“Can I really do a Tarot reading for myself?” This question haunts beginners… and behind it, several fears and limiting beliefs are actually hiding:
Can you really read Tarot for yourself and stay objective?
How do you avoid “seeing” exactly what you want to see?
How do you trust yourself, especially when you’re just starting out?
There’s even a completely false idea circulating that it’s impossible to do a good Tarot reading for yourself.
I am here to tell you that it is indeed absolutely possible to do a good Tarot reading for yourself!
And I’m going to explain why it’s possible and how to do it with confidence. 🤗
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Doing your own readings is an excellent personal development practice. Tarot becomes a way to explore your inner landscape, your fears, your aspirations. It’s like picking up the phone and having a frank conversation with yourself.
While working with a Tarot reader obviously has its value, reading the cards for yourself is a practice that opens the doors to an authentic connection with your deep intuition. You learn to rely on your own inner wisdom.
The key to a fluid, intuitive practice is creating a real connection with each of the Tarot cards. It’s not about “reciting” ready-made definitions or meanings but interpreting the card in a “living” way, within its ecosystem—meaning in relationship with the other cards, its position in the reading, and the question asked.
So when you’re starting out with Tarot, to feel this connection, the best way is to practice on yourself. You can experiment with different spreads, train yourself in intuitive interpretation, complement with the traditional meaning of the cards… all while staying in the comfort of your “Tarot bubble.” 😊
Otherwise, to learn and practice, you need your loved ones. And doing a reading for them could put even more pressure on you as a beginner.
Reading Tarot for yourself is therefore a way to get your first experiences without the stakes weighing too heavily on you. If you were to “get it wrong,” it stays between you… and you!
Each reading you do for yourself adds another stone to the foundation of your learning. Unlike traditional Tarot readings where you remain a spectator (not in mine because you’re fully involved!), when you draw the Cards for yourself, you’re in control!
You experiment without judgment, explore the nuances of each card, and progressively develop your own symbolic language. This regular practice forges authentic confidence: you begin to recognize your accurate interpretations, refine your intuition, and concretely see your progress.
Little by little, this assurance grows until the day you realize you no longer need to check every meaning in books—your cards now speak to you directly! Your practice of reading Tarot for yourself thus becomes your personal laboratory, your safe space where your beginner hesitations transform into the sure intuitions of an accomplished practitioner.
Tarot reveals things that are already within you… that’s actually its operating principle! The cards laid out before you reflect your inner state, your fears, your aspirations. (This is the principle of synchronicity if you want to know more about the subject. 😊)
Interpreting a reading therefore means becoming more fully aware of these “intuitive information” that are at the surface of consciousness… Putting them “right in front of” yourself, considering them, contemplating them, and why not, accepting them.
When you read the cards for yourself, you’re precisely in this process.
No, you don’t lack intuition. You’re not used to using it—that’s very different!
No, the Tarot reader isn’t all-powerful and doesn’t hold the keys to your future. You are the expert of your own life, and your answers are there, in your source of inner guidance. 🤗
Your intuition is like a muscle: the more you exercise it, the stronger and more reliable it becomes. Each time you draw cards for yourself, you offer your sixth sense custom training.
Facing your own questions, in the intimacy of your “Tarot bubble,” you learn to distinguish the subtle whispers of your inner guidance from the noise of your fears and desires. This regular practice develops your ability to capture symbolic messages, feel the energy of the cards, and trust those precious first impressions.
And the magic doesn’t stop there! Your readings begin to “weave” harmoniously with the rest of your inner life. The messages from Tarot resonate with your nightly dreams, intertwine with the synchronicities that mark your daily life, and even enrich the introspection work done in therapy.
This synergy creates a permanent dialogue between your conscious and unconscious, transforming your existence into a fluid conversation with your deep wisdom. Like an athlete who sculpts their strength day after day, you strengthen this extraordinary faculty that sleeps within you, until it becomes your most powerful ally for walking your authentic path.
Now let’s discuss the “classic” mistakes when reading Tarot for yourself… and especially how to remedy them.
I think the traditional advice to “stay objective” when using Tarot for yourself rests on a profound misunderstanding of what a Tarot reading really is.
This demand for objectivity comes from a mechanistic vision where cards would have fixed, universal meanings that must be applied coldly… kind of like a reading was a mathematical equation with one single true answer that absolutely had to be found.
But Tarot is a deeply subjective art. An interpretation is an exercise in assumed subjectivity!
Your subjectivity isn’t a flaw to correct—it’s your main tool! It’s what you’re seeking to access! Tarot speaks because it resonates with your psyche, your experiences, your current life moment.
When you look at the Moon and it evokes your nocturnal anxieties rather than the mystical creativity described in books, that’s not a mistake—it’s your psyche speaking to you through the card’s symbols. And that’s exactly what you want!
What you call “seeing what you want to see” is actually your psyche dialoguing with the symbols. When the Death card evokes a romantic breakup rather than a spiritual transformation, it’s not a distortion—it’s your unconscious pointing precisely where you need to look.
The trap isn’t seeing in the reading what I want to see… but on the contrary, resisting this subjective impulse, what we call blind subjectivity.
It’s characterized by denial:
It’s also characterized by wishful thinking:
Blind subjectivity can finally lead you toward catastrophism: you project your fear of the future onto every card.
But, as incredible as it may seem, observing these mechanisms is also part of the reading!
“Yes, I’m filtering this card through my personal lens, AND that’s exactly what makes it relevant to me.”
You’re now practicing conscious subjectivity! And more awareness is exactly what we’re looking for in personal development. 😊
The Art of Conscious Subjectivity
Rather than fleeing your subjectivity, integrate it completely into your practice. For example:
“I hate the Sword cards because they make me anxious” → recognize your bias and note whether these Sword cards reflect a current anxiety, about what?
“This card reminds me of my mother, what does that mean?” → welcome your projections and explore them
“This card doesn’t speak to me at all!” → Explore your resistances—is the card revealing a “blind spot”?
Welcome what emerges, even if it’s uncomfortable. Your subjectivity then becomes your personal compass, the one that transforms universal symbols into personalized guidance.
Here’s another classic trap: “Tarot shopping”! This trap transforms your Tarot deck into a cosmic slot machine: you draw, the result doesn’t please you, so you reshuffle hoping to hit the emotional jackpot.
But in truth: multiplying readings doesn’t bring you closer to the answer—it distances you from it.
Each new reading dilutes the energy of the previous one and clouds your intuition instead of clarifying it. Worse still, this frenzy reveals that you’re looking for a specific answer rather than THE answer.
Tarot isn’t a vending machine for comfort—it’s a mirror of your inner state at a given moment. If the first reading disturbs you, it’s probably because it hit the mark.
The wisdom consists of welcoming this message, even if uncomfortable, and reflecting on it rather than fleeing from it.
When a card or reading delivers a message to you—especially if it disturbs or surprises you—resist the urge to dissect it immediately. Instead of running to books or doing another reading, give yourself the luxury of simply… being with this information.
Concretely, this means:
It’s in this pause space that the real magic operates. The initial message unfolds, reveals its nuances, finds its connections with your reality. Often, what seemed obscure or disturbing at first glance suddenly makes complete sense after a few days of “digestion.”
This practice cultivates spiritual patience—a rare but precious quality that transforms your relationship with Tarot and your intuition in general.
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