It may surprise some people, but tarot can actually be a pretty incredible tool to help you find your power.
I often start posts like this with the same disclaimer:
Tarot is typically associated with fortune telling. And while predictions and intuitive insights do come up in readings, I don’t believe tarot is meant to dictate our fate. As a result, I’ve found that the most powerful tarot readings are more coaching and actionable.
I believe we all have free will. As a result, I believe tarot to be much more helpful and empowering when I ask questions about how I can make something happen, and not if something will happen to me.
Overall, I believe readings that focus on inspiring and empowering you to to take action so you can live your best life possible are the most helpful.
I do this because I think it’s important for newcomers to this blog to know that my approach is different from the common expectation. But in today’s post, I wanted to spend some time breaking down exactly how you can use tarot for empowerment.
Here are 3 ways you can use tarot to find your power.
Ask a powerful question
Asking a powerful question is the first step to getting a powerful reading.
Readings that are more predictive can be fun, and even be a good energy check. But if your not careful, these types of readings
have the potential to take away our power.
These questions typically start with “Will,” “Should,” “When,” and “Can.”
When you ask if something will happen to you or if you should do something, you’re handing your decisions and potential outcome over to the cards.
Instead, it’s much more powerful to ask questions that start with “How,” “What,” or “Why.”
When you ask how you can make something happen or what might happen if you make a particular choice, you’re giving yourself the information you need to make the most empowered and actionable choice you can.
These questions either give us direction and empowerment to make something happen for us, or help shed some clarity on events and actions that we can use to our benefit.
You can read about this topic in more detail in this post.
Pay attention to what comes up for you
All of the cards have general enough meanings to be applied to any situation in your life. The only thing you have to buy into is the idea that the cards on the table have a message that’s meant for you.
When you read your own tarot cards or have your cards read, what comes up for you is the most important element of the reading.
This is your intuition and inner wisdom telling you how to apply the information.
For instance, let’s say you were to go to someone else for a tarot reading about your career. Your reader might say, “I’m getting the sense that someone wants to help you out with your career and the cards are suggesting letting them would be beneficial to you.”
Sometimes this is someone you’ll come across in the near future. But often times, someone will come to mind for you in the reading. This isn’t your tarot reader or the cards telling you want you should do or who you should trust.
This is your inner wisdom. It’s a power you can be confident in.
Act in ways that align with you
Again, your tarot reading isn’t here to tell you what you should or should not do. It’s similar to talking with a friend. The cards may give you advice, but it’s up to you what you do with it.
How you apply the advice and guidance that comes up in your reading will be unique to you. You need to use your own judgment act on your reading in the way that feels the most aligned to you.
Tarot is a reading of energy. It’s your energy, and the energy of the cards and the situation you’re asking about.
The guidance is often specific enough to apply directly go you, but general enough that you get to act on it in the way that you see fit.
For instance, a career reading may suggest that you need to make a change with your job. You might find that this is something that deeply resonates with you, and confirms how you’ve been feeling lately.
This is not something that comes up for everyone. This guidance would be unique to you.
However, here are several different directions a person can move in with this kind of advice.
You might consider asking for a promotion at your current job, getting a new job all together, or going for a completely different career, just to name a few ideas. It’s all going to depend on what comes up for you when you receive this advice.
This is how the cards can give you the confirmation and validation to act and make an aligned change in your life.
What happens when something doesn’t resonate?
Keep an eye out! This is either energy that hasn’t fully entered your orbit yet, or it’s something that will make sense to you later.
Tarot readings often contain a lot of information. It may take some time for all of it to really click into place.
You might also try talking it over with a friend if it’s a subject you’re really close to. Sometimes we can’t fully see how to apply information when we’re really caught up in a situation.
Want to try this out for yourself?
If you’re ready to try using tarot to find your power, you’re in luck!
Foreshadow Intuitive Tarot offers a handful of tarot readings for you to try out. Some of these readings are built around a preconceived question, but everything can be customized.
I specialize in helping soul seekers, creators, and highly sensitive people break free from from society and create their best lives. If you want to see which category fits you best, visit the home page!
For more on my Tarot philosophy, you can can check out the About page.
If you’d like to know even more about me, you can read my story here.
If you’ve had a reading before, what was your experience? If you haven’t, what are you most curious about? Tell me about it in the comments!
