How to pick a Deck

Find a store where you can purchase a deck of Tarot. Never buy a deck which has already opened, even if the person tells you the cards haven‘t been used.
 

Take your time, look around. Hold each deck ( decks of Tarot are different). Feel which one is right for you. If you are an empathic person then you would have no problems to pick your deck. After buying your first deck of cards, open it and make sure you have all 78 (22 Major Arcana and 56 Minor Arcana) cards with images. Sometimes some decks have an extra one or two empty cards which is absolutely normal. Some practitioners use them in spreads as a zero, frozen or empty information, but some like me, just throw them away. Another nuance is the cards have to be not too big and not too small, just a little bit bigger than your palms. And cards can serve you longer if they will be made of thick paper. Lastly, when you are trying to choose your personal deck, do not ask the seller for recommendation. You have to feel your deck, which one is looking at you and sending you a signal - ”I am the one!”

When you come home get to know your cards. Introduce yourself and ask them to work together for good purpose. Hold it in your hands until you feel a connection. Treat them with respect and they will never lie to you.

Note: Never let anyone hold your deck. The only time somebody can touch it is when the person gets readings from you. The person need to shift the top of the deck.

If you do reading for yourself then the shift has to be made before spreading cards toward you. If for somebody else, from you (towards them). Try to have two decks of cards. One will do reading just for you and an other one for an other people including family, relatives, friends and strangers.
 

When you shouldn’t do spreads and readings

As I was mentioned before some people do have mistakes of use of cards Tarot. Not to repeat those mistakes you will need to find online moon calendar which will help you to schedule your readings. Dangerous days in the moon calendar is 9,15,19,23,26,29 moon day. Other words they are called Satanic days when the layer between worlds are thin or open (9,19,29).


How to cleanse cards Tarot

During many readings the cards will have an ability to observe energy from people who you do readings for. To have your cards always clean, you will need a candle. Light on the candle and take each card by making circles in diameter of the card for each side. If you know a prayer you can add it when cleaning cards Tarot. The best day to do this at “waning” moon from 15-29 any moon day.
 

Note: Do not hold the card too low to the flame.

* The moon is "waning" while it appears to shrink from full back to new. The right side is now the jagged side as it moves through that gibbous form back to a crescent. The left side appears perfectly round and smooth. Continuing our letter analogy, the waning moon looks a lot like a C.
 

How often to cleanse cards Tarot?

It’s depending on how often you are using cards Tarot. Everyday day readings will do once a week, seldom once a month. Follow your intuition. When the cards give you false reading, it is time to clean it. A lot of information has been stored on the cards.

Good luck!