A Tarot Card a Day
Renew your Tarot Practice with a Daily Card Draw
Since my posts on each Major Arcana card are turning out to be a bit long (ahem!), I thought I’d intersperse them with some short posts on tarot practices. This weekend I’m enjoying the company of writers and readers at the Chuckanut Writers Conference here in Bellingham. It’s a good week for a short, pithy post.
I thought I’d share some of my favorite tried-and-true tarot practices that will support our journey through the Major Arcana. I know that some of my readers are new to tarot and others are seasoned tarot aficionados, while many fall somewhere along the continuum. Just like the Fool/Seeker might advise, it’s never a bad idea to go back to basics and revisit, renew, and revitalize our relationship with the cards.
Let’s start with a daily card practice.
A Card a Day
I’ve been pulling a card a day for decades, with breaks of weeks or months at a time. I recently picked the practice up again, using the new version of Rachel Pollack’s Shining Tribe Tarot. Now that Rachel is an ancestor, I love honoring her by imagining her voice in my ear as I read her words. Her erudite, humorous wisdom has nourished my tarot studies since the 1980s. No reason for it to stop now.
One of the things I love most about a daily practice is taking note of patterns or repeat cards. If a card is consistently showing up in random draws, I take it as a sign that the particular archetype or energy of the card is trying to get my attention. I’ll probably choose to do a deeper dive with that card.
Likewise, if I’m pulling the same number card in different suits over and over again, I’ll look at the meaning of the number. (I keep pulling 3’s lately, which makes me happy as 3 in the tarot is the number of flow, harmony, and abundance.) I’ll also take note if I’m pulling multiple cards in a particular suit. Perhaps fire (wands / energy / creativity / passion) is trying to get my attention, or water (cups / emotions / spirituality / compassion) wants to soothe my soul.
