Tarot readings aren’t all about helping others find insights and guidance for certain aspects of life. Instead, tarot cards can also help readers rediscover themselves and reconnect with their subconscious.
Tarot cards are extremely useful at getting in touch with intuition and experiencing the higher self. Like everyone else, readers may also experience depression or deal with different challenges in life. When clarity goes out of reach, reconnecting with the higher self could be the only way forward.
These being said, let’s find out how tarot and self reconnection blend in and how you can benefit from this mix.
Questions to Ask Tarot Cards
When trying to find a way between tarot and self reconnection, you’ll most likely have to determine the issue in your life. No matter why you need this reconnection, it’s important to ask the right questions before jumping to interpretations. Here are a few examples that could work:
- What’s my biggest desire at the moment?
- What do I need more than anything else at the moment?
- What is my main fear in this particular situation?
- What can I do in order to start healing?
- What do I have to do to fully understand my current circumstances?
- What are my current circumstances trying to teach me?
These are only a few examples, but you can obviously adapt such questions to your situation.
Nine Card Tarot and Self Reconnection Spread
There are more spreads that can help you reconnect with yourself, but this nine card spread offers a deeper insight. You’ll learn more about yourself and your current situation, but you’ll also gain some advice and solutions, not to mention potential outcomes.
Just because it’s a big spread, it doesn’t mean it requires much experience because it’s simple and straightforward.
- The first three cards represent you, your situation and beliefs. They go one next to another, from left to right.
- The next three cards represent a message you’re not seeing. This message is usually sent by your spiritual guide. These cards go further to the right, one next to the other.
- The last three cards go on a second row, somewhere in the middle, going from left to right. They showcase how you can reconnect with yourself.
Start by creating a sacred environment. Maybe you like to do it at candlelight only or perhaps you like some incense or crystals around. Whatever suits you, just make sure no one will disturb you. Set the intention right, such as asking one of the above mentioned questions.
Take nine deep breaths, one for each card, then shuffle the cards and lay them accordingly.
The first three cards will reveal some aspects that actually make sense because they represent you. Sure, you may also discover things that feel a little unusual, but that’s because there are things you can’t see.
The cards showcasing the message from your spiritual guide should be interpreted in a basic manner, without adapting them to your circumstances. It’s just a message. As for the last ones, they require a customized approach because they reveal how to connect to yourself.
How to Enhance the Spread
There are more ways to enhance your rediscovery when mixing tarot and self reconnection.
Meditation
Feel free to meditate before the spread, but also after the spread, once you have your tarot card reading. Meditation is one of the best ways to reconnect with yourself and spirit guides. Let your brain relax and connect with guides, so feel free to adopt this practice as often as you can.
Meditation can go in more directions. There are different techniques out there, but you can also sit still, dance, bake, walk, you name it. Whatever gives you mind clarity will work. Basically, you’ll have to do something without thinking about it.
Breathe
Breathing is excellent when performing this reading, but it also helps you meditate. It tends to relax the body and focus the mind at the same time. Earth breathing is a special technique that will work wonders.
When you inhale, focus the mind on your soles. Visualize the energy going through the soles and moving up to your body. When you exhale, let the stress out. Moreover, focus on every aspect of your body when inhaling or exhaling, such as your shoulders and chest moving.
Automatic Writing
Automatic writing is another good way to reconnect with yourself, especially if your mind never shuts up. If you can never focus, grab a pen and a piece of paper and start wiring. What? Anything! Write an intention, then start writing about things that cross your mind.
Even if you don’t feel like writing about something in particular, write down this statement. Write down that you don’t know what to write about and let it be automatic. It takes a bit of practice, but it’s an excellent method for self reconnection.
Other Spreads to Try
When it comes to tarot and self reconnection, any type of spread can offer some insights. When reconnecting with yourself, you don’t need any special interpretations. You’re aware of your situation and circumstances and you’ll naturally adapt the reading to the issue.
A simple three card spread is just as easy to perform. Follow the same pattern as in the nine card spread. The first card is about yourself, the second carries the message and the third one shows how to deepen this connection.
On the same note, you can set spreads with four or five cards. You don’t necessarily need to look up spreads online, but just ask the questions you’re after and assign them to a specific amount of cards.
In summary, tarot and self reconnection is a concept that many people overlook. While focusing on those around them or offering readings to clients, tarot readers tend to forget about looking after themselves. Terrible idea!
Reconnecting with your inner self is something to experience on a regular basis, whether you feel off at times or you simply need some reinforcement from your inner guides.
