Before flipping your Tarot cards, it is essential to decide whether you will be using reversals or face down to face up. Reversed cards can have different meanings from their upright counterparts. To flip a Tarot card from side to side, flip the card from left to right, preserving the original direction of the card. This method can subtly influence the tone and depth of a reading.
When reading reversed Tarot cards, it is important to choose a method that aligns with your intuition, respects the tarot’s tradition, and honors the seeker’s journey. Some people may wonder how to flip the cards, relevant if reading reversals. Personally, I always flip them horizontally.
To flip a Tarot card, hold the deck in your hands and focus on your question or intention. You can either choose to shuffle the deck or hold the deck in your hands and focus on your question or intention. To read reversed Tarot cards, start with a basic three-card spread by laying three cards out in front of you, face down in a horizontal line. Flip the card on the left to learn about your past, the middle card to learn.
When reading reversals, flip the cards horizontally instead of vertically, toward or away, to maintain the orientation. Other options will work as long as you are clear on your intent to work that way.
Tarot cards should be flipped from side to side to preserve the card’s original orientation during the turn. If you are not reading the reverse, simply reorient the card once it’s face up. Put the card on the edge of the table with about 1/3 of its length protruding into empty space and bring the back of your hand smartly.
Reversed cards are mainly upright, but if you wish, you can shuffle the cards so they appear upside down — reversed.
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I got my first deck of 78 back in the early 70’s. I have had 1 or 2 other decks since. Right from the start the power came to me. I was an early reader, I read everything but gravitated to old texts written in the 1400’s, then it was easy to transition to science fiction. And that’s why I knew the power from that first deck, the secret is ‘accept’ it for a real force in /from the world. And that leads to now, and my shiney, stiff and brand new deck. I am relegated to using your shuffle #3 or 4. :face-blue-wide-eyes:
I have a really important question: I just read the cards and I cut them and when I was done, (I shuffle my cards and when it feels right, I separate them into three piles and pick which one I am drawn to) I hovered my hand over the different piles and I felt drawn to two of them. I chose one and I still looked at the first card of the other pile because I had a feeling like it would have been a better choice. I read the cards with the pile I chose and let me be honest, it wasn’t quite what I wanted to hear and maybe I am biased but I also felt like it was not accurate. So I chose to read the cards from the other pile. And let me be honest again, they are what I wanted to hear and what I felt was more accurate. So which pile was the right one? Which reading was the one that counts?
Hello! Firstly, thank you so much for your advice, this article was very helpful and gave me new ideas on how to shuffle, and the fact that you are still responding to comments after all this time is super cool. I have a question that really keeps bugging me ever that I started using tarot: when you make big spreads, like the celtic cross, which consist of like.. smaller questions, you shuffle, keep one question from the whole spread in your head, draw a card, move on to another question, shuffle again, repeat, or just keep a general topic in your head and then lay out cards for all questions? I understand that there is no definite answer, but I can’t figure out which method will be more accurate. Thank you very much for your work and sorry if my explanation is too messy!
I am not to sure about the first shuffle. The traditional cardplayer shuffle. I just (re)started (after years) and got a deck with a little book. Now I do know I need to find my own preferences and what works and feels for me. But that book and some other sources say the traditional cardplayer shuffle is “too powerful”. I see that it might be the durability. But it seemed to me they meant it more energetically. However I also see a lot of people doing it anyway. I guess I am wondering are there some more energetically powerfull ways or too powerful ways?
Another good way to shuffle is doing the “magician shuffle” as I like to call it. Take the cards in your dominant hand and in your other your going to use your thumb to swipe the cards into it. (I’m not explaining it that well, but you can easily find how to do it on YouTube) And you can also use this to cheat in a regular game of cards. Don’t recommend looking at the tarot cards while doing this.