Tarot can be an amazing tool for insight and introspection. It can revel hidden awareness and help you make decisions based on where you want to land. But sometimes I found myself over-reading my tarot. Every time I had a question or in every situation that didn't sit right I would take out my deck, shuffle and do a reading. Not saying this is a bad way to use the tool, but for me that created a space where I was digging for the answer I wanted instead of ingesting the energy as it was being presented to me.
Monthly Tarot Check-ins are nothing new. Tons of witches and tarot readers do check-ins at the beginning of the month to set their intentions, get an energy read and see what direction they are headed in. Scaling down my tarot readings to monthly check-ins helped me create a more detailed read. I could take my time, ask better questions, and as a result have a more aligned month ahead. It helped me calm my stress with reading tarot that was kind of creating a block. So instead of bracing for bad outcomes I can take a step back and lean into the energy of each month and go with the flow of things as they come.
My Monthly Tarot Reading
I always preform this reading at the beginning of the month.
Start by writing down these questions in a notebook or on a piece of paper:
- What is my current energy
- What is the theme for next month
- What obstacles or challenges will I face
- Where should I focus
- What advice do you have
You can include any other questions you have specific to your month. Once you've written them down you can set you your tarot reading anyway you like. Light candles, visualize a protective circle or use crystals.
Shuffle your tarot deck and lay out your cards in a spread and interpret them one by one as laid out in the picture below.
Read each card carefully with the full interpretation AND what it feels like to you (which I think is just as important). When you have the individual cards read, look at them side by side. Do you see a lot of one suit? Or repeating numbers? See if you can sense an overarching theme.
If you preform this reading every month you'll start to see patterns and energy evolving in your life. You can fine tune your intentions and really start to direct your efforts and even spellwork to areas you want to see growth, release or anything else you want.