Tarot Runes I Ching Stichomancy Contact
Store Numerology Coin Flip Yes or No Webmasters
Personal Celebrity Biorhythms Bibliomancy Settings

Introduction to Tarot Readings

      Tarot readings are arrangements of cards drawn from a shuffled deck. The layout of the cards is known as a spread, and determines what each card refers to. For example, the Two Paths spread is used to understand an upcoming decision, and hence it uses cards to represent the different options and their outcomes.

Decks: Tarot decks consist of 78 cards. 22 of the cards are major arcana (trumps), such as The Lovers, The Fool, The Pope, and The World. The remaining 56 cards are minor arcana divided into 4 suites of 14 cards each. The suites are Swords, Cups, Wands (sometimes called Rods or Staves), and Pentacles (sometimes called Coins or Discs). Although the traditional meanings of the cards are the same regardless of the specific deck used, the imagery and language associated with each deck tends to make it particularly useful for some types of readings. For example, many of our visitors find the Renaissance Tarot particularly good at questions of passion, mastery, and reason.

Reversals: About half of the cards in a reading are drawn reversed (upside down), which either negates or inverts their meaning. For example, Death upright means "change", but Death reversed means "stagnation".

New Palladini Tarot

A project that was 25 years in the making, David Palladini created this deck to "bridge the ancient and the future". Using elements of Medieval, Egyptian and modern art, this deck is the ideal "mirror for one's own development".

Tarot Sutra: The Secret Language of Sex

A game fusing Tarot and Kama Sutra for the adventurous couple. What better bridal shower gift could you ask for?

Chinese Tarot

A moving fusion of classic Tarot and Chinese traditional art and history. Exceptional.

Salvador Dali Tarot

This deck is nothing short of a masterwork by one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. Every card has gold-gilded edges and bears Dali's signature. There is no more unique gift for the collector or serious student of spirituality.