How do I learn tarot?
Frequently Asked Questions: Tarot, Witchcraft, & Divination
Welcome to Season 14 of Every Day Tarot! This season, I’m answering your most frequently asked questions about tarot, witchcraft, and divination.
Today’s question: What’s the best way to start learning tarot?
Starting out can feel overwhelming: 78 cards, countless spreads, and every reader doing things differently. The key is to slow down, find your footing, and remind yourself: you don’t need to know everything right away. Tarot is ultimately about connection—between you, your deck, and the people you read for.
In this episode, we'll go over the best way to start learning tarot, how to build confidence, and why community makes all the difference.
What we explore in this episode:
Why reading for yourself is the best place to start
How practicing with others deepens your learning
Why memorization isn’t everything (and what to do instead)
Practical ways to connect with tarot communities in person and online
How sharing your practice builds trust in your own intuition
How do I shuffle the cards?
Frequently Asked Questions: Tarot, Witchcraft, & Divination
Welcome to Season 14 of Every Day Tarot! This season, I’m answering your most frequently asked questions about tarot, witchcraft, and divination.
Today’s question: How do I shuffle the cards?
One of the most common beginner questions I hear is: how do you shuffle the cards? Shuffling is just mixing the deck. It sounds simple, right? But when you’re holding your first tarot deck in your hands, it can feel a little intimidating. You might wonder if there’s a “correct” way, if you’re doing it wrong, or if the way you shuffle affects your reading.
In this episode, I'll share the many ways you can connect with your deck through the simple act of shuffling.
What we explore in this episode:
The difference between bridge shuffling, overhand shuffling, and mixing cards by hand
Why deck size, shape, and texture might influence your shuffling style
How intention and energy matter more than the mechanics
Why there’s no “wrong way” to shuffle as long as it feels aligned
How are oracle and tarot different?
Frequently Asked Questions: Tarot, Witchcraft, & Divination
Welcome to Season 14 of Every Day Tarot! This season, I’m answering your most frequently asked questions about tarot, witchcraft, and divination.
Today’s question: How are oracle and tarot different?
If you’ve ever wandered into a witchy bookstore or scrolled through spiritual corners of the internet, you’ve probably noticed there are so many types of decks out there. Tarot, oracle, affirmation, runes, hybrids—you name it. And one of the most common questions I get is: “What’s the difference between tarot and oracle cards?” In this episode, I’ll unpack how tarot and oracle cards differ, what makes each unique, and why you don’t have to choose between them.
What we explore in this episode:
The structure of tarot vs. the freedom of oracle decks
Why oracle cards can feel more creative and playful
Featuring some of my favorite oracle decks
Reflection on how both systems can support your spiritual practice
How do I explain tarot to other people?
Frequently Asked Questions: Tarot, Witchcraft, & Divination
Welcome to Season 14 of Every Day Tarot! This season, I’m answering your most frequently asked questions about tarot, witchcraft, and divination.
Today’s question: How do I explain tarot to other people?
If you’ve ever pulled out a deck at a party, mentioned your tarot practice to a friend, or even listed it on your professional bio, you’ve probably been met with a range of reactions—curiosity, skepticism, fear, or delight. Tarot means different things to different people, and sometimes the hardest part is figuring out where to begin when someone asks.
In this episode, I share clear, compassionate ways to explain tarot to the curious, the skeptical, and the religious—without getting defensive.
What we explore in this episode:
What tarot is and how to reframe ‘scary’ cards
Boundaries for when someone wants to debate your practice
Why tarot resonates with artists, queers, and sensitives
What we explore in this episode:
Re-entry habits for a low-pressure tarot practice
How moon phases, seasons, and natural cycles can anchor your readings
Ways community and collaboration can make tarot more sustainable
How do I get back into tarot?
Frequently Asked Questions: Tarot, Witchcraft, & Divination
Welcome to Season 14 of Every Day Tarot! This season, I’m answering your most frequently asked questions about tarot, witchcraft, and divination.
Today’s question: How do I get back into tarot?
If you’ve fallen out of your tarot routine, or perhaps lost touch with your cards, consider this your reminder that the magic never really leaves. Your deck isn’t keeping score. It’s not disappointing that you missed the last full moon, or that it’s been months since you last shuffled. Tarot is always ready to meet you right where you are, no matter how much time has passed.
In this episode, we’ll explore gentle ways to restart your tarot practice and help you reconnect with your deck and intuition.
What we explore in this episode:
Re-entry habits for a low-pressure tarot practice
How moon phases, seasons, and natural cycles can anchor your readings
Ways community and collaboration can make tarot more sustainable
How do I ask my therapist to use tarot?
Frequently Asked Questions: Tarot, Witchcraft, & Divination
Welcome to Season 14 of Every Day Tarot! This season, I’m answering your most frequently asked questions about tarot, witchcraft, and divination.
Today’s question: How do I ask my therapist to use tarot?
Tarot can be a powerful ally in the therapy room. In this episode, I share exactly how to bring it up with your therapist, what to say, how to find tarot-friendly providers, and what to do if your therapist isn’t a reader (but is open to your deck).
