Beginning A Tarot Journal?

A Tarot journal is a personal project that allows readers to track their progress and understand the meanings of the cards. It is an essential tool for anyone looking to deepen their connection with tarot readings, as it allows readers to write down their thoughts, feelings, spreads, and interpretations of the cards.

To start a tarot journal, you will need a journal or notebook to record your thoughts, reflections, and interpretations of the tarot cards. By doing so, you can gain insight into your own tarot spread for tarot readings, create a personal guidebook, and keep track of your thoughts on each card.

Improving reading skills is another benefit of keeping a Tarot journal. By recording your readings and interpretations, you are providing yourself with valuable opportunities to reflect on your interpretations of the cards. As you note down your thoughts, you’ll be able to track your personal growth and improve your reading skills.

One way to connect on a “soul level” with the Tarot is by pulling a single tarot card each morning and using it as a prompt for your day. This can help you connect on a spiritual level and make connections with the Tarot.

Tarot exercises you can try include daily drawing, first impressions, detailed interpretations, drawing diagrams of your favorite tarot spreads, and writing new ones. By taking notes on how they work out, you can make sense of the meanings of the cards and make informed decisions about your Tarot readings.

In conclusion, a Tarot journal is a valuable tool for readers to connect on a spiritual level with the Tarot and enhance their reading skills. By creating a journal, readers can gain insights into their interpretations of the cards and make informed decisions about their Tarot readings.


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What to do before starting a tarot reading?

Before a tarot reading, research your chosen reader and find a calm, present time. Arrive prepared with questions and energy to ensure a meaningful experience. Ask yourself what clarity you need and what kind of reading you want, as this will help you understand messages deeper. For predictive readings, research a tarot reader specializing in love. If you are dealing with trauma or have questions about mental or physical health, seek help from a licensed professional. Remember to be present and calm during the reading to ensure a meaningful experience.

Should I record my tarot readings?
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Should I record my tarot readings?

The more effort you put into your tarot, the more you’ll benefit from it. Posting your spreads on social media and sharing readings online are also forms of journaling. However, with so much content available, it’s easy for things to get lost and forgotten. Keeping a written journal can help you keep track of your tarot experiences in a unique way. Start by choosing a journal that feels comfortable with you, whether it’s a magical grimoire, a purpose-built tarot journal, or a beaten-up notebook.

Record everything you’ve learned and experienced so far, touching base with yourself and noticing how you perceive tarot. If you’re just starting out, note down everything, whether it’s a friend’s insight on a card’s meaning or a specific card calling to you. Keep a note of everything, and you won’t regret it!

Do tarot cards really work?
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Do tarot cards really work?

Tarot readings can be an empowering and insightful tool for self-discovery and future direction. A professional tarot reader can help you understand your goals and desires, providing insight into your situation and guiding you towards the best actions for your love life, career, or other questions. They can also reveal the motivations of others and predict potential outcomes of decisions. A good tarot reading can provide clarity and help heal anxiety.

However, it is crucial to prepare thoroughly for your first reading to fully benefit from the experience. A good tarot reading can provide valuable insights into your future and help you make informed decisions.

How to create a tarot journal?

Tarot journaling entails the selection of cards from a given deck, the subsequent interpretation of their imagery, and the investigation of their associated meanings. Once the meanings have been analysed in accordance with the guidance provided in the tarot guide, the answers should be recorded in a journal in order to enhance one’s understanding of the cards.

What information should you always include in your tarot journal?
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What information should you always include in your tarot journal?

Tarot cards can be a powerful tool for personal and professional growth. By recording your analyses in your diary or taking notes on readings for others, you can track your development as a reader and understand how the meanings change over time. By understanding your own process, you can determine where tarot cards are most useful in your life, when to use them, and how they fit into your beliefs, spiritual practices, and personal philosophy.

Each deck has its own character, and each artist puts their own spin on the cards, drawing on different symbolism. It is recommended to add pages on card meanings for each different deck you use to further understand the meanings and implications of tarot in your life.

Can I teach myself tarot?
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Can I teach myself tarot?

Tarot reading is a powerful tool for understanding one’s relationship with the world around them. The deck consists of 78 cards, divided into 22 Major Arcana cards and 56 suits with different energies. Each card has a unique interpretation and takes on new meaning when combined with others. Professional readers can provide guidance on this journey, as everyone has their own tips. Keeping track of your tarot pulls can help identify patterns and themes to pay attention to.

As a professional astrologer and tarot reader, taking notes on your cards can help you identify patterns and themes that may be causing you to draw attention. Experts have provided tips for beginners and experts alike, ensuring a successful and enjoyable experience with tarot reading.

How do you start tarot for beginners?
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How do you start tarot for beginners?

Tarot reading is not an occult art, but a tool for personal discovery and self-care. According to Lori Dyan, a Toronto-based tarot reader and author of Burn Your Sh*t, The Life-Changing Magic of Rituals, tarot cards are not fortune-telling but coaching. They highlight where you’ve been, validate where you’re at in the moment, and hint at what’s possible. Tarot provides an opportunity to have a conversation with your soul, like a trusted counselor reflecting you back to yourself.

