How to Access Your Psychic Abilities Using the Tarot with Sherry

Today, I welcome back Sherry, a talented Endorsed Reader on My Tarot Club. I’ve always been amazed with Sherry’s conversations with ‘upstairs’ and her general psychic abilities, especially how she marries this with the Tarot. In this post, she shares exactly how to access your psychic talents with the Tarot. Over to you, Sherry…

 

I remember receiving my first deck of Rider Waite tarot cards when I was 12 years old and looking curiously at the little white book that accompanied them, wondering how I was ever going to learn what all these magical cards meant, let alone put them together in a reading. At this point in my life, I was yet to learn that the meanings would have little relevance to my ability to read and so I struggled to memorise each card. The problem was, the more books I bought about tarot, the more meanings there were and the more confused I became. Never mind about the reversals, card combinations and spreads! Sound familiar?

So I put my cards away for a number of years and instead focused on receiving readings from psychics and tarot card readers at festivals, markets and anywhere I could find them really. What they told me was secondary to my main interest – the link between the information they put forward and the cards on the table. After a while, I noticed something – and I mean really noticed it for the first time. Sometimes the reading had very little to do with the cards laid out in front of me! The reader would place the first few cards and then start speaking, occasionally pointing to a card here or there. But I knew the information they were giving me was more than was just contained in the meaning of that card. They were using the cards as springboards to receive psychic information. Well, let me tell you, I thought I had discovered a whole new world! Tarot cards could be used in the same way as crystal balls, runes, bowls of water and any other focal point on the table – as a distraction for Ego so that other information could come through.

With my newfound knowledge, I packed up my tarot books and focused instead on how to work with tarot to facilitate a psychic reading. Twenty years and a lot of readings later, the depth and richness provided by spirit in the way they use the cards to transmit information to me and my clients is a constant surprise and source of amazement to me. I literally never know what I’m going to receive and being open to the process is very important. So if you are someone who is well-versed in the meanings of all the tarot cards but struggle to provide a reading to someone because you can’t put the story together or see how one card relates to another, I have some tips for you that you can use to move your readings to the next level.

Stop ‘thinking’ the cards and start ‘feeling’ them

Your logical mind and Ego are actually going to trip you up during readings. Apart from providing you with a continuous assessment on how you’re doing (which may or may not be accurate), your Ego is pretty useless in this situation. So what’s the solution? Distract it! Lay out your cards in the spread you have chosen and then while your mind is looking at the cards, listen or feel for messages from the spread. I liken this process to a small stream. Imagine your tarot cards in the spread are rocks in the bottom of the stream and the message from spirit is the water running over the top. Feel the messages in the water. Sit back and look at the flow of the cards and wait for inspiration.

Practice waiting after you’ve laid out the cards

One of the reasons I really enjoy doing email readings is that there is no rush. I like to wait for the story to click in and for the information to come to me after I’ve drawn some cards. Sometimes when I’m given something from spirit, I like to walk around the room a few times, feeling the information fully and deciding how to present it. The point is, when you’re learning to use your cards in this new way, give yourself time for the messages to come and be prepared to wait patiently. Don’t rush forward with the information and take a second to ensure you’re interpreting what you’re receiving correctly.

Take each card as it comes

Related to waiting for information after you’ve created a spread is taking each card as it comes. It can be easy to get overwhelmed and panic that ‘oh geez, I have 16 cards on the table and how can ever make a reading out of this?’ Practice focusing on the first card and waiting for the information. It will logically lead to your next card without you having to force it.

Consider how spirit is using the cards

When you are using your tarot cards as psychic tools, something you will also notice is that not all cards in the spread are used, or are not necessarily used for fixed meaning. For example, instead of a card having a meaning in and of itself, consider that upstairs may be indicating an ‘energy’ with that card. So let’s say you’re doing a career reading for someone and all of a sudden the Lovers appears in the middle. ‘Um what?’ you might think – is this person going to have an affair at work? Consider that spirit might be using the Lovers card to indicate the passion or intensity your client injects into their working life. From this perspective, this allows the cards to redefine themselves as spirit sees fit to relay information to you. I cannot stress the importance of this enough. While you are still fixated on every card having a concrete meaning in the spread, you negate the opportunity for the cards to take on other forms and for spirit to communicate effectively.

Be aware of other things happening around you as you read

This one is another big point. Spirit choose a variety of ways to communicate with readers during readings. You may hear things, see things, feel things and even smell things. It pays to be very aware of what is happening in your own auric field (about a metre all around you) while you’re reading. This sort of sensitivity can be enhanced by meditation and by practicing awareness.

Progress other areas of your spiritual development

For those impatient folk among us (myself included), unfortunately reading using psychic ability doesn’t always magically commence when you want it to. Instead, it develops over time – and I am talking years, not days. However, you can help this along by focusing on developing your psychic ability outside of readings. This may take the form of reading books and practising exercises, joining a reputable spiritualist group, taking a course etc. You will begin to notice that what you do away from your tarot cards starts to incorporate itself into your readings and in this way, you strengthen your psychic muscles and start to develop more depth to your readings.

While you are developing your psychic abilities, you may like to avoid charging people for readings until you’ve hit your stride. I have seen novice tarot readers being told ‘oh just tell the client anything that comes into your head’ and have watched on in dismay as the poor reader told their confused client that ‘oh you must be a Leo because you have blonde hair’ and ‘oh I see dolphins flying around your head’. The constant line of chatter your Ego and imagination provide is something completely different from messages from spirit and taking a long-term approach to learning how to do psychic readings, coupled with lots of practice is what’s needed. You can also practice in a very relaxed environment via the Free Readers page at My Tarot Club (https://My Tarot Clubtarot.com/become-a-free-tarot-reader/) where you can do free readings for feedback on accuracy – a great way to develop your skills!

About Sherry

Sherry has over 30 years’ experience working with the Tarot cards. She also draws on her natural psychic talents to help tune into your specific situation and give you the information the Universe needs you to know.

She is an Endorsed My Tarot Club Reader and is available for psychic Tarot readings here.

 

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