When are the times that you long for a horoscope or tarot reading? Most probably when you are chewing on a problem, looking for some explanation about something that occurred or you are plain bored. Of course it can also be that you are taken by mysteries as such and want every of your moves explained with meaning.

With other words, usually you will pick up a horoscope or a set of tarot cards because you are looking for something.

How inclined do you think will you be to find the answer in whatever tool you are using?

Let’s assume you had a nice 90 minutes of scribbling, sketching and drawing while building ideas of what grand masterwork you want to do next. Cuddled in this feeling of comfort and lulled happiness, you feel giddy and throw a bunch of cards, just to see what they have to say to this outburst of creation and inner peace.

First task is to give thought which deck could reflect the inner feelings and mood the best. Let us say, the VISION QUEST tarot deck, just because this one is so beautifully emotional. Next is the decision which spread to go with. The Star seems appropriate.

1. The Past Three of Air - Doubt
2. The Present Two of Air - Inner Peace
3. The Future Daughter of Fire
4. The Positive Nine of Fire - Inner Strenght
5. The Negative Seven of Water - Excess
6. The Unpredictable Medicine Man - [Major Arcana: I]
7. The Synthesis (Result) Eight of Fire - Insight

There is barely to say something to the chosen cards, the lineup is self-evident in their communication and mirror my current feelings completely clean cut. Remember that AIR has a lot to do with the mind and thoughts, whereas FIRE deals with raw energy and creativity, while WATER represents emotions. Most poignant is the fact that the only Major Arcana card chosen is the one to represent The Unpredictable and the card chosen is the beginning of it all, the Medicine Man (The Magigian) with all powers of all 4 elements at his finger tips; the power of the beginning of creation and truly unpredictable.

This outcome once more pushes home my point regarding what Tarot cards are: a mirror of your feelings, a way and means to talk to yourself, to visualize your feelings and vague thoughts. These cards were randomly chosen, not picked to match my mood. Furthermore, I was writing along while choosing the deck and spread, thus when I wrote paragraph 4 I did not know yet the outcome of the cards and how much they’d reflect what I was pointing out just a few minutes earlier.

From my experience, the only thing it takes to get such clear results is to be comfortable enough with the cards to understand the symbolism in it and to trust yourself while fully understanding that it is not some mysterious outer force that choses the cards for you, but that you are doing it yourself. Yup, you are talking with yourself. Have fun with it!