What we explore in this episode:
Simple language to introduce tarot to your therapist (without awkwardness)
What to look for in therapist bios/directories to find tarot-friendly providers
Ways to use tarot in session, even if your therapist doesn’t read cards
How do I use tarot as a therapist?
Welcome to Season 14 of Every Day Tarot! This season, I’m answering your most frequently asked questions about tarot, witchcraft, and divination.
Today’s question: How do I use tarot as a therapist?
Tarot isn’t just a tool for personal reflection, it can also be woven into therapy—helping clients find language for their emotions, connect with archetypes, and uncover insights that words alone can't always reach.
In this episode, I share how I began incorporating tarot into my own therapy work, what I learned from the Therapist Who Tarot retreat, and how tarot activities can support clients in self-discovery and healing.
What we explore in this episode:
How tarot functions as a projective technique in therapy
Practical activities and prompts therapists can try in session
Why tarot resonates with metaphor, narrative therapy, and art-based approaches
What does it mean when a card falls out of the deck?
Frequently Asked Questions: Tarot, Witchcraft, & Divination
Welcome to Season 14 of Every Day Tarot! This season, I’m answering your most frequently asked questions about tarot, witchcraft, and divination.
Today’s question: What does it mean when a card falls out of the deck?
Tarot readers often call these “jumping cards” or “flyers.” They tumble out while shuffling, sometimes dramatically, and can feel like they’re demanding your attention. But what do they really mean?
In this episode, we’ll explore different reader perspectives on jumping cards, how to work with them, and what to do when the whole deck seems to tumble onto the floor.
What does it mean when I keep pulling the same card?
Frequently Asked Questions: Tarot, Witchcraft, & Divination
Welcome to Season 14 of Every Day Tarot! This season, I’m answering your most frequently asked questions about tarot, witchcraft, and divination.
Today’s question: What does it mean when I keep pulling the same card?
Tarot has a funny way of following us around. Sometimes, a single card seems to “haunt” us, appearing over and over no matter how much we shuffle! In this episode, we’ll explore the meaning of these so-called “stalker cards,” why they show up, and how to work with them instead of getting frustrated or dismissing the message.
What we explore in this episode:
What a “stalker card” is and why it might keep showing up in your readings
How to ask clarifying questions or use a different deck to expand the message
Why repetition is usually a sign of an unintegrated lesson, not a broken deck
How do I connect with my ancestors?
Frequently Asked Questions: Tarot, Witchcraft, & Divination
Welcome to Season 14 of Every Day Tarot! This season, I’m answering your most frequently asked questions about tarot, witchcraft, and divination.
Today’s question: How do I connect with my ancestors?
Our ancestors walk with us. They are in our DNA, our gestures, our voices, and even our dreams. But for many of us, the idea of connecting with ancestors brings up big questions: What if I didn’t know them? What if my family history is painful? What if I’ve lost touch with my cultural roots?
Ancestor work is not about perfection or recreating the past exactly as it was. It is about relationship. In this episode, we'll talk about how to connect with your ancestors and consciously invite them into your spiritual practice.
How do I connect with my guides?
Frequently Asked Questions: Tarot, Witchcraft, & Divination
Welcome to Season 14 of Every Day Tarot! This season, I’m answering your most frequently asked questions about tarot, witchcraft, and divination.
Today’s question: How do I connect with my guides?
Spirit guides, ancestors, angels, plant allies, animal spirits—many traditions and cultures recognize the presence of guides that walk with us. In this episode, I explore who these guides are, the different forms they may take, and how you can begin to build a relationship with them.
From meditation and tarot pulls to noticing synchronicities and signs, connecting with guides is less about forcing an encounter and more about opening yourself to the ways they already show up in your life.
What we explore in this episode:
What spirit guides are and the many forms they can take
Practical ways to begin connecting and communicating with spirit guides
Why connecting with guides is a practice of trust, subtle listening, and an ongoing relationship
What are other types of divination?
Frequently Asked Questions: Tarot, Witchcraft, & Divination
Welcome to Season 14 of Every Day Tarot! This season, I’m answering your most frequently asked questions about tarot, witchcraft, and divination.
Today’s question: What are other types of divination beyond tarot?
Tarot may be my favorite tool, but it’s far from the only way witches and seekers have listened to the unseen. In this episode, I’ll share some of the oldest forms of divination, the tools witches still use today, and the ways you might begin to experiment with practices beyond your tarot deck.
What we explore in this episode:
A definition of divination and its role in witchcraft across history
Ancient methods of reading omens, smoke, entrails, the flight patterns of birds
Contemporary tools witches use today
Why divination reveals possibility and how free will always plays a role
Enchanticon 2025 Tarot and Trusting Yourself Presentation
Divination & The Harry Potter Series
Season 13 of Every Day Tarot is all about divination, and today’s episode takes you inside my Enchanticon 2025 talk on Divination, Tarot, and Trusting Yourself.
What we explore in this episode:
The importance of self-trust when working with divination practices
Why tarot and intuition point to possibilities rather than fixed outcomes
How prophecy in Harry Potter highlights the tension between fate and free will
A step-by-step “Trust Yourself” tarot spread you can try at home