Esselmont - The ultimate guide to tarot card meanings

YOU + TAROT CARDS =
INNER WISDOM AT YOUR FINGERTIPS

If you could ask about a relationship, decision, or situation anytime you wanted, and receive a clear, life-affirming answer, right on the spot would that make life better? Because thats what reading Tarot cardsand this Guideis all about!

Hi, Im Brigit! Professional Tarot reader & teacher, intuitive business coach and Founder of Biddy Tarot (www.biddytarot.com).

Im here to help you learn the language of Tarot, bring more intuition, inspiration and flow into your days, and ultimately create a life you adore.

And just so were clear

Tarot cards alone arent magic. (In fact, theyre just ink on paper!)

Theres nothing weird, wicked or woo about it.

But what is magical is how Tarot cards help you connect with a deeper, more expansive part of yourself. The part of you that knows there are no limits, theres always more than enough, and anything you want is possible.

Thats why I created The Ultimate Guide to Tarot Card Meaningsto help you connect deeply and intimately with the Tarot cards and to live a more intuitive life with Tarot as a guide.

In this Guide, Ill walk you through the meanings of each and every Tarot card for all types of Tarot readings and life situations. Youll never go blank in a reading again!

Its my belief that anyone can learn to read Tarotincluding YOUand my work (and this Guide) shows you how.

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CONTENTS

COPYRIGHT 2017 BRIGIT ESSELMONT, BIDDY TAROT

All rights reserved. This book or any portion there of may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the author except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

Printed in the United States of America

First Printing, 2017

ILLUSTRATION COPYRIGHT

Illustrations from the Radiant Rider-Waite Tarot Deck, known also as the Rider Tarot and the Waite Tarot, reproduced by permission of U.S. Games Systems, Inc., Stamford, CT 06902 USA.
Copyright
2006 by U.S. Games Systems, Inc. Further reproduction prohibited. The Rider-Waite Tarot
Deck is a registered trademark of U.S. Games Systems, Inc.

Ive taken my very best Tarot card meanings and brought them together in The Ultimate Guide to Tarot Card Meanings to help you connect intuitively and confidently with the Tarot cards.

The Tarot card meanings I share in this Guide are as a result of reading Tarot professionally for 20 years for thousands of people worldwide and using Tarot in my personal life to manifest a business and lifestyle I adore.

I hope that by sharing these Tarot card meanings with you, you will be inspired to read Tarot with confidence and create your very own personal and intuitive connection with the Tarot cards.

Heres how you can get the most out of the Guide.

1. LEARN TO READ FROM THE HEART, NOT THE BOOK

What?! Im telling you to forget about this book before youve even started to use it?! Not exactly.

The Ultimate Guide to Tarot Card Meanings is designed as a learning resource.

Read the book in between Tarot readings to discover what the cards mean and how you might interpret them in a Tarot reading. Build your knowledge and expand your understanding of the Tarot cards.

But when you do a Tarot reading, put the book down. Thats rightyou can do it!

Look at the Tarot card and see what comes to you intuitively. You might get a certain feeling or energy from the card. You might notice a certain object or person in the card. Or you might relate to the story thats being told in the card.

That energy or feeling is your intuition talking to you! Its where the magic truly begins to happen, and your Tarot readings begin to offer you deep and personal insight.

(If you want to learn how to read from the heart, not the book, then check out my online Tarot training programs, https://www.biddytarot.com/courses/ .

Now, of course, if you get stuck or you draw a blank about what a card might mean (and dont worryit happens to the best of us!), you have The Ultimate Guide to help you. Simply look up the card, read what it could mean, and then connect with your intuition to discover what it means to you.

2. THERE ARE NO RIGHT AND WRONG TAROT CARD MEANINGS

Has this ever happened to you? You do a Tarot reading, connect with your intuition and interpret what the cards mean for you. But when you go to look it up the card meanings in a book, you find something completely different!

You start to panic. Am I totally wrong?!

Take a deep breath, dear. You are not wrong. In fact, you couldnt be more right!

You see, when you connect with your intuition and interpret the cards, you are right where you need to beeven if its different to what you read in this Guide.

The intention of the Guide is just thatto be a guide. Its not the be all and end all of Tarot card meanings. Whats more important is that youre connecting with your intuition and manifesting your dreams and desires, with the Tarot by your side.

3. YOURE NOT LIMITED TO JUST THE RIDER-WAITE DECK

While The Ultimate Guide to Tarot Card Meanings refers to the Radiant Rider-Waite deck, you can use this Guide with other Tarot decks too.

Usually, the core energy of the Tarot card is the same across different decksits just the imagery and symbolism that can be different. Its like telling the same story, but just using different words.

So choose a Tarot deck that you most resonate with and then use the Guide to interpret the core energy of those cards.

4. CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION IN THE BIDDY TAROT COMMUNITY

If you LOVE talking Tarot and connecting with like-minded people, then youll love the Biddy Tarot Community.

The Community is an online learning group for purpose-driven people who want to live an intuitive life with Tarot as a guide.

Inside, youll find a private discussion forum to ask questions and share idea about the Tarot Cards, live monthly Tarot training webinars with me, the Tarot 101 course, the Free Tarot Readings Platform to practise your skills with real people, and much more!

Learn more at https://community.biddytarot.com/join/

The Major Arcana (also known as the trump cards) form the foundation of the Tarot deck. They comprise of twenty-one numbered cards and one unnumbered card (the Fool). They represent a path to spiritual self-awareness and depict the various stages we encounter as we search for greater meaning and understanding. Accordingly, they hold deeply meaningful lessons.

The Major Arcana represent the structure of human consciousness and hold the keys to life lessons passed down through the ages. The imagery of the Major Arcana is filled with wisdom relating to multiple cultures and esoteric traditions, including the Egyptian, Buddhist, Hindu, Sufi, Hebrew, and Christian religions.

It is important to study these images and contemplate their messages. Look beyond the simple keywords and traditional meaning and seek out your personal meanings for the Major Arcana cards. The more you understand the symbolism, the deeper you will understand what they represent. You can do so through meditation with the Tarot cards. In my audio program, Soul Meditations: A Journey Through the Major Arcana , Ill lead you on a guided tour of your subconscious mind as we meditate with the 22 Major Arcana cards. Its an incredibly profound way to get to know these powerful cards.