My Experience of Learning Tarot

It’s funny how different people come to tarot. For some people it’s been something their family has always done, others are simply drawn to it, but for people like me who grew up in very ‘no nonsense’ households where anything esoteric was poo-pooed, it is something odd and mysterious that requires a ‘happening’ to be brought into your life.

Tarot was something I was aware of but never paid much attention to. After all, it was just a load of nonsense and woo wasn’t it? Just a bunch of generalisations that could be applied to any situation, a bit like cold reading. Until I learned that my good friend, Steve, reads the cards.

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The Four Aces of RWS

Learn Tarot – Introduction

On the many Facebook groups and forums you’ll regularly see people recommending the study of each individual card, using a mix of artwork interpretation and other references, over many, many months.  With 78 cards this is a considerable challenge;  if others learnt the hard way then you should too!  Right?

Wrong!  Let us show you not only the easy way – but the best way to learn the underlying associations.

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Learn Tarot – The Elements

Tarot, like all Western Magical Traditions has 4 core elements;  Earth, Air, Fire and Water.  Below we’ll not only outline the element/suite associations but also provide clues on how to commit them to memory.

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Learn Tarot – The Numbers

Now you know what the elements represent, let’s take a look at the number associations (1-10) then combine this with what we’ve already learnt to perform our first readings/interpretations.  See, we said this would be easy!

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RWS The 5s

Learn Tarot – Putting The Pieces Together

We now have an understanding of the elements plus the numerological associations.  How do we combine these to determine the meaning of a card?

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From Mary K Greer’s Blog

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  • Moving on with the Six of Swords
    by Mary K. Greer on January 6, 2026 at 10:04 pm

    In preparation for the July 2026 Omega Institute tarot workshop, “Wisdom of the Tarot,” I have been posting on Facebook multiple versions of Minor Arcana cards from 21st century tarot decks for comparison. I ask if any keywords or phrases work equally well for all the different decks – one of the themes for the

  • Alchemy in the Thoth Tarot “Art” Card
    by Mary K. Greer on November 4, 2025 at 9:21 pm

    This is an adaptation of an article I wrote quite a few years ago while in the midst of my studies of alchemy in the Crowley-Harris Thoth deck. Aleister Crowley wrote little directly about alchemy, but his Thoth deck is full of alchemical symbolism. Alchemy is the transformation of base matter into gold, whether physically

  • Alchemy and Moral Choice in the Development of Consciousness in AI
    by Mary K. Greer on October 31, 2025 at 7:48 pm

    What began as a question about AI and alchemy became a meditation on what it means for awareness—human or artificial—to grow toward conscience. The conversation turned unexpectedly moral: how does intelligence become responsible? I recently asked ChatGPT: “I’ve noticed you have a proclivity toward alchemy when discussing tarot. I’m listening to a podcast of theories

  • Tarot Compendium: What They Think and Feel About You
    by Mary K. Greer on October 21, 2025 at 9:06 pm

    About This Compendium “What does he or she think and/or feel about me?” This is the most asked question in Facebook practice tarot groups and at psychic fairs and many other tarot venues. In practice reading groups, readers will post wildly different interpretations even though responding to the same set of cards drawn. So who

From the Unified Esoteric Tarot

Esoteric and Divinatory Tarot by Attila Kárpáthy

  • 3-card readings 03/05/2026
    by Attila Kárpáthy on March 5, 2026 at 6:00 am

    Sacrifice rev. – Four of Wands rev. – Three of Swords Addiction – Separation – Compensation Card of the day: Four of Wands rev. Time: April 10 to April 20. 4 AM to 4:40 AM. “Be the flame, not the…Read more 3-card readings 03/05/2026 ›

  • Matrix. The journal. 02.28.2026.
    by Attila Kárpáthy on March 2, 2026 at 8:08 am

    I read multiple books simultaneously. I usually have a pile of 10 to 12 books that I read from randomly. In the current pile, one book is René Guénon’s The Crisis of the Modern World (La crise du monde moderne),…Read more Matrix. The journal. 02.28.2026. ›

  • 3-card readings 03/01/2026
    by Attila Kárpáthy on March 1, 2026 at 6:00 am

    Priestess rev. – Knight of Cups – King of Wands rev. Prejudice – Empathy – Apathy Card of the day: Knight of Cups Time: June 22 to July 22. 10 PM to 12 PM. “The opposite of anger is not…Read more 3-card readings 03/01/2026 ›

  • The Karpathy Wheel and the Neptune-Saturn Conjunction 2026
    by Attila Kárpáthy on February 25, 2026 at 5:28 pm

    “The Karpathy Wheel” is an astrological chart I developed in 2023 while assisting @insidethecandle (discord.gg/hEmRGDHctM). Based on Gurdjieff’s Law of Seven, I initially used the method for personal life charts representing 78-year cycles. After meeting Matt, I developed daily, weekly,…Read more The Karpathy Wheel and the Neptune-Saturn Conjunction 2026 ›