If you’ve dabbled in astrology long enough to know your sun, moon, and rising signs, you’ve probably also dabbled in tarot card reading (or at least considered it). While these two magical disciplines may only appear to be comparable in the sense that they may both be found in the occult section of your local bookshop, they are conceptually and symbolically quite similar. In fact, each tarot card in astrology correlates to a particular planet, sign, or elemental combination, and each zodiac sign has its own tarot card.
In the same way as tarot and astrology may be used to obtain insight into yourself, your life, and your future, both systems can be used to acquire insight into yourself, your life, and your future. “While astrological divination is based on observable phenomena (moving planets), tarot is based on chance: cards are jumbled and selected at random,” Gat explains. “However, both studies are excellent instruments for introspection.” Tarot, like astrology, use archetypes and symbolism to build a story that can provide us with insight. The only difference is that one utilizes cards and the other employs planets and zodiac signs.
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What exactly does a tarot reading entail?
Tarot card reading is a type of cartomancy in which practitioners supposedly use tarot cards to acquire insight into the past, present, or future. They come up with a question and then use cards to interpret it. A conventional tarot deck has 78 cards that are divided into two groups: the Major Arcana and the Minor Arcana. Any card system having suits assigned to identifiable elements, such as French-suited playing cards, can be employed (e.g., air, earth, fire, water).
What’s the difference between a horoscope and a tarot reading?
“In terms of forecasts, tarot cards take a more individualized approach, whereas astrology offers more generic predictions. Astrological predictions can be applied to a large number of people at the same time. In Tarot, you can go into great detail about any topic you’re interested in, however in astrology, you can’t. That isn’t to suggest you can’t receive a thorough prediction; you can get one through astrology, but it requires extensive computations of your birth chart. Unfortunately, in today’s world, few astrologers go into much detail in order to provide an accurate prognosis.”
What astrological signs are represented by which tarot cards?
The main arcana tarot cards are related with the following astrological signs:
- The Emperor is Aries. Aries thrive in positions of authority and enjoy taking command of circumstances.
- Taurus is the Hierophant of the Zodiac.
- Gemini is the sign of the lovers.
- The Chariot is Cancer’s zodiac sign.
- Virgo is the sign of the hermit.
What is the relationship between astrology and tarot?
In astrology, cups represent water energy, wands represent fire, swords represent air, and pentacles represent Earth. Understanding which tarot cards represent which zodiac signs is perhaps the most important astrology-tarot intersection of knowledge, because knowing yours can assist determine your life purpose.
How do I learn how to read tarot cards?
What You Need to Know to Get Started:
- Take out your tarot deck.
- In your hand, hold the cards.
- “Knock or tap the pile of cards numerous times while still holding the cards in your hand to disseminate your energy throughout the deck.”
- Shuffle the cards thoroughly.
- Cut the cards into three heaps, then reassemble them into one.
What are the foundations of tarot cards?
The Venetian or Piedmontese tarot is the basis for most modern tarot decks. It is made up of 78 cards divided into two groups: the major arcana (also known as trumps), which includes 22 cards, and the minor arcana (which has 56 cards). Moon is the major arcana’s 18th card.
What sign does the hanging man belong to?
A guy hanging upside-down by one foot is shown in modern tarot decks. The figure is usually hanging from a tree or a wooden beam (as in a cross or gallows). The fact that the card can be viewed inverted adds to the ambiguity.
A. E. Waite, the creator of the RiderWaite tarot deck, wrote about the symbol in his 1910 book The Pictorial Key to the Tarot:
The person from the location of the legs creates a fylfot cross, while the gallows from which he is hanging forms a Tau cross. The apparent martyr’s head is encircled by a nimbus. It’s worth noting that (1) the sacrificial tree is living wood with leaves on it; (2) the face conveys intense fascination rather than agony; and (3) the figure as a whole symbolizes life in suspension, but not death. It has been erroneously referred to as a card of martyrdom, caution, the Great Work, and duty. On my part, I’ll merely state that it expresses, in one of its facets, the relationship between the Divine and the Universe.
According to Waite, the card has various divinatory associations:
THE MAN WHO WAS HANGED.
Wisdom, foresight, discernment, trials, sacrifice, intuition, divination, and prophesy are all virtues. Selfishness, the multitude, and the political body politic are reversed.
A radiant halo surrounds the hanging man’s head, indicating a higher level of understanding or enlightenment.
The Hanged Man card is related with the planet Neptune and the zodiac sign Pisces in astrology.
What zodiac does the world tarot belong to?
A naked woman hovers or dances above the Earth, clutching a staff in each hand, surrounded by a wreath, being observed by the four living animals (or hayyoth) of Jewish mythology: a man, a lion, an ox, and an eagle, in the traditional Tarot of Marseilles, as well as the later RiderWaite tarot deck. This representation is similar to the Christian tetramorph, in which the four creatures are utilized as symbols for the four Evangelists. These observers are described by some astrological books as representatives of the natural world or the kingdom of beasts. The Lion is Leoa fire sign, the Bull or calf is Taurusan earth sign, the Man is Aquariusan air sign, and the Eagle is Scorpioa water sign, according to astrological tradition. These are the four fixed signs, which represent the four classic elements.
The wreath in some cards represents an ouroboros biting its own tail. This card is known as “The Universe” in the Aleister Crowley-designed Thoth Tarot.
In tarot, what is Taurus?
The Hierophant, your card, represents learning from wise teachers who can guide you in your search for higher truths via the study of tried and tested traditions. These wise people can guide you to the center of the topic, where profound insights reveal key life lessons, by sifting through the surface.
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