at the table. Place the deck in front of you and close your eyes. Relax completely, concentrating on the sensations in the solar plexus. Visualize a golden ball of light in this area - this is your energy. Imagine how it spreads throughout your body, saturates it and, connecting it with the center of the earth, returns back. Similarly, visualize the connection with the sun. Then form this bundle at the same time. Then, without losing concentration, take the deck in your hands and, with the power of thought, pour the golden stream of your energy from the bundle into the deck. After this, read, silently or out loud: “The divine energy of the Sun and Earth fills my Tarot deck so that there is a connection with the Higher powers who know the truth. Let her tell me the truth. I fill my Tarot deck with my own energy and become one with it. Let our work be clear and coordinated. Let it be so!". After this ritual, it is strongly recommended not to part with the cards for 7 days.

Another simple and slightly less effective way to recharge a deck is to place the deck under your pillow. This should be done within 7 days, and during the day the cards should also be kept with you. A pleasant side effect of this method of recharging and establishing energy connections is vivid, magical dreams!