If you’ve just gotten yourself a new Tarot deck, and want to learn a little about it, try out this quick five-card Deck Personality Spread …
- What does this deck [but use its name] especially like to talk about?
- How does it like to communicate?
- What emotional tone can I expect from it?
- How does it inspire?
- How can I get the best practical advice from it?
If you noticed that these five questions seem to roughly reflect the Major Arcana, and the four suits of the Minor, you were right, that’s exactly what they’re meant to do.
I used to do this spread all the time when I’d get a new deck, but forgot about it until recently when I was playing with my first new set of cards in a while.
Of course you can read your cards whether you check in with their personality or not, but it’s a fun spread to try as you get to know a new deck.
It starts a conversation, giving you a chance to learn the deck’s language before diving into questions that might matter to you more.