It offers agency, not prophecies, and helps you make the best decisions for yourself moving forward. To start, do a daily card pull and think about the meaning of the card. This will help you connect more deeply with yourself and make the best decisions for yourself moving forward.

Can anyone start reading tarot cards?

Tarot is a popular and accessible tool for anyone, according to author Michelle Tea. She believes that learning tarot involves becoming comfortable with the imagery, learning them by heart, and understanding how the cards interact. Tea’s book, Modern Tarot: Connecting with Your Higher Self through the Wisdom of the Cards, provides a beginner’s guide to tarot, guiding readers through each card in a deck, sharing reading tips, and ways to incorporate tarot into self-care practices. Tea emphasizes that anyone can learn tarot, as long as they are comfortable with the imagery and understand how they flow into a story.

What not to do with tarot?
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What not to do with tarot?

Reading Tarot cards can be a powerful tool for self-discovery, but it’s important to avoid making mistakes. Some common mistakes include pulling out the deck immediately after a challenging encounter, choosing the wrong spread, adding too many clarifiers, looking up too many card meanings, and reading about others’ feelings or motives. Additionally, doing multiple readings on a topic in one sitting can lead to frustration and confusion.

Tarot cards and other divination techniques won’t work if you aren’t in a clear state of mind. While it’s possible to read for yourself if you have a preferred outcome, it’s crucial to be in a neutral, calm space to accurately read for yourself. The worst time to do a Tarot reading is when you most want the answer, as this can lead to a more confusing and frustrating experience. Therefore, it’s essential to be in a neutral, calm space when reading for oneself.

Should you pull a tarot card daily?

One method of establishing a practice of tarot is to pull a card each morning and record one’s thoughts and reflections on it in a journal. Additionally, touching the cards may prove advantageous. Nevertheless, a more elaborate configuration, such as an Instagram tarot spread, may offer a more visually appealing alternative. A well-executed morning tarot spread is an excellent way to commence the day with a tarot reading, instilling a sense of excitement and anticipation.

Is it OK to pull tarot cards for yourself?
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Is it OK to pull tarot cards for yourself?

Tarot readings can be done by beginners, providing insight into current situations, honoring intuition, and forecasting potential outcomes. To begin, clean the energy of your space by burning herbs, ringing bells or chimes, taking a bath, or using crystals. A Selenite wand is a popular energy refresher that aids clarity.

Sit comfortably and close your eyes, focusing on the protective energy surrounding you. Take deep breaths, think about your question or needing guidance, and keep your mind and heart open to the answers that may come through the cards. Shuffle the deck, focusing on your desired query, and shuffle the cards in front of you. The pattern laid out is called a “spread”, and the meaning of each card in combinations builds up to the overall answer to your query.

Before beginning to shuffle, know which spread you will be working with. As answers come through, it’s important to draw additional cards for further clarity or start with a new question from a different perspective. Tarot readings can be a powerful tool for personal growth and understanding.


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  • You’ve just combined my old obsession with planning and my new obsession with tarot in one package and I just love you for it. I don’t know why it didn’t even cross my mind to do this; I just stored my readings in notes app on my phone… I feel like using planners would instead force me to look over every single deck, and every single card and connect with all of it. Very grounding, thank you!

  • Love seeing your journals! A couple years ago I found a great deal at Costco on Spice Box Books journals. 3 journals for $14.99. They are hard bound with an elastic closure thingy, page ribbon and 200 lined pages. I use them for my daily tarot recordings and tarot journaling. I think they are a great price for a journal. I just picked up some recently, so maybe they are available in most stores. I also buy big packs of pens at Costco…it seems I go through them so fast. Thanks so much for doing this fun and informative series!

  • I decided to do both -the things that I want to remember right away I chose the option convenient at the time and transfer later – but for purposes like you mentioned going back and / or seeing over pattern and picture I chose to do digital since I build templates anyways it only makes sense (in notion) but I could NEVER part with my paper journal I have always been so obsessed with journals (paper) etc. I use to write long entries so many pages when I was young I have so many old keepsakes but I fell off and it become less consistent but then found bullot journal from you ladies here on youtube and it is so much more easy to stay consistent with it but its important to know my third eye is awakening and I’m plugged in and connected so I want to stay consistent I’m at a diff place now in my life I’m healing – I think that made a diff in consistency. ALSO I also DO THAT lol I have a journal for my challenges for learning about astro, tarot, and phyic stuff and then another for regular journal and then another for dream journalling as this is so important manifestation and so on I’m sure you. know lol ahah and I also have another dedicated just for quotes and more scrapbook notes and even more lollll basically I agree so heavy I love that I am not the only one like this….

  • I love that you are doing this series. I use disc bound for a planner. The dust is cool but I may not want to use it. I like the more traditional journal idea. I did find one I want to use. It might get fat lol but im ok with it. One thing people could also use is an old book coverted into a journal. Tear out pages to make room and its upcycling something that might go into the trash bin instead. Loved perusal. Looking forward to the next articles.

