When you get a new deck of tarot cards, take them from the box and, replacing any advertising cards and the little book, wrap them in a silk or cotton cloth.
Sleep with them under your pillow for 3 nights to make them yours. During the days shuffle them, examine them and familiarize yourself with their content. When you feel ready, start to use them. At this stage it is useful to have a notebook handy to help you analyze the cards.
Each evening, shuffle the deck whilst focusing on the following day. Take 3 cards and place them face down in front of you. Now turn over the first, which denotes the morning, note it in your book and write any thoughts and feelings which come to you. Repeat this with the second for the afternoon and the third for the evening. Place the 3 cards within the book until the end of the day. At this time look again at each of the cards and your notes: how did the cards relate to the events of the day? Were the notes you made appropriate? Now return the cards to the pack and repeat the exercise later in the week. If you are very keen you could do this every day, but be aware that it is easier to learn your cards if you do not overload your memory.
When you feel that you are beginning to know and understand your cards well, it is time to move on to more complex spreads, at least one of which will probably be in that little book you placed to one side in the beginning.
“Skills worth having take time to acquire.”
By Kate West