Alright, let’s get into this whole tarot thing and what questions actually work. I remember my first couple of times getting readings; honestly, I was just winging it.
Sat down, shuffled awkwardly, and when the reader asked what I wanted to know, my mind went blank. I ended up asking really basic stuff, you know? Like, ‘Will I get that promotion?’ or ‘Is this relationship going to last?’ Real closed-off, yes/no kind of questions. The reader did their thing, laid out the cards, gave me an answer, but I always left feeling… kinda unsatisfied? Like, okay, maybe it’s a ‘yes’, but now what? Or if it was a ‘no’, I just felt bummed out without any real direction.
It felt like I was just waiting for fate to happen to me. Didn’t sit right.
So, I started thinking about it differently. What did I really want from the reading? I didn’t just want a prediction; I wanted insight. I wanted to understand things better, figure out my own part in whatever was happening.
Figuring Out Better Questions
The next time I went, I prepared a bit. I thought about the situation I was asking about – let’s say it was about a tricky project at work. Instead of asking ‘Will this project succeed?’, which is just another yes/no trap, I tried something else. I asked things like:
- ‘What challenges should I be aware of with this project?’
- ‘What approach would be most helpful for me to take?’
- ‘What resources or strengths can I lean on to get through this?’
- ‘What is the main thing I need to understand about this situation right now?’
Totally changed the game. Seriously. The answers weren’t just simple predictions anymore. The cards started showing me patterns, potential roadblocks, attitudes I could adopt, things I could control or influence. It felt way more empowering.
It became less about fortune-telling and more like a brainstorming session with some really insightful, symbolic pictures. The reader could then talk through the cards in relation to my potential actions and perspectives, not just some vague future outcome.
So, my process now is always to think about what I want to understand or navigate, not just what I want to know will happen. I focus on questions starting with ‘What’, ‘How’, or asking for ‘Guidance on…’ or ‘Insight into…’. Avoid the ‘Will I…?’ or ‘When will…?’ stuff if you want something you can actually work with.
It took a few tries, some readings that were more helpful than others, but getting the questions right made all the difference for me. It turned it from a passive waiting game into an active tool for figuring things out.
