Tarot Do's & Dont's, Read Before Your First Session!

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TAROT DON’TS

Tarot is a powerful mirror for self-reflection, introspection, and personal empowerment, but it has distinct boundary lines. Understanding what Tarot cannot or should not do helps keep your practice grounded, ethical, and practical.

THE ULTIMATE TAROT DON’T LIST:

 Don’t use Tarot to replace professional medical advice or diagnosis. Tarot cards cannot scan your physical health, diagnose illnesses, or prescribe treatments. Using cards to assess medical conditions creates unnecessary anxiety and dangerous delays in proper healthcare. When it comes to Tarot and your health, there are ways to word your concerns so that you aren’t asking something that is unethical like “When will I die?” type stuff. Tarot helps people see how the path you are on creates your own possibilities.

2.    Don’t treat Tarot as a tool for absolute, unchangeable fortune-telling. I personally do not resonate with or call myself a fortune teller. Tarot reveals present energies, subconscious patterns, and probable trajectories based on your current path – it does not write the future in stone. Free will, personal choices, and unexpected external factors can always shift outcomes. Today’s answers are different from tomorrow because each step we make and each thought we create creates change. Even doing nothing creates change, the World doesn’t stop. Make yourself a force to be noticed in the millions of ripples all around us, make your own life happen.

3.    Don’t attempt to spy on third parties without their permission. Using Tarot to pry into someone else’s secrets, exact thoughts, or private lives (will my ex’s new partner last?) yields unreliable, projection-heavy readings and breaches ethical boundaries, I will not even ask Tarot. There are ways to ask Tarot without seeming to vengeful or angry. I tell people this all the time: An ex is an ex for a reason. This is why I also do not do “love spells” or “curses.” Whatever needs to happen will happen, Karma is a real thing and every major religion speaks on this.

4.    Don’t turn to Tarot for legal, financial, or tax advice. Cards cannot tell you to file a lawsuit, sign a binding legal document, or make speculative investments. These decisions require verified data and licensed professionals. I have helped people with questions around help with their current path, but I do not ask Tarot for advice on financial or legal matters.

5.    Don’t rely on Tarot for strict binary (Yes/No) predictions with precise timelines. Tarot excels at nuance, archetype, and thematic context, not exact dates or rigid coin-flips. Asking “Will I get hired on Tuesday at 2pm?” strips the cards of their symbolic richness and often leads to disappointment. I do help with general time questions, I feel this helps people prepare. Basically, with any subject and question, I rely on my intuition…if it doesn’t feel right or isn’t worded correctly then we have to change it up. I cannot lie and pretend to come up with an answer or try and please you with what I know you are looking for. I am Truth, and that’s what we all deserve.

6.    Don’t ask the cards to override your personal agency or make choices for you. Tarot is a tool for advice and reflection, not a proxy decision-maker. Phrases like “Should I quit my job today?” surrender your power. Reframing to “What factors should I consider if I choose to transition careers?” keeps you in control.

7.    Don’t use Tarot as an obsession loop or emotional crutch. Pulling cards repeatedly for the same question in a single day – hoping for a “better answer” – only breeds confusion and anxiety. Tarot cannot force clarity when your mind is too restless to receive it. Please don’t leave me a bad review because you don’t get the “yes” you want. Do not make me the enemy, I am not the cause of your anger or sorrow in your life. If you do not like the words I am saying, get the photos and transcript of our session if we are on zoom, and decipher it all later. Many people sleep on it all and come back the next day with questions and thoughts that go deeper, which only you can do. Sometimes we don’t think of or see every angle until after we sleep on it for a day or couple days or week. It’s all good, just keep a journal and pen by your bedside to write it all down and come back to Tarot when you are ready for more insight and clarity.

 

 

 

TAROT DO’S

 

Key Formulas For Empowering Questions:

Reframing questions shifts Tarot from a passive fortune-telling tool into an active partner for personal agency, making Tarot more about productivity and real help than just mere entertainment.

