I wanted to touch on the subject of Intuition today.

If a person really wants to be good at the art of reading the Tarot, then they must learn how to trust their intuition. Learn how to really listen to your “inner” voice. Everyone has the capacity to read the tarot, but you must let your intuition come through.

What I mean by this is:  let your first impressions come through. One exercise that helped me greatly was to keep a pen and paper with me whenever I did a reading for someone. Whenever a thought or a picture came to my mind, I would write it down or draw a picture of it, even if it didn’t make sense to the person I was reading for. When the reading was done, I would then tell the client what came to mind. This is then a great time to discuss the reading and what you felt came to you. In my experiences in doing this type of work, I have found that the client loves this type of feedback and actually relates to what images came to me. This is very similar to keeping a “Dream Journal”. If you keep up with this exercise you will then find that the images that you “see/feel” become clearer and actually more accurate.

What is Intuition?
“Intuition is receiving input and ideas without knowing exactly how and where you got them from. You simply know it is not from yourself. Like creativity, intuitive inspiration often happens when someone virtually «fuses» in an activity, when one is highly focused on the respective activity in a state of joy and fulfillment. Intuition can be trained and in its highest level leads into a conscious contact with non-incarnated beings, a process usually called channeling.”

With this reasoning, if you continue with the exercise listed above, one can say that you are “training” your intuition. I feel that learning how to use the Tarot, is actually one of the ways a person can use to “sharpen” their intuition.

Carl Jung states that Intuition is “The knowing without knowing”. What does this mean to you? When you look at the symbols in the cards, what do they mean to you? No cheating now…put that little white booklet away!

Want to see intuition in action? Take a look at children! They tend to act upon impulse and intuition. They see what they see and feel what they perceive is real to them. It is only when we grow up, that we unlearn how to use these skills! We are taught that logic is the only way.

I would love to hear about your experiences with the tarot and of course-intuition. How did your “inner” voice help you, and how it has helped you in the course of reading the tarot.

Blessings all!
Bernadette