Everyday Tarot

I’ve talked a little bit about the fact that many readers are uncomfortable reading negative cards, and seek out more positive meanings in their readings. Reading reversed cards is another area where a lot of readers have trouble. There are a lot of reasons for this. The biggest reason, I think, is that we automatically consider “reversed” to be negative. It’s not true where Tarot is concerned, of course, but the overall impression is still there.

In truth, I seldom read with reversed cards, even though I know that doing so would expand the interpretations available to me. When I do, I tend to follow the lessons I learned from Rachel Pollock - that reversed cards often indicate that you (r the person for whom you are reading if it’s not you) are resisting or blocking the energies represented by the card. Thus, The Sun reversed, which upright would indicate that good things are happening in your life, would suggest that you are somehow keeping good things from happening by blocking or resisting those energies.

Not sure about Tarot Reversals? Here’s a short video from YouTube where a professional Tarot Reader  talks about how to read reversed Major Arcana Tarot cards.

Enjoy - and do share your impressions! Do you read reversed cards? Do you avoid reading reversed cards? Do you give them extra significance? What do they mean to you?