Types of Tarot Readings


One of the most common misconceptions about getting a Tarot reading done is that you must come into your appointment with questions prepared beforehand. However, sometimes there are frustrations and concerns so deeply rooted within us that we don't know what questions to even begin with to address these frustrations. Tarot readings can be a simple solution/answer to a cry for help that we don't know how to answer. If you don't know what specific questions to ask when you get a Tarot reading done, don't fret! The cards always reveal more than what you ask or expect of them.


There are two types of Tarot Card readings:

Question Readings

In question readings, you are addressing a specific question and seeking an answer or clue to a possible solution within the spread that is laid out. Keep in mind that Tarot is not intended to answer specific yes or no questions. With Tarot readings, one must also be able to neutralize their own opinions, as the spread shouldn't be used to make decisions, rather used as a guide to aid in the decision making itself. For this reason, the way a question is stated is extremely important. Questions should:
  • Keep your options open: If you have the answer before the reading, then you're not allowing the cards to guide your overall decision. 
  • Find the best level of detail: Your question should be focused, but not overly detailed. Rather than looking at one particular aspect of a problem, find a way to look more broadly at it.  Only include the minimum level of detail needed in order to express what you want to learn from the cards.
  • Focus on yourself: If the reading is for yourself, make sure your question focuses on you rather than on someone else who you think may be the root of your problem. 
  • Stay neutral: In order to stay open to other points of view, your question has to be neutral and not convey a preconceived notion that your view is necessarily the right one. The cards can give you guidance if you ask for it. 
  • Be positive: Make sure your question is stated in a positive rather than negative way. Instead of asking why a specific event hasn't happened, ask what you can do to help make that event happen.

Open Readings

Open readings address the larger aspects of one's life rather than a specific problem area. This type of reading is usually done when entering a new phase of life, such as getting married, graduating from college or starting a family. You can somewhat direct the reading if you have a general area you want to cover, such as your career or health, but that's as specific as the direction gets.

So if you don't know what you want to ask of the cards, they will certainly ask something of you. There is nothing to be afraid of; the answers often lay where we do not seek them.

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