Part 2 of our introduction to Tarot cards examines how Tarot can help us find answers to our questions and how these answers can guide us in our daily life. How is it possible that laying out a deck of cards and interpreting them can have any credence? Can the answers provided by the Tarot be trusted?

In this introduction to the Tarot we will try to answer these questions. An aura of darkness clings to the tarot cards, even now. Practitioners of the Tarot believe that the power of the cards is deeply embedded in our unconscious minds. In this area of our brains lies deep memory and awareness which is not necessarily connected to our basic daily lives. Often this part of our selves is ignored or suppressed.

However, the unconscious mind still controls a large part of how we live our lives. This understanding is the main purpose of this introduction to the Tarot. Sigmund Freud told us how powerful and primitive (as well as irrational) the unconscious mind could be. He believed that our true selves surpressed unpleasant desires and urges and these could be found in this area of the self.

Carl Jung brought the more positive aspects of the unconscious mind into the limelight. In this introduction to the Tarot we want to bring you to an understanding of the tools that may be used to tap into the unconscious.

A variety of tools are used to try to uncover the truths that lie in the unconscious mind – for example psychotherapy, dreamwork, visualization and meditation. The tarot can also be used for this purpose. When a card is viewed, the unconscious mind will create an interpretation and no two interpretations will be the same. Any introduction to the Tarot relies on an understanding of this concept.

The unconscious mind is projecting its own personal and unique truth onto the card. Our introduction to the Tarot continues by looking at how Tarot can be helpful in our daily lives.

Because of this projection of the unconscious mind, the Tarot can help us find answers that would be impossible using other logical interpretations. The pictures on the cards help us to access the deeper areas of the memory and awareness. Our introduction to the Tarot also emphasizes its collective component, a universal language which means many people will respond to the cards in the same way.

When the personal and collective components are combined the Tarot will mirror your own feelings and emotions embodied in these truths. The cards that are chosen during a reading are not really random. They are in fact the cards we need to see to help us tap into our unconscious. In this way we have a practical tool that can help guide us in our daily lives. The process of an introduction to the Tarot helps us to link our inner and outer realities.

We all have a inner or “higher self” a soul or a deeper part that instinctively knows the right way for us to proceed to create happiness and peace within. The Tarot is a tool that can help us to increase out awareness of this side and help us to integrate this truth into practical life decisions. This introduction to the Tarot will not answer all your questions but we urge you to give the cards a try and see what is revealed in terms of your own unique experience.