Intuitive Reading
Intuitive Reading is a reading style relying on the reader's intuition rather than traditional card meanings. Visual details, colors, and felt energy of the cards take precedence.
Related Terms
Daily Card Pull
The practice of drawing a single card each day to understand the day's energy. One of the most effective ways to learn tarot and develop intuition.
Tarot Journal
A notebook kept to record daily card pulls, spread interpretations, and personal experiences. Over time, helps recognize patterns and strengthen intuition.
Deck Cleansing
The practice of purifying a tarot deck's energy. Methods include incense, crystals (clear quartz), moonlight bathing, or resetting the deck to its original order.
Tarot Ethics
Ethical principles for tarot reading: confidentiality, consent, not diagnosing health issues, avoiding dependency creation, and approaching with empathy.
Shuffling
The ritual of shuffling cards before a reading. Transfers the querent's energy to the deck. Techniques include hand shuffling, bridge shuffling, and fanning.
Open Reading
A general tarot reading without asking a specific question. Cards reveal the most important topics and energies in your life right now.