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Exercise 2: Journal Begin keeping a journal of your tarot readings. Note the date, the deck used, the querent’s question (if any), and the cards. You can also note how things turned out, if possible. Throughout the rest of this book, you’ll be asked to write the results of various exercises in this journal.
Exercise 3: Speed Reading Do this exercise with a companion as your querent. If you must work alone, speak out loud, as if to a querent. You can record your voice for noting in your journal later. 1. Take a series of deep, calming breaths. Make sure you feel centered before you begin. 2. Shuffle or mix your cards, and allow the process of shuffling to continue centering you.1 3. Lay down the first card and immediately begin speaking. Don’t let yourself pause for a breath. Say whatever comes to mind, whatever you remember about the card. Spend no more than ten to fifteen seconds on the card. 4. Lay down the next card on top of, or next to, the first card. Remember, don’t stop to think, just keep talking. 5. After you have laid down five to seven cards, put the deck down. 6. Ask your querent what worked and what didn’t. Make notes in your journal. 7. Repeat this exercise several times. Use it anytime you feel psychically clogged up to reconnect to a sense of spontaneity.
1. Throughout this book, I’ll instruct you to “shuffle.” Many people don’t know how to shuffle cards, or feel uncomfortable doing so. Wherever you see this instruction, please read it to mean “shuffle or mix as you prefer.”