S2E3 How to get started learning tarot Practically Spiritual Podcast by YQmagic

Hey, this is YQ from YQmagic, and I'm here today to tell you how to get started with learning Tarot. So this is part of my tarot snacks, bite-sized tarot lessons to help you get started with learning tarot. And the number one tip I have for you if you wanna get started learning tarot is to get a physical tarot deck.
Yes. You want a deck in your hand so that you can. Start feeling it so that you can start looking at the pictures to kind of really, really see what's happening. Because, um, seeing the cards versus looking at them on a screen is very different. And when you have the cards itself in your hands, you can stare at it really, really close and see some details that you might miss out if it's purely on a screen.
I know that learning from the internet is great. I, I recommend it. Super, super great. But if you do wanna. Be more serious about learning tarot do get tarot decks. And um, I do wanna caution you a bit because there are some tarot decks that are about like $5 or less than $10. Those [00:01:00] out there, and when they come, they come in like plain cards.
Um, they come in like playing card size. The card stock is not great. And then also the box is kind of like a flippy, plain, playing card kind of box. You will not get those decks if you got those decks. Take a pen and jot down your notes on it because those are pirated decks. Those are fake decks and you do not wanna use, you can still use them of course.
You know, it's not like they are not gonna be accurate. Cuz some people ask me, you know, are they gonna be accurate? They are still gonna be, but because it is like intellectual property that has been stolen, it's not that great. The karma, the juju there is not great. And, uh, you might be asking why you, which tarot cards should I start with?
Because there are so many tarot decks out there and you see some, you're just like, oh my gosh, it's so great, I wanna buy it. And when you have it in your hands, you're like, I don't get it. So what I recommend and what I teach with is, um, Um, the right of wait. Smith Tarot deck. So my favorite is the Smith Wait [00:02:00] Centennial edition, which has some sort of like a vintage filter on it.
Kind of like the old Instagram filters. I know nobody uses filters like that in on Instagram anymore, so, uh, that's a reference. I just, 10 years ago, so right of wait. Smith Deck. The reason why I recommend it is because a lot of the explanations on the internet are for the right of wait Smith, which also means that when you're learning, you wanna double check, you wanna reference, it's so much easier for you to get it from there.
Um, there are also other types of tarot decks. So for example, there's the Mae and then there's the, I forgot, what is that weird guy's name. I forgot. It's very important. Someone might scream at me. What? It was quickly jumping in. Here it is the Toth deck. Anyway, the right of way Smith is what I recommend because there are a lot of.
Explanation on the internet. So right away Smith is one of it. Some people really hate it cuz they really hate how, um, everyone looks so ancient. Everyone looks so, [00:03:00] um, like from medieval times and they don't like it. I, another deck that I like would be the modern witch tarot. Uh, I don't know whether they have anything that is less chunky.
When I bought it, it was super chunky. I bought a limited edition, so it's like old foil. You don't have to use a limited edition. I love this because the pictures have been updated to be more modern and throughout the deck. Most of them are like, uh, they look female. They might not identify as female, the people inside.
But, uh, they, it's, um, I would say a all women deck. Uh, if I can say that, if, you know, if I wanna, you know, label a gender on it. Uh, the reason I like it, I mentioned just now, and, but the only thing I don't like it is that it's so big. It's very, very hard to shuffle. Even for myself, it's so hard to shuffle, but it's a day I really like