S2E2 Misconceptions about tarot

Hello, this is YQ from YQmagic. I’m running an in-person tarot workshop on July 22nd. yqmagic.com for details

I'll be running a series of podcast episodes for people who are interested in learning tarot, debunking some of the myths and also helping you to get started on your tarot journey more easy, or is it easier, easier? 

So, The thing we're going to talk about now is misconceptions about tarot, because I do feel that sometimes people do not dare get a reading or even touch tarot cards because of these misconceptions. 

I believe a lot of these misconceptions are religiously based because there are some religions that are really, really against quote unquote, fortune telling and. If you haven't. Had experienced with taro. You can have these misconceptions

so the top misconception is that tarot is evil. 

I feel that terrible has this reputation of being evil. Unlike maybe astrology. Or even, numerology it's because people are thinking, " These are just cards, how can you get messages on them?" Versus astrology, you might say, okay, The state matches with this thing on the birth chart. So it's not evil, but honestly, tarot is not evil. 

Because they are just pieces of paper. Honestly, there are pages of paper and what comes out of these high readings are the readers. Interpretation of the cards based on the questions that are given by the person asking for readings on clients. And a lot of times what happens I feel is that the messages that come out. 

Very synchronized or what's happening with the client's life. And some of these synchronicities I, I would not say that, oh, you know, pushed by. What a higher being or anything like that. But us as humans, we're trying to make sense of our lives in sometimes. These meanings. Link. To whatever we have had in mind or whatever we are experiencing. And it does gives us more. Bravery or gives us more clarity on what we are doing

Misconception number two is that there are spirits involved when reading tarot and people are very, very fearful about this. 

I get this question a lot, you know, "Are there spirits when I read tarot? Would I get bad luck from it?:. I think this is pretty similar as a misconception. Number one. Where does I'm the evil entity involved when reading Tyrell? I have to clarify, not clarify. I have to disclaimer, disclaimer, disclaimer. 

And that personally for me, When I'm reading Tyro, I do not invoke any spirits. I do not feel that you know, there are any spirit guides near me whispering to me, but there are a lot of other tarot readers that can tell you, "oh, my guide is saying this, my guide is saying that." That's how they do it. I cannot comment on, you know, how they do it, or even like how they get in touch with these guides. But for me as someone who is not a psychic for me as someone who is very, very practical and very, very grounded, 

I do not have these guides where I do have is my intuition. So I believe in my intuition more than whatever's trying to talk to me. So. If you are interested in getting a tarot reading or even interested in learning tarot, just be comforted that there are no spirits involved, unless, unless your tarot reader tells you that they call in spirit guide. 

Then it depends on you, whether you want. A tarot reading that has these guides involved, Or you can ask the tarot reader whether these guides are friendly, or are they not that great. And you can make your decisions from there.

Misconception number three is a tarot is only about predicting the future. 

I think this misconception really limits what we can do with tarot, because honestly, How many times do I read about the future? Not as much as what I am reading about the now. So for me, tarot is really about what's happening now. 

The current situation so that I can make decisions so that I can make changes. To better the future. And a lot of times, right, because for me as someone who is not very in tune to my emotions, the only emotions I can feel is anger and like. Really really deep sadness. So there's no, in-between. I sometimes have to use tarot cards to just dig out some of these feelings that I have. So I think it's very useful for that as well. So tarot's not just about predicting the future. tarot has so many other uses, especially if you're interested in personal development. Or personal exploration, tarot is a great tool for that.

Misconception number four is that tarot answers are set in stone. 

So this is easy for us to fall into the misconception because we feel that. the tarot reader has more knowledge than we do. And then they know better, which is why, whatever they say is true and correct, and will not change. This false does is highly false because each tarot reader also have their own biases. Have their own. Way of seeing things. 

As a client, honestly, you can be hiding things from them that might not give them the full picture to tell you what the cards are saying. So. If you hear from a tarot reader, though, that you will be single forever and ever or your relationships won't last. Yeah. I have to ask yourself, you know, what information d o they have about you to make these sort of a quote unquote predictions and for you to really discern. Whether they have authority to say things like that. 

The final thing that I want to leave you with is that tarot readings are not set in stone. You can make changes. You can. I see it at taro is a way of illuminating what's ahead. And if you don't like what's there, you can make changes. You can ask the cards what sort of changes you can make, you can even make your own choice, how you want things to change for the better. . 

How I see tarot reading is that it shows you what might happen or what is happening. And might happen if nothing in your life changes. So this also means that you have the ability to make the changes that you want so that you can affect your own future. So do not just be there sitting, doing nothing after a tarot reading. If you want to change, you have to make the change. Yep. So that's it from me today. I'm YQ from YQmagic. If you're interested in learning more about my in-person tarot workshop, you can go to yqmagic.com. And I believe the link will be updated to whatever new things I'm doing. So if you go there. 

You can also see what's happening with me. So I will talk to you next time. And if you have any questions you want me to cover, let me know. Send me a dm on instagram at yq magic and i will be helping you out as well