25 Powerful Questions to Ask your Tarot Card Deck
You’re sitting in your bed, at your altar, parked in your car or at your desk and your tarot card deck starts calling you to pull a card. You take a few deep breathes and hold the cards in the palm of your hands. intertwining your energy with your spirit guides energy, you say out loud or in your mind, a variation of phrases, “I am open to receiving any and all messages my guides have for me in this present moment.” While tuning in and attempting to tap into your intuition and your sub-conscious mind, everything suddenly goes quiet, and you get confused about what exactly you should be asking guidance for. In this moment, your life seems to be pretty neutral; not much going on that you cannot handle or need answers to - at least to which you are currently aware of. Perhaps your awareness needs to be focused elsewhere and thus you are feeling such a strong urge to receive a message. So, what do you ask to start bringing your awareness where it needs to be? What questions get you to understand what it is your Spirit Guides are trying to guide you too.?
The way I start when I am unsure about what to ask my tarot cards, what guidance I will be receiving or, when I am not looking for any answers is: to bring my awareness to my breath, as it is naturally breathing. Start by saying the phrase above, or a phrase that you use to call upon your spirits, while shuffling the cards in a way that feels natural to you. My awareness is still at my natural breath, going in and out, at a calm and slow pace. I am not controlling my breath; I am allowing my breath to be as it does if we were asleep. After getting to a state where my mind is quiet, I ask a question from the list below - I prefer to ask the question in my mind rather than out loud, but you can ask the question out loud if that’s what you feel called to do. I stop shuffling and pull a card from the deck. Sometimes, I pull it from the top, sometimes I fan them out and allow my hands to float or glide to a card they are drawn too - use your intuition when drawing your cards. (This is how I do a one-card Spread, there are multiple spreads - Blog coming soon!)
Once you pull a card, sit with it for a minute or two. Continue your awareness to your breath while taking in the image of the card, the colors, the elements you notice, any small details that stick out to you, the number and name of the card. Write down any messages, sentences, phrases, words that pop into your mind while taking in the illustration of the card. Also record any feelings that come up, do you feel happy, sad, anxious, did you tense up as you saw the card initially? Next you will want to read your deck’s included booklet description of your card and write down anything that sticks out to you. If you get lost in the reading, read back through and be mindful and aware of sentences, phrases and words that jump out or make you feel any different. Your intuition will guide your subconscious and allow you to free-write your message from your spirit guides.
Below are 25 powerful questions that are great starting points for when you are unsure what you ask your tarot desk. Normally we refrain from asking “yes” or “no” questions.
Questions for Self-Awareness
How can I love myself more today?
What habits do I need to change?
What do I need to focus on right now?
What will help me find peace in my life?
What am I being asked to reflect on right now?
How can I begin to explore my natural gifts?
What do I need to look for to find meaning in my life?
What is my first step to accepting myself fully?
How can I balance my conflicting beliefs?
How do I really see myself?
Where am I the strongest?
How would I feel if I was more mindful right now?
What part of myself am I not giving enough attention?
How can I attract more happiness in my life?
How should I nurture my progress?
Who in my life do I need to reach out to?
What is the energy surrounding my aura right now?
How can I start to let _________ go?
How can I start moving towards discovering my purpose?
What fears are currently keeping me from progressing in my life?
What do I need to let go of to achieve the most growth?
What do I need to hold on to to achieve the most growth?
What lessons are my guides trying to teach me?
How will I receive messages/signs from my guides?
What can I do to strengthen my intuition?