Instead of asking what will happen to you (predictive) or what you must do (restrictive), structure questions to explore how you can navigate, heal, or grow through a situation.

o   Shift From Outcome To Process – Replace “Will this happen?” with “What energy or actions should I focus on to bring this about, or prevent this from happening?”

o   Shift From External To Internal – Replace “What does person X think of me?” with “How can I show up authentically to attract exactly who I am meant to be with?”

o   Shift From Passive To Active – Replace “Should I do X?” with “What are the potential gifts and challenges if I choose X?”

Common Reframing Examples:

Will I find love this year? to What within me is ready to open up to love, and how can I invite it into my life?

Will I get the job offer? to What strengths should I highlight in my career search or should I have more training to find the career I am passionate about?

Should I break up with my partner? to What pattern is currently playing out in this relationship, and what does my intuition want me to know about it?

Is my ex thinking about me? to What lesson does my connection with my ex still have to teach me, and how can I find closure?

When will my financial situation improve? to What habits or mindset shifts can help me cultivate greater stability and abundance?

Will my event/project be successful? to What hidden obstacles should I prepare for to ensure this project thrives?

Before asking the cards, filter your question through these three checks:

1.    Does this keep the focus on me? (Rather than try to read or control someone else).

2.    Does this honor my free will? (Does it leave room for me to make the final choice?).

3.    Is it open-ended? (Does it start with How, What, or Where instead of Will or Should?).

 

VERSATILE USES FOR TAROT CARDS:

Because the 78 cards form a system of Universal human archetypes, visual symbols, emotional themes, and daily life experiences, they can be applied across personal growth, creative pursuits, ritual practices, and social activities. Here are a few ways you can incorporate Tarot in your own daily life:

o   Daily Check-Ins – Pulling a single card each morning as a focal point, theme, or intention of the day. Ask the Universe to give you a special message for your day. Try to read in your mind’s eye how you can see this theme playing out with your plans or maybe could be something that will spontaneously come up. The card you pull can act as a reminder of how to behave with whatever the day throws at you. You can also pull a card at night to find resolve. Ask Tarot before you shuffle, “What lessons do I need to learn from today?” or “How can I move forward or resolve today’s experience?”. Pulling cards during the day any time you need direction is also wonderful, but please don’t overdo it. Reading your own cards without being completely open and neutral will only bring about the answers your heart wants, and not what will actually happen. I bring a Tarot deck with me everywhere I go for whatever and whoever shows up…you can always count on needing them for something.

o   Journaling Prompts – Using a card’s imagery or core meaning to start an automatic writing or reflection session. Shuffle your deck and pull a card to ask, “What does this card mean to me right now?, How does this card make me feel?” “Where is this cards energy showing up in my life right now?” or “How can I incorporate this cards theme into my life right now?” Every card, just like any thing in life, can be positive or negative. Journaling helps to discover who you truly are, possibilities, how you can overcome, and how to learn to switch the script to uncover life lesson gems.

o   Shadow Work – Exploring uncomfortable or challenging cards to uncover subconscious blocks, suppressed emotions, or habits that need healing. Look through your Tarot deck and find cards that you are “afraid of.” Do these cards strike fear because of your own personal experiences or because of what you have heard from others? Ask yourself, “What am I holding on to that needs to be released?”

There are so many more way that I use Tarot:

I use Tarot cards, or actually They help me with various Spiritual practices and private life all the time, for almost everything. I even sleep with my favorite decks to feel that I am staying connected, thanking Them, and keeping Them warm…becoming one with our vibrations, same as when you and your loved one breathe at the same rhythm. Tarot connects me to Spirit…They are around us all the time everywhere, whether we like it or accept it or not. Giving respect and praise helps me stay in Their positivity, finding the good in every thing and every card…They help us every day. If you would like to explore more ways you can use Tarot in your daily life at home, at work, or for your friends and loved ones (and even people you feel need help), schedule a private one-on-one session with me in person or text or zoom to discover the many more blessings and possibilities of Tarot. Tarot Reading Workshops are also available upon request it's just not on my website yet. Please keep checking periodically for offerings I have the tools and space to finally put up and share with you, and discover new and exciting news.

Thank you All, xoxoxo

-Crow Mystic-