How do you ask a tarot deck a question?

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Correspondingly, does it matter if tarot cards are upside down?

Their definition needs to be flipped over. Because the cards are upside down, you've got to interpret their intended meanings in an upside down manner too. Getting a reversed card means you get a tarot card definition and have it flipped 180-degrees over. Can tarot cards answer questions? Tarot is not intended to answer specific yes or no questions. Most say it also shouldn't be used to make decisions, but instead should be used as a guide to help you make the decision yourself. For this reason, the way a question is stated is very important.

Keeping this in consideration, what do my 3 tarot cards mean?

A three-card spread has the reader pull three cards from the deck after it's been shuffled and halved by the querent (more on that in a moment). Usually, the first called pulled represents the past, the second represents the present, and the third represents the future. How can I teach myself Tarot cards? The best way to learn tarot is to essentially read and consume and take in what people say about the cards first. Try to learn as much as you can and practice, but then ultimately throw it away and be able to say, "Okay, this is what everybody else has said, and I have that foundational knowledge.

Correspondingly, can you read your own tarot cards?

The short answer is YES! It is totally OK to read Tarot for yourself. In fact, I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that reading Tarot for yourself is even more valuable and more impactful than having your Tarot cards read for you by a professional.