Tarot Card Spread: Connecting With Your New Tarot Deck

Below are three tarot spreads you can use to connect with your new deck. First let’s talk about a tarot spread. A spread is any number of cards drawn from your deck intended to answer specific questions you have. 

Don’t be fooled into thinking that a tarot deck is supposed to read your mind. A tarot deck is a tool to work. Be ready with specific questions or your tool will leave you confused and frustrated.

You can create your own spreads or used ones already made. To create your own spread, write down your questions and begin to think about images that are relevant to those questions.

For example: If you want to create a career spread, and you have two questions like “What work needs to be accomplished to reach my goal?” and “Who will help me to accomplish this goal?”. 

You can place the the “Who” card at the top of the spread, and the “Work” card at the bottom. This could be because work is done closer to the physical realm. 

The “who” card could be at the top because it represents a person in your life and acts as the “head” of the reading. These associations are completely up to you and your intuition. It’s important to give yourself room to experiment until you find what works.

Now here are three tarot deck interview spreads you can use to cultivate a deeper connection with your new deck! To begin any of the following spreads, ensure your deck is cleansed and shuffled. 

You can cut—separate the deck into halves and put the bottom half on the top half—the deck or simply do a card shuffle of your choice. Pull the amount of cards necessary from your deck. 

Experiment with card placements like setting them in vertical, horizontal, or diagonal lines, but ensure they remain in the numerical order.