INSTANT TAROT IN THREE EASY STEPS

STEP 1

SELECT THE QUESTION THAT IS RIGHT FOR YOU

Which question is the right one for you? Which one will tell you what you want to know? On pages 8 through 15, we have provided questions for a one-card reading, a three-card spread, and the Celtic Cross spread. Different questions require different spreads to properly answer them. Look at the list of suggested questions and select the one that is closest to the question you want answered. Then use that spread.

If you feel like you have too many questions, first ask the one that is the most important. Use the suggested questions to help you simplify and clarify your question.

If you do not have a specific question, just ask this first basic question: "Tell me what I need to know for my highest good." It has been our experience that after people have seen the tarot cards "lock on" to them and their current situation, we often find they do have a question.

STEP 2

RELAX!

Take a deep, luxurious breath and let it out slowly. Now, repeat your question to yourself as you shuffle your deck of tarot cards. If you can, try to visualize your question; see a picture of the situation you are asking about in your mind's eye as you shuffle. Stop shuffling when it feels right to do so. Relax. You are doing fine. If you don't know when to stop shuffling, try shuffling for as long as it takes to ask your question two times.

Next, put the deck down and spread out the cards. Then, one at a time, pick one, three, or eleven cards, according to which section your question falls under. Now lay the cards out face-up following the appropriate card placement diagram.

If your cards come out upside-down, just turn them right side up again. Professional and long-time tarot readers have had the experience necessary to attach their personal interpretation to reversed, or upside-down, cards. It is our strong suggestion that you use our book's interpretations as written and not attempt to read reversed cards as different in any way.

STEP 3

LOOK UP THE MEANING OF EACH OF THE CARDS

For this step, you should look up the meaning of the cards you selected in the order that you chose them.

In Instant Tarot, each of the seventy-eight cards of your tarot deck has been interpreted in all eleven positions of the Celtic Cross layout. We also use several of those interpretations to answer the one-card and three-card readings.

* To interpret a one-card reading, do the following: Go to page 8 and choose the question you want answered. Let's say you choose Question B, and you've chosen the Knight of Wands. The answer to question B lies in position number 2, What Surrounds You. You would go to page 125which discusses the Knight of Wands, and you will find all eleven position meanings listed. Find position 2; this corresponds to the answer to the type of question you asked.

Easy, yes? Instant, definitely!

* To interpret a three-card reading, use the exact same method. Find the correct meanings for each of the three cards, in the order that you picked them. Note that your question in a three-card spread will deal with triplets: past, present, future, or mind, body, spirit.

* To interpret the Celtic Cross reading, first turn to page 12 where a diagram is provided of this eleven card layout. You will be drawing cards, and laying them out in this order as you pick them. Now turn to the page where the meanings of the first card you picked are listed. Then read position number 1 for that card. Then turn to the page where the meanings of the second card you picked are listed and read position number 2 for that card. Do the same thing for the remaining nine cards of your reading, making sure that the position number you are reading for each card continues to be the same as the position number of the card in your Celtic Cross reading.

It is wise to focus on a specific time frame for most tarot readings, but it is crucial to put a time frame on your Celtic Cross reading. When you do a Celtic Cross reading, you will pick a card that describes conditions you can expect to encounter in the near future and another card to describe conditions you can expect to encounter in the more distant future. If the next three to six weeks is your time frame, then the last card of your Celtic Cross reading, position 11, THE OUTCOME, represents conditions you can expect to encounter in three to six weeks. The card in position 7, WHAT IS BEFORE YOU, will represent conditions you can expect to encounter in three to six days. If the time frame of your Celtic Cross question is three to six months, then Position 11, THE OUTCOME, represents conditions you can expect in three to six months and Position 7, WHAT IS BEFORE YOU, represents conditions you can expect in three to six weeks.

SUGGESTED QUESTIONS TO ASK YOUR TAROT CARDS

The questions you ask for this layout will come to you over time with practice as you become more familiar, more comfortable, and more in tune with the cards and their meanings. For now, we suggest simply asking the cards for guidance. As you use Instant Tarot to interpret the meanings of each card in each position, you may want to keep a journal of your question, the notes on the meanings of the cards for that particular reading.

QUESTION:

Give me guidance about(my life path, my partner, my children, my love life, my work, my financial situation, my living conditions, achieving my goal, etc.)

and how conditions will progress over the next three to six(hours, days, weeks, or months).

YOUR 11-CARD ANSWER IS:

For Position #1 of the Celtic Cross, read

[1]

YOU

This position represents your place in your situation and what you need to realize your innermost desires regarding the question you have asked.

For Position #2 of the Celtic Cross, read

[2]

WHAT SURROUNDS YOU

This position represents the conditions surrounding you regarding the question you have asked. If the answer you have received is harmonious, then you are in a supportive atmosphere.

For Position #3 of the Celtic Cross, read

[3]

WHAT CROSSES YOU

This position represents an imbalance that may prevent you from achieving the outcomes indicated in Positions #7 and #11 of your reading. It can also represent what is confusing to you.

For Position #4 of the Celtic Cross, read

[4]

YOUR FOUNDATION

This position represents a fundamental issue that can give you the strength and security necessary to accomplish your goal.

For Position #5 of the Celtic Cross, read

[5]

WHAT IS BEHIND YOU

This position represents past actions and influences that have brought things to be the way they are now. It can also represent people, ideas, and conditions that are passing out of your life.

For Position #6 of the Celtic Cross,...