My Journey with Biddy Tarot’s Major Arcana Meanings
Alright, so I decided I needed to knuckle down and really get the Major Arcana. You know, properly. I kept seeing Biddy Tarot mentioned everywhere, so I thought, okay, let’s use that as my main guide. Seemed straightforward enough.
First off, I just went to the Biddy Tarot site and pulled up the list of Major Arcana meanings. My plan was simple: read through them. Yeah, that lasted about two cards. My eyes glazed over. It’s just a lot to take in cold. Too much theory, not enough doing.
So, I changed tactics. I got my deck, pulled out just the 22 Major Arcana cards. Shuffled them up. Decided I’d pull one card each morning. Just one. And I’d look up Biddy’s meaning for that specific card. Nothing else. Focus.
- Day 1: Pulled The Fool. Okay, new beginnings. Read Biddy’s take. Made sense. Scribbled a few notes in my journal about feeling like I was starting this tarot thing fresh. Easy peasy.
- Day 3: The High Priestess. Biddy mentioned intuition, secrets. Felt a bit vague. Stared at the card for ages. Read the description again. Didn’t really click immediately. Made a note: “Need to think more on this one.”
- Day 7: The Chariot. Control, willpower, determination. Biddy’s keywords were clear. Felt relevant – I needed willpower just to keep up this daily practice!
This one-card-a-day thing was better. It forced me to actually engage with each card instead of getting overwhelmed. I kept a specific notebook just for this. I’d write the card name, paste in a printout of the Biddy Tarot keywords (the short version!), and then jot down my own thoughts or how it maybe related to my day.
Some cards were tough. Seriously tough. The Tower? Pulled that one and immediately felt a pit in my stomach. Biddy’s meaning talked about sudden upheaval, destruction. Great. Spent the day waiting for the sky to fall. It didn’t, thankfully, but it made me really ponder what ‘upheaval’ could mean on a smaller, personal scale. Maybe just the destruction of my old way of not understanding the Majors?
And don’t get me started on The Lovers. Biddy’s interpretation wasn’t just about romance, but choices, values, relationships in general. Took me a while to separate it from the mushy stuff and see the bigger picture of alignment and decision-making. I had to keep re-reading the Biddy Tarot page for that one over several encounters.
After a few weeks of the daily draw, I started feeling a bit more comfortable. I wasn’t an expert, far from it. But I could pull a Major card and have some idea of the Biddy Tarot interpretation without instantly needing to look it up. Progress!
Making it Stick
The next step was trying to actually use them. I started doing simple three-card spreads, like Past-Present-Future, but only using the Major Arcana cards. This really forced me to see how the Biddy meanings interacted. How does The Emperor in the Past connect to Temperance in the Present?
It was messy. Sometimes the cards seemed contradictory. I’d go back to the Biddy Tarot meanings, read them again, trying to find the connection. Often it was about finding a different angle on the meaning. Like, Strength isn’t just brute force, Biddy emphasizes the inner courage, the gentle control. Seeing that made it click better next to, say, The Hermit.
So, yeah. That was basically it. No magic formula. Just a lot of repetitive work:
- Pulling cards daily.
- Reading the Biddy Tarot meanings over and over.
- Writing stuff down.
- Trying simple spreads with just the Majors.
- Getting confused.
- Going back to the meanings.
It wasn’t glamorous. It was just putting in the time, sticking with one resource (Biddy Tarot, in this case) to avoid confusing myself too much initially. Now, when I see a Major Arcana card, I have Biddy’s interpretation as a solid foundation in my head. It’s not the only way to read them, of course, but drilling down like this really helped me build that initial confidence. Took longer than I thought it would, but I got there. Mostly.
