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Hello Everyone!  I’m currently writing a book on psychic tarot reading, and I thought I’d share a bit about reading the Court Cards.  Court cards can be confusing at times, and I think this is mainly because we try to pigeonhole them into the traditional meanings of young person, teenager, or adult.  Let’s open up to our psychic abilities and recognize the wealth of possibilities inherent in each court card!

As an intro, the court cards are the four unnumbered cards in each suit of the tarot.  They are commonly called the Page, Knight, Queen, and King.  The traditional meanings of Pages are children of either sex or a message.  The Knights are said to be teenagers, the Queens are adult females, and the Kings are adult males.  First, let’s flesh out the traditional meanings.  How do you tell whom the person represents in a reading?  I mean, if you just say that there’s an important adult male in the client’s life, how does that help?  If you get the sense that the cards actually represent someone in the client’s life, here are some ways to determine whom the card represents:

• Follow your instincts.  If you see the card and immediately hear a word or get a sense of who the card represents, go with that.  For example, you may hear, “Father,” in your mind.  Trust your inner voice.
• Look to surrounding cards for clues.  If your eye keeps drawing you to water and tubes in the card and you get a sense of “plumber”, say it.  If you’re doing a reading for a woman who is asking about her husband, the King that shows up probably represents him.
• For more help, ask for clarification from your guides and choose another card.  Follow your intuition regarding that card as well.

If you limit your court cards to only representing other people, you may miss out on some cool insights.  My belief is that every card should be read with an open mind.  That way, you allow your intuition to show you what the purpose of the card is in the reading.  For example, I had a knight of swords show up in a daily reading for myself once.  In my deck, the knight of swords is stabbing the clouds with his sword, and lightning is shooting out.  When I saw this card, I heard a thunderstorm in my head.  It was sunny outside, but I knew based on what I was getting that there would be a thunderstorm that day.  Sure enough, hours later the sky turned dark, and we had storms for several days.  (In case you’re wondering, I don’t watch the weather, so I didn’t know about this ahead of time.)   When you are using your intuition, the cards can have any number of meanings.

Another thing to keep in mind is that other cards in the deck can represent people, too.  I often have the Emperor show up to represent a father or the empress to represent a mother.  The Strength card represents my cat sometimes.  The Hermit has represented my Spirit Guides.  I’ve also had cards show up to represent people who have passed on.  In this case, I get a feeling that the person has passed on and what message they are wanting to communicate.

The court cards are only frustrating, in my opinion, if you try to box them into set meanings.  This is the same with all the other cards in the deck.  Each card is a starting place for your psychic abilities and Spirit Guides to take over and show you wonderful insights.

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