  • i’m only a few minutes into this article so far but i just had to stop to say these are some beautiful journal pages! gorgeous!! also i wanted to let you know I was so inspired by your deck mod vids i just ordered some contact paper and some decorative papers to start modifying a deck of my own. and, finally, i have to take a moment to just praise your layout on your tables, etc.. impeccable. I hope you have a team of people helping you because all of this surely takes a lot of work!! it is much appreciated!

  • Very good information. I’m very new to Tarot and some of the suggestions I keep hearing everywhere is to journal. I’m not a writer, I’ve never kept a journal, I rarely read books, I’m more of a article and auditory learner, but I’ve actually been journaling on my daily card pulls over the past few days and it’s really nice to just jot down words and small phrases to describe what I’m seeing in the cards I pull. This article was very helpful to give me insight on different types of journals to keep (or not keep) and how I can go about it. Thanks so much 👊🏼

  • I know I should pick one because it would be easier to keep track of but i kinda want to combine digital and hand written journals. I’m such a perfectionist i would do better drafting and planning how i will write my reading interpretation instead of going in and not liking the outcome because of some bad organization in the design. Also keeping those sketches digitally could be useful to hold on to if you’d like to look back at a reading on your phone. I find myself forgetting what my readings say and looking back at it on the go may be helpful for me

  • Such a great article! I love all your ideas. I’m just starting out so I’ve got a Happy Planner I use for my daily draws, and its pretty basic. But perusal this has made me realise its ok. Your journals are where I’d love to get to, but right now.. I don’t think I’m there yet. 💓🙃 Love your teaching style, youre amazing!

  • Thanks so much for this detailed and thorough article which is exactly what I needed! I am a beginner and this really helps so much! I think from perusal this I would like to start a reading journal and a practise informative journal. Do you have a article detailing how to start and build a practise journal? This would be amazing if you so please. Thanks

  • Hi Dawn Michelle! Thank you for making this article! May I ask what the deck is that you show really shortly from 0:21 – 0:30 at the very beginning of the article? With the black backing and six point star? The simple illustrated art is so beautiful on it. Edit: oh! I found the article of yours where you trim it. Thank you! (But out of stock 😭)

  • OMG! I saw the Journal Guide (516pgs) and the Study Guide (318pgs) and I was so excited! When it loaded on my computer and I first saw it, I instantly screamed out loud with glee! 😲😲😲😲🤗🤗🤗🤗🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 Thank you so much to both of you! I am printing them (double-sided) and putting them in a binder so I can add pages over the years in between if I need to. The greatest.

  • Tarot journaling is a big part of my practice. I keep a separate journal just for readings. A really thick one though the actual size is square and small. Besides that I keep a book of various spreads, correspondences, lists, and meditations that I’ve put together on the computer, then print out in a discbound journal. This comes with me to tarot meetups and classes. I use a slightly different element system than most do so this helps me with that. Then I have a giant spread list I’ve been keeping for years. I don’t keep these things in my Grimoire but I think it’s really important to keep something.

  • You and Bennebell are so incredibly gracious and generous to provide this type of resource for free! I’ve scatter shotted a journal for the last year and I guess the algorithm knew it was time to get serious, ha. Subscribed and look forward to more of your articles. Lisa Papez and Boho Tarot (Dawn Michelle) have posted great tarot journaling articles, showing what their journals look like. Such talent in the Tarot Tube community!

  • This is my first article of yours that I’ve watched. I have watched a couple from Benebell. I do have Holistic Tarot and I’m pretty sure it’s my favorite book on Tarot, or at least one of the top 3. THANK YOU for the study guide and the study journal! I will bookmark it and begin printing it out or take it to Staples and have them print and bind. I’m really delighted with your content and look forward to perusal more of your articles.

  • I’m am starting a new format of my journal now, I bad been ready cards personally for over a year now and wanted to work on incorporating it more into a combination of practices including sections of the spreads, intentions before and after the readings as well as important astrological events, runes readings, and meditation. I think it’s so important to track progress as well to see what really benefits the person the best.

  • Thank you for this !!!! I have long kept a tarot journal but these tips (along with the downloads) are immensely helpful!!! On another note… I don’t know if you’ve previously addressed the order of the major arcana cards (I haven’t seen it if you have) but could you do a article on it ??? I know one of the controversial aspects of the RWS cards (and similar) is that they switched the Justice and Strength cards and I’d be interested to know a) the reason for the order to begin with and b) the reason for the switch. I’ve heard/read other theories on it but I’d be interested to know your take on it.

  • Scarlet very interesting not found the download yet. Will try again. Question do you know any covens In Canada. Ear Montreal. I have a friend there who is looking for one. I am in the UK she went to our coven but since she returned to Canada she is totally lost and would like. To join a coven of witches she has native American ancestry, although I didn’t realise it, she rece fly told me this. Any ideas would be helpful as I am across the pond so to speak.

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