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The tarot can help you understand yourself better and teach you how to tap your inner resources more confidently. You do not have to have "psychic powers" to use the tarot successfully. All you need is the willingness to honor and develop your natural intuitive abilities. Some people worry that working with the tarot will involve them in occult practices or create conflicts with their religious beliefs. The cards are not dark and mysterious, but wonderful tools for self-discovery. In fact, using the tarot can expand your spiritual awareness in many positive ways. Others may believe that the tarot is unscientific - a plaything at best, but certainly not to be taken seriously by those who know better. Indulge your curiosity and be willing to explore the cards with an open mind. After all, that is the true spirit of scientific endeavor! Learning the Tarot is easy through a self-paced series of 19 lessons that begin with the basics and then move gradually into more detailed aspects of the tarot. These lessons are geared toward beginners, but experienced tarot users will find some useful ideas and techniques as well. For each lesson there are some exercises that reinforce the ideas presented. The Cards section contains information about each of the tarot cards. You can refer to this section as you go through the lessons and later as you continue your practice. The Spreads section contains information about the patterns for laying out the cards. These are the main features of the course, but there are many other pages to explore here as well. What Is Needed For the Course? The only real requirement for this course is a tarot deck. If you don't have a deck, read comments on buying your first deck. Nowadays, there are many choices. This course is illustrated with the popular Rider-Waite deck. This is a good deck to start with because there are pictures on every card which helps when you are learning. If you already have a different 78 card deck, you may use it with the course. The principles of tarot work are much the same no matter what deck you use. You can buy tarot decks in many places now. Bookstores often carry them, and many internet sites offer a variety of tarot decks for sale. The card image pages are printer friendly so if you have a good printer and cardstock make your own deck. If you wish you can download the course to your own computer for personal use at home (while not connected to the Internet). Learning the Tarot - An On-Line Course
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