The Esoteric Tarot
Basic guide to interpreting a tarot reading.
Have you ever used Tarot to understand your personal reality? The Esoteric Tarot serves as a powerful tool for self-discovery, personal growth, and spiritual understanding. Its purpose for an individual can be multifaceted and deeply transformative.
You can select a card or spread of cards, focusing on a specific question or intention and interpreting the symbolism and messages of the cards in the context of your personal journey. It is a highly intuitive and introspective process that can provide valuable guidance and illumination for your life path and spiritual growth.
We can go beyond the traditional use of Tarot. The Esoteric Tarot has been used and studied by several important figures in the fields of spirituality, psychology and philosophy throughout history. Although not everyone necessarily used it as a divination tool, many explored its symbolism and its implications on personal and spiritual growth. One of them was the Swiss psychologist Carl Jung, who studied the Tarot as part of his exploration of archetypes and the collective unconscious. Jung considered Tarot images to be deep symbolic representations of the human psyche and used them in his therapeutic work.
Jung and many others used the Tarot in various ways in their research and practices, whether as a tool for psychological introspection or spiritual exploration.
For those who have a Tarot deck on hand, today we explore the meaning of Tarot cards so you can investigate your inner world. With three cards, we can find answers about our personal reality.
Here is an example of a spread to do shadow work:
What am I repressing?
What injury did this cause?
Tips to work with my shadow and grow.
You can invent your own tarot reading. The important thing is to be clear about what each position means.
When you read the card meditate on its meaning and symbolism. Let the information flow without wanting to find a specific meaning. The cards help us connect with the subconscious and the unconscious. Any information that is relevant and that we can integrate into the present will come in the form of an idea, synchronicity, etc. at the time of the reading or later… while walking down the street, for example.
Later I will go in more depth about the universal archetypes that we find not only in Tarot cards, but also in astrology and other esoteric systems. In the meantime, I leave you this basic guide that can help you get into them.